Book Talk with Fran Lewis

Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks, Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane of British Intelligence find themselves in the hustle and bustle of Egypt. But ancient mummies aren’t the only bodies buried in the tombs of Cairo.

When a young French archeologist is found dead in a tomb in the desert with his head bashed in, and an undercover British agent goes missing, the threat moves closer to home.

As they dig deeper, soon Fiona and Kitty uncover a treasure trove of suspects, including competing excavators, jealous husbands, secret lovers, and belligerent spies! Fiona wonders if the notorious Fredrick Fredricks could be behind the murders? Or is the plot even more sinister?

One thing is clear – If Fiona and Kitty can’t catch the killer, they might end up sharing a sarcophagus with Nefertiti.

When hungover ex-lawyer and Key West bar owner Jack Girard groggily wakes up one morning, he’s greeted by a beautiful woman lying next to him and a shrill, ringing telephone. Seeing the call is from his father, Claude “The Duke” Girard, Jack answers. Within seconds, he learns that his mother is dead in an apparent suicide, and Jack hits the road, heading back to his childhood home in Miami to face his tyrannical father.

The death of his mother brings up haunting memories from Jack’s past—memories of his brother Bobby’s suicide when they were in college together. Being back in Miami only continues to dredge up his family traumas, but things grow more complicated when The Duke suggests that his estranged wife’s alleged suicide may have been a murder.

As Jack begins to uncover the truth about his mother’s death, including the secret she had revealed to only two people—the same secret Bobby had taken with him to his grave—he finds himself in imminent danger. Can Jack reveal the true story before it’s too late? He has to act quickly, or he fears he may be the victim of the next Girard family tragedy.

27 Days is a taut and topical political thriller narrated in laconic noir fashion by veteran LA PI Nick Crane. In the spring of 2019, Nick is on the run in the Pacific Northwest, pursued by a cabal of wealthy right-wing power brokers and domestic terrorists (the Principals) led by Marguerite Ferguson and Desmond Cole. Nick has clashed with Marguerite and her crew in the past, and she wants him abducted so that she can personally “close his eyes forever.” 

Things get worse. Nick’s close friend and business partner Bobby Moore is kidnapped by Marguerite and the Principals. Nick is then informed that he has twenty-seven days to surrender to Marguerite. If he does not turn himself in, Bobby will be sent to Scorpion prison in Egypt to be tortured and murdered. If Nick surrenders, however, Bobby will be released. 

Help appears in the form of a young, idealistic female FBI agent named Carrie North who wants to arrest Marguerite for conspiring to commit domestic terrorist operations against the United States. Nick and Carrie join forces and the race against time to rescue Bobby Moore begins. 

And what a race it is! Marguerite and company are the toughest foes Nick has ever faced and he must dig down deeper than ever before to have any chance of surviving.

As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other's backs through some very dark days. But one thing they've never doubted was their commitment to each other...until now. 

Frodo has been accused of a war crime ten years after leaving Afghanistan. Matt is determined to prove his friend innocent, but what will he do when he finds that his closest friend has secrets he won't share?

Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor until her romantic relationship with her senior colleague ended. For the former competitive chess prodigy returning to her family's failing criminal defense law office is her last best hope of restore her family's reputation.

After ending up on the run and headed west, master burglar Francis Hoyt must figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life.  That's when he meets a young true crime podcaster who happens to be doing a series on him and a mysterious attorney who makes Hoyt an offer he can’t refuse. Find out more about Man on the Run by Charles Salzberg on this episode of Book Talk with Fran Lewis.

Set in the wake of devastation, where people will kill to survive, only one woman can combat a violent populus with law and justice. Meet Victoria Emerson the woman tasked with fending off a murderous militia who wants to take over her outpost. Find out more on Book Talk With Fran Lewis.

Today we discuss topics such as: Why it is important to investigate teacher questioning behavior, Bloom’s Taxonomy and Herber’s Three Level Hierarchy, how they compare, and their effectiveness in teacher questioning behavior, What have research studies of teacher questioning behavior found?

Tune into the show to hear about these topics and more on today's episode of Book Talk with Fran Lewis

Today we welcome back Jim Nesbitt to talk about his latest book Dead Certain. Protagonist Ed Earl Burch is back and his life becomes filled with anger, danger, and hope while trying to fulfill his grandmother's last wish.

Welcome back Susan Ouellette to Book Talk with Fran Lewis. Maggie is now the target of a deadly scheme. When the past comes into the present putting lives at stake learn why Maggie and Roger are willing to risk it all.