Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel

By Faye Kellerman

This novel by Faye Kellerman is one in a series featuring LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus.  This novel focuses on a young teen, Gabe Whitman, who is living with them in LA.  Chris’ father is a notorious gangster, and Peter and Rina welcome him into their home when he needs to get away from his father.  Much of the story revolves around how Gabe is adjusting to his new life, and how he meets and falls in love with a young Persian girl, Yasmine.  Meanwhile Decker is investigating a series of teenage suicides which might not really be suicide, and the story switches back and forth between these story lines.  It isn’t until over halfway through the book that the plot really takes off, and the two story lines intersect with the young teens being bullied by a vicious group of teens from a local prep school. 

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The Money Saving Mom’s Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year

By Crystal Paine

When I first started reading blogs one of the first one I read regularly was Crystal Paine’s blog, Money Saving Mom.  I still subscribe to her emails and click over to read a articles a few times a week.  I like the blog because it is very practical, and doesn’t ask you to save money by doing unrealistic things.  So I was thrilled to review her book, which is being released on January 10th.

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KBL : Kill Bin Laden : A Novel Based on True Events

By John Weisman

This book is a fictionalized account of how the US government was able to find and kill Bin Laden in Pakistan.  It doesn’t pretend to tell us what really happened, but instead gives one way it could have happened.  This is an interesting premise for a book, and a different way of writing about an actual historic event.  My guess is the truth is probably not nearly as exciting as this book is, but it certainly makes for a fascinating read. 

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Double Dexter: A Novel

By Jeff Lindsay

This book is the latest by Jeff Lindsay in the Dexter series, which has been popularized by the Showtime series.  As happens many times with books that are made into TV shows the book series and TV show diverge quite a bit.  Many of the   In this book a witness accidently sees Dexter chopping up a body.  The witness doesn’t respond by turning Dexter in, but by making his life miserable and stalking him. Dexter spends most of the book thinking his secret will be discovered at any time and looking over his shoulder.

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