Tuesday, July 30, 2019

"Fragments of Fear" by Carrie Stuart Parks -- Book Review, Blog Tour, and Giveaway

 About the Book

Book: Fragments of Fear
Author: Carrie Stuart Parks
Genre: Suspense
Release date: July 23, 2019
Fragments of FearFrom award-winning author Carrie Stuart Parks comes a new novel with danger that reaches from a New Mexico Anasazi archaeological dig to micro- and nano-chip technology.
Evelyn Yvonne McTavish-Tavish to her friends-had her almost perfect world in Albuquerque, New Mexico, come to a crashing end with the suicide of her fiancé. As she struggles to put her life back together and make a living from her art, she’s given the news that her dog is about to be destroyed at the dog pound. Except she doesn’t own a dog. The shelter is adamant that the microchip embedded in the canine-with her name and address-makes it hers.
Tavish recognizes the dog as one owned by an archaeologist named John Coyote because she did a commissioned drawing of the two of them months earlier. The simple solution is to return the dog to his owner, but she arrives only to discover Caron’s murdered body.
After meeting undercover FBI agent Sawyer Price the mystery deepens as more people start disappearing and Tavish becomes a target as well. Her only solution is to find the links between microchip technology, an Anasazi site in the desert, her fiancé’s death, a late-night radio show, and the dog. And the clock is ticking.

My Thoughts
I had not read any books by Carrie Stuart Parks, but this will not be the last book of hers that I read. "Fragments of Fear" pulled me in and held me captive until the very end. I did not have a clue as to what was going on or who was involved. I found the book to be well written with a nice flow. I finished the book in a day. I was a little concerned at the beginning of the book with Tavish's use of crystals and the like for protection and guidance, but as the book progressed, she found the true Guide for her life. I look forward to reading more books by Carrie Stuart Parks.

About the Author

Parks Carrie StuartCarrie Stuart Parks is a Christy finalist as well as a Carol Award-winning author. She has won numerous awards for her fine art as well. An internationally known forensic artist, she travels with her husband, Rick, across the US and Canada teaching courses in forensic art to law-enforcement professionals. The author/illustrator of numerous books on drawing and painting, Carrie continues to create dramatic watercolors from her studio in the mountains of Idaho.

More from Carrie

Using Art to Solve Crime: Techniques Used by Forensic Artists

Since 1981, I’ve been a forensic artist—an amazing feat since I’m only . . .um. . . well, younger than that. In those years, I’ve seen some shifts and trends, but some things have never changed. Despite the overwhelming prevalence of computers in almost every other field, they have never been able to replace a trained forensic artist. Artists have an amazing toolbox of techniques we use to gather the information we need to help solve crime.
  1. The pencil. Any forensic artist worth her weight in graphite knows the power of the lowly pencil and a sketchpad. Law enforcement would love a photographic image of the suspect, but all we have to work with is memory…and memory is faulty. The more the image looks perfect, the more imperfect it is for helping to identify a suspect. We want the drawing to just suggest a likeness and eliminate those not similar.
  2. Now that we brought up the subject of memory, a forensic artist needs to understand how memory works. The average witness will remember between four and five facial features. When they describe the person they saw, they will do so from their strongest memory to their weakest memory, from most important to least important. We listen carefully to the order of facial features.
  3. Whole vs Parts. We don’t look at faces as individual parts, although a particularly outstanding nose or Marty Feldman eyes might catch our attention. We will remember the face as a whole, with the proportions of the face an unacknowledged part of that. Forensic artist prefer to use reference photographs where the whole face is viewed.
Want more? Check out the rest of my article at The Strand Magazine

Blog Stops

The Avid Reader, July 24
CarpeDiem, July 24
Livin’ Lit, July 26
The Becca Files, July 26
Cathe Swanson, July 27
Bigreadersite, July 29
Simple Harvest Reads, July 29 (Guest post from Mindy Houng)
Mary Hake, July 29
EmpowerMoms, July 30
By The Book, August 1
Remembrancy, August 2
amandainpa, August 2
Pause for Tales, August 3
Hallie Reads, August 4

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Carrie is giving away a grand prize of her book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click "the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/e592/fragments-of-fear-celebration-tour-giveaway


"Fragments of Fear" is available in paperback:
  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 23, 2019)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785226133
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785226130
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches

and in Kindle edition:
  • File Size: 3884 KB
  • Print Length: 336 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 23, 2019)
  • Publication Date: July 23, 2019
  • Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B07KDZW11Z

I got a free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own and given voluntarily. No compensation was received for my review.

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2019 at 11:14 PM

    Carrie's book sounds like a real page turner that I would enjoy reading.
    Maryann

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  2. Faith CreechJuly 31, 2019 at 11:33 PM

    Thanks for the chance to win. This book looks really good!

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