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Today I am pleased to present my list of the mystery/suspense books I’m most excited about from January to June 2016!
(And don’t forget to come back tomorrow for what I am fondly calling “Pepper Day” – a cover reveal party, at least one GIVEAWAY, a book spotlight, and various lists of Pepper Basham’s favorites … all in celebration of her upcoming contemporary release A Twist of Faith and HER BIRTHDAY!!!)
The bodyguards of Elite Guardians Agency have more than just skill and prowess in common–they’re also all women.
When it becomes clear that popular psychiatrist and radio personality Wade Savage has a stalker, his father secretly hires Elite Guardians in order to protect his son.
But when Wade’s bodyguard is attacked and nearly killed, agency owner Olivia Edwards must step in and fill the gap. Olivia’s skills are about to be tested to the limit as Wade’s stalker moves from leaving innocent gifts at his door to threatening those closest to him. Olivia has the feeling that she’s next on the list. And to complicate things even further, she realizes that her heart may be in as much danger as her client.
Audra’s father uttered his last words in a phone call: “Come home to Mermaid Beach.” Now she’s back—determined to find the truth.
Hoping to discover what happened to her father, Audra takes over his mail boat duties, guiding his trusted boat on deliveries to see what she can uncover. Soon she finds letters from her birth mother—letters postmarked but never delivered. How could her father have kept them from her all this time? Do they have anything to do with his murder?
In spite of his doubts, her childhood sweetheart Kevin O’Connor, game warden of Mermaid Beach, thinks Audra might be right about her father’s death. As the only law enforcement officer in the area, he has a duty to help her track down the killer. Spending so much time together begins to rekindle the torch he’s carried for her all these years, but he still sees the guilt in her eyes that drove her away in the first place—guilt over choosing to spend time with him the fateful night her mother died instead of fueling her mother’s boat. Can Kevin and Audra navigate their way to each other before a murderer rips them apart forever?
After losing her parents in a car accident and her sister to a house fire, Christy Reed has been mired in grief. Life is finally starting to feel normal again when an envelope arrives in the mail–addressed in her sister’s handwriting. And the note inside claims she is still alive.
FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor, a former Delta Force operator, is assigned to reopen the case, but he’s coming up with more questions than answers. If Ginny Reed is still alive–who is the woman buried in her grave? Where is Ginny? And is Christy a pawn in a twisted cat-and-mouse game–or the target of a sinister plot?
As he digs deeper, one thing becomes clear: whoever is behind the bizarre ruse has a deadly agenda.
Pinkerton operative Katie Madison’s newest case takes her to Calico, Kansas, where two Harvey House restaurant waitresses were murdered in mysterious circumstances.
Calico’s sheriff, Branch Whitman, has never met a Pink he liked and is stunned to learn the pretty redhead’s true identity as she works undercover as a Harvey girl.
A tornado hits town, and a past deception puts Branch’s eight-year-old-son in danger.
Now the Sheriff has no choice but to work with Katie—or chance losing everything he holds dear.
Could their backgrounds be any more different?
Rick Vasquez, a K-9 unit sergeant with the San Diego Police Department, fled drug-related violence in Mexico as a boy.
Madison Long, who recently became primary veterinarian to the SDPD’s canines, is the privileged daughter of a judge.
Rick has dedicated his life to curtailing cross-border drug trafficking and preventing other young boys from being drawn into the dark world of the cartels. But everything Rick and Madison value, and the growing love between them, is threatened by the dangers of Rick’s job, and the risks he’s determined to take…
Casey knows the truth.
But it won’t set her free.
Casey Cox’s DNA is all over the crime scene. There’s no use talking to police; they have failed her abysmally before. She has to flee before she’s arrested . . . or worse. The truth doesn’t matter anymore.
But what is the truth? That’s the question haunting Dylan Roberts, the war-weary veteran hired to find Casey. PTSD has marked him damaged goods, but bringing Casey back can redeem him. Though the crime scene seems to tell the whole story, details of the murder aren’t adding up. Casey Cox doesn’t fit the profile of a killer. But are Dylan’s skewed perceptions keeping him from being objective? If she isn’t guilty, why did she run?
Unraveling her past and the evidence that condemns her will take more time than he has, but as Dylan’s damaged soul intersects with hers, he is faced with two choices. The girl who occupies his every thought is a psychopathic killer . . . or a selfless hero. And the truth could be the most deadly weapon yet.
In college, Griffin McCray and his four best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. Declan Gray would head to the FBI and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world–and friendships–crumbled.
Now Griffin is a park ranger at Gettysburg, having left life as a SWAT-team sniper when a case went bad. The job is mostly quiet–until the day he captures two relic hunters uncovering skeletal remains near Little Round Top. Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott determines that the body is modern–a young social justice lawyer missing since spring–and all evidence points to the work of an expert sniper. When FBI agent Declan Gray takes over the case, past and present collide. Griffin soon realizes he’ll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he–and those he cares about–are going to escape a downward spiral of murder that crosses continents.
Serena Jones has a passion for recovering lost and stolen art–one that’s surpassed only by her zeal to uncover the truth about the art thief who murdered her grandfather. She’s joined the FBI Art Crime Team with the secret hope that one of her cases will lead to his killer. Now, despite her mother’s pleas to do something safer–like get married–Serena’s learning how to go undercover to catch thieves and black market traders.
When a local museum discovers an irreplaceable Monet missing, Jones leaps into action. The clues point in different directions, and her boss orders her to cease investigating her most promising suspect. But determined to solve the case and perhaps discover another clue in her grandfather’s murder, she pushes ahead, regardless of the danger.
The last thing sixteen-year-old Jamie Watson–writer and great-great-grandson of the John Watson–wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s enigmatic, fiercely independent great-great-granddaughter, who’s inherited not just his genius but also his vices, volatile temperament, and expertly hidden vulnerability. Charlotte has been the object of his fascination for as long as he can remember–but from the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else.
Then a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Holmes stories, and Jamie and Charlotte become the prime suspects. Convinced they’re being framed, they must race against the police to conduct their own investigation. As danger mounts, it becomes clear that nowhere is safe and the only people they can trust are each other.
Equal parts tender, thrilling, and hilarious, A Study in Charlotte is the first in a trilogy brimming with wit and edge-of-the-seat suspense.
After months of investigating the brutal homicide of a young girl, Detective Abby Hart finally has the evidence she needs. But when the arrest goes terribly wrong, Abby begins to doubt her future as a police officer. As she wrestles with conflicting emotions, old questions about the fire that took her parents’ lives come back to haunt her.
