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Category: Psychological thriller
Watching what I'm reading . . .
Oh my goodness, have seen what is happening in Tonga? My thoughts and prayers are with you all, and all those in low lying areas that may be impacted by tsunamis caused by the volcanic eruptions. The far north of the North Island has suffered some damage in marinas but thankfully no loss of life.
Currently I am reading The Night of the Party by Anna-Lou Weatherley. If I hadn't had to go to work today I would have finished this. All I can say is that if you don't have this on your radar, add it!
I am also reading Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, purely for pleasure, and loving it!
I am currently listening to Fallen (Kate Burkholder #13) by Linda Castillo.
This week I plan on reading The Girl She Was by Alafair Burke
HOPE CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING…
She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she really is.
Fourteen years ago, she was found thrown from an overturned vehicle, with no clue to her identity. Hope started a new life, but never recovered her memory.
Now she's missing. With nowhere else to turn, Hope's best friend, Lindsay Kelly, calls NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher.
In pursuit of answers, three women search for the truth beneath long-buried secrets. And when their searches converge, what they find will upend everything they've ever known.
And Where There's A Will by Sulari Gentill. I absolutely loved the last book I read by this author and am really looking forward to reading this.
Hell hath no fury like a family disinherited…
American millionaire Daniel Cartwright has been shot dead: three times in the chest, and once in the head. His body is found in Harvard Yard, dressed in evening attire. No one knows who he planned to meet there, or why the staunch Oxford man would be caught dead at Harvard–literally.
Australian Rowland Sinclair, his mate from Oxford and longtime friend, is named executor of the will, to his great surprise–and that of Danny's family. Events turn downright ugly when the will all but disinherits Danny's siblings in favor of one Otis Norcross, whom no one knows or is able to locate. Amidst assault, kidnapping, and threats of slander, Rowly struggles to understand Danny's motives, find the missing heir, and identify his friend's killer before the clock–and his luck–run out.
A deft blend of history and mystery, WHERE THERE'S A WILL offers an alternately charming and chilling snapshot of Boston and New York in the 1930s, with cameo appearances by luminaries of the day including Marion Davies, Randolph Hearst, Errol Flynn, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and an arrogantly ardent Joe Kennedy, who proves no match for Rowly's sculptress friend Edna.
I have read and enjoyed few books lately about families and inheritances, and loved this author's previous book so I am looking forward to this.
I have another three books scheduled for this week, but as I am starting to train my replacement at work it's unlikely that I will get to them on time. So apologies to authors and publishers.
Six new ARCs were approved this week; so much for keeping my TBR mountain under control!
This week I have been approved for: Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton. I have absolutely loved everything I have read by this author so am looking forward to reading this.
The Baby Shower by S.E. Lynes, an author I follow avidly.
Dead End Street by Trevor Wood
A Village Secret by Julie Houston
The Killing Kind by Jane Casey
And the audiobook The Captain's Wife by Norma Curtis and narrated by Josh Wichard.
I am honestly going to try and avoid Netgalley for the coming week. 🤣😂🤣😂 Well, you just know how successful that's going to be!
Anyway, I'm off to bed. It's been a long day at work and Pete has a 4am start tomorrow. I seldom go back to sleep after he goes to work so I need to cram as much sleep in before as I can.
Stay safe and keep reading. We've had our first community case of Omicron announced today so I guess we will soon be following in everyone else's footsteps. We've had our boosters, and I interact with the public as little as possible, so I hope that will be enough to protect us.
Author sandysbookadayPosted on January 16, 2022 Categories Amish fiction, Audiobook, Books, Contemporary fiction, Cosy mystery, Crime, Detective fiction, Domestic drama, Family drama, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Previews, Psychological thriller, Series, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized6 Comments on Watching what I'm reading . . .
The first week of 2022 is done and dusted and now most of us are, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, facing going back to work. We've had a lovely break, mixing getting a few of those niggly little jobs around the house and yard done with catching up with friends whom we don't get to see very often. We've eaten out a lot, which has been a real treat, been to the beach, and had lot of fun. The weather has been absolutely magnificent. Now, it's back to reality and work tomorrow and there is, apparently, rain on the horizon for which my garden will be grateful. I have been watering the fruit trees and vegetable garden, but everything else is having to fend for itself.
While I haven't made any New Year's resolutions this year, I have decided to try and take control of my reading life. Instead of reading 3 books at a time, I am just going to read one and listen to one at any one time. I have been doing this for the past week and, so far, it's working well. I am enjoying my reading more and feeling less pressured. I also intend reading more titles for pleasure and made a good start over the Christmas break while also reducing the number of titles on my backlist. I hope I can keep this up. I tried last year with variable results, although I did get my Netgalley ratio up to 68% from 64%.
Currently I am reading To Love and Be Loved by Amanda Prowse which is due for publication 11 January. One third through and I have already shredded innumerable tissues.
I am listening to The Lost Days of Agatha Christie by Carole Owens and, although I am halfway through, I'm still not sure what to make of it.
This week I am planning on reading A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker
Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment.
Matt Antony is just trying get by.
Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Mom's a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother's fighting in Nam . . . and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure she's just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn't believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach.
All Matt really wants to do is get his driver's license and ask out the girl he's been crushing on since fourth grade, yet it's up to him to find his sister. But in a town where the cops don't trust the hippies and the hippies don't trust the cops, uncovering what's really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast.
If it's not already too late.
And, The Night of the Party by Anna-Lou Weatherley
Two Couples. Three Secrets. One Murder.
In a beautiful house surrounded by woodland, the Drayton family and their dearest friends are enjoying dinner together. The wine is flowing, the meal has been lovingly prepared, and it's going to be an evening none of them will ever forget…
A doting mother
with a manipulative daughter.
A loving husband
lying to his family.
A close friend
keeping a shocking secret.
A beautiful girl
who will be dead by the end of the night.
I have three new ARCs this week: Secrets to the Grave by Steve Frechs
One For Sorrow by Helen Fields
and One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose which I requested after reading Michael David's review on https://bonkersforthebooks.wordpress.com/
In the past week my reading travels have taken me to the Yorke Peninsula and Adelaide in South Australia; Louisiana in the USA; Hastings in the UK; Sèvèrac Le Chateau, France; Langdale, North Yorkshire; and Marin County, San Francisco. Have we crossed paths this week?
