NBS recommends suspenseful reads

Book 1 ghost huntress:

The awakening

By Marley Gibson

P379

MANILA, Philippines –  In this first book in the Ghost Huntress series, a move from downtown Chicago to small-town Radisson, Ga. brings about a psychic awakening for 16-year-old Kendall. Spirits that roam her house and town recognize her ability to see them and they clamor for her attention. Initially seeking rational explanations for these unsettling experiences, Kendall gradually accepts her psychic powers as a divine gift, believing God has called her to free trapped spirits. Honing her skills under the guidance of Loreen, who runs a New Age store in town, Kendall assembles an eclectic ghost-hunting team: Celia, the brainy techno-wizard; preppy photographer Taylor; and punk sound analyst Becca. Obstacles arise when Kendall’s loving, fundamentalist mother, who equates paranormal activity with devil worship, worries about Kendall’s mental and spiritual health; later, Kendall’s budding romance with Taylor’s sexy brother threatens the girls’ unity. Kendall’s witty narrative voice (she quotes Shakespeare and Ugly Betty with equal aplomb) drives this fast-paced, wholesome-with-an-edge tale. Several unsolved mysteries will leave readers eager for the next installment.

Last sacrifice:

A vampire academy novel

By Richelle Mead

P 399

The Queen is dead and the Moroi world will never be the same. Now, with Rose awaiting wrongful execution and Lissa in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and to questions those they thought they could trust. But what if true freedom means sacrificing the most important thing of all? Each other. This book is the epic finale in Richelle Mead’s No. 1 international bestselling Vampire Academy series.

Dead or alive

By Tom Clancy

P995

For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has eluded capture by the world’s law enforcement agencies. Now the Campus is on his trail. Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his cousins, Dominick and Brian Caruso, are determined to catch the Emir and they will bring him in dead or alive.

Insurrection

By Robert Robyn Young

P549

The year is 1286 and Scotland is in the grip of one of the worst winters in living memory. Some believe the Day of Judgment has come. The King of Scotland is murdered by one of his squires, a deed pre-meditated by his own brother-in-law, the King of England, a thousand miles away in France. The Prophecy of Merlin has decreed that only when the four relics of Britain have been gathered will one man rule a united kingdom, and Edward I is determined to fulfill it. The murder of Scotland’s king is thus just the first in a chain of events that will alter the face of Britain forever. But all is not destined to go Edward’s way. Out of the ashes of war, through blood feuds and divided loyalties, a young squire will rise to defy England’s greatest king. His name is Robert the Bruce. And his story begins in Insurrection.

Millennium

trilogy deluxe box set

By Stieg Larsson

P2,995

The Millennium Trilogy deluxe box set contains the series of bestselling novels written by the late Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. Lisbeth Salander, the primary character in the series, is an intelligent, eccentric woman in her twenties with superior memory in contrast with her social ineptitude. Mikael Blomkvist, another main character in this gripping novel, is an investigative journalist, a celebrity in his own right, and has a history not totally dissimilar to Larsson’s.