“There is proof.” PI Luke Murphy can’t stop thinking about what Abby’s former partner, Asa Foster, mumbled just before he died. When he uncovers a clue to the murder of Abby’s parents and his uncle, he’s reluctant to tell Abby, despite his growing feelings for the beautiful detective.
A decade-old abduction case brings Luke and Abby together, but will his secret tear them apart?
In 1910 Toronto, while other bachelor girls perfect their domestic skills and find husbands, two friends perfect their sleuthing skills and find a murderer.
Inspired by their fascination with all things Sherlock Holmes, best friends and flatmates Merinda and Jem launch a consulting detective business. The deaths of young Irish women lead Merinda and Jem deeper into the mire of the city’s underbelly, where the high hopes of those dreaming to make a new life in Canada are met with prejudice and squalor.
While searching for answers, donning disguises, and sneaking around where no proper ladies would ever go, they pair with Jasper Forth, a police constable, and Ray DeLuca, a reporter in whom Jem takes a more than professional interest. Merinda could well be Toronto’s premiere consulting detective, and Jem may just find a way to put her bachelor girlhood behind her forever–if they can stay alive long enough to do so.
Two years ago, Bailey Adams broke off her engagement to Danny Maxwell and fled Logan Point for the mission field in Chihuahua, Mexico. Now she’s about to return home to the States, but there’s just one problem. After Bailey meets with the uncle of one of the mission children in the city, she barely escapes a sudden danger. Now she’s on the run–she just doesn’t know from whom.
To make matters worse, people who help her along the way find themselves in danger too–including Danny. Who is after her? Will they ever let up? And in the midst of the chaos, can Bailey keep herself from falling in love with her rescuer all over again?
With lean, fast-paced prose that keeps readers turning the pages, Patricia Bradley pens a superb story of suspense and second chances.
In Dee Henderson’s “Missing,” a Wyoming sheriff is called to Chicago when his elderly mother goes missing. Paired with a savvy Chicago cop, the two realize her disappearance is no accident, and a race against the clock begins.
Dani Pettrey returns to Alaska with “Shadowed,” introducing readers to the parents of her beloved McKenna clan. Adventure, romance, and danger collide when a young fisherman nets the body of an open-water swimming competitor who may actually be a possible Russian defector.
Lynette Eason’s “Blackout” delivers the story of a woman once implicated in a robbery gone wrong. The loot has never been found–but her memory of that night has always been unreliable. Can she remember enough to find her way to safety when the true culprit comes after her?
Traces of Guilt
by Dee Henderson
Evie Blackwell loves her life as an Illinois State Police Detective . . . mostly. She’s very skilled at investigations and has steadily moved up through the ranks. She would like to find Mr. Right, but she has a hard time imagining how marriage could work, considering the demands of her job.
Gabriel Thane is a lifetime resident of Carin County and now its sheriff, a job he loves. Gabe is committed to upholding the law and cares deeply for the residents he’s sworn to protect. He too would like to find a lifetime companion, a marriage like his parents have. . . .
When Evie arrives in Carin, Illinois, it’s to help launch a new task force dedicated to reexamining unsolved crimes across the state. Spearheading this trial run, Evie will work with the sheriff’s department on a couple of its most troubling missing-persons cases. As she reexamines old evidence to pull out a few tenuous new leads, she unearths a surprising connection . . . possibly to a third cold case. Evie’s determined to solve the cases before she leaves Carin County, and Sheriff Thane, along with his family, will be key to those answers.
One Plucky Female Pharmacist + One High-Society Naval Officer = Romance–and Danger
For plucky Lillian Avery, America’s entry into World War II means a chance to prove herself as a pharmacist in Boston. The challenges of her new job energize her. But society boy Ensign Archer Vandenberg’s attentions only annoy–even if he “is” her brother’s best friend.
During the darkest days of the war, Arch’s destroyer hunts German U-boats in vain as the submarines sink dozens of merchant ships along the East Coast. Still shaken by battles at sea, Arch notices his men also struggle with their nerves–and with drowsiness. Could there be a link to the large prescriptions for sedatives Lillian has filled? The two work together to answer that question, but can Arch ever earn Lillian’s trust and affection?
A Cozy Mystery Complete with a Small Town Full of Charming, Quirky Characters
Deputy Sheriff Michael Keane doesn’t particularly enjoy being touted as the hero of Hidden Springs after pulling a suicidal man back from the edge of the Eagle River bridge in front of dozens of witnesses–a few of whom caught the breathtaking moments with their cameras. But the media hype doesn’t last long as a new story pushes its way into the public consciousness of Hidden Springs’ concerned citizens.
Photos of a dead girl arrive in the mail, and Michael becomes convinced she was murdered by the man he saved. With a killer one step ahead, things in Hidden Springs begin to unravel. Now Michael must protect the people he loves–because the killer could be targeting one of them next.
So. Many. Great. Books!
I’m starting to think I’ll never get them all read lol.
There’s still my Amish list and the Miscellaneous list – those will be here on Friday to usher in the New Year. Tomorrow, I’m focusing on one of my most anticipated books of 2016 – Pepper Basham’s A Twist of Faith. Be here bright and early for the cover reveal & stick around for an excerpt, an interview, a top ten list from Pepper, and at least one giveaway!


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One of the important but often overlooked Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is Rule 25, which allows for substitution when a party has died. This Rule was recently addressed by the Eighth Circuit in Benacquisto v. Am. Express Fin. Corp., 2022 WL 3133437 (8th Cir. Aug....
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For the past year and a half, I have spent hundreds of hours working with a refugee father on a complicated child custody and family law case in Minnesota. I agreed to work on the case on a pro bono basis, meaning my client did not have to pay for my hourly legal...
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The term “dental services” refers to maintaining the hygiene of your mouth. There are a variety of dental services and the major dental services are related to periodontists as well as orthodontists. In general, we consider any dentist a dentist however, there are numerous specifications that pertain to dental services too. Certain dentists handle specific dental issues, and they have their own preferred dental services checklist, that they are experts in. Let’s look at a comprehensive dental services list, which includes all types of dental services as well as the different definitions of dental services as well.
Dental services definition
A broad definition of dental services is the ability to treat all oral hygiene issues as well as any dental-related disease. An entire oral hygiene program includes issues with the tongue and gums, issues as well. Let’s look at all dental types of services in detail.