To all my friends in the Fraser Coast area of Queensland, Australia please stay safe. Although Tropical Cyclone Seth has been downgraded to a tropical storm, it still has sting in its tail with heavy rain and severe flooding.
Everyone, no matter where you are, take care. Stay safe and read on.
Author sandysbookadayPosted on January 9, 2022 Categories Audiobook, Books, Contemporary fiction, Detective fiction, Domestic drama, Family drama, Historical fiction, Mental health, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Previews, Psychological thriller, Romance, Series, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized, Women's fiction8 Comments on Watching what I'm reading . . .
Well here we are, the first Sunday of 2022. I am still very much in holiday mode and not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, although it is only for the one day and then I have the remainder of the week off. I'm not sure that I can drag myself out of bed in time!
Currently I am reading The Woman Who Came Back to Life by Beth Miller. What characters!
And The Family Inheritance by Tricia Stringer, a library book. This is my first book by this Australian author and I am loving it.
I am also listening to an audiobook from the library, Murder is Easy (Superintendent Battle #4) by Agatha Christie. I haven't previously read any of this series, but am enjoying this immensely. I have a firm suspect in mind for the murderer, but am I right?
This week I am planning to read The House Fire by Rosie Walker
Play with fire and you'll get burned . . .
Who can you trust in this brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller.
A tired old seaside town hiding a series of unsolved arson attacks.
A derelict mansion in the woods with a long-buried secret.
A bundle of old love letters that mask a dark story.
When Jamie's documentary investigation gets too close to uncovering the truth behind a series of deadly arson attacks that tormented Abbeywick in the 1980s, her family might be the ones who pay the price.
But for her younger sister Cleo, the secrets Jamie uncovers have the potential to get exactly what Cleo wants: to remove her mum's toxic new husband from their lives, forever.
All it takes is one spark to send everything up in smoke . . .
And The Betrayal by Terry Lynn Thomas
Attorney Olivia Sinclair is shocked when she receives an anonymous video showing her husband Richard sleeping with someone else. After years of handling other people's divorces, she thought she could recognise a marriage in trouble.
She angrily throws Richard out of the home they share. But days later she's arrested—for the murder of his mistress.
Olivia knows she's innocent but, with all the evidence pointing at her and an obvious motive, she must find the real killer to clear her name.
She may be used to dealing with messy divorces, but this one will be her most difficult case yet. Olivia's husband has already betrayed her—but would he set her up for murder?
I received three new ARCs in the past week: The Bluebonnet Battle by Carolyn Brown
Shadow in the Glass by M.E. Hilliard
And, better late than never, The Bells of Christmas II: Eight stories of Christmas hope
What are you reading this New Year?
Happy reading my friends. It's too hot to be out in the garden so I am going to stretch out on the daybed out on my deck where there is a little breeze and read some more. Enjoy your New Year reads my friends.
Author sandysbookadayPosted on January 2, 2022 Categories Audiobook, Australian fiction, Books, Christmas fiction, Contemporary fiction, Crime, Detective fiction, Family drama, Family saga, Historical fiction, Murder Mystery, Previews, Psychological thriller, Romance, Series, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized, Women's fiction17 Comments on Watching what I'm reading . . .
It's a beautiful, fine,hot Boxing Day here in New Zealand. Dustin and Luke left for Lake Taupo late this afternoon, and I have been pottering around the house, pausing every now and then to read a story from A Place Like Home, a wonderful collection of short stories by Rosamunde Pilcher published posthumously.
I am almost finished Survive the Night by Riley Sager
An also almost finished listening to Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
I haven't got anything scheduled for read for review this week other than Twenty Years Later, so I am going to read books picked totally at random from my backlist.
I received three new ARCs this week: The Child I Never Had by Kate Hewitt
Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins ( a widget from the publisher)
And Ocean State by Stewart O'Nan
A short post today as I am in holiday mode, and I am guessing that you all will be too. Happy holidays and enjoy your families and friends. And please, be kind.
Author sandysbookadayPosted on December 26, 2021 Categories Audiobook, Books, Contemporary fiction, Crime, Detective fiction, Historical fiction, Mystery, Previews, Psychological thriller, Romance, Short stories, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized, Women's fiction7 Comments on Watching what I'm reading . . .
Author sandysbookadayPosted on December 6, 2021 Categories Books, Contemporary fiction, Domestic drama, Mystery, Psychological thriller, Reviews, Uncategorized3 Comments on The Life She Wants by Mel Sherratt
The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
EXCERPT: AGATHA
I am not the most important person in this story. That honor belongs to Meg, who is married to Jack, and they are the perfect parents of two perfect children, a boy and a girl, blond and blue-eyed and sweeter than honey cakes. Meg is pregnant again and I couldn't be more excited because I'm having a baby too.
Leaning my forehead against the glass, I look in both directions along the pavement, past the greengrocer and hairdressing salon and fashion boutique. Meg is running late. Normally she has dropped Lucy at primary school and Lachlan at his preschool by now and has joined her friends at the café on the corner. Her mothers' group meets every Friday morning, sitting at an outdoor table, jostling prams into place like eighteen-wheelers on the vehicle deck of a ferry. One skinny cappuccino, one chai latte, and a pot of herbal tea . . .
A red bus goes past and blocks my view of Barnes Green, which is opposite. When it pulls away again I see Meg on the far side of the road. She's dressed in her stretch jeans and a baggy sweater, and carrying a colorful three-wheeled scooter. Lachlan must have insisted on riding to his preschool, which would have slowed her down. He will also have stopped to look at the ducks and at the exercise class and at the old people doing tai chi who move so slowly they could almost be stop-motion puppets.
Meg doesn't appear pregnant from this angle. It's only when she turns side-on that the bump becomes a basketball, neat and round, getting lower by the day. I heard her complaining last week about swollen ankles and a sore back. I know how she feels. My extra pounds have turned climbing stairs into a workout and my bladder is the size of a walnut.
