The Ghostwriters
by Mickey J. Corrigan
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GENRE: psychological
thriller, romance
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BLURB:
She's
funny, cynical, and kinda crazy, but she knows how to tell a story.
A
struggling writer living in Manhattan, Jacy McMasters is the first to admit
she's a terrific liar and a screw-up. Then the ghost of the famous novelist JD
Balinger asks her to "channel" a follow-up to his classic coming of
age book The Watcher in the Sky. Along with her new boyfriend, a bear of a man
who has no patience for mind games, the ghost in Jacy's head forces her to
confront a lifetime of secrets—dark secrets. Secrets she's been keeping from
herself.
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My Review:
It 's a truly immersive psychological thriller that captures you from the first page and it is impossible to put it down. It 's the journey that Jacy makes to discovery herself.
Jacy is a writer and part-time waitress, lives with the torment of her past where she suffered from depression and did substance abuse and alcohol. Appears to her the ghost of a writer who asks for help to write the sequel to his book. He will help her to improve herself and to meet a man who will change her life.
I enjoyed the first-person narrative: Jacy is an intelligent person with a great sense of humor and irony, it was very interesting to find out her thoughts.
It 's a well-written story, very realistic, at times very tough, with many twists.
Highly recommended for lovers of psychological thrillers
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EXCERPT:
When I woke up the next day, I felt awful. My eyes were
swollen shut so I had to tumble out of bed and crawl through clustering
dust-devils to the bathroom. I'd suffered worse hangovers after overindulging,
but there was a real sharp edge to this one. When I steamed my eyes open with a
hot wash cloth, I noticed it right away.
I was still hallucinating.
"You look bad, Jacy my girl," JD said from his
cross-legged perch on my wicker laundry hamper. "First thing we need to do
is ease back on the hard core boozing."
I screamed once or twice before he uncrossed his spidery
limbs and said, "Don't be a ninny. You know who I am, that I come from
you. From your own deranged mind. So what's the sense of yelling, disturbing
your neighbors?"
He had a point. I calmed a little and said, "You may be
an illusion, my illusion. But that does not mean you can stay in my bathroom
while I shower."
He shrugged, brushed by me on his way out. "I'll make
coffee. And when you come out, all fresh and bright-eyed, we'll discuss how I
can save you. Help dislodge you from your habitual cycle of wanton, destructive
choices. No more dabbling. Time for you to shed your loser image, child. It is
high time. Take my word."
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Mickey
J. Corrigan will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly
drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Great review - thanks for sharing!
RispondiEliminacongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
RispondiEliminaThanks for the review!
RispondiEliminaI am really enjoying following this tour, thank you for all the great blog posts and excerpts!
RispondiEliminaThank you for the review!
RispondiElimina