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The Connubial Corpse: A Malcom Winters Mystery by Thomas J Thorson

Intelligently delivered and intriguing… A pure pleasure. Thorson’s latest, featuring the reluctant sleuth Malcom Winters is a taut and suspenseful page-turner that offers plenty of intrigue and murder. When Vinn’s one of the best international students from China, Lily Cheng,…
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Doom of Stars by Martyn Rhys Vaughan

An ingenious thrill-ride of a novel… Vaughan draws readers into a devastating futuristic world on the brink of its end in this deeply engrossing dystopian tale. Kalli has never known her parents except for a few hazy memories of her…
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A Cupcake Surprise: Mama Bear’s Bunch by Amy Beth Blaylock (Author), Nicolas Milano (Illustrator)

Heartwarming and deliciously readable… Blaylock debuts with this scrumptiously engaging story about food allergy, friendship, and adventure. Jax, Tuggles, Boom Boom, and Lola are content being the best buddies and have fun playing outdoors all day. Jax’s birthday is arriving…
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A Diary in the Age of Water by Nina Munteanu

Unsettling and yet deliciously readable… Remarkable. Munteanu’s brilliant dystopian takes readers to a devastating future, where climate change has ravaged the planet, and water is severely rationed. When Kyo, a young acolyte called to service in the Exodus, discovers a…
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Deadly Driver by J.K. Kelly

Clever, thrilling, and full of intrigue, this is suspense thriller done right… Kelly’s spectacularly crafted latest plunges readers into a fully realized world of murder, conspiracy, and intrigue. A celebrated Formula One race car driver, Bryce Winters thinks he has…
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The Doctor’s Dilemma: Short Stories by Daly Walker

Original and provocative… Gloriously engaging. Walker creates poignant worlds shimmering with hope, pathos, trauma, and healing in this engrossing collection of short stories. Worn down by age, the 93-year-old protagonist of “At the Door” struggles with loneliness after his wife’s…
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20-Year Letter: An Afghanistan Chronicle by Benjamin R Warner

Intense, authentic, and engrossing… Warner offers a firsthand glimpse at the camaraderie, peril, and gratifications of service in his engrossing memoir. A few short months removed from the events of 9/11, the young reserve officer, LT Warner, jumped on the…
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The Other Side of the Ocean by Beverley Bell

Raw and haunting… A poignant tale. Bell examines horrors of war and a person’s struggles with identity in a foreign land in her engrossing debut. The young Saah Kamandu is content living a sheltered life in Freetown, Sierra Leone with…
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The Iron Labyrinth by Merrilee Beckman

A powerhouse of a SF tale… Intricately plotted, imaginatively written, and brilliantly executed, Beckman’s debut delves into the complexities of self-discovery and power play as her protagonist finds himself kidnapped and taken to the deep recesses of earth into an…
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Dead In The Water: A Provincetown Mystery by Jeannette de Beauvoir

A compulsive page-turner… Beauvoir returns with another compelling mystery with memorable, deeply realized characters and genuine surprises, featuring the amateur sleuth Sydney Riley. Sydney is at her wits end with her parents settled at the Race Point Inn, expecting her…