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The Best eBook I've Read in 2012

12/25/2012

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It’s the holiday season when new eReaders—Kindles, Nooks, iPads and other devices have been gifted.  Let's create a killer recommendation list for those readers new to eBooks, not just the best author, but their best book (even great authors occasionally publish mediocre books and the most talented authors are often incredibly prolific).  Please comment below and tell me what was the best eBook that you read in 2012—I want to know the single title that converted you, that made you an ardent fan of a new author for life.

I read a ton of horror/paranormal eBooks and my goal is simple.  I want to discover those works worthy of a five star rating, which I can then share with readers who truly enjoy this genre.  I'm looking to find the shining stars and I've found a bunch, but the best book that I've read all year—drum roll, please—was R.S. Guthrie's LOST.
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LOST is about Bobby 'Mac' MacAulay, a FBI agent who is called by his brother, the chief of police of Rocky Gap, Idaho, to privately consult on a local missing child case involving an eleven-year old girl.  Her father, a very disturbed individual, claims that the Devil took her.

Bobby leaves his home base of Denver, Colorado to assist in his brother's investigation.  This abduction soon escalates into a full-blown fight between good and evil.  Bobby is a fascinating character and it is his inner dialogue which anchors the novel.  He is a hardened law enforcement officer facing something outside of the realm of normal police work.  He questions his sanity and his abilities, but gathers his courage to protect the innocent.

LOST is the second book in what is to be a trilogy (the third book is not yet published); I read it before the first book in the series, Black Beast.  Know that LOST stands alone, there is enough background provided that you do not need to read the series in order (but, check out Black Beast, later, as a prequel). 

LOST was the best book of 2012 for me.  You can purchase it at Amazon here.

As we approach 2013, let's resolve to recognize all the authors and books that we loved and perhaps did not find the time to post a review (I was six month overdue for LOST).  I'd rather do that than give up chocolate or some other vice.  Share the title, author, and perhaps a few short words about why you're recommending this one book above all others in the comment section below.  It can be any genre, indie or traditional, but must be available as an eBook.  If you can provide a link to Amazon or another book buying venue for purchasing that book, that would be great, too!

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Zion link
12/25/2012 01:25:36 pm

I really enjoyed"R is for Ricochet" by Sue Grafton! I read it many years ago and I still has visual images from the very descriptive words that she usef

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Carrie Green
12/25/2012 02:36:57 pm

I adore all of Sue Grafton's novels. I actually attended two of her writer workshops and I consider her to be a major inspiration. If I had to name a best book from the many that she wrote, it would have to be the very next book in the series, 'S is for Silence.' She's an amazing talent. See http://www.amazon.com/S-Silence-Kinsey-Millhone-ebook/dp/B000O76NCS/ref=tmm_kin_title_0.

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Erich Kreppebhofer
12/25/2012 03:54:00 pm

Of the many book I have read one stands above head and shoulders of them all. "Broken Jewel' by Davil L. Robbins, he writes about the Japanees forces during the occupation of the Phillipines. It deals with the civilian internement camps and the existence of the comfort women. Girls as young as ten were taken from their homes and under the pretex of working shipped to garrisons and miltary barracks for the entertainment of the troops. The practice existed throughout Japans ocuppied countries, China, Korea and the Phillipines. Some of the girls were sold by their father into the sex slavery that awaited them.
This book also deals with the killing of internment populations towards the end of the war in the Pacifiic. It seems the practices in the sex slave trade have not gone away, they have spread into Europe and America. In Thailand and Myanmar even in Cambodia children are still offered to the rich and some paying Caucasians, During the research for my book I was able to interview several young Asian women that have entered the trade under these conditions. This book is a worthwhile read for anyone that has some interest in the war years of 1941-1945 and the effect on a civilian population during occupation.

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Carrie Green
12/26/2012 09:04:57 am

Thanks for the thoughtful recommendation. I believe that it is important for the current generation to learn about WWII, because true horror would be not learning from our past and repeating it (the sex slave trade should no longer exist). Here's the link for readers interested in Robbins' eBook: http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Jewel-ebook/dp/B002UPVVRO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0.

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Jon
12/27/2012 03:38:02 am

Run by Blake Crouch, since then, I have read everything he has written, and then some of his work that has bleed over into J.A. Konrath's stuff.

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