Monday, June 25, 2012

Mailbox Monday - Who do Voodoo and Gossip



Currently on a Blog Tour with a New Host Each Month


Title: Who Do, Voodoo
Author: Rochelle Staab
Publisher: Berkley (November 1, 2011)
Format: Paperback; Pgs 304
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: Paperbackswap
Series: A Mind for Murder #1

Overview

When Liz Cooper's friend Robin Bloom finds an unusual tarot card tacked to her front door, Liz writes it off as a prank. Robin refuses to ignore the omen—her late husband drew the same card, the three of swords, in a reading the night before he was killed in a car accident. As more cards and darker threats appear, Liz realizes someone very dangerous is upping the ante.

Liz turns to her brother's ex-college roommate, occult expert Nick Garfield. As Nick leads her into the voodoo community to locate the origin of the deck, she can't ignore their attraction to each other. Then a woman is found murdered and Robin becomes the prime suspect. Determined to clear her friend, Liz joins forces with Nick to unravel otherworldly secrets and seek help from beyond—or risk being outwitted by a cunning killer...




Title: Gossip
Author: Beth Gutcheon
Publisher: William Morrow (March 20, 2012)
Format: Hardcover; Pgs 288
Genre: Fiction
Source: Paperbackswap


Overview

A sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about all the ways we talk about one another, the sometimes fine line between showing concern and doing damage, and the difficulty of knowing the true obligations of friendship.

Loviah “Lovie” French owns a small, high-end dress shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Renowned for her taste, charm, and discretion, Lovie is the one to whom certain women turn when they need “just the thing” for key life events: baptisms and balls, weddings and funerals. Among those who depend on Lovie’s sage advice are her two best friends since boarding school days: Dinah Wainwright and Avis Metcalf. Despite the love they share for their mutual friend, there has always been a chilly gulf between Dinah and Avis, the result of a perceived slight from decades ago that has unimaginably tragic echoes many years later.

Gossip is a tale of intimacy and betrayal, trust and fidelity, friendship and motherhood that explores the way we use “information” — be it true, false, or imagined — to sustain, and occasionally destroy, one another

3 comments:

Mary (Bookfan) said...

I read Gossip earlier this year. The cozy looks fun! Enjoy both :)

Harvee said...

Would love to know how you enjoy Gossip! Enjoy.

Anonymous said...

Gossip sounds interesting.

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