
AND I have something else for you to look forward too! My friend and one of my very favorite authors, Kory Shrum, has just given me an advanced review copy of the latest book in her Jesse Sullivan series titled Dying for Her which I can't wait to read and share with you very soon. I've loved the first two book in that series so I am very eager to read this one. But I digress.
Back to the Libary of the Dead and Book of Souls.
Library of the Dead follows the deadly adventures of FBI agent Will Piper as he tries to solve the Doomsday Killer case - a serial killer who marks his victims by sending a postcard with the photo of a coffin and the date of the victim's coming death on it. Will is a bit of an anti-hero here. He is an unlikable character. A rogue agent, an alcoholic, and a womanizer who likes to have one night stands with woman as young or younger than his daughter.
In spite of all that you WANT to like him. But you just can't. Even so, the mystery that Cooper outlines and the ancient Library are fascinating and you can't stop reading because you just have to know more. There is lots of action and lots of intrigue along the way and I really enjoyed this one. Which is why I was very happy to jump right into Book of Souls when I finished Library of the Dead.

I really enjoyed both books, which is why I will be reading on to the third book in the series in the not too distant future. Think of them as kind of Bourne Identity type of action story with some ancient archeology/mythology thrown in. Lots of fun to read.
Want to check them out for yourself? You can find them on Amazon, just click these links:
Book Blurb for Library of the Dead:
The most shocking secret in the history of mankind is about to be revealed...A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he's claimed six victims in just two weeks, and the city is terrified. Even worse, the police are mystified: the victims have nothing in common, defying all profiling, and all that connects them is that each received a sick postcard in the mail before they died - a postcard that announced their date of death. In desperation, the FBI assigns the case to maverick agent Will Piper, once the most accomplished serial killing expert in the bureau's history, now on a dissolute spiral to retirement. Battling his own demons, Will is soon drawn back into a world he both loves and hates, determined to catch the killer whatever it takes. But his search takes him in a direction he could never have predicted, uncovering a shocking secret that has been closely guarded for centuries. A secret that once lay buried in an underground library beneath an 8th Century monastery, but which has now been unearthed - with deadly consequences. A select few defend the secret of the library with their lives - and as Will closes in on the truth, they are determined to stop him, at any cost...
Some crimes should never be solved; some secrets are best left buried.
Secret of the Seventh Son is a debut thriller by Glenn Cooper about predestination and fate.
Book Blurb for Book of Souls:
The Library: Only a handful know it exists . . . It holds the world's most astonishing—and terrifying—information . . . But the one book that is the key to the greatest secret of all time . . . is missing.
Former FBI Special Agent Will Piper solved—and survived—the "Doomsday Killer" case . . . and his reward was a forced early retirement. But the shattering truths he learned about the government's most covert operations won't let him rest—and now he's on the trail of a mysterious volume that's been lost for six centuries. This is the book that inspired Shakespeare and the prophecies of Nostradamus, and once Will gets his hands on it, his life will be worth nothing—his death sentence a top priority handed down from the very highest levels of power.
Because there are some truths too dangerous for anyone to know—those that concern the future, world domination . . . and the end of everything.

Reading has been my pal as long as i can remember. i absolutely love your blog as it seems like something so soothing. the books you review are all what i actually want to read ever
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