“Maybe we should threaten to sic the A.A. Third shift can be a snoozer.” He glanced at his watch-three in the morning, groan-and swallowed a yawn. O’Leary thought drug addicts were smelly street people, not grande dames of society who contributed five figures to charity every year. Jared had been trying to get her into a drug treatment program for two years, to no avail. She was in her late forties, impeccably groomed, ridiculously rich and hopelessly hooked on Demerol. To all the Emergency Rooms in the city, actually. O’Leary (“Like the lady with the cow, honey.”) was a frequent visitor to the ER. O’Leary’s chart and underlining it twice. “The guys have too much time on their hands,” Jared said, writing NO NARCOTICS!!!!!!! in Mrs. “What’s going on in there?”Shari, one of the RN floats, asked without looking up from restocking the meds cabinet. For heaven’s sake, he thought darkly, scrawling orders for one of the seven patients he’d admitted that evening, just put the charts back in their rows, you guys. So he was annoyed when he heard the crash of something falling over in the chart room. Jared Dean hated being interrupted more than just about anything in the world. ****SPOILER***** ******SPOILER****** *****SPOILER******Ĭhristopher Golden threw me for a loop with this story, with the death of a major character.Dr. Highly recommended, and I can't wait to get started on the next book in the series. This is a great series for readers of all ages who are interested in forensic work. I read THIEF OF HEARTS in one sitting, much the same way I did with the first book in the series, BODY BAGS. Whoever is killing men and women around Somerset isn't just murdering them, but taking their hearts.Īs the suspense builds-Pierce becomes a suspect of local detectives Audrey Gaines and Danny Mariano Jenna and her friends just might be in danger-the book picks up speed. And Jenna's doubly dismayed when she assists in the first autopsy as part of her job with the Medical Examiner's office, and realizes that these murders are particularly grisly. There's a problem though-more murders start happening on and around campus, just about the time Pierce shows up in Somerset. She hasn't seen her much older brother in years, and she's looking forward to renewing their relationship. Now, her half-brother, Pierce, has shown up to spend his thirty-day leave from the Marine Corps with their father, and Jenna is thrilled. ![]() Jenna's been at college for a month now, getting into the rythm of classes, friendship (with her roommate Yoshiko, best friend Melody, and Melody's brother Hunter), and a renewed relationship with her father, Professor Logan, who teaches at the school. But in THIEF OF HEARTS, it does just that, and in true style! ![]() Please visit him at Reviewed by Me for Īfter Jenna Blake's very eventful first week at Somerset University in Masachusetts (BODY BAGS) which included politically motivated killings and attempts on her life, it would be hard to believe that college could get even more complicated. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. ![]() With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands.
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