Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Crazy Dangerous Tour Stop

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Today I’ve got the Crazy Dangerous blog tour dropping by to give you a sneak peek of the book which released by Thomas Nelsonon May 1st.

Crazy Dangerous
Andrew Klavan
Release date: May 1st, 2012
by Thomas Nelson

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“You probably want to hear about Jennifer and the demons and how I played chicken with a freight train and—oh yeah—the weird murder and how I found out about it—you’re definitely going to want to hear about that. But first, I have to tell you about the stupidest thing I ever did . . .”

Sam Hopkins is bored with his status as a preacher’s kid. So when a group of guys notorious for being in trouble offers him friendship, he accepts. Before long, he has several new skills—including hot-wiring cars.

At school, there’s an eccentric loner named Jennifer. When Sam defends her from being bullied, she begins to seek him out as her only friend. Her ramblings often seem illogical . . . but then start to contain grains of truth. One leads Sam to discover that one of his new friends has been killed. And then she tells him, “I’m looking for the devil.” Sam doesn’t know what that means, but he knows it’s a matter of life and death that he figure it out.

Everyone else thinks Jennifer is suffering from schizophrenia. But Sam is starting to wonder if there could be something prophetic in her words. Discovering the truth is going to be both crazy and dangerous.

 I haven’t read this one yet, but one of my best blogger buddies, Jenni from Alluring Reads, highly recommends it,
Excerpt 
From Chapter Twenty-One

I tucked my chin into my chest to hide my face. I pushed the cart along the hall, moving as quickly as I could. Sure, I was in disguise, but it wasn’t much of a disguise, was it? I mean, if someone walked by me really fast without paying too much attention, they might not notice anything peculiar. But the second anyone took a closer look at me, I was pretty much toast. A smallish sixteen-year-old kid with his overalls rolled up at the cuffs and sliding down at the sleeves: I must’ve looked like a sixth grader dressed up for Halloween. If I was going to reach Jennifer—if I was going to find out what she’d seen and what she thought was going to happen—I was going to have to do it fast, before anyone spotted me.

Where did I begin to look? I didn’t think there’d be any patients down here in the cellar. The halls were pretty empty. There were no nurses or aides or anything that I could see. Most of the doors were closed, and the few that were open revealed offices, baths, and a furnace room. I figured I had to get upstairs.

Luckily, there were arrows painted on the wall pointing to the elevators. Also luckily, I reached the elevator without bumping into anyone. Even more luckily, no one came by after I pushed the button and stood waiting for the elevator to arrive.

The door opened. The elevator was big, empty. My cart and I both got on. There were only two more floors in the building. I had seen the offices on the first floor, so I guessed that the patients’ rooms would be on the second. I pushed the button for the second floor.

That’s when my luck ran out.

Award winning author, screenwriter and media commentator Andrew Klavan is the author of such internationally bestselling novels as True Crime, filmed by Clint Eastwood, and Don’t Say A Word, filmed starring Michael Douglas. Andrew has been nominated for the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award five times and has won twice. His books have been translated around the world. His latest novel for adults, The Identity Man, has been praised by Nelson Demille as “fast paced, intelligent and thought-provoking; a great read!” Television and radio host Glenn Beck says “Andrew Klavan never disappoints…one of the best illustrations of the power of redemption that I’ve ever read.” His last novel Empire of Lies was about media bias in the age of terror, and topped Amazon.com’s thriller list. Andrew has also published a series of thrillers for young adults, The Homelanders, which follows a patriotic teenager’s battle against jihadists. The books have been optioned to be made into movies by Summit Entertainment, the team behind the mega-successful Twilight film series.

This post is a part of the Crazy Dangerous Blog Tour hosted by YA Bound

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Giselle

Canadian blogger, wife, mother, coffee lover, and sarcastic at heart! She has had a love for all things bookish since before Amazon and eReaders existed *le gasp*. You can also find her organizing tours and other fun things at Xpresso Book Tours.

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21 Responses to “Crazy Dangerous Tour Stop”

  2. Amy

    This book does sound really good. I read Jenni’s review and it was great. I didn’t enter the giveaway on her blog since I have so many other books to read, but I am thinking about going back and entering now lol!!

  7. Sam

    I haven’t heard much about this book but I’d happily read more after that excerpt. It sounds interesting enough. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  10. Sarah Elizabeth

    Great excerpt! I love it when I read an excerpt of something and want to keep reading 🙂
    This seems really well written, will be adding this to my tbr list! 🙂

  11. Eileen

    This novel looks really good. I don’t know what I’d think about a paranormal-type book told in a boy’s POV though. It seems like something that I’m not used to but the excerpt looks simply magnificent! 🙂

  15. Shooting Stars Mag

    I do want to read this one! It sounds quite interesting, and I’m very curious to figure out all the questions I now have based on the summary. I guess it’s doing its job. 😉

    -lauren

  20. Alexa

    This book certainly sounds… crazy. But in a good way! The excerpt was great and definitely made me want to find out what’s happening next!