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It's been at least six months since I wrote a new blog post, so I thought I'd better get back to it before it's too late. I've been reading lots and writing even more. The good news is that I've been doing major revisions on one of my novels, which has finally caught the attention of a publisher. But - more on that in later blogs!! I thought I'd ease back into the blog by highlighting some great books I've read that I hope you'll enjoy too. Here goes: THE CURIOSITY by Stephen Kearns This debut novel tells a powerful emotional story while posing profound questions about scientific ethics and how far science should go in playing "God." Dr. Kate Philo embarks on a scientific project run by the egotistical Dr Erastus Carthage, a man more interested in money and self-promotion than actual scientific discovery. They travel to the Arctic in search of small plankton-like creatures frozen in the ice, with the intention of bringing them ...

I'm sure many people across North America and Europe are asking themselves when Spring is actually going to arrive. From snowstorms in the most unlikely places to extreme and unrelenting cold, the prospect of warmer weather is exactly what we're all longing for. Though I did manage to get away to the sun for a week in lovely Los Cabos, Mexico it was painful to come back home to another 2+months of freezing cold. Over the next couple of frigid months I stumbled across a few terrific books you can read on these last cold nights before spring. Here goes: THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J FINN After reading a couple of disappointing psychological/suspense thrillers, it was a refreshing change to read one that's skilfully - at times, beautifully written. A.J. Finn's debut novel is impossible to put down once you've entered the narrow, messed-up prison of Dr. Anna Fox's life. The plot is as dark and twisty as the best Hitchcock movies, the language smoo...