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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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He Started It by Samantha Downing

Dark and tedious… Downing’s latest is an easily avoidable, disturbing tale that explores three siblings’ twisted relationship as they set on to secure their inheritance. After death of their wealthy grandfather, the siblings: Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan embark on…
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The Voyage by Douglas Falk

A solid debut that deserves readers’ attention… What if Earth is actually flat instead of being round as it has been claimed? Such a possibility provides the premise for Falk’s meticulously researched, page-turner debut. The young and ambitious John Wilander…
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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 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…
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The New Husband by D.J. Palmer

A page-turner but not without faults… After her husband mysteriously disappears without a trace, Nina is devastated to learn about his double life. With their finances dwindling fast, Nina has no intention to look for another man. But when Simon…
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Roses Are Red by Miranda Rijks

A gripping thriller… After suffering heartbreak in her marriage, Lydia Palmer is preparing for divorce. When Adam suddenly dies, Lydia enters the world of online dating on insistence of her friends and meets the dashing, gentle Patrick. It doesn’t take…
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West of Sin by Wesley S. Lewis

  Fast-paced and engrossing… Lewis combines the neon glamour and seedy underbelly of Las Vegas to mark his debut in crime genre. Devastated by her would-be-lover’s infidelity, Jennifer Williams leaves her hotel in Las Vegas to get away from all…
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The Cube Master (Incarnation Book 2) by Sarah Gerdes

Suspenseful and tense… a page-turner Gerdes continues her Incarnation series with this excellent second installment, a story that plays out against the backdrop of a cyber space and biotechnology-ruled world. NSA has arrested seventeen-year-old Kyle Smith on suspicion of stealing…
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Chameleons by Onyx Gold

Sizzling sex, murder, and high suspense fill the pages of this engrossing erotic thriller… Gold makes his debut with this fast-paced, entertaining tale in which a beautiful woman engaged in a love triangle finds herself entangled in a serial killing…
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THAT DOG DON’T BARK by Aaron D. McClelland

  A gritty thriller… A love story at heart, McClelland’s That Dog Don’t Bark is skillfully rendered wanderings of a teenager couple through the underworld of East Vancouver. Jackie and Angel, small-time crooks, finds themselves in the path of a…
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For Those Who Dare by John Anthony Miller

  Poignant, highly suspenseful, and a richly detailed story… Miller portrays trauma experienced by multitudes before, during, and immediately after the construction of Berlin Wall by the Russian-controlled communist government in this vivid and highly suspenseful narrative. It was an…
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You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

  A page turner but not without faults… Hendricks/Pekkanen tell the story of a young woman whose desperate need to belong somewhere makes her a pawn in a deadly game in their third psychological thriller. After losing her job, Shay…
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Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

  Highly gripping but not without flaws… In her latest psychological thriller, Hannah examines the power of money and the question of how far a person would go to maintain a perfect facade. It has been twelve years since Beth…
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The Third Order by Wendy Sura Thomson

  Thoroughly absorbing… a thrilling read! Thomson’s latest is a well-researched, gripping blend of ancient intrigues, secret religious societies, poignant emotions, and raw grief. Maggie Fraser’s life turns upside down after a tragedy strikes her while honeymooning in Italy. The…