Title:
15
Minutes
Author: Jill Cooper
Release
date: June
15, 2013
Age
Group: Young
Adult
Genre:
Thriller,
Scifi
Synopsis:
I have 15 minutes to save my mother’s life….
15 minutes is all the Rewind Agency gives you in
the past, but for Lara Crane it’s enough time to race through the city, find
her mother, and stop her from being killed in a mugging that happened over ten
years ago.
But that’s not how it happened. The story she’s
been told all her life is a lie and when Lara takes a bullet meant for her
mother, her future changes forever.
The love of her life acts like a stranger. Her
simple life is replaced with a giant house, glamorous clothes and a new
boyfriend.
Except someone knows her secret. And he will try
to stop her at every turn as she races against the clock to unravel a dangerous
conspiracy.
15 Minutes is an edgy high octane YA thriller that
can be described as Back to the Future meets Inception where the people Lara
trusts change in an instant. She is in a timeline she doesn't understand, and
is about to make one fatal mistake as she faces an enemy so familiar, he’s
family.
Excerpt:
My breath echoes in my ear. Mom is
there, taking me by the shoulder. Her lips are moving, but I hear nothing.
There are tears in her eyes and mine, too. I fall forward, my head cushioned by
her lap. Unable to blink, I can only stare ahead at a red fire hydrant on the
sidewalk. Everything grows dim, and my breath rumbles.
I swear I see a shadow leaping over
my body, but when I turn my head, no one is there. I don’t understand. There
was no mugging, so why was I shot? Mom was supposed to be mugged.
Beep.
Time’s up. Everything goes dark as
when a curtain closes on a stage, but I don’t think it’s from time travel.
I think I’m dead.
About
the Author
I could write this in the third person. I
could tell you what I like, where I was born, and what my favorite things are.
But instead, I'll say I don't want to write like everyone else. I don't want to
craft stories you've read a thousand times before. I want my novels to be a
cinematic experience, blending themes, genres, and situations unlike any you've
ever read.
I want to break the rules. I want you to break out in a cold sweat as you read
my books out of fear, love, and excitement. I want my books to be an
experience. When you finish, I want you to feel something. Good or bad.
If you do, then I'll have succeeded. If not, I'll keep trying.
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