Giveaway: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Synopsis:

Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room.

Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person ...

Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper.

Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and bone-saw-sharp dialogue, BEAT THE REAPER is a debut thriller so utterly original you won't be able to guess what happens next, and so shockingly entertaining you won't be able to put it down.

Rookie Wednesday: Nina LaCour

This week's interview is with author Nina LaCour who's first novel, Hold Still, is officially released October 20th!

What's one random tidbit about yourself?

My middle name is Jacqueline (like yours!) and my parents and many of my family members call me Jacqueline more often than they call me Nina.

What were you doing the moment you found out that Hold Still had sold?

I was on BART on my way to the Oakland airport. I kept losing reception and dropping my agent's call, and then calling her back and losing her again. It was so embarrassing--not only because my agent was trying to tell me things, but also because the train was packed with people--but I couldn't stand to wait until I got to my stop for all the details.

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Teaser Tuesday: Hold Still by Nina LaCour

Teaser Tuesday is an awesome weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading

The Rules:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser is from Hold Still by Nina LaCour:

"But I still see her as if I were there in the house that morning. Like it was me instead of her mom who pushed Ingrid's bathroom door open and saw her naked in the bathtub, eyes shut, head heavy, arms floating in that red water. I look up at Mr. Jame's projector, but what I see are the gashes in her arms, along the veins." ~p. 49

Synopsis from Amazon.com:

dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can’t.

Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend’s suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn’t die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid’s descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself

Make sure to stop by tomorrow for my interview with the author, Nina LaCour!