carpe librum
seize the book - what a perfect thought!
welcome book lovers
each Sunday myself and my BFF Ann from Romancing the Readers
will be featuring /shining the spotlight on a book or book related themes. maybe it's a book we read and loved or maybe it's something we can't wait to read or a burning question we have...well you get the idea!
we also blog together on Book Club Thursdays (aka BCT) and on fridays (various features).
today my feature is:
it's out july 2nd
indiebound
No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.
As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story . . . until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.
Searching for the truth about Ingrid’s disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew's sordid past and into the secrets kept within its walls. What she discovers pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building’s hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent.
so, i've been vastly lucky to have been able to read ARCs of each of Mr Sager's novels
gushing begins in five four three two...
with Lock Every Door, he has written my favorite and what i think is his best novel yet- including his best heroine yet in Jules
there's always, for me at least, been a touch of the old school horror to his novels and Lock Every Door, it's on display front and center
Mr Sager dedicates this novel to Ira Levin (you know the author of Rosemary's Baby- which is far superior to the movie although that's pretty freaking brilliant too) and with Lock Every Door, in my opinion he pays homage to it.
and dare i say that there are shades of early VC Andrews here? i say these things with affection and in the best of possible ways.
in Lock Every Door (and also in his previous novels)Mr Sager both makes you believe and WANT to believe in the supernatural (things that go bump in the night)even when there might be a perfectly logical (evil laugh) explanation.
if you haven't read Mr Sager yet - start...i'm a huge FAN GIRL
set time aside because once you start Lock Every Door, you won't want to stop until you're done reading it
it's out july 2nd
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