Snap: The astonishing Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

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Ha....not so fast. Don’t think for one second that there aren’t other adults in this story ... or there aren’t other plots happening. The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. A psychological thriller with a 14 year old leading the search for answers to a crime that took his mother from him 3 years earlier. Finders Keepers, Bauer's third novel, was set in the fictional location of Shipcott, also in Exmoor. The book was published in Britain on 5 January 2012, and in the United States on 28 February 2012.

Bauer deftly interweaves a West Country cold-case murder, a teenage master burglar, some ill-assorted coppers and a pregnant wife, knowing exactly when the turn the dial to humor, pathos or something darker. Intelligent entertainment that keeps you guessing.”— Sunday Times Crime Club (UK)

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Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. If you're expecting a thriller with massive twists/turns then I wouldn't count on that. Bauer focuses more on a deeper look into the characters in this thriller/suspense. Snap reveals a story focused on a family that has been dealt a raw hand of murder in their lives. The story slowly reveals how one family has coped with the aftermath of a murder. Three years later, Catherine, a young pregnant woman, wakes to find a knife laying alongside her in her bedroom. A note scratched on torn paper states: "I could have killed you." Afraid to tell her husband who's on a business trip, Catherine refuses to devulge strange happenings in their home with break-ins. Someone is lurking outside and they've now been in. She won't even go to the police. Catherine has more than raging hormones to deal with. It’s believable ‘enough’ to put the readers mind at rest -( but shhh... we know much of this isn’t likely).... A rather dark crime novel with some memorable characters and a burglar who likes to nap.....BUT someone will Snap!

I think it is an unusual book to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, as I understand it, but I like it! So... recommended! Her mother’s scratchy signature had been roughly crossed out and on the blank side of the card was scrawled a new message. . . 'I could have killed you.'

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The abalone was a turbulent storm cloud, captured and tamed by the smooth, warm handle that fitted his palm like magic. He touched his thumb to the diamond stud and the knife seemed to open itself! Seemed to know that he wanted it open, and obliged before he’d exerted any noticeable pressure. No hesitation. No notches. No friction. The blade sprang open like a living thing, alert to his every wish. Serrated on one edge, curved on the other to a cruel point. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Snap by Belinda Bauer is a captivating, emotional and gripping read about tragic loss, grief, snap decisions and their devastating, longterm impact. Yeah- yeah.... I know how did they not get caught by social services- and support themselves to boot? Mommy must have ‘snapped’ a brain-artery... she goes searching for help....but leaves the kids behind.