General dental services
General dental services comprise dental cleaning, extractions of teeth as well as wisdom tooth removal and dental care for children. They are mostly routine dental issues such as tooth pain and tooth sensitivity, or the wisdom tooth pain. These are general dental issues that can be handled by any type of dental practitioner. The following is a general dental list of services:
- Teeth cleaning
- Tooth extractions
- Wisdom tooth extraction
- Children’s dentistry
The process of cleaning your teeth is carried out by a specialist dentist to eliminate tartar, plaque or other stains you may have on your teeth. A thorough physical examination determines the amount of teeth cleaning required and which equipment or cleaning procedure is best for a particular case. Complete teeth cleaning is carried out by this major steps.
1. A thorough oral dental examination is carried out by a dental hygiene professional. The dentist uses small mirrors for examining the tucked-away areas of your gums and teeth in order to determine the major plaque-related issues. Then, the dental hygienist along with dentist determine the root of the issue before proceeding on to the next stage.
2. The dentist employs a dental scale to get rid of any plaque or tartar that has built up between your teeth and the gum line. The duration of the scaling depends upon the quantity of plaque or tartar surrounding your teeth. They then use dental floss to clean the lines on your teeth as well as the gum lines. This means that any tartar, plaque, or food is removed with the help of flossing.
3. Following that is to rinse. The dentist advises you to cleanse your mouth by swirling around with a mouthwash. The majority of rinses contain liquid fluoride as well as hydrogen peroxide. After washing, all bacteria and germs are eliminated. The teeth are clean and ready to be cleaned by a professional.
4. Before using any kind of whitening toothpaste, your dentists apply a fluoride treatment for future defense against the plaque as well as Bactria.
5. The final step is when the dentist uses bleaching toothpaste or whitening paste to add some glamor for your smile.
If you are thinking about the final step on your own, and you could save money by attempting to cleaning your teeth using home solutions. But, if you’re looking for an effective professional to brighten your smile once more and you want to think about professional tooth whitening.
Tooth extraction refers to the removal of the tooth of a particular. There are many reasons behind tooth extractions. One of the major reasons for tooth extractions include dental decay, or the need to align teeth. The major stages of tooth extraction process are as the following:
In the beginning, you dentist will numb the area around it with some injection of anesthetic. Following this injection, you won’t suffer any pain during the entire surgical tooth extraction procedure.
- The dentist then cut the bone and gum to separate it from tooth. Then, gently pull the tooth out.
- Then, a gauze pad can be employed for stopping the blood flow.
- Then, Ice is applied on the area affected to reduce swelling.
The dentist will then give you painkillers, and also prescribes dental aftercare following the extraction.
Wisdom Tooth Removal
Wisdom tooth will be the final tooth you’ll find in your jaw. It usually comes out around the age of at which point people are expected to mature. It is the reason it is referred to as wisdom tooth. Certain people might experience severe discomfort during the eruption of their wisdom teeth due to the fact that there isn’t enough space to grow a tooth, and the wisdom tooth is trying to grow. This can cause some disruption in the shape and angles that the wisdom tooth. If it is causing severe pain or discomfort, your dentist may advise that you remove it as soon as possible. Another reason for wisdom tooth removal is gum disease or cavities in the area around your wisdom tooth. The condition isn’t easily treated and it isn’t effectively flossed or scrubbed due to the limited space.
The procedure for removing the wisdom tooth is similar to other dental procedure. The dentist administers anesthesia and then cuts the gum tissue to pull the wisdom tooth away. Following the procedure stitches are made to the wounds with gauze pads. placed inside your mouth to stop the bleeding.
Children’s dentistry is an exclusive kind of dental treatments that is geared towards children. It’s also known as pediatric dentistry.That’s the reason why a specific dentist is referred to as a pediatric dentist according to the definitions of dental service that specifically address dental issues of children.
The major problems relating to the dental health of children include infant oral health exams as well as urgent dental treatment. special advice regarding teething (tooth eruption and loss of teeth and a sedative medication for teething pain etc.)
Be aware that every pediatric dentist is a dentist however not all dentists are an pediatrician. Pediatric dentists take a specific child oral health courses and earns an authorization before they can practice dental care for children. Therefore, you must conduct thorough research prior to bringing your child to a pediatric dentist. The doctor has been trained to provide specific general dental care for children, but with additional ethical guidelines for handling children. Pediatric dentists require an environment that is child-friendly that makes sure every child is at ease during their oral examination as well as oral treatments.
Orthodontics is a distinct area of dentistry which focuses on alignment of teeth. A lot of people don’t have that naturally beautiful smile due to the fact that their teeth aren’t aligned in a proper manner. They are shy when they are in public, talking and smiling. A dentist can help to create a stunning smile by providing modern dental procedures like crowns, braces and Invisaligners. Let’s get a brief introduction to the various orthodontic items and the treatment procedures.

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hopscotch (11441) - Vero Beach, Florida, USA - MAY 14, 2008
Draft… DLD’08… Very dark (almost black) brown ale with an orange tint. Small, creamy, quickly vanishing head. The aroma is a haze of chocolate, banana, sweet dark fruit and coffee grounds. Full-bodied and chewy with modest carbonation. Chocolate and black malt sweetness. Alcohol, tannin and hop bitterness lingers. Warming, bittersweet, mocha finish. Ughsmash (7502) - Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA - MAY 28, 2008
On tap at Piece. Poured very deep brown with a tall, creamy initial cap of beige head. The aroma picked up rich darker chocolate, licorice, and caramel with a peppery yeast strain and some earthy notes.. more chocolate with warmth.. different and intriguing. The flavor had warm chocolate and some licorice zestiness upfront with rising peppery yeast and dry floral bitterness as it progressed.. alcohol spikes on the back and is a bit too sharp at the finish.. overall tasty and engaging. Carbonation was too high in here.. nice sweet/spicy contrasts.. interesting choice of maltage. I enjoyed this. Rciesla (5607) - Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA - MAY 4, 2008
Draft at Piece. DArk Black Belgian style ale. Dark fruit, yeast and chocolate. Overly hopped up for this style. drewbeerme (3921) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - APR 17, 2008
UPDATED: APR 21, 2008 on tap, pours black with a tan head that had trouble fully forming due to overcarbonation. you can see it fizz like soda! although a nice head forms around the rim. a big licorice and dark fruity aroma with subtle cold coffee notes. a big dark fruit estery profile with some chooclate and bready notes. this is extremely tasty. only knock is that its over carbonated and a tad thin. NobleSquirrel (3439) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 4, 2008
This was something different. nose is quite opaque. A bit overcarbonated and underaged. The Brewpub cycle has gotten to this one. I’d guess that another week or two of aging would bring down the pepper acidity. Nice sweetish, slightly sour and belgian in character. Interesting.