Glancing both ways, she crosses Church Road and mouths the word "sorry" to her friends, double-kissing their cheeks and cooing at their babies. All babies are cute, people say, and I guess that's true. I have peered into prams at Gollum-like creatures with sticky-out eyes and two strands of hair, yet always found something to love because they're so newly minted and innocent.
ABOUT 'THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS': Agatha is pregnant and works part-time stocking shelves at a grocery store in a ritzy London suburb, counting down the days until her baby is due. As the hours of her shifts creep by in increasing discomfort, the one thing she looks forward to at work is catching a glimpse of Meghan, the effortlessly chic customer whose elegant lifestyle dazzles her. Meghan has it all: two perfect children, a handsome husband, a happy marriage, a stylish group of friends, and she writes perfectly droll confessional posts on her popular parenting blog—posts that Agatha reads with devotion each night as she waits for her absent boyfriend, the father of her baby, to maybe return her calls.
When Agatha learns that Meghan is pregnant again, and that their due dates fall within the same month, she finally musters up the courage to speak to her, thrilled that they now have the ordeal of childbearing in common. Little does Meghan know that the mundane exchange she has with a grocery store employee during a hurried afternoon shopping trip is about to change the course of her not-so-perfect life forever…
MY THOUGHTS: This is the third book by Michael Robotham that I have read and loved. He writes women so convincingly and realistically, describing our fears and insecurities very accurately and with empathy.
The Secrets She Keeps is an emotionally charged domestic/psychological thriller that focuses on two women: Meghan with the seemingly perfect life; and Agatha who has nothing. Their paths cross and Agatha hatches a plan that will give her what she wants. The story is told from the points of view of both Agatha and Meghan, and what begins as an apparently accidental and innocent friendship soon develops into tension filled drama.
I didn't like Agatha. She is needy, manipulative and mentally unstable, but I felt for her. Robotham has crafted magnificently believable characters. Even Jack, Meghan's apparently devoted sportscaster husband is brilliantly depicted. The only character I couldn't really get a handle on was Hayden, the supposed father of Agatha's baby.
The story is peppered with surprises and skillfully placed twists and I never quite knew what was going to happen next. I am a firm fan of this author and am reading everything of his that I can get my hands on.
⭐⭐⭐⭐.4
#TheSecretsSheKeeps
I: @michaelrobotham
T: @michaelrobotham
#contemporaryfiction #crime #domesticdrama #psychologicalthriller #suspense
THE AUTHOR: Michael Robotham was born in Australia in November 1960 and grew up in small country towns that had more dogs than people and more flies than dogs. He escaped became a cadet journalist on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney.
For the next fourteen years he worked for newspapers and magazines in Australia, Europe, Africa and America. As a senior feature writer for the UK's Mail on Sunday he was among the first people to view the letters and diaries of Czar Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra, unearthed in the Moscow State Archives in 1991. He also gained access to Stalin's Hitler files, which had been missing for nearly fifty years until a cleaner stumbled upon a cardboard box that had been misplaced and misfiled.
In 1993 he quit journalism to become a ghostwriter, collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, adventurers and showbusiness personalities to write their autobiographies.
His first novel 'THE SUSPECT', a psychological thriller, was chosen by the world's largest consortium of book clubs as only the fifth "International Book of the Month", making it the top recommendation to 28 million book club members in fifteen countries.
Since then, Michael's psychological thrillers have been translated into twenty-five languages and his Joe O'Loughlin series is are currently in development for TV by World Productions. A six-part TV series based upon his standalone novel THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS was aired on BBC1 in 2020, and a second series begins filming in 2021.
Michael lives in Sydney with his wife and a diminishing number of dependent daughters.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to the Waitomo District Library for providing a copy of The Secrets She Keeps for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
This review is also published on Twitter, Instagram and my webpage
Author sandysbookadayPosted on December 2, 2021 Categories Audiobook, Books, Contemporary fiction, Domestic drama, Mystery, Psychological thriller, Reviews, Suspense, Uncategorized4 Comments on The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
I am almost finished reading The Mark by Matt Brolly, and hope to get it finished and my review written tonight. I am also reading The Life She Wants by Mel Sherratt. I also have this on audiobook and was planning a read/listen, but that won't happen until my new ipod arrives, hopefully tomorrow.
But I will need to finish listening to The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham first
I somehow scheduled seven reads for this week, and I can tell you now that that's not going to happen. 🤦♀ So the ones I have selected are:
A Little Bird by Wendy James, an Australian mystery/thriller
Running from a bad relationship, journalist Jo Sharpe heads home to Arthurville, the drought-stricken town she turned her back on years earlier. While some things have changed—her relationship with her ailing, crotchety father, her new job at the community newspaper—Jo finds that her return has rekindled the grief and uncertainty she experienced during her childhood following the inexplicable disappearance of her mother and baby sister.
Returning to Arthurville has its unexpected pleasures, though, as Jo happily reconnects with old friends and makes a few new ones. But she can't let go of her search for answers to that long-ago mystery. And as she keeps investigating, the splash she's making begins to ripple outward—far beyond the disappearance of her mother and sister.
Jo is determined to dig as deep as it takes to get answers. But it's not long before she realises that someone among the familiar faces doesn't want her picking through the debris of the past. And they'll go to any lengths to silence the little bird before she sings the truth.
And Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie, another Australian crime/mystery/thriller, the ARC for which I received this week.
Lexi Winter is tough, street-smart and has stood on her own two feet since childhood, when she was a victim of notorious paedophile the Spider. All she cares about now is a roof over her head and her long-term relationship with Johnny Walker. She isn't particular about who she sleeps with … as long as they pay before leaving.
Lexi is also an ace hacker, tracking and entrapping local paedophiles and reporting them to the cops. When she finds a particularly dangerous paedophile who the police can't touch, she decides to gather enough evidence to put him away. Instead, she's a witness to his death …
Detective Inspector Rachael Langley is the cop who cracked the Spider case, 18 years earlier – but failed to protect Lexi. Now a man claiming to be the real Spider is emulating his murderous acts, and Rachael is under pressure from government, media and her police colleagues. Did she get it wrong all those years ago, or is this killer is a copycat?
