![]() ![]() This is something different."- Booklist "There is a Crutcher-like sensibility in the balanced but unambiguous portrayals of adults-while some are brutal, negligent, and blameworthy, others show nothing but compassion and understanding for the kids that these former monsters have messed up. Readers will like the edginess and be intrigued by the extrasensory elements as well as the darker turns the mystery takes. Readers will find themselves rooting for these characters."- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review "By delving into the adults' problems as they meld with the mystery of Nikki's disappearance, Price has given the book an adult veneer. Even the people in supporting roles are extremely well developed, especially the cemetery caretaker and his daughter, both of whom play crucial roles in Murray's maturation. "This superb debut novel concerns two very different individuals trying to discover the fate of a high school cheerleader who disappeared from a small California town. ![]()
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People dont just disappear without a trace. “Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises.” –Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica, author of the upcoming Just the Nicest Couple, takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. ![]() ![]() Anica tweets about bookish things at which is also her handle on Instagram. Drive Me Crazy Book by Erin Downing Official Publisher Page Simon & Schuster About The Book About The Author Product Details Resources and Downloads Drive Me Crazy Part of The Romantic Comedies By Mass Market Paperback LIST PRICE 6. As a former editor turned full-time writer, Anica has spoken with kids and adults across the country about all stages of the writing process, from ideas and drafting to revisions and beyond.Īnica is the author of the Anna, Banana chapter-book series, the picture books The Teacher’s Pet and Watch Out for Wolf!, and a YA novel, Always Forever Maybe. Her essays have been published by The Writer magazine and the New York Times, and she plays fiddle in and writes lyrics for the electro-country band Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves. ![]() She now tells and collects stories, makes up songs on her violin, and eats lots of cheese with her friends in Princeton, New Jersey, where she lives with her dog, Arugula. After college, she moved to New York City, where she worked as a cheesemonger and book editor. Anica Mrose Rissi grew up on an island off the coast of Maine, where she read a lot of books and loved a lot of pets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally Cambridge, Massachusetts, when my husband left the service and entered Harvard Law School (another daughter another son) and then to Maine - by now with four children under the age of five in tow. I had just turned nineteen - just finished my sophomore year in college - when I married a Naval officer and continued the odyssey that military life requires. High school was back in New York City, but by the time I went to college (Brown University in Rhode Island), my family was living in Washington, D.C. I was born in Hawaii, moved from there to New York, spent the years of World War II in my mother’s hometown: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and from there went to Tokyo when I was eleven. ![]() I was a solitary child who lived in the world of books and my own vivid imagination.īecause my father was a career military officer - an Army dentist - I lived all over the world. That left me in-between, and exactly where I wanted most to be: on my own. ![]() Little brother Jon was the only boy and had interests that he shared with Dad together they were always working on electric trains and erector sets and later, when Jon was older, they always seemed to have their heads under the raised hood of a car. ![]() My older sister, Helen, was very much like our mother: gentle, family-oriented, eager to please. "I’ve always felt that I was fortunate to have been born the middle child of three. ![]() ![]() ![]() After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. ![]() Peretti was a natural storyteller who, as a child in Seattle, regularly told stories to neighborhood children. Peretti was born in Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Canada, but raised in Seattle, Washington for most of his life. He now lives in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho with his wife, Barbara. Peretti has held ministry credentials with the Assemblies of God, and formerly played the banjo in a bluegrass band called Northern Cross. Peretti is best known for his novels This Present Darkness (1986) and Piercing the Darkness (1989). He has been described by the New York Times as creating the Christian thriller genre. ![]() As of 2012, his works have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Frank Edward Peretti (born January 13, 1951) is a New York Times best-selling author of Christian fiction, whose novels primarily focus on the supernatural. ![]() |