rederic (3344) - montréal, Quebec, CANADA - MAY 27, 2008
This beer is an imperial sout, in fact is an irish stout aged in whisky barrels, deep pitch black color, with a tiny tan-colored head, with a sweet roasted malt, mochaish nose, with a hint of black currant fruitiness, with some vanilla oakiness accents, with a faint chocolate praline aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a warmth, roasty, fruity, chocolatey, vanilla, oaky, whiskyish character, with a subtle bourbon-like accent with some dark roasted coffee bean flavors, some dark dried fruity notes of raisin, fig and plum, leading towards smooth roasty, vanilla warming finish. When i was there, this beer was served way too cool, for what it is. Eyedrinkale (3235) - Astoria, New York, USA - APR 25, 2008
Almost pitch black, small head. Aroma is Raisenettes. Flavor is mostly Belgian yeast (Chimay?) with some banana esters. Lots of chocolate malts and pretty dn hoppy for a Belgian Ale. lb4lb (2628) - Austin, Texas, USA - APR 28, 2008
Snagged some from Crizay’s glass. Pours black with a very light tan head. Smell is roasty, full of licorice and belgian yeast. Taste is lightly tart and raosty chocolate and licorice with a strong belgian character. Flavorful, just not my style. Walt (2449) - Austin, Texas, USA - APR 19, 2008
Pour is black with a thin brown head...smell is toasty and sweet...flavor is roasty and sweet with a nice licorice and coffee flavor!!! great! sneagrams3 (2337) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - MAY 19, 2008
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And seriously Keefe .....that was the wrong way to go about it. ): ): ):
though I still think Sophie can trust him, (but nothing Neveseen can get out of him).
The Council is in disarray and they have taken it upon themselves to capture the Black Swan in a case of mistaken identity. Similar to Harry’s character in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Sophie Foster is on the run. Along with some of her closest friends from the Lost Cities, she’s going to join the Black Swan. As they settle into their new life with this elusive organization, they face more danger than ever before. The Neverseen (the bad guys) aren’t done, and they unleash a terrifying plague that could wipe out an entire species. More secrets are revealed, some of which could tip the balance of all the intelligent species. Traitors are revealed, and help comes from the most unexpected sources. Most challenging of all, sacrifices must be made in order for peace to be restored.
In this exciting new adventure, trusting the wrong person could be deadly. “He’s not all bad. No one is. That’s what makes villains so scary. They’re not as different from us as we want them to be.” Identities are let out, and shocking revelations are made. Sophie must take risks to uncover codes that may save the world, or shatter it. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a nice adventure.
(If you have not read the book, DO NOT READ THIS!!!)
Well, first of all, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY DID YOU GO AND JOIN THE NEVERSEEN, KEEFE??? AND WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY DID YOU SACRIFICE YOURSELF, CALLA???? Also Sophie, WHY do you not have a crush on Keefe, instead you like FITZ, which DENFINITLY isn't as awesome as a ship... #SOKEEFE4EVAH!!! Still a 5 star book though, I loved it!!!
BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD! 5 STARS!There should be movies for this because it is so amazing, I cried, laughed and was scared, couldn't put it. I read it until 1:30 in the morning!! Watch out Harry, Sophie is coming for you. I could read it so many times and be shocked every time.
You are amazing (to the author) !!!
loved this book! first things first... WHYYYYYYYYYY KEEFE?!?! and poor calla :( also, i kinda feel like oralie was sophie's mm and kenric was sophie's dad... a know what i mean?
love this book!! this is my favorite out of all the books. also NOOOO, KEEFE, WHY!!!! and CALLA!!!:(
Neverseen was one of my favorite book in this series as it was not only a very exiting book but also very interesting.
I think the author did a great job of making the book also pretty funny.
The characters are so great you wish that they are actually real!
Never wold've thought I would love a book about elves!
In the fourth book of the series “Keeper of the Lost Cities,” Neverseen, Sophie and her friends try to expose (or reveal) the secret evil group called Neverseen. But, in the progress, Sophie loses her favourite councillor who helped her out a lot when she came to the world of elf had a lot of trouble realizing that she is an elf, not humankind. Later, this event changes Sophie, from a little kid to a mature leader of the adventure group. I personally think this book had the most intense adventure. Sophie and her friends went to Oak City to figure out the truth of the virus that is killing off another species.
Why did Keefe leave? Why couldn't it be Fitz?! THEN Sophie would forget her crush on Fitz and like Keefe, she better get together with Keefe and NOT Fitz.
I LOVE KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES.
It's so good If I looked like them now that would
make me realize for sure I was an elf hahaha!!!!
After reading all the books up to flashback Neverseen is still my favourite. It has so many new things introduced! Don’t worry, not spoiling any of them... :)
Right, at this point int time, I haven't read later books, so I don't know if my ideas turn out to be true or false, but here they are anyways. ^-^
Is Bronte Sophie's biological dad?!?! I mean, Bronte is hiding something... And isn't Bronte the only Inflicter around? So maybe Sophie got Bronte's genes.
AND... Is Magnate Leto Mr. Forkle? I mean... He did say, and I quote, "You kids should head back". And Mr. Forkle says "You kids", so....
-_- this is confusing
This book was probably my least favorite in the whole series. I always loved the fantasy element of living in the lost cities and attending Foxfire. However, that was taken away in this book. I sort of lost interest in the middle, and had to force myself to keep going just because I knew the later books would get better. There were tons of characters that I loved who had to get left behind (Edaline and Grady, Alden and Della, Elwin, Marella, Jensi, and many more.) However, I do enjoy the characters of Tam and Linh, who are introduced later in the book. While living away from home with the Black Swan adds a new adventure element to the series, the KOTLC series isn't a series that necessarily revolves around action, so more of it wasn't needed. Also, the ending was unsatisfactory for me, for reasons I can't state (because of spoilers). I feel it could use some major changes, even though it was setting up for Lodestar.
This book is full of fun and adventure, I suggest reading this amazing book! I ship Keefoster.
This book is totally awesome! Fitz is cool, but Sophie has to go for Keefe! He is like the best! I am number two in line for Flashback, the next book after Nightfall. It's going to be great and I am so excited! My favorite book in the series was probably the second, but it is also probably part of the reason I don't like Fitz as much- He totally turned his back on Sophie!
I love keeper of lost cities I can’t wait for the seventh book to come out I ship Sophitz and Keefoster
it is really good, can't wait to read 5 but didn't like the ending much tho
a very good book. i cant wait to read book 5. a little sad at the end but it was good.
