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The blurb from the publisher:

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when — or if — it will go away.

Dale Barbara, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens — the town newspaper owner, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing to hold on to the reins of power, and his son. Because time isn’t just short… It’s running out.

First off, this isn’t really a ‘find’ because a lot of people know about it already and there’s been so much buzz over the cover art (which was released in stages) that it may even seem like old news but I am very excited about this book. Why? Well, in my college years I read a lot of King. I poured over all of his classic stuff including The Stand which to date, is his best novel yet. Don’t let its cheesy cover fool you, The Stand is really, really good.

After that, it seemed as if his writing got, well…weird. Not weird for King but weird in general. I didn’t care for any of his later books. However, Under the Dome is supposed to be his return to the classic style of writing that he is known for. I can’t wait! It comes out November 10th and I plan to read it over Thanksgiving weekend but I may not be able to wait that long. Is anyone else dying to read it?

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The Carnivore by Mark Sinnett

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading.

Here’s the blurb from the publisher:

When Hurricane Hazel tore through Toronto on October 15, 1954, it left its mark on both the city and its inhabitants. In the aftermath, a young cop named Ray Townes emerges as a hero—numerous accounts detail the way he battled the raging Humber River to save those trapped in their homes—and his story is featured prominently in the newspapers, thrusting him into the spotlight as a local celebrity.

Meanwhile, his wife Mary is wrestling with doubts about her husband’s heroism. While performing her own miracles the night of the storm as a nurse at a mud-filled, overcrowded emergency room, Mary met a woman—disoriented and near death—with a disturbingly peculiar recollection of events. While Mary tries to shake her suspicions about Ray as they rebuild their life in the shell-shocked city, she can’t help but wonder about her husband and that fateful night. When a reporter comes knocking 50 years later to revisit that horrendous night, the truth begins to surface and threatens to destroy them.

Looks like Ray may be harboring a little secret! The cover and title caught my eye first but the synopsis is just as appealing.

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