ANONYMOUS SOURCES
by Mary Louise Kelly

This is a wonderfully conceived and written who done it ! Kelly has written a clever modern day thriller that involves post 9/11 Muslim terrorism, British Intelligence, bad guys at the CIA , and one very inquisitive reporter.

Our gal reporter, Alexandra James is assigned to do a routine story about an apparent suicide at Harvard. A one Thom Carlyle, whose father, as it turns out , is very well connected. As it also turns out, there is nothing apparent about this suicide because it is not a suicide. James convinces her editor to let her go to London to do a human interest angle on Carlyle because there really is nothing else to write about. All of her digging in Boston is going nowhere. The local cops don't share, and no matter how hard she tries, she is getting nowhere. This is where the fun begins. There are love interest, real and imagined. There are multiple intelligence agents, all of who are  very believable. And the people in DC are VERY believable.

James thinks that she is just trying to get  background info to file her story, and in the bargain, relive some college a days and get some cool new shoes while she is there.In the process, she stumbles upon a terrorist plot to blow up the White House. This plot involves bananas, trans Atlantic murder, and James not knowing whom to trust. In other words, it is a great ride.

The story really heats up in the second half of the book and just flies.he pieces all fall into place and the story is satisfying. This is the first work I have written b this author, but I will be looking for more by her, she knows how to write a thriller !

On My Mind

I have just finished two books that dealt with human trafficking, and this is kind of playing into my theory that books travel in circles. It is amazing how books from  different publishers deal with the same topics and are published around the same time. Not that these books are bad, it is just interesting that they all come out at the same time.  I do believe that the next book I pick will deal with a different topic.

I was going through my Costco magazine for the month and I came across an article about World Book Night. I need to find out more information about this and see how I can get involved for next year. From reading their website, I believe I am too late for this year.

Border Angels
By Anthony Quinn

When you think of Ireland, what do you think off ? Green shamrocks ? St. Patrick and the snakes ? A charmed isle where life is peaceful ? If any of these are your idea of what Ireland is  this book will give you  a very different picture of that country. This story is set on the border of Northern Island and Ireland in wild part of the country that has been peaceful sine the troubles. The same miseries that plagued this country also plagued Ireland. Greed in land speculations, failed business and a host of ghost developments. Into this mix throw in human trafficking along with every other criminal enterprise you can think of. The landscape is wild and so is the Eastern European evil master of all of this lawlessness.

This book will also take away any notion the prostitution is voluntary and victimless. It is neither. The woman at the heart of the story is a Croatian girl who has been trafficked and has been abused in every way you can think of. Lena Novak. She hangs her hope for escape on a customer, who in a previous life was IRA. Jack Fowler is still a renegade at heart, only now he traffics in selling real estate dreams to those who want to believe that they can have it all. Everything comes crashing down, the economy, his life and the story takes off from here.

There are many twists and turns in this book and I gurantee   you will have fun following them. The book is well written and you will enjoy trying to untangle all the “knots” in the story. Read it and enjoy it !