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The Devil and Dayna Dalton: (Book 9) A Bulwark Anthology by Brit Lunden

A thoroughly imagined supernatural tale with taut pacing and compelling characters… Lunden’s exceptional ninth installment in her A Bulwark Anthology is hefty on both chills and thrills. For as long as Dana can remember, she has always loved Sheriff Clay…
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Power Blind (A Dana Hargrove Legal Mystery) by V.S. Kemanis

An intricate, top-drawer legal thriller… Kemanis’s latest novel, the sixth in Dana Hargrove series, is a solid, fascinating legal thriller that explores the limits of love, guilt, and punishment. Former prosecutor Dana Hargrove, who has been appointed as an appellate…
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Haunting Magic (The Witches of New Mourne #2) by Neely Powell

A page-turner from start to finish… Powell imagines a fantasy universe of New Mourne where humans and paranormal creatures observe a considerable peace. Fiona Burns, the Connelly witch, with her skill as a medium has attracted the attention of Bailey…
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What Does a Caterpillar Do? by David McArthur (Author), Lucy Rogers (Illustrator)

Bright and informative… A charming visual treat for the youngest patrons. Using a series of short questions and brief answers, McArthur’s picture book introduces young children to several different types of bugs and what makes each of them unique. Seen…
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Zachary’s Gold by Wes Snowden

Brilliantly written, utterly compelling… Set in the WWI and the post-WWI era, Snowden’s latest which tells the story of one man’s journey to retribution is rich in both physical detail and human insight. Trying to save an unarmed young German…
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Surviving Crazy by Frank Crimi

A fun, zany romp… Crimi’s highly entertaining follows a group of eccentric travelers as they navigate chaos and dangers in an apocalyptic world. As a newly appointed scout for Arizona Prickly Heat, the Major League Baseball team, Riley is on…
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The Patient by Steena Holmes

  A lackluster work… Holmes explores a cat-and-mouse game between a psychotherapist and a killer in this psychological thriller. Fighting with her own past demons, Danielle Rycroft is trying to set her psychotherapist’s practice in the small town of Cheshire.…
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The Staircase of Fire (Shakertown Adventure #3) by Ben Woodard

  Intense and evocative… Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard’s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were…
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Gold Digger, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg

  An accomplished and absorbing novel… Rosenberg brings forth a fine historical inspired by Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe whose rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a famous figure in history. Resolutely independent, Baby…