Title: Rooms_ A Novel Author: James L. Rubart File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction:Suspense Description: On a rainy spring day in Seattle, young software tycoon Micah Taylor receives a cryptic, twenty-five-year-old letter from a great uncle he never knew. It claims a home awaits him on the Oregon coast that will turn his world inside out. Suspecting a prank, Micah arrives at Cannon Beach to discover a stunning brand new nine-thousand square foot house. And after meeting Sarah Sabin at a nearby ice cream shop, he has two reasons to visit the beach every weekend. When bizarre things start happening in the rooms of the home, Micah suspects they have some connection to his enigmatic new friend, Rick, the town mechanic. But Rick will only say the house is spiritual. This unnerves Micah because his faith slipped away like the tide years ago, and he wants to keep it that way. But as he slowly discovers, the home isn’t just spiritual, it’s a physical manifestation of his soul, which God uses to heal Micah’s darkest wounds and lead him into an astonishing new destiny. An extraordinary read. Part *The Screwtape Letters*, part *The Shack*. --Robert Liparulo, best-selling author of *Comes a Horseman* A profound spiritual tale spun with imaginative flair. I'm looking forward to more from Jim Rubart. --James Scott Bell, best-selling author of *Try Fear* Unforgettable. The kind of book that is talked about long after the last page has been turned. The universe of readers is richer because of this debut novel. --Alton Gansky, author of *Enoch* and *Certain Jeopardy* Two words about *Rooms*: blown away. It's been a long time since I read anything this unique and truly creative, and even longer since a book held me in such rapt attention during the moments I was reading it--and long after. --Deborah Raney, author of the Clayburn novels

Title: The Last Detective Author: Robert Crais File Type: Mobi Subject:Mystery Description:Amazon.com ReviewDont start reading The Last Detective with much on your calendar. This tense, satisfying thriller will glue you to your chair, as private eye Elvis Cole--the star of strong and strong--faces his toughest case: the abduction of his girlfriends son, 10-year-old Ben Chenier, who was staying with Elvis when he was snatched.Panic at Bens disappearance turns to terror when the kidnapper phones to reveal his apparent motive, a dark secret from Elviss past. But the plot thickens and twists, and then twists again, as Elvis and his longtime buddy, tough guy Joe Pike, race the clock against a group of villains as sinister as they are capable. The author mixes Elviss first-person narration with third-person sections that describe other points of view--a risky technique, but Crais makes it work. He also does a fine job resurrecting the wisecracking Elvis of earlier books while imbuing him with a new depth and darkness. This dazzlingly plotted, crisply told story is threaded with real detection (what a rarity!) and peopled by characters you cant help but care about--including Carol Starkey, the haunted bomb-squad cop from Demolition Angel, whos now a juvenile-abduction detective. Crais has long been getting better with each book, and The Last Detective continues the pattern. --Nicholas H. AllisonFrom Publishers WeeklyElvis lives! Elvis Cole that is, Craiss iconoclastic, smart-aleck L.A. PI, last seen in Indigo Slam (1997). Violent and action-packed, this eighth book in the series has less of Coles usual wisecracking but all the intensity and convoluted plotting of his two recent stand-alone thrillers, Demolition Angel (2000) and Hostage (2001). Cole is babysitting Ben, the 10-year-old son of his lawyer lover, Lucy Chenier, when the boy is kidnapped. As Cole and his super-tough, enigmatic pal, Joe Pike, join the police in the search for Ben, Lucys obnoxious ex-husband, Richard, arrives from New Orleans with his own investigators. At first, the kidnappers imply theyre seeking revenge for atrocities Cole committed in Vietnam. Several powerful, beautifully written flashbacks to Coles horrendous Nam experiences and his troubled childhood follow. The narrative switches between Coles vivid first-person point-of-view and a third-person account of a brave, frightened Ben and his savage captors. As the kidnappers deadline nears and disturbing motives surface, the suspense becomes almost unbearable. The terrible, heartstopping climax is so well written that time seems to stop. Crais combines the thriller and private eye genres into a dazzling novel that is far more accomplished than the sum of its parts.br 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.