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Rounding Out an Unintentional Trilogy By Dawn Ius Alafair Burke didn’t set out to write a trilogy, but with the release …
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Twin Tragedies Form Basis for Gripping Pavone Thriller By Rick Pullen His wife Madeline had already left for work and Ne…
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What Happens in the Absence of Justice? By Dawn Ius Lisa Scottoline knows a little something about justice. As a former …
Changing of the Guard Dog by Lane Stone
By Robert Walton CHANGING OF THE GUARD DOG is the latest installment in Lane Stone’s successful Pet Palace mystery serie…
The Secrets We Bury by Debra Webb
By Jaden Terrell In her latest novel, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Debra Webb brings back Dr. Rowa…
Down to the River by Tim O’Mara
By Austin S. Camacho We don’t often get the chance to support a great cause and get a great read at the same time, but t…
The Marijuana Murders by Mark S. Bacon
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Hellfire by Ann Simas
By P. J. Bodnar When a firefighter named Bucky dies in a mill fire and three others are injured—including Andi Comstack’…
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary sleepover—movies an…
Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter
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The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack
Travel through time with the touch of a hand. Roan West was born with an extraordinary gift: he can perceive the past of…
Once More Unto the Breach by Meghan Holloway
Rhys Gravenor, Great War veteran and Welsh sheep farmer, arrives in Paris in the midst of the city’s liberation wi…