‘My life is no fairy tale, so what’s the point in waiting for magic?’

Author of War Songs, Dr. Grady Harp is an artist representative, gallery owner, writer of essays and articles on figurative and all Representational art for museum catalogues and for travelling exhibitions, and an Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer. He describes himself as being ever on the alert for the new and promising geniuses of tomorrow. I am thrilled to find his review for my trilogy, Ash Suspense Thrillers: Trilogy:

Grady HarpTop Contributor: Children's Books

HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER

5.0 out of 5 stars ‘My life is no fairy tale, so what’s the point in waiting for magic?’

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2020

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Uvi Poznansky wears a coat of many colors. Originally from Israel where she studied Architecture and Town Planning then moving to the US where she studied Computer Science and became an expert in Software Engineering, Poznansky managed to combine the design elements of two studies into unique formats. And she has accomplished the same with the other side of her brain - making visual her ideas (she is an accomplished painter, drawer, and sculptor who has enjoyed exhibitions both in Israel and in California, her present base) and making words in poetry and in short stories and children's books.

Serial novels are becoming a specialty with Uvi. STILL LIFE WITH MEMORIES is a series of five books dealing with WW II. THE DAVID CHRONICLES relate historical fiction. HIGH-TECH CRIME SOLVERS series needs no definition!

The ASH SUSPENSE THRILLERS bond suspense with romance and this generous bundle of the three books of that series – COMA CONFIDENTIAL, OVERKILL, and OVERDOSE – are among Uvi’s strongest. Though each story is rather brief (between 100 – 200 pages each), the plots and characters are so well mounted that each of these novels becomes an immersing night’s read.

Beauty of prose bound together with a sensitive thrillers make this a very special series from a very fine writer. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, June 20

Embark on s journey: Ash Suspense Thrillers

My new release is a trilogy that includes three thrilling novels.

Coma Confidential:

Ash finds herself in the ER diagnosed with coma. She has no memory of what has happened to her, but what she can do—despite what everyone around her might think—is listen to the conversations of her visitors. One of them is the man who raped her. 

For Ash, there is little time to gather clues: blackouts are happening not only in the hospital but throughout California. The Russian hackers who are intent on sabotaging the power grid are trying to blackmail her boyfriend, Michael, into helping their cause. And what better way for them to do it but by kidnapping her out of the hospital? 

Overkill:

The last thing Ash expects when she lands in Clearwater, Florida is to be stalked by a troubled teenager. If that's not bad enough, she is caught in a shooting spree next to the nearby elementary school. The cops think it’s an attempt at mass killing, but Ash wonders if the only victim was specifically targeted by the killer. Will she manage to identify him and have him arrested before he comes after her? 

Overdose:

After recovering from coma, Ash discovers that the man who performed her brain surgery has a questionable medical experience and a dark past, starting with his medical mission in India ten years ago and ending just recently, with his wife’s suicide. Should Ash expose him, at the risk of becoming vulnerable to his revenge?

Ash Suspense Thrillers: Trilogy

Paperback ★ Hardcover

Horror and frustration

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• Coma Confidential
• Ash Suspense Thrillers with a Dash of Romance, Book 1
• By: Uvi Poznansky
• Narrated by: Heather Jane Hogan
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 Horror and frustration. 

Overall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

    

5 out of 5 stars

Performance  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️    

5 out of 5 stars

Story  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️    

5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-06-20

What a wonderful read! I could feel the frustration of Ash in a coma, hearing and feeling everything, unable to react at all. She didn't even know who she was. Yet she was so logical and brave and even funny at times! She knew she had only herself to save her. This book will be with me for awhile. Unforgettable.
My Audible version was read to me with flair and feeling. Great job.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book from Story Origin.

Plot twists abound!

Elaine C. Pereira is a Multi-Award Winning, Best Selling Memoir I Will Never Forget, in which she describes the compelling story of her once brilliant mother’s journey through the dark abyss of dementia. I'm honored that she posted this review for my thriller, Overkill:

Elaine C Pereira

5.0 out of 5 stars Plot twists abound!

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020

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Another success for Uvi Poznansky with Overkill. Just when it looks like the plot is going in one direction, it creatively shifts into a different or parallel subplot. There's a lot happening in this romantic (slightly) thriller so pay attention. Good character descriptions; sometimes I could almost smell the unknown pungent odors just by reading the book. Enjoy!

Ash, Kooky & Light-Hearted Throughout, Tries To Piece Together What Happened To Her & Why!

An in-depth review for my thriller, Coma Confidential:

B. Roscoe

5.0 out of 5 stars Ash, Kooky & Light-Hearted Throughout, Tries To Piece Together What Happened To Her & Why!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020

This is book one of the Ash Suspense Thrillers with a Dash of Romance series.

Ashley Winters loves her new apartment. It is near the University of California Irvine where she is working on her masters and she feels incredibly safe there. Although she needs a job to help pay down her mounting student loans, life is good. But something went horribly wrong.

Ash awakes in the hospital unable to remember who she is. She desperately tries to focus in on her surroundings for clues as she struggles to remain conscious. Doctors and nurses speak about her, but nothing about her personal life. She does learn that she is in a coma, though, and may not make it.

Ash listens intently as visitors come and go. Bored to death, she has just two goals. First, to figure out who she is and what happened. Second, to get out of the hospital, because she soon learns she has reason to believe her life is in jeopardy.

