His entry begins:
Over the past few months, I’ve been digging back into the horror classics. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of my favorite books of all time. The themes of duality and the repression of desires have always fascinated me. I’ve also read a couple modern takes on the story.About Falls to Pieces, from the publisher:
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin tells the tale from the point of view of a housemaid, who thinks the world of her master Henry Jekyll but fears his new assistant, Edward Hyde. Both men have taken more than a passing interest in her. The 1990 novel was made into the 1996 movie with Julia Roberts and...[read on]
A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone.Learn more about the book and author at Douglas Corleone's website.
For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii, hiding from a past Kati must forget as if her lifedepends on it. New names. Anonymous online presence. So far, safe. Until Kati’s fiancé, attorney Eddie Akana, disappears along a popular hiking trail in a Maui national park. Now all eyes are on Kati. Exposure can make a woman with so many secrets very paranoid.
Eddie’s law partner, Noah Walker, is doing everything he can to protect his new client from the press that’s hovering like a vulture and the authorities whose suspicions about Kati―and the disappearance―are rising. Then suddenly, Zoe goes missing as well. Kati will risk anything to find her. But the worst is still to come. Because Kati’s not the only one with secrets. And buried among them is a twist she never saw coming.
The Page 69 Test: Good as Gone.
My Book, The Movie: Payoff.
The Page 69 Test: Gone Cold.
My Book, The Movie: Gone Cold.
Writers Read: Douglas Corleone (August 2015).
The Page 69 Test: Falls to Pieces.
Writers Read: Douglas Corleone.
--Marshal Zeringue
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