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Deadlock by James Byrne: Featured ExcerptPROLOGUE Two Years Ago Desmond Aloysius Limerick has been ordered to fly into Baku, Azerbaijan, under a false name, carrying nothing but a change...
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Book Review: Lying In The Deep by Diana UrbanThis is the modern feminist retelling of Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile that I never even knew I needed till after I read every terrific...
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Cooking the Books: Cinnamon Twisted by Ginger BoltonDonut shop owner Emily Westhill is looking forward to participating in the June wedding of two of her best friends, even as their Wisconsin town of...
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Book Review: Mother of the Bride Murder by Leslie MeierWhen Lucy Stone’s eldest daughter Elizabeth announces she’s engaged, Lucy is both thrilled and a little wary. The very private Elizabeth has built...
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Book Review: Mastering The Art Of French Murder by Colleen CambridgeThe debut novel of Colleen Cambridge’s An American In Paris mystery series finds our plucky young heroine, Tabitha Knight, staying in the French...
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Five of My Favorite Novels with Haunted HousesI’ve been obsessed with haunted houses ever since I can remember, and even before my first trip to Disney World at age eight when I insisted we...
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Book Review: The Rescue by T. Jefferson ParkerJoe is a very good dog. Always eager to please the humans on his team, he regularly outperforms every other dog when it comes to sniffing out...
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Book Review: Dark Angel by John SandfordAfter the events of Pershing Bridge, Letty Davenport is something of a hero, especially to the many government agencies who could use a woman who...
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Book Review: Without Saying Goodbye by Laura JarrattTwo very different women take the drastic decision to leave their entire lives behind without a word to the people they know. Our first main...
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Book Review: Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley ArmstrongBlythe Warren has always been the steadfast, responsible member of her adolescent friend group. Her best friend Gabrielle Harris is constantly...
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Cooking the Books: A Flicker of a Doubt by Daryl Wood GerberFairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly is excited about an upcoming art benefit sponsored by wealthy Carmel-by-the-Sea resident Violet Vickers....
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Book Review: Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea SedotiMaylee Hayes is the gorgeous center of her high school’s social world. Pretty and popular, she’s been best friends with Petra Whitfield since they...
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Book Review: Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair BurkeForty years ago, Nancy Eldredge suffered some of the worst imaginable torments a mother could possibly endure. After being convicted for the murder...
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Book Review: The Forgotten War by Don BentleyMatt Drake tackles a case with personal ramifications in Bentley’s latest. Drake has always had his buddy Frodo by his side, whether in...
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Book Review: Panther Gap by James A. McLaughlinBowman and Summer Girard were raised almost single-handedly by their dad in a small, private valley known as Panther Gap. Leo Girard is a former...
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Book Review: Natural Beauty by Ling Ling HuangOur obliquely named protagonist’s life has been shaped by growing up poor in New Jersey, the daughter of two pianists who barely escaped China’s...
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Book Review: I’ll Stop the World by Lauren ThomanNashville’s Lauren Thoman is an admitted entertainment junkie who studied music education before following the call of pop culture. A passion for...
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Mysteries with the Royal TouchKing Charles III’s coronation takes place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London. To celebrate this regal moment, aficionados...
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Book Review: Fateful Words by Paige SheltonBookseller Delaney Nichols is very much enjoying life as a newlywed in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her handsome husband Tom owns a pub just across the way...
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Book Review: The Last Word by Taylor AdamsA bad review of a book turns a woman’s life upside-down in this psychological horror novel. Emma Carpenter spends time reading and playing with her...
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Book Review: Flux by Jinwoo ChongBrandon is twenty-eight years old when he’s laid off from his comfortable job working in magazine publishing. Feeling spun out, he makes a series...
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Crime Fusion—Writing at the Edge of GenreShades of grey have always interested me and maybe that’s why I prefer to write at the edges of any genre, rather than positioned firmly in the...
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Cooking the Books: Four Parties and a Funeral by Maria DiRicoAfter years of heartbreak and self-doubt, Mia Carina is finally enjoying a romance with a handsome, intelligent, caring guy who adores her. So what...
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Book Review: Good Dog, Bad Cop by David RosenfeltThis fourth installment of the K-Team series finds our private investigators continuing their work looking into cold cases for the Paterson Police...
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A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor: Featured ExcerptOne “Guards! Guard and American Guard! Guard and American Guard!” My partner, Garda Jason Savage, and I are just finishing up our community patrol...
