Category: Fiction

Books that describe imaginary events and people. A story, even though based on a factual event, can still be categorized as fiction.

Target Acquired by Lynette Eason

by LyndaP

Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense ~ Pages: 299 ~ Publish Date: 20 Aug 2024

The year is 1947 and a young woman 22 years old is in a hospital because her father put her there. Supposedly she tried to kill herself. And the keyword in that sentence is … supposedly. No other patients have a private room. Why did she? She does not remember if what she has been told is true. Her name? Eliza.

The story moves to “present day” with a new team medic assigned to SWAT. Not exactly new, having been on the team for six months but when your team doesn’t accept you, you feel “new”. … Her name? Kenzie.

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Bellevue by Robin Cook

by LyndaP

Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Medical Thriller ~ Pages: Unknown at time of review ~ Publish Date: 3 Dec 2024

Everyone knows what Bellevue represents. Medical. Hospital, Mental Institution. And just a tad of fear. What we have heard or read or perhaps seen in a movie. But what do we really know about Bellevue? That it is in New York City–actually Manhattan. But did you know it is the oldest public hospital in the United States and began in 1736?

“Bellevue” by Robin Cook starts in 1949 with the Fuller family. Multiple Fullers were doctors at Bellevue going back four generations and Clarence wanted the position of director of the Psychiatric Division. And lobotomies were his way of making that happen. A relatively new procedure (first performed in 1936 but NOT at Bellevue) Clarence believed lobotomized patients would return home, docile rather than combative.

The “doctors” were revered by the Fuller family almost seeming larger than life.

The story moves between 1949 and 2005 when a new Fuller, Dr. Mitt Fuller begins a surgical residency at Bellevue. And …

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Her Alaskan Family by Heidi McCahan

by LyndaP

The dedication is to those of us “who have endured the cruelty of a mean person”. The kind of mean that stays with you and is intended to do just that. The mean can be words or actions that hurt to our very core. That years later still whisper it in our ear. Author Heidi McCahan reminds us that we are stronger than we know. We all have the slings of barbs and arrows. And we can’t always avoid the people who use them. Her Alaskan Family is about that. There are no horrible scenes with yelling and screaming. Just a woman who figures out how to live with those whose words and actions hurt, even in a small way.

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Protecting the Amish Child by Dana R. Lynn

by LyndaP

Rating: 5 stars ~ Genre: Amish mystery, Christian ~ Publish Date: 20 Aug 2024

Ever pick up a book and everything fades but the words on the page and the scenes flow one to another? Anytime I am granted the opportunity to review one of her Amish mysteries, I’m the gal jumping up and down and yelling, “Me! Me! Me!” She has fast become one of my favorite Amish mystery authors.

What a story! How Dana Lynn comes up with unique mystery plots one after the other — good mystery plots. This one — 12 words start the description and I was hooked. “A killer in pursuit…and a little boy’s life is at stake.”

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A Lancaster Amish Christmas by Anne Blackburne, Amy Clipston, Amy Lillard, and Mindy Steele

by LyndaP

A Lancaster Amish Christmas comprises four novellas.

  • “Lucy’s Christmas Sunbeam by Anne Blackburne,
  • “A Bird-in-Hand Christmas” by Amy Clipston,
  • “Christmas Lilly” by Amy Lillard, and
  • “Leaving Lancaster” by Mindy Steel.

Rating: 4.25 stars ~ Genre: Amish, Christmas ~ Publish Date: 1 Sep 2024

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Missing Her Amish Boyfriend by Rachel J. Good

by LyndaP

Anna Mary Zook works at the farmer’s market and takes care of her mother and five siblings. Her mother suffers from depression after the death of her second husband. And if that isn’t enough, Anna Mary’s boyfriend is enamored by another girl.

Abe King is helping his uncle while his brothers fill in for their dead with a large dairy farm. Abe sees the best about Anna Mary.

I just never got “into” this book.

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