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Escape from the Lower East Side by Richard Peres

An eloquent tale of human aspirations and resilience… Murder, betrayal, loneliness, and perversity propel Peres’s excellent historical biography, featuring his great grandfather, who emigrated from Germany in 1851 to America. With astonishingly real details, Peres creates a convincing picture of…
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The Unspeakable Kind by Christopher Renna

Darkly intriguing and thoroughly engrossing… This slender volume from Renna takes readers on an unsettling journey into uncanny as a young woman tries to search for a lost child’s identity. After suffering her second miscarriage, Ashleigh Lundberg agrees to move…
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Ocean Friends (2 book series) by Tam Warner Minton

Fun and informative…  A winning collection. In her visually arresting series about tropical reef fish, Minton pairs striking, colorful pictures with information about the characteristics, habits, and diversity of these ocean vertebrates. In the first book in the series, Minton…
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Pigeon-Blood Red (3 book series) by Ed Duncan

A transfixing and highly readable series… Duncan’s electric action thriller trilogy features an endearing antihero, abundant action, and nonstop thrills. In the sharply realized series launcher, an ordinary job of retrieving his boss, Frank Litvak’s priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace…
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White Swan Wishes by Wes Snowden

A poignant examination of the intricacies of love… A tale of love, loss, and pain, Snowden’s latest is ripe with both emotional vulnerability and authenticity.  When 17-year-old Michael Grayson, the son of a New England scallop fishermen, met the lovely…
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Cake Popped Off (Cupcake Catering Mystery Book 2) by Kim Davis

A delightful, enchanting whodunit… In her second installment for the Cupcake Catering Mysteries, Davis throws in the mouth-watering descriptions of food galore, some well-placed red herrings, and a thoroughly intriguing murder mystery to create a delicious whodunit. The family feud…
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Stockboy Nation by Thomas Duffy

A provocative tale of intricacies of love and close relationships… In this beautifully constructed and paced, emotionally accurate tale, Duffy explores the searing emotions of ordinary people caught in unforeseen circumstances. His protagonist is Phillip Doherty, a struggling writer in…
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Boulder Girl, Remember Me When the Moon Hangs Low by Cynthia L. Clark

A riveting tale of love and obsession… Unhinged obsession of a sinister psychopath takes center stage in Clark’s thoroughly gripping suspense thriller. After dissolution of her unhappy decade-long marriage, thirty-year-old Lana Ross, a magazine editor for Boulder Essence, is set…
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Peri the Awesome COVID Fairy by Morgan Duffy (Author), Mary Duffy (Illustrator)

A whimsical, insightful read… Duffy introduces Peri, the COVID Fairy, who brings children joy and laughter as they stay stuck at home during the current pandemic. The brief introduction to COVID-19, its worldwide spread, and the kind of precautions to…
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Chuckles and Smiles by Raven Howell

A rollicking delight… Award-winning Howell celebrates the power of joy to be found in little ordinary things in her charming latest, a collection of poetry for young children. The poems are rhymed gracefully, with the key words set in uppercase…