The raw emotions in this one are so intense, they almost made me cry. Poor Keefe :(
Omg, sooooooooo good...... But Keefe, you're starting to break my heart, and Sophie's. For those of you who have read this book, and ship Sokeefe, I'm refering to the part of the book when the gang's in Exillium, and when Sophie and Keefe are in the tent. When Keefe has consumed what he called "awesomesauce," and when he reveals a dare that made Sophie's heart tinge with jealousy. Also, I did not expect Coiffe to be who he was. And also no, I'm not going to reveal who he is, for the people who are hoping I'm going to spoil part of the story for them. Shame on u for asking!😉
I really like it but the ending is
very sad. Can`t wait to read the
OMG!!! I requested a book order on the third fourth and fifth book and THEY ORDERED THEM!!! OMGGGGGG!!!! SO HAPPY. FIFTH ONE JUST CAME OUT. I'M THE FIRST HOLD!!!!
I ship KEEFSTER
In this thrilling and suspenseful 4th book, new characters, secrets, and dangers will be discovered. Messenger hooks her readers in with crazy plot twists and awesome new information. And lodestar, the 5th book just came out, so don't forget to check it out! I've already started reading it and am pulling all-nighters!

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A Plot to Kill: The notorious killing of Peter Farquhar, a story of deception and betrayal that shocked a quiet English town
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We did such a good job on that he pleaded guilty to almost everything. He pleaded to all the frauds, the burglaries. Text messages between Mr Field and Mr Smith show Mr Smith was aware of Mr Field’s mirror-writing campaign with Miss Moore-Martin. Farquhar was an evangelical Christian who was a lay minister and once considered seeking ordination. He worshipped and preached at Stowe Parish Church for 20 years.  Murder [ edit ] That hospital patient was Ann Moore-Martin, who Field would later admit defrauding out of thousands of pounds. Benjamin Luke Field is a British man who murdered retired teacher and author Peter Farquhar.     Murder and conviction [ edit ]
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That was a real highlight of the investigation to get those guilty pleas because it just seemed so unbelievable.” We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. He was ultimately arrested and charged alongside Field for the murder of Peter Farquhar and of conspiracy to murder Ann Moore-Martin, as well as multiple counts of fraud and one count of burglary. However, he was found not guilty on all charges. a b c d " 'Evil' churchwarden guilty of murdering author". BBC News. 9 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 January 2020. Peter Farquhar and Ben Field at their betrothal ceremony Picture: TVP/PA Media (Image: Thames Valley Police/PA Media)
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While he was found guilty, Mr Field denied any involvement in either Mr Field or Miss Moore-Martin’s deaths. But during his trial, he did admit to the fake relationships as being part of a plot to get their wills changed in his favour. In April this year, six years after the initial report, Thames Valley Police’s chief constable Jason Hogg awarded official commendations to 16 officers and civilian investigators involved in bringing Field to justice. Everything was Ben Field, Ben Field. Then when I finally got to charge him, [it was like] ‘is that all you’ve got?’” Mr Earl said: “It’s really hard to stress how big this investigation was and how much work went into it.
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A Diary From the Grave", a documentary about the murders, aired in January 2020 on Channel 4 as part of the Catching a Killer series.  Among them was what the prosecution said was a plan of how he would kill Mr Farquhar. “He said – incredibly – that he wrote it after Peter’s death, despite the fact it was dated before his death,” Mr Earl said.It was the last old-fashioned murder investigation. There was very little digital media, there wasn’t much phone work, there was no CCTV. Text messages between the two men also revealed that Smith was aware of Ben Field’s mirror-writing campaign in which he wrote messages around Ms Moore-Martin’s house in a bid to convince the highly religious woman they were from God and to leave her house to Field. The Sixth Commandment, a four-part series, begins airing on 17 July, with Timothy Spall ( Mr. Turner, the Harry Potter series) starring. It was only when you overlaid all the different pieces of evidence that you could put together a full picture of what was happening.
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Mr Field used to also write letters to Miss Moore-Martin and, while on holiday in France, Mr Smith delivered 10 of them to her for him. The letters were part of a ruse to seduce her and groom her to change her will.
Sixth Commandment killer Ben Field could launch fresh court appeal
During the trial, he admitted to duping Mr Field and Miss Moore-Martin into relationships as part of a plot to get their wills changed in his favour. He had also drugged Mr Field and wrote messages on Miss Moore-Martin’s mirror, pretending to be from God as she was deeply religious, as a form of manipulation. Before murdering Peter Farquhar in 2015, Mr Field had gaslit, manipulated, and steadily poisoned him. He’d also duped him into a fake relationship. Similar was done to Mr Farquhar’s neighbour, Ann Moore-Martin, 18 months later – Mr Field convinced them both to change their wills in his favour. Poison suspected after retired teachers die in village of Maids Moreton. Katie Gibbons and Fiona Hamilton, The Times, 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018. (subscription required) The evidence was distilled into a timeline, pulling together hundreds of different strands into one place.

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The Washington Post‘s Joel Achenbach reports from south Florida, Obama’s opening to Cuba has provoked little outrage in what was once a bastion of anti-Castroism.
“The biggest change in U.S. policy toward Cuba in half a century, an historic rapprochement — the end of the Cold War! — has not yet incited organized outrage at the level where people start pouring onto Calle Ocho. Something has changed here over the years — and the decades.”
via In Miami, a mixed and muted response to historic change in Cuba policy – The Washington Post.
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My latin isn’t what it used to be but there is an appealing sort of symmetry in your argument. However, I have a few questions for you.
1. If after Oct 1962 the Cubans felt that they could no longer rely on the USSR for defence (and they no longer had the missiles to defend themselves) why would they engage in the one activity which would be guaranteed to provoke an invasion form the USA?
2. How could the Cubans have known what was in LBJ’s mind? They had no way of knowing how he would respond to the assassination of JFK. And if LBJ had no stomach for more confrontation in Cuba why would he then take on both communist super-powers, the USSR and China in Vietnam?
3. Why on earth would the CIA protect communist Cuba from revelations over the assassination? Wouldn’t this give them a rolled-gold opportunity to retaliate against their enemy?
4. If Oswald was too unstable to be an agent wouldn’t that make him too unreliable to be an assassin? How could he be relied upon to carry out the job in the first place and then keep quiet about it afterwards?
5. Given what we now know about JFK and William Atwood’s mission for co-existence with Cuba why would Castro get rid of the very President who was prepared to deal with him?
Thanks for your answers 🙂
Your assumption that JFK was willing to deal with Castro is nothing but wishful thinking. At the time that JFK was assassinated another plan to assassinate Castro was in the works, including a meeting with potential operatives in Paris on the day of JFK’s shooting.
