Thursday, May 24, 2012

Random Musings about the Reading Experience

I was in a couple of bookstores in Saskatoon a couple of months ago in preparation for some pre-release promotion for The Rebels and some in Toronto. There are still a lot of people who go to bookstores and I must admit that even though I rarely step foot in one, there is nothing quite like the visceral feel of being inside a bookstore, being surrounded by a world of literature. It's nothing like staring at it on a screen, which is an antiseptic experience most days. I think that I will forever, along with many people, equate reading with the feel of paper in my hands, flipping real pages, hearing the rustle of paper. Seeing shadows fall across the pages as I turn to the next chapter.

Don't get me wrong. I also love my Kobo reader. It's portable word power in a compact device. But the worrier in me always wonders if the battery is going and while changing font sizes for my weary eyes is a bonus, I can never quite get the same feel of seeing a full 'page' on the screen. The screen always seems too small.

I hope there is still room in the new world for bookstores. It will be a sad day when we can't go into a store and be surrounded by a world of books and share that experience with real people going to the same place for the same reason.

Monday, May 14, 2012

The Devil Came East

The Devil Came East and found a perfect playground.  Promotional price on this novel still available at Amazon’s Kindle, at Barnes and Noble‘s Nook. If you would like to join a Serial Killer in his trek through the Big City hunting victims or join those trying to apprehend him, take a few minutes to check this book out.

Neil Harris, a psychiatrist, on a late night radio talk show is the first to realize Satan has appeared in New York City. Lonely women who call his show to chat are committing suicide at an unusually high rate. When Neil shares his suppositions with his friend, Detective Sergeant Joseph Farley, of the local police department, the search for the killer commences.

Not only a mystery, but a personal drama, Joe Farley, forty-five, recently divorced with some heavy financial baggage, is a bit of an underachiever. He is hampered by the fact he is given minimal help to find the killer and must share authority with a much younger ‘man on the move’ sergeant. Joe has a new love interest, a belligerent child, and a fierce loyalty to Neil  Harris(considered a suspect) thrown into the mix of complications.

Although this Goal Oriented  Serial Killer will meet and greet you on the opening page, and there are numerous hints throughout the text, it’s unlikely the reader will come to the proper conclusion any sooner than the police.

When our killer finds the perfect female, he makes a mistake and stays in one place too long.
With the police rapidly closing in on him, the Devil decides to go west. Can he escape or will the officer he attacks become his final victim?