Lexi and Rachael cross paths at last, the Spider in their sights … but they may be too late …
I received four new ARCs this week, including Unforgiven. The other three are: Lily Harford's Last Request by Joanna Buckley
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
I still have 25 requests pending, probably half of which are already published.
This week I have been on the road travelling USA tourist spots in Arizona, Archer's national park in Utah, St Louis, Houston and the Ozarks in Missouri. I have also been to Montreal, Canada, where it seemed to rain every day, and Bath and Weston-Super-Mare in England.
This week I seem to have done nothing but work. I did have Saturday off and Dustin came down with his chainsaw and took a dead tree and a couple of out of control box out for me. I have been wanting to get rid of them ever since we moved in over two years ago. There were some lovely native trees struggling behind them, so now they will have a chance to grow, and I will plant a kowhai this autumn.
Another busy week this coming week as New Zealand changes to the traffic light system and, as well as scanning into venues, anyone entering a hospitality venue must be double vaccinated and present their individual QR code and also scan that. So as well as figuring out how to operate the system myself, I also have to train the staff, not to mention our members!
But on a positive note, the only unvaccinated member of our family, our second son Les, has finally agreed to go get his first vaccination tomorrow. We had a long phone conversation this afternoon and we discussed all the issues he was concerned about, but it is the safety of his young daughter that swung it. So pleased and relieved, especially with this new variant starting to spread through the world.
So wherever you are, please stay safe, stay home and read. 😉❤📚
Author sandysbookadayPosted on November 28, 2021 Categories Audiobook, Australian fiction, Books, Contemporary fiction, Crime, Detective fiction, Domestic drama, Family drama, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Police procedural, Previews, Psychological thriller, Series, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized10 Comments on Watching what I'm reading . . .
Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons (Kim Stone #15)
EXCERPT: 'Hope your lunch was okay,' Kim said stepping back into the interview room with Bryant right behind her.
Alison had instructed her not to bait him, and her boss had warned her to go gently. Do whatever it takes to find Grace Lennard had been his instruction.
It was clear that she was expected to play nicely with a man who, in her mind, had kidnapped two girls, killed Melody Jones, and knew the whereabouts of Grace Lennard. She'd certainly give it her best.
ABOUT 'STOLEN ONES': 25 years ago he took a girl. Today he takes another.
One August afternoon, eight-year-old Grace Lennard skips into the garden of the childcare centre she attends and vanishes into thin air.
Hours before, Steven Harte walks into Halesowen police station and confesses to having information that will lead Detective Kim Stone to Melody Jones – the little girl who was taken from a playground exactly twenty-five years ago. But something about his confession is off and Kim dismisses his claims.
Arriving at the scene of Grace's disappearance, Kim finds a chilling piece of evidence: the heart bracelet belonging to Melody. Now Kim must play Steven's twisted game if she is to find Grace alive. But they're going to play by Kim's rules.
With only twenty-four hours to make every second of Steven's interrogation count, and scan his behaviour for hidden clues, Kim and her team soon link Steven to the abduction of several vulnerable girls – two were kept for a year and then released, unharmed – but where are Melody and the others?
Then small bones are discovered in the grounds of a local park, and Kim fears the worst.
Kim may be close to convicting a killer, but there's another who wants revenge against her – Dr Alex Thorne – the evil woman Kim did her best to keep behind bars. Alex is about to reveal a shocking secret to Kim that will hit her where it hurts the most. And if Kim lets Alex mess with her head, she might not be able to save Grace and find the other missing girls in time.
MY THOUGHTS: #15. That means only one book to go in this series…. 😬
Stolen Ones completely different to any other book in the Detective Kim Stone series, but every bit as good. It's psychologically more subtle, more cat and mouse, but no less thrilling. It is deliciously challenging and puzzling. I stayed up a good part of the night to finish it.
Why would a man walk into a police station and confess to having information that will lead Detective Kim Stone to Melody Jones and then not provide it? Is he telling the truth? Or is he lying?
Alison Lowe, Consultant Behaviourist, is called in to study the man's body language, those little 'tells' that give away more than the words that are said. I always enjoy Alison's involvement in the series and she really proves her worth here.
Stacey acts a part brilliantly in an effort to get Harte to open up and, sorry Penn, but I figured out the password for his phone well before you.
Psychopathic psychiatrist Dr Alexandra Thorne is once again needling Kim, trying to gain advantage. She's a dangerous and devious woman who, I believe, has a major role to play in the next book. Her machinations here will be nothing compared to what she has planned for Kim, and while her inclusion in Stolen Ones seems extraneous, I believe Marsons is setting the stage for the final denouement.
I wish Kim could just ignore Alex, but it seems that she has a way of getting under her skin and manipulating her. But then, that is Alex's talent. They are very well matched as opponents and when it comes to the final showdown, although I know who I want to win, I would not be confident in picking the winner.
Stolen Ones has left me both longing for and dreading #16. While I want to know how it all ends, I don't want this brilliant series to end at all.
#StolenOnes #NetGalley
I: @angelamarsonsauthor @bookouture
T: @WriteAngie @Bookouture
#contemporaryfiction #crime #detectivefiction #mystery #policeprocedural #psychologicalthriller
THE AUTHOR: Angela is the author of the Kim Stone Crime series. She discovered a love of writing at Primary School when a short piece on the rocks and the sea gained her the only merit point she ever got.
Angela wrote the stories that burned inside and then stored them safely in a desk drawer.
After much urging from her partner she began to enter short story competitions in Writer's News resulting in a win and three short listed entries.
She used the Amazon KDP program to publish two of her earlier works before concentrating on her true passion – Crime.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Bookouture via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
This review and others are also published on Twitter, Amazon, Instagram and Goodreads.com
Author sandysbookadayPosted on November 17, 2021 Categories Books, Contemporary fiction, Crime, Detective fiction, Mystery, Police procedural, Psychological thriller, Reviews, Series, Suspense, Thriller, Uncategorized10 Comments on Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons (Kim Stone #15)
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 edited by Steph Cha and Alafair Burke
EXCERPT: Taken from Let Her Be by Lisa Unger – We move away, the bell ringing as we exit. Emily is far ahead of me, out in the night. She doesn't hear him say before the door closes: "They say the brother did it. There was always something off about that boy."
