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Of Power and Pain: A Murder Mystery Suspense Thriller (Detectives Daniels and Remalla Book 5) by J. T. Bishop

Riveting and surprising… Impossible to put down. Bishop’s fifth installment in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla series sees the detective pair hunting a vicious killer. When Daniels and Remalla are called to investigate a murder, they do not think much…
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Dead Man’s Pose: Yoga Mat Mysteries by Susan Rogers, John Roosen

A satisfying cozy mystery that offers thrills and sharp insights into human behavior… Susan Rogers and John Roosen deliver a fine blend of amateur sleuthing, beguiling romance, murder, mayhem, and human drama in their debut installment in the Yoga Mat…
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Iconoclast: A Sean McPherson Novel by Laurie Buchanan

An absolute page-turner… Not the one to be missed. The ex-cop Sean McPherson learns danger never strays far from home in this enthralling second installment in Buchanan’s Sean McPherson series. Still struggling with survivor’s guilt, Sean is gradually settling into…
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Killer Deception (Kathy Hamilton Mystery Book 1) by Maggie Casteen

A layered and nuanced mystery… Casteen kicks start her Kathy Hamilton Mystery series with this taut, fast-paced installment. When Marcie Brooks, a bereaved widow, hires Kathy to look into the recent theft of a family heirloom, Kathy doesn’t think much…
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Crossing Lines by Pamela Ellen Ferguson

A spectacular mystery… A reader’s delight. Austin based architect “Buzzy” McBride gets sucked into her late brother’s domestic woes while looking into the identity of a murder victim in Ferguson’s latest page-turning mystery. When a decapitated head is discovered at…
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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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Cry from an Unknown Grave by Joseph LeValley

A nuanced, gritty mystery… LeValley’s enthralling second Tony Harrington mystery featuring the Pulitzer Prize journalist takes Tony throughout the Midwest, from Iowa to Chicago, to Kansas City as he gets entangled in a human trafficking investigation. Still trying to come…
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Iceapelago: A Climate Change Thriller by Peter Brennan

A superb environmental thriller… A terrifying global apocalyptic phenomenon drives Brennan’s chilling first installment in Iceapelago series. Ros and Simon Rodriquez, the twin brothers and Spanish research students, are the first ones to spot the initial signs of volcanic activity…
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Blockbuster by Richard H. Smith

A knockout… Written in tune with the southern vibe of 70s Carolina, Smith’s engrossing mystery finds its young hero entangled in a murder investigation. Nate Burton is doing well as an assistant manager at a North Carolina movie theater, but…
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Some Laneys Died by Brooke Skipstone

Highly suspenseful and gripping… Skipstone returns with this first installment in the Skipping Sideways thrillers series which combines a dash of science fiction and quantum physics, a troubled yet fierce heroine, heart-pounding tension, and a mystery shocking enough to leave…
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Heirs Apparent by Thomas J Thorson

  Clever, suspenseful, and full of intrigue… A tense cat and mouse game. Set in Chicago, Thorson’s ingeniously plotted latest featuring Malcom Winters finds the latter on the trail of a notorious killer after a cryptic message written in blood…
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The Detective Next Door by W C Gordon

  Darkly fascinating and original… An accidental murder, a dismembered corpse, and a web of lies haunts this gripping debut from Gordon. The protagonist is a regular cop who likes to do his duty with as much diligence as possible…
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Transfer: A Supernatural Horror Novel by Sean Oliver

  An excellent supernatural thriller marked with shrewd plotting, realistic characters, and a gritty setting… Oliver’s masterful latest effectively combines the excellent elements of traditional mystery with the grit of supernatural horror, spinning a spellbinding tale of an ominous secret…
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Spent Identity (Annalisse Series #2) by Marlene M. Bell

  An ingenious mystery… a complete page-turner. This winning second installment in the Annalisse Series from Bell trails Annalisse Drury, 30-year-old antiquities expert who arrives at her childhood home and gets entangled into a murder investigation while her aunt goes…
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The Burden of Darkness (The Marcie Kane Thriller Collection, #5) by Barry Finlay

Thoroughly captivating, ingenious, and full of heart-pounding suspense, this is action thriller done right… Nathan Harris returns in Finlay’s gripping latest, this time against a vile psychopath. Owen Strand has always kept old grudges close to his heart. With nothing…
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The Split by Sharon J. Bolton

A spine-tingler… Trying to run from her stalker, British glaciologist Felicity Lloyd accepts a two-year contract at the British Antarctic Survey’s base on South Georgia Island. With a big chunk of her past and present memories missing, Felicity’s departure gets…
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The Apartment by K.L. Slater

A feeble attempt at a psychological thriller… Slater’s latest is not only thin on plotting but also offers a premise that strains credibility. A broken marriage and the unexpected death of her husband forces Freya Miller to sell her home…
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The Half Sister by Sandie Jones

A lackluster read… This fairly average domestic thriller, Jones’s latest, disappoints with its dull narrative, flat characterization, and predictable ending. When the siblings Kate and Lauren leave for their mother Rose’s house for their obligatory Sunday lunch get-together, they have…
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The Boy (Broussard and Fourcade #2) by Tami Hoag

A finely-constructed police procedural… Nick Fourcade, a detective with the Bayou Breaux, La., police department, is called to a crime scene to investigate the brutal murder of seven-year-old KJ Gauthier. His 27-year-old mother, Genevieve, who managed to escape the brutal…
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The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler

A thoroughly engrossing thriller… Kabler’s insubstantial yet entertaining thriller tells the story of a woman whose husband goes missing soon after moving to a new city. Gemma and Danny, the happily married couple, have just moved to Bristol to start…