It wouldn’t provoke an invasion if there was no firm proof of involvement . Obviously LBJ believed that there was a Cuban element behind the assassination or he would not have mentioned it to Cronkite during his final interview. It would be hard to push an invasion of a coontry that responded to assassination attempts against its leader by striking at the leaders responsible for those attempts. Oswald had no firm ties to Cuba, at least on the surface.
The only ‘wishful thinking’ on my part is that you might occasionally agree that I am right. 🙂
Are you saying JFK did not seek co-existence with Cuba? Please see the quote and link below.
“On the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the eve of the broadcast of a new documentary film on Kennedy and Castro, the National Security Archive today posted an audio tape of the President and his national security advisor, McGeorge Bundy, discussing the possibility of a secret meeting in Havana with Castro. The tape, dated only seventeen days before Kennedy was shot in Dallas, records a briefing from Bundy on Castro’s invitation to a U.S. official at the United Nations, William Attwood, to come to Havana for secret talks on improving relations with Washington. The tape captures President Kennedy’s approval if official U.S. involvement could be plausibly denied.
The possibility of a meeting in Havana evolved from a shift in the President’s thinking on the possibility of what declassified White House records called “an accommodation with Castro” in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Proposals from Bundy’s office in the spring of 1963 called for pursuing “the sweet approach…enticing Castro over to us,” as a potentially more successful policy than CIA covert efforts to overthrow his regime. Top Secret White House memos record Kennedy’s position that “we should start thinking along more flexible lines” and that “the president, himself, is very interested in [the prospect for negotiations].” Castro, too, appeared interested. In a May 1963 ABC News special on Cuba, Castro told correspondent Lisa Howard that he considered a rapprochement with Washington “possible if the United States government wishes it. In that case,” he said, “we would be agreed to seek and find a basis” for improved relations.”
LBJ refers to an ‘international conspiracy’ that doesn’t necessarily mean Cuba. It could mean the USSR – hence his reference to 40 million dead Americans in his discussions with Justice Warren. Only the USSR had the capacity to inflict the sort of casualties that LBJ was talking about.
In any case, the point in relation to LBJ was whether the Cubans could have known how he would react to JFK’s assassination. Given the parlous state of US/Cuban affairs couldn’t it be assumed that the US would use any Cuban link to the assassination to justify an invasion?
Apologies, but weren’t you just saying that Oswald did have some ties to Cuba and that maybe that is why the CIA won’t reveal the contents of its files? I still don’t understand the logic of that btw.
As you know, the issue of whether the Kennedys’ approved of any plots to assassinate Castro is still under debate.
JFK’s rapprochement efforts with Castro were in fact documented and known by the CIA: http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB103/
Res Ipsa loquitur- at least at the level of Presidential intelligence.
We may never know what that is based on, but there has to be something on Oswald’s association with Cuba either in general or specifically related to his visit to the Cuban embassy in Mexico City that has lead to the completely anomalous progression of U.S.-Cuban relations. We have better relations with a country that we were at war with for decades and where 50,000 servicemen died than we do with Cuba. Cuba has been a non-factor in our foreign relationships for 15 years, yet our policy did not change.
Oswald was too erratic to be an agent, either domestically or for a foreign power. But he could be the ideal assassin for a country that needed plausible deniability, or even a country that never formally directed him to do anything but lived in mortal peril of invasion or decapitation while aware of active attempts to remove its leadership. In 1962 Fidel urged the Soviets to strike even if that lead to the annihilation of Cuba. The Soviet betrayal in Oct 1962 made it obvious to Fidel that the U.S.S.R. could never be relied upon to rescue Cuba in the event that JFK violated his pledge to Khrushchev not to invade. It is highly logical that the Cuban leadership considered the Revolution to be in danger as long as JFK was alive. I think that this is what LBJ was referring too in his final interview with Conkite. Obviously LBJ had no stomach for another round of confrontation in the Caribbean , particularly after learning that JFK was running “a Murder,Inc. in the Caribbean “.
I doubt that there was any firm evidence for a Cuban author of the assassination of JFK using Oswald, but it would explain why the CIA has not released everything that they know. In my opinion it is much more likely that Oswald was presented a target of opportunity and acted on it and the benefit to Castro was simply serendipity.
..”there has to be something on Oswald’s association with Cuba either in general or specifically related to his visit to the Cuban embassy in Mexico City that has lead to the completely anomalous progression of U.S.-Cuban relations.”~Photon
You are dealing out suppositions here without knowing the facts. In fact the person that visited the Cuban embassy in Mexico City, was not Oswald at all, but an impostor. There are photos of a larger older heavyset man that was photographed at the embassy. There are other impostors who called the embassy by phone, and analysis shows these were not Oswald either.
Oswald was being set up as a Patsy for months before the assassination. There were many reported Oswald pretenders in Dallas, even while the real Oswald was still in Russia.
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“The CIA advised that on October 1, 1963, an extremely sensitive source had reported that an individual identified himself as Lee Oswald, who contacted the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City inquiring as to any messages. Special Agents of this Bureau, who have conversed with Oswald in Dallas, Texas, have observed photographs of the individual referred to above, and have listened to a recording of his voice. These special agents are of the opinion that the above-referred-to individual was not Lee Harvey Oswald.”
The paragraph shown above comes from an FBI memo sent to both the White House and the Secret Service on November 23, 1963, the day after President Kennedy’s assassination. It was a follow-up to a phone call at 10:01 AM, in which Director Hoover informed Lyndon Johnson of the same fact. Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of Kennedy held in police custody in Dallas, had been impersonated in phone calls to the Soviet Embassy in Mexio City.
The fact that Oswald was impersonated less than two months prior to the Dallas shooting was obviously important news.”
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So you are saying the reason that the US govt has put Cuba in the deep freeze for the last 50 years is because that even though it has no firm evidence it is convinced that Cuba was behind the assassination in some way.
I could just as easily say that the reason that the US has put Cuba in the deep freeze for the last 50 years is because successive Presidents (and politicians) don’t want to end up with their brains blown out on a public street in front of their wives by their own government, just as JFK did.
Let’s face it, Cuba is a gnat compared to the military, economic and political power of the USA. If the USA really believed that the Cubans had killed their President then they have a massive range of options to persuade the world that this happened and then to exact some sort of appropriate justice on the perpetrators.
Actually, I thought that they would never agree to this until Fidel passed away, suggesting to me that his death is imminent -he hasn’t been seen in public for about a year. There are no conditions different now than have been present for the last 2-3 years.
I suspect that the release of further CIA records in relation to the JFK Assassination will never happen until you see regime change in Cuba. There is a reason why Presidents of both political parties never moved toward establishment of embassy level ties with the Castro government despite periods of detente.That reason has nothing to do with the politics of the Cuban government, nor the opinions of the South Florida exile community, nor any recent action of the Cuban or U.S. governments.
