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Title: Queen of Spades Author: Michael Shou-Yung Shum Published by:  Forest Avenue Press Publication date:  10 October 2017  Genre:  General Fiction, Suspense ISBN:  19424363319 Mareli's rating:  3.5 stars Recommend to:  If you have a gambling problem - stay clear. This book reveals the 'magic' of a casino and the luck of the card.  Description:  Queen of Spades  revamps the classic Pushkin fable of the same name, transplanted to a mysterious Seattle-area casino populated by a pit boss with six months to live, a dealer obsessing over the mysterious methods of an elderly customer known as the Countess, and a recovering gambler who finds herself trapped in a cultish twelve-step program. With a breathtaking climax that rivals the best Hong Kong gambling movies, Michael Shou-Yung Shum’s debut novel delivers the thrilling highs and lows that come when we cede control of our futures to the roll of t...

Title: How We Found You Author:  J.T. Lawrence Series: When tomorrow calls (Book 2) Publication date: 18 May 2017 (Today!!! Launch day is TODAY!!) Read:  May 11 - 18, 2015 Genre:  Thriller; Science Fiction (Futuristic) Mareli's rating:  4 Stars Recommend to: Have you read Why you were taken?  Description:  There’s something different about Kate’s four-year-old son. He wasn’t created the old fashioned way. Now a violent cult wants him dead and Kate will do anything to protect him – until they take her daughter. In tomorrow’s world, Kate is haunted by a brutal past. Struggling to navigate a life that seems like an experiment in virtual reality, her paranoia threatens to consume her. But when someone tries to kidnap Mally, she realizes she was absolutely right to be afraid. With only hours to go before the cult's prophecy is to be fulfilled, Kate and Seth face more danger than they’ve ever imagined, desperate to keep him safe. However, the charismatic ...

A Novel about the Little Dog who almost changed history Title: Sirius Author:  Jonathan Crown Published by:  Scribner Publication date: 04 October 2016  Genre: Literary Fiction Pages:  247 ISBN:   9781501144998   Mareli's rating: 5 stars Recommend to: Animal lovers (especially for dashing fox terriers), lovers of historical novels (WWII) Description:  Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrier, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood. Sirius takes his destiny into his own hands with the kind of melancholic mirth exclusive to his breed. He becomes a celebrated film star and circus performer, friend to Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant. But, when a magic trick goes wrong, Sirius ends up back in war-torn Berlin. Never one to despair, he finds himself in the Führer's headquarters as Adolf Hitler's lap dog... and an informant for the resistance....

The devilish parts: Title: Froelich's Ladder Author: Jamie Duclos-Yourdon Published by: Forest Avenue Press Publication date: 09 August 2016 Genre: Adult Fiction Pages: 248 (Paperback) ISBN: 978-1-942436-19-5 (Paperback) Description: Froelich nurses a decades-old family grudge from his permanent perch atop a giant ladder in this nineteenth century madcap adventure novel. When he disappears suddenly, his nephew embarks on a rain-soaked adventure across the Pacific Northwest landscape to find him, accompanied by an ornery girl with a most unfortunate name. In their encounters with Confederate assassins, European expatriates and a general store magnate, this fairy tale twist on the American dream explores the conflicts between loyalty and ambition and our need for human connection, even at the highest rungs.  Forest Avenue Press Mareli's rating: 4 stars Recommend to: Readers/believers/tellers of Tall Tales Froelich's Ladder  is a Tall tale/Folk tale set in the O...