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Zig Zag Girl by Ruth Knafo Setton

A dazzling blend of murder, magic, and noir… A young magician’s search for answers draws her into Atlantic City’s haunted past in Setton’s deeply atmospheric mystery. When magician Lucy Moon discovers her best friend murdered inside a notorious sawing box…
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Symphony of Lies by Maria Monday

A cerebral mystery with real emotional stakes… In Monday’s slow-burning European noir, buried secrets and personal history prove as dangerous as any crime. Swiss journalist Emma Bally expects little from the estate of a wealthy acquaintance. Instead, a mysterious bequest…
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A Reckoning in Mercy: A Classic Western Ghost Story by T. E. MacArthur

Atmospheric, morally complex, and steeped in Southwestern folklore. MacArthur’s latest sets a murder investigation against the backdrop of a flood-stricken frontier community where folklore, prejudice, and competing claims of justice collide. A violent storm strands drifter Eli Mercer in the…
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Waldwick…Tribe by Kenneth Linde

A provocative and compassionate look at the forces shaping contemporary American life… Linde pairs philosophical inquiry with a deeply personal journey as a disillusioned senator seeks to understand the growing fractures within American society. Frustrated by the endless noise of…
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Sweet Potato by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Playful, heartwarming, and delightfully quirky. A young screech owl with a taste for sweet potatoes instead of bugs takes flight in Chapman’s affectionate tale about carving out one’s own identity. Sweet Potato doesn’t have much interest in typical owl pursuits.…
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Altamara’s Gift by John Gregg

A sprawling and deeply human Vietnam War novel… The jungles of Vietnam swallow young men whole, and only brotherhood offers any hope of survival in Gregg’s compelling novel. Sergeant Lefty Altamara, a gifted baseball player fleeing a violent childhood, finds…
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Hydrangeas from Dad: His Gift from Beyond that Rescued My Soul: Healing and Thriving After the Loss of a Loved One by Mary Ellen Connett MacDonald MS

Mystical, moving, and quietly profound. Marriage and family therapist MacDonald confronts the death of her father, and the startling spiritual aftermath that reshapes her understanding of grief, identity, and the endurance of love. William “Bill” Basil Pukatch, the emotional center…
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Berkeley Arcane (Braided Dimensions Book 5) by Marie Judson

A cerebral, time-bending fantasy. In Judson’s fifth installment in the Braided Dimensions series, a Berkeley lawyer is drawn into a hidden network of psychic powers, unstable portals, and timelines fractured by  modern technology. When mysterious telepath Onyx seeks out Rousseau…
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The Weight of Cold Things: A Psychological Thriller by Lisa Towles

An elegant fusion of Arctic noir and psychological suspense… A Wyoming deputy sheriff’s search for her missing boss leads her into a deadly Arctic conspiracy in Towles’ haunting psychological thriller. After her husband vanishes in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Wyoming deputy…
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Nothing Left to Lose by Len Joy

Emotionally raw, politically charged, and deeply human… Joy delivers a layered, emotionally intelligent story where politics and family collide with heartbreaking consequences. Tawni Carter built a national pro-life movement by demanding sacrifice from everyone around her, especially her family. When…
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Presidential Follies On Ice by Alex Charns

Deliberately excessive, occasionally rambling, and often sharply funny.  In this anarchic hockey fantasia, civil liberties attorney and longtime beer-league player Charns imagines a 3-on-3 showdown against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Justice Samuel Alito that escalates into a broadside against…
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Always, Janie by Meghan Sorley

A hauntingly tender debut about love, loss, and becoming yourself. In her emotionally incisive and deeply atmospheric debut, Sorley traces the long aftershock of first love across the American West, following one girl’s painful evolution from dutiful daughter to reluctant…
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And It Only Took 100 Years… by Alan Shayne

Reflective, humane, and beautifully observed. There are memoirs that recount achievement, and there are memoirs that illuminate the emotional history of an era. Shayne’s memoir does both with uncommon elegance. One might expect a Hollywood memoir full of glamorous anecdotes…
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The Watchmen by Mike MacCarthy

Fast-paced, provocative, and impossible to put down… A kidnapped school board candidate, a missing intelligence operative, and a conspiracy reaching far beyond local politics drive MacCarthy’s sprawling political thriller. After reform candidate Adam Tanner disappears before a pivotal San Diego…
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The Guardian: The Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope Series #4 by Jordan Standridge

Dark, immersive, and psychologically incisive… Standridge’s fourth installment in the Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope series takes readers on an emotionally charged journey through love, loss, and betrayal. Nearly twenty years after the presumed death of her first husband,…
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The Earth Is Her Own by Renée Carrier

Lyrical, visionary, and unforgettable. Set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming’s Black Hills, Carrier’s richly contemplative book blends literary realism, spiritual mystery, and speculative fiction into an emotionally resonant story about grief, healing, and human transformation. The novel centers on…
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Grumpy Goes Home for the Holidays (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure) by Susan Marie Chapman (Author), Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Thoughtful, engaging, and heart-melting… A young iguana discovers the importance of compassion, family, and belonging in Chapman’s latest installment in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series. Grumpy sets off on a long-awaited journey to the Florida Keys…
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Dug Up by Shari Marshall

A darkly charming supernatural mystery filled with atmosphere, emotional tension, and steadily escalating suspense… Marshall’s immersive novel blends buried secrets, dangerous magic, and small-town unease into a richly atmospheric urban fantasy. Trying to outrun a traumatic past, former police officer…
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Treehouse Rescue by Veronica Puig (Author), Jessica W Cooper (Illustrator)

A delightfully comforting story about courage, community, and finding safety together. Puig’s picture book is an empathetic tale that celebrates kindness. As a storm approaches, young Mike encounters Mr. and Mrs. Carter, the caterpillars, Mrs. Birdie and her babies, and…
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Where Beau the Beach Bunny Burrows (Miss Lolisa’s Tales & Tails) by Lolisa Marie Monroe

A heartfelt coastal fable with a reassuring emotional core. Monroe pairs lyrical storytelling with gentle emotional insight in this thoughtful picture book set along Florida’s Space Coast. Beau, a small beach bunny surrounded by soaring pelicans, nesting sea turtles, and…