Tom Clancy is the master of espionage thriller stories. He has an intensive series with his main character Jack Ryan, currently a CIA analyst. "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" is a sequel to "The Hunt For Red October" written by Tom Clancy. "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" is about a spy in the KGB. Codename, Cardinal is a personal aide to the Soviet Minister of Defense and war hero, has been passing military, technical and political intelligence to the CIA as their highest agent in place. The novel features the Strategic Defense Initiative where Cardinal's latest mission concerns an anti-ballistic missile research project codenamed "Bright Star". Ryan and Cardinal are two men who possess vital information on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. Will Ryan be able to save Cardinal? Will it be peace or war?
Do you need a relaxing murder mystery to cozy up with? "Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder" by Joanne Fluke is the book for you. Hannah Swensen owns a bakery called the Cookie Jar located in Minnesota. Hannah becomes an amateur sleuth when the local delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy is found murdered behind her store and he is covered in her Chocolate Chip Crunchies. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer.
"The Walk" is the first book in a five book series by Richard Paul Evans about a man searching for hope. In this book Alan loses everything, his home, his job and the love of his life. He lives in Seattle and at his very lowest, in a dark place he decides to take a walk to the farthest point away which is to Key West, Florida. The people he meets along the way, and the lessons they share with him will save his life. A life changing story physically and spiritually.
Barbara H.