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What is the reason then? Are you saying the Cubans did it after all and the US govt knew?
First, they don´t have realized it yet. Second, those who have realized it, are now too old for taking the streets. Third, Cuban people in South Florida is so accustomed to anti-Castroism as great show, that when things turn serious they don´t care. Now the hot issue is the spouse of the head of the Wasp Network, Gerardo Hernandez, who appeared in TV carrying a child.

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The sister of Shahzad Ali says justice has not been done for the murder of her brother, Haroon Jahan and Abdul Musavir.
More than 200 people have been protesting outside the headquarters of West Midlands Police, in what they say is a continuing fight for justice for three men who died during last summer's riots in Birmingham.
200 people protested today outside West Midlands Police headquarters over the Winson Green murder trial.
The families of three men killed during last year's riots in Birmingham will demonstrate outside West Midlands Police Headquarters later.
It's after they announced yesterday they are seeking legal advice after eight men were cleared of the men's murders.
Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir died after being hit by a car in Winson Green.
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Serbia is working on a new energy policy that will involve greater use of renewable energy sources but also a right of first refusal in the sale of green energy produced by power plants on its territory.
Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia’s president, has said a new energy policy is one of five key items on the country’s reform agenda, along with climate action and environmental protection.
Norway will help Serbia develop its new energy policy
He said that Norway, and partly the United Kingdom, will help Serbia develop its new energy policy, whose drafting will require a broad understanding of what lies ahead.
Elements of the new policy, according to him, include increasing the use of renewable energy sources, creating conditions to integrate such energy sources into the system, which involves the construction of pumped-storage hydropower plants, but also making sure that the green energy produced in Serbia is actually consumed.
The fact that the market has been liberalized is great, he said, but Serbia needs to ensure that its resources, such as wind, are utilized and that the energy remains in the country.
Serbia must at least ensure a right of first refusal to buy green energy produced on its territory, which it doesn’t have at the moment, he said. “If you’re using our resource, then the energy must first end up in Serbia because we need it, and then you can export it,” Vučić explained, adding that this applies to solar as well.
Nuclear is the most cost-effective and cleanest energy
According to him, there should be no debate about whether or not to build pumped-storage hydropower plants Bistrica and Đerdap 3, but there must be a debate on modular nuclear reactors, and it must include experts.
He said that nuclear energy is the most cost-effective, the cleanest, and the best energy today. Training experts may take time, but modular nuclear reactors can be a solution to ensure enough energy, according to him.
The biggest challenge at the moment is ensuring sufficient quantities of coal
Voicing his full support for the construction of modular nuclear reactors, Vučić said he believes they are the future of energy and noted that France plans to build more nuclear power plants and that all countries around Serbia are developing such facilities.
Serbia’s biggest challenge at the moment, he said, is coal mining. A lot of money needs to be invested in increasing the production capacity from 60,000 tons to 75,000 tons and then to 90,000 tons, which is necessary to ensure enough electricity.
He also announced that Serbia would soon open talks on natural gas supplies with Gazprom, noting that the country is 100% dependent on Russian gas. That will remain the case for at least two more years, and perhaps even longer, according to Vučić.


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Josh R. forwards me this bit of political news. Out in California, there is jockeying for a congressional seat, with Republicans looking to challenge freshman Democrat Julia Brownley, who represents the Ventura County/Oxnard/Thousand Oaks area. Possibilities:
Colusa County Supervisor Kim Vann is likely to challenge Rep. John Garamendi in the Sacramento-area 3rd District. Former state Sen. Tony Strickland is expected to run again, most likely forging a rematch with freshman Rep. Julia Brownley in the Ventura County-based 26th District.
There’s some talk that Strickland would take a look at the neighboring 25th District if GOP Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon opts for retirement. One plugged-in GOP source said another person looking at a challenge to Brownley is baseball pitcher Jeff Suppan, who may run if he doesn’t make a Major League roster this season.
Let’s see: Suppan got knocked around for six starts with the Padres last season, knocked around while down in Tucson, and was knocked around in a full season in Omaha in 2011. I’m guessing the 38 year-old is free to run for Congress if he feels like it.
The loss of a close, well-pitched game is hard enough for any team to take, but when you lose two key players to injury in the process it’s gotta be damn nigh intolerable. That’s what happened to the Angels last night in their 3-1 loss to Minnesota, losing Andrelton Simmons and Shohei Ohtani. And it happened on consecutive plays in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Simmons is likely to be gone for an extended period after suffering a sprained ankle which was later deemed “severe”. Indeed, they weren’t sure it wasn’t broken until the X-rays came back negative. He sustained the injury running to first base, trying to beat out an infield hit. He came down on the ankle and it twisted in ugly fashion — there are Gifs of it on Twitter and stuff, but you don’t wanna see them — before tumbling over the bag to the ground. Simmons will have an MRI today to see how bad things really are.
Ohtani got off more easily, getting hit in the right ring finger with a pitch while striking out. His X-rays were also negative, but they will reassess him today.
Simmons is hitting .298/.323/.415 on the year while playing his usual spectacular defense. Ohtani, who just came back from Tommy John surgery as a hitter a couple of weeks ago, is hitting .250/.345/.375.


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Why is that we rarely think about what moda really means?
From my perspective this is a very important question and we have to ask exactly what does moda mean?
According to a dictionary, it means:” A manner, way, or method of doing or acting”.
I think that you have to look at how and who starts a “moda” to find the answer.
In my opinion, “moda” should mean: ” A manner, way, or method that people choose to express themselves”. Moreover, moda and trend are different. Moda is like “art” and trend is more like a “sentiment”: they are different. Let me clarify: my elegant friend who dresses in loud orange and red paints is not launching a new moda, he’s expressing his favorite trend.
This would explain why some people purchase big name brands. They have a sense of trend, but they depend on the designers to define the “moda”. How about people living without a “moda”? I guess there is no one who lives without a “moda”, including the homeless. Everyone is somehow forced by society to make some type of choices about dressing, eating, and so on.
My conclusion is that most of the time, “moda” it’s just a matter of choice: is this important? Yes, it is. It’s very important from my perspective.
When I was teenager, I was obsessed in that very young way about “moda”: I was determined to express myself through my clothes. My mom gave up suggesting clothes for me, like I am sure many mothers do. As I grew up, I realized that my struggle to find my own style was in fact a common problem. What does everyone do? We try to develop our own “style”, while observing “the mass guidelines” because we feel we need to be part of the crowd. We are afraid that if we change something, just a little bit, it would be a tragedy and we would not “fit in”.