A handful of visitors sit at Ash’s bedside at various times - her mother (Ma), her father (Pa), Betty, and Michael. There is a police officer posted outside her room. She can’t rule anyone out.

Ma is a little strange. She hardly speaks and hates Michael.

Pa is remarried and lives in Florida. He once worked at Southern California Edison but was forced out of his job due to downsizing. The company had brought in cheap overseas labor to replace the more expensive American employees. He was bitter about it.

Betty is her former nemesis from Costa Mesa High School. There is an unpleasant history between the girls. Betty was the party girl that stole Ash’s boyfriends.

Michael, her boyfriend, is a college dropout but a brilliant software developer. Has been working on a startup in his garage. Ash occasionally works with him on developing a Virtual Reality model. He chose not to pursue hacking, despite his talent.

The headlines are filled with stories about Russian cyber attacks on the electrical grid causing havoc. A group known as Dragonfly has infiltrated U.S. power companies. The power in the hospital ominously comes and goes. The mystery deepens when Ash overhears someone talking to a man named Vlad about her condition. While the story wraps up in the end, an important loose end remains.

Ash, kooky and light-hearted throughout, tries through observation and recollection to piece together the mystery of what happened to her and why. She shows incredible courage and fortitude in spite of her grave condition and the horrible event that placed her in her present state. She is on heavy pain medication for much of the book, which might explain her attitude, but in the small bit she isn’t under the influence of drugs she comes across in a somewhat similar manner.

Ash’s story is an unorthodox and unique whodunit. For a story about the victim of a horrific crime, it is written in an incredibly light-hearted way that only the victim herself can accomplish from her point of view. The story is quick read and well-written. It is plot-driven. I rate this book 4.5 stars.

Fantastic

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miss

• Coma Confidential
• Ash Suspense Thrillers with a Dash of Romance, Book 1
• By: Uvi Poznansky
• Narrated by: Heather Jane Hogan

  

fantastic 

Overall  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️    

5 out of 5 stars

Performance  

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   

5 out of 5 stars

Story  

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   

5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 28-05-20

wow what a fantastic audiobook from the pen of Uvi Poznansky and narrated by Heather Jane Hogan xxxxxx

An Unusual Story Told By An Imperfect Young Woman

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B. Roscoe

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  4 out of 5 stars

• B. Roscoe
• 06-15-20
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 An Unusual Story Told By An Imperfect Young Woman. 

• My Own Voice
• Still Life with Memories, Book 1
• By: Uvi Poznansky
• Narrated by: Heather Jane Hogan

An Unusual Story Told By An Imperfect Young Woman. After Divorcing Natasha, Lenny Marries Youthful Anita. 

This is book one of the five part Still Life with Memories series. 

Anita, raised by a single mother in a Santa Monica rent-controlled apartment, learned about men at a very young age. She learned that her looks give her attention and power over men. But that attention has also brought problems, like the attention she gets from her mother’s boyfriends. Her mother resents her for that. 

Lenny Kaminsky is in his forties when a sixteen year old Anita throws herself at him at the ice cream parlor in which she works, though his age is insignificant to her. Little does she fully comprehend what he means when he tells her she reminds him of someone he once knew. She loses her job as a result of her stunt, which guilts him into accompanying her home. When she makes a bold pass at him, Lenny is so lost to his memories that he doesn’t stop her. But Anita’s mother walks into the apartment only to throw her out for her behavior. Lenny, of course, feels responsible for his part in her predicament. 

That day began a ten year period of ups and downs for Lenny and Anita. Whenever Lenny’s ex-wife, Natasha, returned to him, Lenny welcomed her back. Natasha had always been Anita’s competition. And after seeing the pictures of Natasha, there was no doubt about what Lenny saw in Anita. He saw Natasha. Anita could pass as a younger doppelganger. 

But as the present story opens, Anita, twenty-six, has just become Lenny’s wife. She is about half his age and is pregnant. He married her despite the fact that everyone he knew advised him otherwise. She hardly compares to the beautiful and talented Natasha. Natasha had been a talented pianist, was cultured, and didn’t suffer from poor grammar, unlike Anita. Lenny looks at Anita, but she thinks he still sees his Natasha. Nevertheless, Anita is now married to Lenny and a member of his family, which includes his twenty-seven year old son Ben, who has just returned home and met her. Navigating her new situation, living in the home that Lenny and Natasha shared so many years, and living with two men is a challenge. Worse, Lenny still harbors secrets even after all these years. 

This is an unusual story told by an imperfect young woman. Anita is far from innocent in her story. Her age cannot excuse everything, though her childhood sheds light on her actions. Lenny has his secrets and he lived a lifetime before Anita entered his life. Her eyes are open to this all along. She knew she would always come in second to Natasha, but she chose to stay, so it is difficult to have too much sympathy for her. As the story ends, there are gaps in time that remain explained and hints of what might come next. Stories remain untold and secrets remain hidden. 

Newlywed Anita finds herself a stranger in her new home with her husband Lenny and his adult son Ben; between the tension in the home and Lenny’s devotion to his writing, married life is anything but simple. The story is well-written. The plot is complex but obscure and very slow to roll out. The characters are carefully crafted. The story is written in first person from Anita’s POV. I rate this book four stars. 

As for the Audio: it is consistent with the book and is well-performed.