I pretend I didn't hear it, don't let it upset me the way it used to. There were endless rumours then – a beautiful young girl dies by accident, and no one wants to accept that. No one wants to accept the randomness of it all.
Believe me, I get it.
ABOUT 'THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE 2021': Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new TheBest American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor.
Beginning with the 2021 volume, the annual short story anthology The Best American Mystery Stories will become The Best American Mystery and Suspense. New series editor Steph Cha and best-selling guest editor Alafair Burke select the best short mystery and suspense fiction of the year.
"Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult—painful even—to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before.
MY THOUGHTS: There's a very mixed bag of stories in this year's collection. There is a small handful of excellent stories: Neighbours by Nikki Dolsan; Green Eyed Monster by Charis Jones; Slow Burner by Laura Lippman; and Let Her Be by Lisa Unger. But the majority of the stories sat in the 2.5 – 3.5 range for me.
My biggest gripe about most of the stories were that they weren't suspenseful, nor were they a mystery. The ones I have rated highly were either intriguing, or had my heart pounding as I frantically flipped virtual pages.
There were a couple of stories that I thought were totally pointless, and one that seemed to me like a chapter extracted from a book. It seemed that there ought to have been something before it, and definitely something after it. But most were simply average.
Here's a list of the contents and my ratings:
1. Return to India by Jenny Bhatt ⭐⭐
2. Swaj by Christopher Bolton ⭐⭐⭐.5
3. Neighbours by Nikki Dolson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Mala Suerte by E. Gabriel Flores ⭐⭐⭐
5. Where I Belong by Alison Gaylin ⭐⭐⭐.5
6. With Footnotes and References by Gar Anthony Haywood ⭐⭐⭐.5
7. The Good Thief by Ravi Howard ⭐⭐⭐
8. Everything is Going to be Okay by Gabino Iglesias ⭐⭐⭐
9. Green Eyed Monster by Charis Jones ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Potato Sandwich Days by Preston Lang ⭐⭐
11. Frederick Douglass Elementary by Aya de León ⭐⭐.5
12. Infinity Sky by Kristen Lepionka ⭐⭐.5
13. Slow Burner Laura Lippman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
14. Mr Forble by Joanna Pearson ⭐⭐
15. The Killer by Delia Pitts ⭐⭐.5
16. Wings Beating by Eliot Schrefer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
17. 90 Miles by Alex Segura ⭐⭐
18. Land of Promise by Brian Silverman ⭐⭐.5
19. One Bullet, One Vote by Faye Snowden ⭐⭐⭐.5
20. Let Her Be by Lisa Unger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall rating – ⭐⭐⭐.25
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THE AUTHORS: STEPH CHA is the author of the Juniper Song mystery series and Your House Will Pay, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and has been nominated for a Young Lions Fiction Award, a Macavity Award, a Lefty Award, a Barry Award, and a Dagger Award, as well as long-listed for the Aspen Prize. She's an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, where she edited the noir section for almost five years. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Alafair Burke is the New York Times, Edgar-nominated author of fourteen crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and the forthcoming Find Me. She is also the co-author of several novels with Mary Higgins Clark. A graduate of Stanford Law School and a former Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair is now a Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
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Well, the office never got finished during the week as our new aluminium joinery arrived Monday and I had builders here all week fitting it. I seem to have spent my week cooking morning teas, lunches and afternoon teas, and cleaning up behind them. So now we're all double glazed and with the stacker doors we installed, we now have a wonderful indoor/outdoor flow. But I do have a lot of stopping and painting ahead of me this week.
It is my cousin's birthday today. She's seventy-nine and had her children and grandchildren to lunch today. We are meeting up for coffee and cake tomorrow.
Currently I am reading: A Life Without Water by Marci Bolden. I do love this author. Reading her books is like sitting down with an old friend. A Life Without Water is the first in A Life Without series, and I have the other two lined up right behind it, ready to go.
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 edited by Alafair Burke
and I am listening to The Second Marriage written by Jess Ryder and narrated by Rosamund Hine, which is absolutely delicious!
This week I am planning to read: The Widow by K.L. Slater
My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say…
The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they'd connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.
Now I stand at Michael's funeral, clutching my little girl's hand, with tears in my eyes as I insist to all our friends that he died an innocent man. Yet the questions have started, and nothing I say will stop them digging for the truth.
But none of them can read the secrets in my heart, or know about the phone I found hidden in his toolbox…
I'm determined that my daughter will not remember her father as a monster. I will erase any hint of wrongdoing in this house whatever the cost.
Because to keep my daughter safe, the last thing I need is for people to start looking at me…
The Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons
and Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
Told in the intimate voices of unique and endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students hired to housesit, a girl's loss of innocence at the hands of her employer's son becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and a proud nonagenarian rages helplessly in his granddaughter's hospital room. Romantic, hopeful, brutally raw, and unsparingly honest, some even slipping into the surreal, these stories are, above all, about King's enduring subject of love.
Eight new ARCs this week 🤦♀, one of which I am already listening to: The Second Marriage by Jess Ryder
Other ARCs are: The Mark by Matt Brolly
The Perfect Neighbour by Susanna Beard, which I read during the week and the review for which will be posted this week
The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green
The House Fire by Rosie Walker
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Dreaming of Flight by Catherine Ryan-Hyde
and No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride
My reading schedule for the first six months is already looking quite daunting, and I still have 28 requests pending.
This week I have been in the Cotswolds in England; Menlo Beach, Victoria, Australia; Reading, England; all over England and America in various short story collections; and Houston, Texas. Have we crossed paths anywhere this week?
I have to take my car up to my son's on Tuesday for a service, so I will get to see Luke and collect him from daycare. I am so looking forward to it. Nothing can replace hugs and cuddles.
Have a wonderful week everyone. ❤📚
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by LARISSA GARCIA - [email protected] on December 25, 2022
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Other December Holidays…
By Elyse Grau
Christmas and New Year's Eve aren't the only holidays celebrated in December. Here are a few others:
Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah)
"The Festival of Lights" is a minor holiday in the Jewish religion. It is a commemoration of the successful revolt against the Greeks, who had forbade the practice of Judaism and desecrated the temple. When the victorious Jews looked for the oil to light the menorah for the re-dedication of the temple, they found only enough to provide light for one day. Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight nights.
