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Poverty Lodge by Gordon Pound

A rollicking adventure… Pound, a Vietnam War veteran in Australian Army, presents in uproarious detail the life on a ramshackle farmhouse on a rundown farm to tell the entertaining story of how the enterprise worked out after he decided to…
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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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The Ghosts of Hawthorn, Missouri (Heroes of Hawthorn) by James Peet

  Penetrating in particulars, extensive in scope, this is a triumph… Peet makes his foray into literary fiction with this Intense and haunting debut marked with memorable characters, sparkling prose, and a brilliantly conceived story. After his mother’s tragic death,…
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A Booktiful Love by Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Beautifully executed, astonishing collection… In his latest evocative collection, Akinyemi reflects on love, relationships, and mortality along with nitty gritty of everyday life, revealing the many ways that life goes on. In “Isolation” and “Lockdown,” Akinyemi suffuses familiar landscapes with…
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The Winged Lion: Marion’s Match by Patrick D. Carlson

A dazzling dystopian tale… Set in 2090, this first installment of Carlson’s excellent dystopian series takes readers on an exhilarating journey as a teenager’s nonconformist principles become a catalyst for others to find hope in a world drowning in despair.…
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Dylan’s Birthday Present (Little Polyglot Adventures) by Victor Dias de Oliveira Santos

Insightful, informative, and fun… A quest to find a lost birthday present takes Victor’s young protagonist on an insightful journey in this endearing debut installment in the series. It’s little Dylan’s birthday, and he is excited to show his birthday…
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The Happy Couple by Samantha Hayes

A quick read… In Hayes’s latest thriller, a woman comes across a dark, twisted truth while trying to look into her husband’s disappearance. Finding it hard to move on after her husband Will’s disappearance a year ago, Jo is contemplating…
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The Loneliness of the Deep Space Cargoist (The Cargoist Book 1) by JS Carter Gilson

A dazzling debut… Rich in sumptuous detail despite its economical prose, Gilson’s fascinating debut tells the story of a space cargoist who after her ship’s collision with space debris finds a worst fate awaits her than a lonely death in…
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Marmotte’s Journey by mari reiza

A poignant meditation on finding one’s own voice… A coming-of-age story, Reiza’s fantastic latest chronicles the journey of a young woman struggling to find her own identity. Unable to put herself first, Marmotte’s life is marked by consistent disregard from…
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Tales of the Starmen: Volume 1 by Nathan Burton

Thoroughly entertaining… a page turner! In his action-packed debut, Burton imagines the world in a far-future where all the planets in the universe are governed by a single powerful empire. The Solarium Empire has ruled the universe for centuries under…