Kate’s 2¢: “The Locked Door” by Freida McFadden

“The Locked Door” by Freida McFadden

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, s              setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   Whether your fear is of being on the outside of a locked door or on the inside of a locked door, it is a universal fear issue. Although this story was a bit gory, it was quite suspenseful and will keep you reading to find out the surprise ending.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.freidamcfadden.com

Freida McFadden (born May 1) is an American author and practicing physician specializing in brain injury from New York City.

Biography[edit]

McFadden self-published her first book through Amazon KDP in 2013. Her 2022 book The Housemaid was an international bestseller. A movie adaptation of the book is set to be adapted for Lionsgate with Rebecca Sonnenshine to pen the screenplay, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young to produce.[1]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The locked door DB119313

McFadden, Freida. Reading time: 8 hours, 19 minutes.

Read by Shaina Summerville.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Psychological Fiction

“Some doors are locked for a reason . . . While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way. Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims. Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her. As long as they don’t look in her basement.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction” by Michelle Nijhuis

“Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction” by Michelle Nijhuis

ISBN 9781324001690)

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 her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   I enjoyed this well researched and written story read by Christina Delaine.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nijhuis was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated from Reed College in 1996[2] and began interning at High Country News, in Paonia, Colorado, in January 1998.

Career[edit]

Nijhuis is the Contributing Editor of High Country News.[3] She also holds the title of Contributing Writer for Smithsonian magazine.[4] She has also published in The New York Times,[5] Nature,[6] Scientific American,[7] National Geographic, Audubon, and Orion, among many other outlets. She gave the 2008 commencement address at her alma mater, Reed College.[8]

With journalist Thomas Hayden, Nijhuis is the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook, released in spring 2013.[9] Nijhuis blogs regularly at The Last Word on Nothing.[10] In her book, Beloved Beasts, published in 2021, she traces key turning points in the development of conservation biology that considers the restoration of ecological processes with an emphasis on the impact of an animal upon the ecosystem beyond the importance of an individual species.[11] Beginning with the conservation of American bison, the book describes chronologically both well known campaigns and obscure efforts to protect animals along with key people and organizations.[12] Turning points in the history of the conservation movement are told through the biographies of interesting, often flawed and contradictory people.[13] She doesn’t avoid the realities of where conservation was built on a foundation of nationalism, sexism, and racism.[14] The movement, with roots in elite circles in North America and Europe, often overlooked the ability of people to manage the species they live alongside.[15]

Nijhuis appeared in the 2023 Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo.[16]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction DB114556

Nijhuis, Michelle Reading time: 10 hours, 31 minutes.

Christina Delaine

Nature and the Environment

“In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement’s history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale. She describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson as well as lesser-known figures in conservation history; she reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund; she explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros; and she confronts the darker side of conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change escalate, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species–including our own.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Killer Instinct” by Howard Roughan with James Patterson

“Killer Instinct” by Howard Roughan with James Patterson

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 her thoughts about what she read.  I’m just saying…

   Blend together a  beautiful, straight,  white gal, two white, gay guys, and a sweet little, adopted South African girl; add in a few huge lies between friends; stir in terrorists with their bombs and drones; shake, and try to figure out which end is up.

   Edoardo Ballerini did a good job of reading this novel.

From Wikipedia:

Howard Roughan is an American author. He has two novels in print: The Up and Comer (2001) and The Promise of a Lie (2004). Roughan also co-wrote the novels Honeymoon , You’ve Been Warned , Sail , and Don’t Blink with best-selling author James Patterson .

From Wikipedia:

James Patterson books have sold more than 300 million copies and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes’s list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.

   In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, which cited him as a “passionate campaigner to make books and reading a national priority. A generous supporter of universities, teachers colleges, independent bookstores, school libraries, and college students, Patterson has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarships with the purpose of encouraging Americans of all ages to read more books.”

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Killer instinct DB96850

Patterson, James; Roughan, Howard. Reading time: 7 hours, 28 minutes.

Read by Edoardo Ballerini.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Bestsellers

Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Detective Elizabeth Needham, from Murder Games (DB 88443), reunite to stop the most sinister terrorist plot against New York City since 9/11. As it unfolds, Needham does something courageous that makes her a prime target for the ruthless murderer behind the attack. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019.