The lighting of candles in a special menorah during the eight nights of the holiday commemorates this event. The menorah holds nine candles, one for each night and a ninth, usually placed higher than the rest is lit first, then used to light others, beginning with one candle the first night. The next night, two new candles are lit, and so on, adding one each night until all nine are burning.
Kwanzaa is a modern holiday, invented by African Studies professor Maulana Karenga in 1966. It is a celebration of Afro-American culture, running from Dec. 26 to Jan.1. The holiday is built around seven principles of African heritage, and rituals are designed around various African harvest festivals.
Symbols displayed include fresh fruits and nuts, corn (also included in holiday feasts), and a candle holder called a kinara, which holds candles in red, black and green – the colors of the Pan-African flag. Originally Kwanzaa was designed to be an alternative to Christmas, but it soon became an adjunct. Observation of this holiday has fallen since its advent.
Omisoka
Omisoka is the most important holiday in Japan. It celebrates the ringing in of the new year. Beginning on the eve of Dec. 31, it lasts four days. Traditional decorations are hung or displayed in the days preceding the holiday. The house is cleaned from top to bottom, and all family members participate.
Rituals are designed to ensure good fortune for the coming year. People will visit shrines, parties are held. Temple bells are rung 108 times, to signify the 108 Bonnou, or vices.
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Here's a health-friendly recipe to make with the family:
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• ¼ cup coconut flour
• ¼ cup cacao powder
• ¼ teaspoon Celtic sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup coconut oil, melted
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• ½ cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon palm shortening
• In a food processor, pulse together coconut flour, cacao powder, salt, and baking soda
• Pulse in eggs, coconut oil, and maple syrup until thoroughly combined
• Fill each well of a donut mold halfway full of batter
• Bake at 350°F for 15-18 minutes
• Remove doughnuts from pan and place on a cooling rack
• Use a paring knife to cut hole in center of each doughnut
• In a saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening
• Drizzle doughnut with chocolate glaze
• Cool and serve
Recipe: Elena's Pantry, adapted by Yaakov Levine
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Q: MySQL trigger to check after insert if no duplicate then run sys_exec udf MySQL version: 5.1.73
Database client version: libmysql - 5.1.73
I'm trying to check if NEW.src exists in the last one hour and if it doesn't then execute sys_exec udf.
I have the following trigger in mysql. As this is an after insert trigger my IF condition will check if there is only one value in the last one hour and then proceed with the sys_exec statement.
BEGIN
SET @numofcalls = (SELECT count(src) FROM `cdr` WHERE calldate >= DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 1 HOUR) AND src = NEW.src);
IF (numofcalls = 1) then
SET @missed_call = sys_exec(CONCAT('/usr/bin/php /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/api_pbx/call_api.php ', NEW.src));
END IF;
END

I get no syntax error when saving the trigger. When a new record is inserted the sys_exec statement doesn't seem to run and exits from the IF condition.
Can someone please suggest what I'm doing wrong here.

A: I recommend you should not execute php programs from a MySQL trigger.
Reasons:

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*When a trigger runs (even an after trigger), the insert has not been committed in the database. If your PHP script tries to query the database, it will not be able to see the uncommitted data. Besides, the insert may be rolled back, but the phone call cannot be rolled back.

*You can't check errors or exit status from the PHP script. It's hard to debug whether the PHP script was successful or not.

Instead, I recommend you should not use a trigger, but insert the data and commit the transaction, and THEN use application code to check if you should run the call, and then execute it from your application. In other words, do not execute code that has effects outside the database.

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In this gospel, a certain expert in the law threw a question at Jesus that went as follows, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Lk 10:25). This question was frequently asked by the Jews and the Greeks. They enquired after eternal life. It is the ultimate quest for humanity. What do we have to do to inherit eternal life? It is the most serious question that anybody could ever ask.
In the spirit of the question there was some hostility towards Jesus. Luke wrote that the lawyer "stood up and tested Him" (Lk 10:25), as the true intent of this question. The lawyer had a contentious disposition and tried to make Jesus stumble in His words.
Therefore, Jesus had no intention to give a direct answer to the shrewd intent behind his question. So, the Lord asked him back, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" (Lk 10:26). The lawyer replied, it says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and also love your neighbour like yourself" (Lk 10:27). The Lord heard his answer and said, 'That's a correct answer'. But then the Lord added to His reply by saying, "do this and you will live" (Lk 10:28). That is, 'if you put these statements into practice, eternal life is obtainable'.
The contentious lawyer was threatened by the simple but authoritative answer that Jesus gave Him. So, in order to defend and justify himself he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbour?" (Lk 10:29).
Then Jesus answered with a simple parable (Lk 10:30-36). A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. The steep journey had been known to be dangerous. It was a vertical drop of one thousand meters and about thirty kilometres distance. Along the way the man was attacked by thieves, robbed to the bone, and left half dead.
Then, a priest, who served at the temple, happened to come by. He spotted the man who was almost dead. But, he ended up crossing to the other side of the road instead of helping him. Next, a Levite, who also served at the temple, happened to come by. He, too, spotted the man attacked by the thieves. But he, too, crossed over to the other side of the road and avoided the situation.
Why didn't these men of religion help this poor man? Various reasons have been considered. They may have thought he was already dead. According to Mosaic Law, if you touched a dead person, you were unclean for seven days. While you were unclean, you couldn't take part in temple services. In that sense they may have felt that they were being loyal to their duties of work. Or they may have even thought that the thieves were still lurking nearby, and if so they were in danger themselves. They had to get away from there as fast as possible. Whatever may have been the case, since the Lord did not give those reasons in His story, they don't have much weight in the matter. The important things are the facts. The details are that they crossed to the other side and steered away from the person who was in need of some help.
However, in the Lord's parable, a Samaritan, who had been travelling, happened to pass by the location (Lk 10:33). When you think about how it deliberately says here that "a Samaritan" comes into the storyline, it probably means that the person who was attacked by the robbers was a Jew.
