Kate’s 2¢: “Liar, Liar” by Lisa Jackson

Kate’s 2¢: “Liar, Liar” by Lisa Jackson

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Wow, cris-cross, dougle-triple-cross.  No one tells the truth in this really cool story, however, I was always rooting for Remmi and Noah.

From: www.lisajackson.com

Susan Lisa Jackson (known as Lisa Jackson; born 1952) is a best-selling American author of over 75 romance novels and romantic suspense novels.

   Before she became a nationally-bestselling author, Jackson was a struggling mother who wrote novels with the hope that someone would pay her for them. Currently, her books appear on The New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists. Jackson is the author of more than 85 novels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of the Colony Series, co-written with her sister, Nancy Bush. There are over 20 million copies of Jackson’s books in print in twenty languages. She also writes under the pen name, “Susan Lynn Crose”.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Liar, liar DB108846

Jackson, Lisa. Reading time: 13 hours, 7 minutes.

Read by Stephen Van Doren.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Psychological Fiction

“IF YOU TELL A LIE Twenty years ago, ex-beauty queen Didi Storm worked the Vegas strip as a celebrity impersonator. Now, in death, she’s finally getting the publicity she always craved. To the police, it looks like suicide, or a stunt gone wrong. Her estranged daughter, Remmi, knows the answer isn’t so simple. Though dressed in Didi’s clothes and wig, the broken body on the sidewalk isn’t Didi . . . THERE’S NO DOUBT Remmi was fifteen when she last saw her mother. En route to meet her crush, Noah Scott, Remmi secretly witnessed Didi handing over one of her newborn twins to a strange man. Then Didi disappeared, as did Remmi’s other half-sibling. Remmi pleaded with the authorities to find them, with no success. Yet she’s always sensed that someone is watching her . . . YOU WILL DIE Noah, now running his own PI firm, resurfaces in Remmi’s life, determined to find out what happened that long-ago night. As they dig deeper, the truth about Remmi’s family begins to emerge–a story of greed and

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Kate’s 2¢: “Pekoe Most Poison” by Laura Childs

Kate’s 2¢: “Pekoe Most Poison” by Laura Childs

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I love the idea of theme parties, you know, baby showers, weddings, birthdays.  The Rat Tea gives the author plenty of threads to tug until the murder is wrapped up.

   I enjoyed the story and the recipes at the end of the book, too.

From the web:

The name Laura Childs is actually a pseudonym used by author Gerry Schmitt for writing her novels. She likes to write all her novels in the Literature & Fiction, Mystery and Thriller genres. Laura is widely acclaimed for the success of her novel series, the Tea Shop Mysteries.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Pekoe most poison DB109840

Childs, Laura. Reading time: 9 hours, 5 minutes.

Read by Barbara McCulloh.

Mystery and Detective Stories

“In New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs’ newest Tea Shop Mystery, Theodosia Browning attends a “Rat Tea,” where the mice will play at murder. When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston’s most prominent hostesses, to a “Rat Tea,” she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early twentieth-century Charleston to promote better public health. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen’s entrepreneur husband suddenly goes into convulsions and drops dead. Has his favorite orange pekoe tea been poisoned? Theo smells a rat. And as she reviews the guest list for suspects, she soon finds herself drawn into in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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