Suzanne Forster is the author of, The Arrangement. It is a book of a bit of intrigue and mystery. The Arrangement, is a story about a man named Andrew Villard who is caught up in a strange predicament. He is being watched because his wife was mysteriously lost at sea.
Andrew is a millionaire….self made. His wife disappears under mysterious circumstances…so does his former client pop princess, Regine. His mother died in a freak accident too. He is under what they call the Villard Curse. This curse is a cause to investigate the man. Someone is taunting him with clues.
When another bruised and bloodied body presents itself in the sea…he goes to the hospital and convinces the victim to present herself as his wife. Her face was badly damaged and she needed cosmetic surgery. His wife is heir to a fortune. But there is a catch to claiming that fortune…will she be entitled under the circumstances? Who has reasons to keep her from her fortune?
Six months or so after the accident…the time has come to go back to the scene of destruction and try to find out who is trying to intimidate and frame him for his wife’s “murder”. Her real body has never been found.
In several understory twists, we find layer upon layer of lives that were woven together to reveal a pleasant picture; but, the knots on the back of the tapestry tell a different tale. Will Andrew and Marnie (his wife apparent) live the remainder of their lives behind bars due to others trying to appease their personal vendetta’s? With the FBI with an agenda put them away for fraud? Or will the truth reveal itself in an ever more complex telling?
This book, The Arrangement, was copyrighted in 2007. It was published by Mira Books. It makes for an interesting read. If you like mysteries and are driven to find the answers before they are revealed to you…you may find this book a challenge.
She said Yes….The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie Bernall is quite a book. It is not a huge long-winded book…but, the searching and yearning of a mother’s heart as she seeks to “know” more about her daughter, after her death in the Columbine shooting is quite inspiring.
Cassie Bernall is probably most remembered for her last spoken word. That word was a simple, Yes. It was in answer to the question, “Do you believe in God?” There is so much more to who Cassie was; and, how she came to be the person she was…and this mother’s quest to understand the journey Cassie was on, is very enlightening. It has alot to teach both parents and children.
From a typical teenager’s angst…to a world of occult, peer pressure, self- image struggles, drugs, cutting, and anger….the struggles that Cassie endured attest to the power of a parent’s love and intervention when it comes to fighting for a positive relationship with your child in the face of all that the world throws between parents/children. This is a must read!
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