There was between the Jews and the Samaritans a hostile relationship with a long historical background. The root of it is traced back to the eighth century BC when Assyria made conquest of Samaria (then the northern kingdom of Israel) and let several different races from the east settle in that land. As a result, the Samaritans became a people of mixed races and their religion intermixed with the religions of the different races. Therefore, some of the Jews would scorn and detest the Samaritans as a people who had lost the purity of their faith and their blood. Of course, some of the Samaritans also deeply hated the Jews for their intolerance, and they possibly had their own biased attitudes. This Samaritan, coming from such a context with the Jews, happened to come by that way.
The priest and the Levite, both of the same race as the victim in the story, and considered 'neighbours' to the victim, 'passed by on the other side of the road' away from him. Yet, the Samaritan, who was not considered his neighbour, "when he saw him, he had compassion" (Lk 10:33). He bandaged his wounds pouring oil and wine, and placed him on his donkey and took him to an inn to nurse and take care of him for the night. Then, the next day, he took out his money, two silver coins of denarii, and handed them to the owner of the inn and said, 'Take care of him. If other expenses are made, I will pay them when I come past here again' (Lk 10:35).
Why did this Samaritan help the half dead Jewish man? Jesus only gave the reason, because "he had compassion" (Lk 10:33). The various different reasons and motives he might have had in his heart did not seem to be of very much significance. The important things are the facts. The details in the story are that when he saw him, he went right up to the half dead man.
Upon telling this story, Jesus then asked the lawyer a question. He said, 'So, between these three men, who do you think was the neighbour to the man who had been attacked by the bandit thieves?' (Lk 10:36). What we see here is that Jesus repeats the same question back, which the lawyer had earlier tried to justify himself, when he asked, "And who is my neighbour?" (Lk 10:29). So, the Lord asked back, 'Who had been the neighbour?' in the story. The Lord is saying, it is not that 'Someone 'is' my neighbour,' but that 'I 'be' a neighbour'. With this logic as taught by the Lord, we should not justify ourselves by the cultural and social boundaries drawn on those not regarded as neighbours.
Furthermore, in this story, we cannot merely compare ourselves with the Samaritan. Instead we are the man almost murdered and near dead by our passions or even like the self-righteous lawyer. Don't you see it? We're always trying to justify ourselves in our spiritual ignorance and self-centeredness. But if we take off the facade which we have worn with all our strength, what comes out into the open is our truly miserable condition.
We may know what is right, but we are not practicing it. We know that we ought to love others, but we don't love them in the world of reality, and we seem to be desperately unable to love them when we are always justifying and taking care of our self interest. Instead, we harbor animosity and we wield our swords of ill will voluntarily or involuntarily. And so, there we are justifying ourselves with all our strength, even though we are wrong to do that. Eternal life is totally unrelated to that false attitude, but there we are, that's the way we really are in this world, on the verge of self destruction, not willing to change 'our way of life' in light of 'the true way as taught by Jesus Christ'. We are the ones in need of help!
Neither the priest nor the Levite were a help to the man who had been robbed by the thieves, and at death's door. They symbolise the world of law and ritual. But, they weren't a help. They crossed to the other side. But, in their blurred vision was a lone figure that was made visible to them as he approached. It was the Samaritan man whom they had detested. But, the Samaritan, in spite of the Jews animosity, still came near and was their neighbour to them. Who was this Samaritan and what does he mean? He symbolises none other than Jesus Christ. It was Jesus Christ whom this Jewish lawyer was showing animosity to, and it was Jesus who had come to be his neighbour in order to save him.
It is the same for us, too. When we still hadn't known the Lord, when we used to be against the Lord, a person with the spirit of Jesus had kindly come up to us. Someone had compassion on us and came to us. Since we were dead the way we were, someone became a neighbour to us, and that someone poured their life and all their love on us.
The Lord asked, 'Which of these three do you think was the neighbour?' Jesus became our neighbour for our benefit and existence. So now, Jesus tells us to 'Go and you too do the same to others' (Lk 10:37).
"One day, a man who was visiting Mount Athos asked several wise elders the following question: 'What is the most important thing in your life?' Each time he was answered like this: 'It is divine love; to love God and to love one's neighbour'. He said: 'I don't have love, either for prayer, or for God, or for other people. What must I do?' And then he decided by himself: 'I will act as if I had this love'. Thirty years later, the Holy Spirit gave him the grace of love".


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ZILLIONe had the privilege of playing an integral part in the digital transformation journey of the LTL Holdings a prestigious, reputed and dynamic engineering enterprise, renowned locally and internationally. In the Engineering Arena of Sri Lanka, the Company is affectionately known and called as "LTL",
LTL is well known for Power Sector Engineering works, engaged in manufacturing, construction & service industry, spanning across Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Fields. Having journeyed through the last four decades, LTL has achieved an impressive array of accomplishments and adjudicated as the best Engineering Organization in the Infrastructure Development Sector at the ceremony organized by the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka for "Engineering Excellence Awards". LTL has also received the Prestigious Gold Award for the "Best Independent Power Producer (IPP) in the Asian Region" of the Asian Power Awards organized by the Asian Power Magazine.
The LTL has earned the title in the Sri Lankan market as the first and largest independent power producer and Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contractor. LTL Holdings expanded to international borders on the strength of its ability to cater to the complete supply chain of the power sector.
However, with the on the onset of Covid-19, which ravaged the global economy, LTL encountered certain difficulties in using the legacy technologies, used in multiple processes and interdepartmental areas of the group of companies, necessitating revamping into a new sophisticated and innovative remote working transition. Therefore, LTL took the wise and impromptu decision to explore the possibility of obtaining the services of ZILLIONe, a Software Engineering firm, renowned for its Engineering Excellence with modern and innovative technologies to analyze and eliminate and/or solve serious problems successfully. ZILLIONe helped LTL Holdings to revamp and provided customized IT solutions to spur growth and innovation. These services were deployed, ensuring a smooth migration. Now LTL Holdings stands taller and stronger fledged with top-notch technological systems to withstand any challenges of this competitive world.
Issues, issues, issues! A dire need for a digital transformation
Before partnering with ZILLIONe, LTL Holdings experienced three main issues. A need for refined ultra-modern cyber security system, a well-set robust collaboration platform, and well-knitted team thoroughly familiarized cloud solutions. These shortcomings somewhat hindered the arrangements made by the Company to work-from-home transition.
