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The Vulnerable by Ed DeJesus 

A harrowing, thought-provoking, and utterly absorbing read… In DeJesus’s high-stakes thriller, domestic terrorism collides with family wounds, and past choices turn deadly. Dan DeCosta’s world collapses when Robin O’Rourke, the fiery-haired woman he loves, disappears. Her violent ex lurks, the…
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Dinner At Tony Napoli’s by Edward Izzi

Fast-paced, thrilling, poignant, and profound… A dying prominent restauranteur is forced to revisit his dark past after a grisly discovery in Izzi’s latest tense crime thriller. With his late-stage cancer diagnosis, 87-year-old Antonio ‘Tony Napoli’ Sorrentino knows the time has…
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Hidden in the Shadows by A.D. Vancise

Grim, unsettling, and twisty… After making a shocking discovery in her late grandfather’s belongings, Vancise’s young heroine realizes that the unanswered questions from the past are hard to put to rest. When twenty-three-year-old Evie Day arrives in Woodsville, Arkansas, to…
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Contracts For Sale by Edward Izzi

A twisty and engaging dark crime drama… After a series of vicious murders rock the city, the Chicago Sun-Times Reporter Paul Crawford is assigned to investigate the case in Izzi’s edgy latest thriller. When the CEO of a high-profile company…
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Dry Heat: A Novel by Len Joy

An emotionally charged page-turner… Joy conjures up a gritty crime drama full of danger, betrayal, love, and loss in his latest novel. Joey Blade seems to have everything: a full-ride scholarship in cards, a beautiful new girlfriend, and doting parents.…
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A Reckoning in Brooklyn by Michael O’Keefe

Taut, nuanced, and compelling Set in the 1970s, O’Keefe’s engrossing historical mixes a hefty dose of grit and violence with mystery and intrigue to create a deliciously dark crime drama. Life in Bushwick Brooklyn is not exactly easy: mafia rules…
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GAMBLED DREAMS by Jim Sanderson

Finely crafted, sharp, and gripping… A knockout. Set against the backdrop of West Texas, Sanderson’s intensely sharp latest takes readers on one man’s journey to redemption. Colton Parker, husband and father of two, is content being a bouncer for the…
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The Poe Consequence by Keith Steinbaum

A deeply suspenseful, sprawling story of supernatural revenge… A total knockout. Steinbaum offers an irresistibly offbeat mix of supernatural horror and gritty crime drama in his latest. Two rival gangs, Alvarado Street Diablos and North Rampart Lobos, have always ruled…
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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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MAC & BETH by Aaron D McClelland

A gritty, intense, and mesmerizing account of greed and betrayal… McClelland takes readers on an exhilarating journey of greed, murder, and treachery in his latest, a tale that is not only deeply engrossing and heartbreaking but also true to human…
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Redlined: A novel of Boston by Richard W. Wise

Improbable at time, but intriguing… Set in 1974, Wise’s crime thriller pits a Marine veteran against a plethora of powerful enemies. Owing to housing market crash, Jamaica Plain, a section of the Southwest Corridor in Boston has been redlined by…
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Destinies by Nick Christophers

An intriguing mob drama… Christophers’s latest mob drama tells the story of a young woman who finds herself in the middle of the war between the seedy underworlds of New York mafia after a mob boss falls for her, while…
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Blood on Their Hands by Bob Brink

A deliciously readable crime drama… With a grim picture of racism embodied in the theme, Brink’s latest introduces a racist and miserly alcoholic yet endearing hero, a criminal defense attorney who finds himself in the middle of violent conspiracies involving…
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Inside the Gold-Plated Pistol by Cynthia Bruchman

Absolutely fascinating… Set in 1928 in Arizona and California, Bruchman’s incredible latest tells the story of two young women trying to realize their dreams. A gold-plated pistol with a dreadful history that once belonged to an iconic director brings three…
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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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Ripped Away (Uncommon Senses #2) by S.D. Christopher

  An ingenious blend of hard-boiled crime and science fiction, Christopher’s gripping drama is both superbly executed and deeply absorbing… Christopher’s original concept and engrossing storytelling strengthens this novel, the second installment in the Uncommon Senses series, where ordinary people…
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Big Green Country by Frances Rivetti

Deeply moving, highly engrossing… Two young women’s trials of physical and mental abuse in Northern California’s infamous emerald Triangle makes the heart of Rivetti’s searing debut. When Mia and Jazmin left their homes to take seasonal jobs as trimmigrants in…
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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…