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Derek Flint is a loner. He lives with his mom and spends evenings watching his clients on the CCTV cameras that he has installed inside of their homes. He enjoys their companionship, even if it is only through a screen.
The Cottage | Lisa Stone | 9780008445973 | NetGalley The Cottage | Lisa Stone | 9780008445973 | NetGalley
I expected this story to be about Jan and the mystery about an isolated cottage at the edge of a wood. But then other sub-plots were introduced (Ian+Emma, detective) and I thought why I'm reading about them? What they have to do with the Cottage Jan rented?? It made more sense as the story progress and I realized where author heads with this story. When a horrible crime is committed, Jacob’s family must confront their darkest fears. Has the boy that they raised become a monster? Or could somebody else be to blame? Jan refuses to be scared off. But whoever is outside isn’t going away, and it soon becomes clear that the nightmare is only just beginning... What readers are saying about The Cottage Jan refuses to be scared off but whatever is happening isn't going to stop anytime soon and the nightmare is only just beginning. Jan Hamlin needs a fresh start after losing her job and boyfriend. So she rents a secluded cottage in Coleshaw Woods.
After losing her job and boyfriend, Jan Hamlin is in desperate need of a fresh start. So she jumps at the chance to rent a secluded cottage on the edge of Coleshaw Woods. Derek is a fascinatingly complex who so very well written, and you are still sympathetic for him even though there is a spate of serious crimes which seem to link him as the perpetrator. The strength of the storytelling keeps you hooked, and is an instantly fast moving and creepy story that is easily enjoyable for both the technophobe or tech savvy reader. Rare Andera & Stone ACCIDENTAL GENIUS Del Monico Books 2012 First Edition HC/DJ [Hardcover] Lisa Stone I can take no more. This will be a did not finish for me. I almost plummeted deliberately off the ladder just to make it end. Could anyone with an actual brain read this awful nonsense? The midwife who delivers the so-called dead babies (obviously they weren't dead) has been keeping them because she knew they'd die soon and that would distress the parents? Seriously? She works full time but has a house full of babies and children with birth defects she's tending to and loving until they die to save the parents having to go through this? Uh huh. A house full of mutant children and babies. And she works full time. And the neighbours know nothing. But this life is better for the children than remaining with their own parents until they die. Uh huh. How old is this author? I'm guessing she's never had a baby herself or known anyone who did?
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When the critically ill Jacob Wilson gets a lifesaving heart transplant, his parents are most relieved that their loving son has been saved. But before long, his family must accept that something has changed inside of Jacob. Their formerly loving son is slowly being replaced by a violent man whose mood swings leave them horrified, however is it really their fault?
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It formed part of the storyline in the film Shallow Hal." Who talks like this in a regular conversation? You'd say "Like in that movie, Shallow Hal". These seemingly unrelated stories intertwine themselves in an interesting way. However, for most of the book it does feel like two completely different stories and (just my opinion) they probably should have been because they didn't intersect in a meaningful way for me. I was much more invested in Ian and Emma's story. It was tragic, it was weird and it was suspenseful. With Jan's story, it had it's moments and gave me some creepy vibes for sure, but my attention did waiver during her chapters.
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This one has set on my Netgalley queue for a long while and, as it turns out, for a reason. I do try to be discerning when it comes to mystery thriller selections for there are simply too many for them out there, but it isn’t always possible. And so, sometimes books like this slip through. Some of the topics may be disturbing for some readers Miscarriage. Same-generation incest between half-siblings who genuinely did not know they were related. Couples who have used sperm donor may also find the topic of "fertility fraud" disturbing.In this story newly single and unemployed Jan Hamlin (29) and married couple Ian and Emma Jennings, who have been through their baby's stillbirth find their lives interwined in very strange way... That said, Lisa has not always been a reader. She didn’t read too much as a child, however during her teens she found this whole new world suddenly and read true life, crime, mystery, and the classics. Lisa Stone is a mom of three and lives in England. This is when she started writing. She has always been a writer, from when she was at school, writing articles and poems for the school magazine. During her teens she started writing short stories, a few radio plays, and novels. A change of life a breakup, all that might be able to be eased by making a new start somewhere else. Ben and Emily move in next door to Dr. Burman and Anita, his wife, they’re keen on getting to know their new neighbors. Emily, sociable and outgoing, attempts to befriend the doctor’s wife, yet Anita is oddly subdued, hardly leaves the house, and is terrified of even answering her phone.
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