The foremost issue LTL Holdings faced in terms of security was the gap of available cyber security system and a robust and proactive cyber security system capable of monitoring vulnerabilities and potential threats. Before the implementation process, the company occasionally experienced widespread and targeted phishing attacks. Due to these Phishing attacks, they were at high risk of the identity of some users getting compromised and they were vulnerable to password spray type attacks. In addition, a system to manage the security compliance of organization's mobile devices, and to make sure the sensitive corporate data keeps secure in remote working conditions and BYOD scenarios was not in place. Considering all facts, it can be concluded that the Company was in a vulnerable state. It was assessed that there was a possibility of hackers' attack to access the company's sensitive data.
Before acquiring assistance to implement the existing spontaneous and efficient communication platform, LTL Holdings utilized the Zimbra email server. However, the ongoing pandemic forced the company to rely more on the former online communication method. Soon, the company realized that they outgrew the existing communication method and were in dire need of a more versatile communication platform. If not for this imminent change, the company's growth and innovation that triggers an efficient flow of communication may suffer stagnation.
Research by Jabil says employee pushback and lack of expertise to lead digitization initiatives are the top two barriers to digital transformation. These findings imply that the company may receive mediocre results from investments made on cyber security and communication platforms unless a holistic approach inclusive of staff training and awareness is implemented.
LTL Holdings preferred IT solution provider – ZILLIONe
In search for Smart collaborative work environment, we meet ZILLIONe. Having the experience of trust and reliability, ZILLIONe introduced Microsoft 365, enhancing the system into a robust collaborative platform inclusive of proactive cyber security and efficient remote working conditions. Strategic measures were taken by them, to clearly understand the necessary implementations for boosting productivity, with the development of long-term upgrade plans and network mapping. The after-sales service has been commendable, and their continuous support through improvements is admirable. Now the system provides secure data collaboration for our sensitive engineering activities, with smoother working conditions.
Digital transformation solutions provided by ZILLIONe
In response to providing viable and cost-effective solutions, ZILLIONe took a separate two-phase approach to address cyber security issues and company communication platform enhancement issues. Awareness programs to adopt best practices and other collaboration software training for the staff followed. The main challenge ZILLIONe faced in the digital transformation journey of LTL Holdings was to ensure, providing the best, optimum and most cost-effective IT solutions that were favorable to their budget.
After much scrutiny, ZILLIONe decided that the most viable and suited communication platform for LTL Holdings is cloud-based solutions by Microsoft 365 as the first phase. ZILLIONe helped the company to embrace Microsoft Teams as the internal collaboration platform. LTL Holdings were also offered a cost-effective migration from present Zimbra email server to Exchange Online. In the long run, these cloud solutions can cut down a significant amount of cost incurred on IT expenses such as infrastructure maintenance, legacy infrastructure, additional IT personnel, etc.
As the second phase deployment, ZILLIONe implemented Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Security Suite, a cyber security system to shield LTL Holdings against cyber threats. This suite includes 'Azure Active Directory Premium (AADP)' an enterprise identity and access management service that provides a single sign-in and multi-factor authentication process along with a host of other access management capabilities based on additional authentication factors such as the geo location, cloud application, user identity, and device platform. Cloud apps covered in AADP are subjected to tight authentication restrictions while availing secure access to all apps. AADP guarantees to help protect against 99.9 percent of cyber security threats. It has helped to create a highly secured environment for employees for accessing cloud applications and subsequently sensitive company information, on-site or remotely.
To address the phishing attacks, we've utilized Defender for Office 365 and its Advanced Phishing filter, Safe attachments, Safe Links, and other features to mitigate these security vulnerabilities in the O365 environments. The Sandboxing and Machine Learning based advanced security functions of these solutions have helped the company greatly improve security on its collaboration platforms such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and MS Teams.
We've successfully addressed the concerns pertaining to securing access from BYOD devices with Microsoft Intune Mobile Application Management.
Moreover, we've addressed the data security concerns through identifying the business needs and implementing a data classification and protection structure using Microsoft Sensitivity Labeling and while it's an ongoing process that needs to be further developed, we've implemented the baseline policies for complementary solutions in the Microsoft Information Protection suite of solutions such as Office 365 DLP, data retention policies, eDiscovery, etc. to further streamline the Information security, compliance and governance story in LTL holdings IT environment.
Following these implementations, the on-premises LTL Holdings IT team was provided comprehensive training on Admin Center and Best Practices. Additional training was deployed to other subsidiaries at the company on Microsoft Teams and user interfaces of other collaborative software solutions and security practices that were newly implemented.
The benefits reaped following implementations.
With the Covid-19 pandemic, the organized reach of our global network of employees and clients, was disturbed. The collaboration of teams handling multiple projects, faced a sudden dwindle in effective action and communication, with the restrictions imposed in terms of mobilization and social distancing. This broadened our prospects of implementing a collective digital workspace, while maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable platform for our sensitive corporate data.
With Microsoft 365, LTL Holdings, now accelerates the work process to reduce the undesired downtime. The novel work approach has enhanced flexible communication to keep the network close-knit at all times. Site or at the office, or a work from home situation, doesn't matter anymore, as the optimized communication keeps the integrity of the formal working process. It keeps all of us connected, while scheduling a meeting and managing calendars has become easier than ever. Our sensitive data and design can now be shared at ease with the multitude of secure sharing options available through enterprise mobility and security. This has boosted our productivity and opportunity of distant working collaborations.
Future digital transformation aspirations with ZILLIONe
With the experience of trust and reliability, ZILLIONe has earned its due recognition with a recognized customer service. Their discovery of the critical components and provision of quick solutions, in terms of information security, connectivity and governance, has built a strong relationship open to futuristic developments. The extensive training deployed by ZILLIONe on the administration and user interfaces of the collaborative software solutions has been highly resourceful.
Being an Engineering Company, LTL Holdings cater the local and global supply chain of the power sector, providing futuristic and sustainable energy solutions. This is deemed to cope up with continuous technological advancements with time. As we transform into the digital future, we hope to partner with ZILLIONe, to enhance our workspace to keep our teams close and our global clientele closer!
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