Let me illustrate my point with a personal life experience:
During my youth vacation in Torino, I was introduced to an unusual jeans shop that was selling a very particular kind of jeans: used, tailored, and (possibly) with some holes! I walked in, I chose my favorite “used” pair; Once I bought them, I gave them to a tailor (a terrific girl of about my age) that customized the bottom of the jeans to fit my leg.
It was a new idea. I ended up paying the same price for “new jeans” for a pair of “used jeans” with holes. It is unbelievable when I think about it today! I still remember the name of the shop: “la Dea del paradiso sciccoso” (the Goddess of luxury heaven).
Once back in my town, Caserta, sporting these “new” jeans, I was seen as dressing with a …..”cosmic” attire for that time (late ’70’s). I tried not to notice the way people stared at me, but one of my friends clued me in by telling me:”you look funny!”. My mom was worried about people thinking that our family were homeless since I was dressing in pants with holes. As I said, it was a tragedy! J Just because I was not “observing” a certain mass dress code.
But I was determined to wear those jeans, and I liked them. To cut the story short, after one year everyone in my town was wearing jeans just like that, even though I do not remember having seen that type of jeans in the shops in Caserta at that time. The “used jeans with the holes” were officially a new “moda” in my town, started accidentally.
My closing point is that each of us can launch a new “moda”, if consistent with people expectations, regardless of the mass dress code guidelines. Today “new moda” is almost dead, because no big brand dares to really innovate: the risk of selling less is a very real risk for them. Traveling among small tailors and shoemakers in Italy I discovered that they are the real fashion creators of today. The big brands give them some guidelines (like my family did to me) and they create new ideas (like I did while traveling in Torino). That got me thinking to myself: what if I bring these small tailors onto the world stage, so everyone can purchase directly from them at a price can be up to 5 times (I am serious about it!) lower than a big brand retailing the same products?
I did just that on my website and it worked pretty well. People have really responded to this opportunity. Therefore I’m striving to gather the largest number of fashion makers into MADEINITALYMALL.com to offer the freshest fashion or “moda” ideas. My example shows you that you don’t always have to buy “fashion brands”. You can buy quality directly from people that have the passion and knowledge about fashion.
Enjoy your day with a little break of Italian dolce vita!

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HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are congratulating President Barack Obama as he begins his second term.
The 88-year-old former president issued a statement Monday saying, "Barbara and I send President and Mrs. Obama -- and their wonderful girls -- our best wishes and
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Read This! Books with Street Cred
Recommended Reading from Southern Indie Booksellers, culled from their websites, newsletters, emails, facebook and twitter posts, and from the moments when they stop us in the street to push a book in our hands sayings "You've got to read this!"
Let's be clear, Christopher Moore is not for the faint of heart.
But if you love wild imagination, hysterically funny and profane dialogue, multiple plot lines that weave together but allow lots of humorous and (did I mention) profane tangents – he's your guy.
Secondhand Souls is a sequel to A Dirty Job. I read SS without having read A Dirty Job with no confusion. But SS does give a few necessary spoilers from the earlier book. So if you have the leisure, do them in order.
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore (William Morrow & Company) Recommended by Rosemary at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 31 August 2015 31 August 2015
In an age when the once romantic American Southwest is beginning to fall victim to the same capitalization as the rest of the country, young and starry-eyed Billy Boyd embarks on a quest of Greek proportions across the unclaimed landscape.
The Crossing is the second book in McCarthy's Border Trilogy stands on its own beautifully, but rises to an entirely more transcendent level
when read with the other two books (All the Pretty Horses and Cities of the Plain).
With his beautiful imagery, deeply sympathetic characters, and haunting social commentary, Cormac McCarthy shines as one of the greatest writers of all time.
But this book is not for the faint of heart—it will literally change your life.
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) Recommended by Kate at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 15 August 2015 15 August 2015
This book-length poem invites us to look and look again at the world we inhabit and the people we often choose not to see.
The Descent of Alette reinvents the epic through its use of quotation marks to create a new poetic “foot,” inviting the reader to linger over each phrase or read through the divisions, drawing attention to similar choices in our daily lives.
A compelling narrative unfolds within this dynamic form of a woman moving through an underground world to confront a Tyrant who rules from a daylight realm.
The voices of the wounded, the homeless, the forgotten, those who blur the stark lines of light and shadow, all are present in this journey of transformation.
The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley (Penguin) Recommended by Heather at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 27 August 2015 27 August 2015
I found Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things both strange and compulsively readable.
Michel Faber turns the science fiction premise of planetary colonization on its head. Peter, a Christian evangelist, leaves his wife Bea, and beloved cat, Joshua, at home in England while he serves as replacement missionary to an alien race on the planet Oasis. As Peter and Bea correspond (not easy!) it becomes apparent that Bea is the one having the harder time as life in England deteriorates, while Peter finds his new flock peculiar and exotic, but surprisingly devoted to their faith and the Bible, which they call The Book of Strange New Things.
Faber, best known for his Victorian novel The Crimson Petal and the White, weaves a compelling story of love, faith, corporate culture, damaged lives, and resilience.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber (Hogarth) Recommended by Sarah at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 13 August 2015 13 August 2015
Damon Tweedy brings us a very personal view of the role race has played for him as a student, a doctor, and even as a patient.
He starts with his time as one of only a handful of black students attending Duke University Medical School, where one of his professors asks if he is there to fix the lights.
Through his internship and on to psychiatric training and practice, he sheds a light on how easy it is for us to see each other through the lens of race instead of as individuals, and how that leads to bad outcomes for everyone, but especially for black patients.
Tweedy has written a thoughtful, provocative, and very readable account, full of engaging stories of real people whose well-being, and even survival, are affected by racial perceptions.
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy (Picador) Recommended by Sarah at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 16 August 2015 16 August 2015
Edgar, aka Eggert Furst, aka Comrade Parts, is one of the most intriguing and pathetic villains I've come across.
Okasanen's latest novel, like her international best-seller Purge, delves into the political tumult of little-known Estonia, where the overly ambitious Edgar adopts a new identity, while selling out his friends and colleagues, with each regime swing between the Red Army and the Nazis.
His total lack of conscience and increasing paranoia of exposure by the two people who know him – his alcoholic estranged wife and his freedom-fighting cousin Roland – add just the right hint of dark comedy.
When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen (Knopf Publishing Group) Recommended by Vicki at Quail Ridge Books Raleigh NC
- Published: 18 July 2015 18 July 2015