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Middletide

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this debut mystery. When I finished it, I thought, Crouch is gunning for Harlan Coben’s audience and she’s done…

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Devil’s Kitchen

I am new to Candice Fox’s writing, but after inhaling Devil’s Kitchen, I’ll be reading more of her work. I know this sounds like hyperbole but, truly, I could NOT…

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Look on the Bright Side

Dabney: Look on the Bright Side is the third book Higgins has set in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet–the others are A Little Ray of Sunshine and Out of the…

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Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death

What was Maria Vale, she of the incredible shifter series The Legend of All Wolves, thinking? Who decides to make Azrael, the angel of death, an awkward and surprisingly, given…

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The Deer and the Dragon

Prior to reading the ridiculously entertaining The Deer and the Dragon, the last time I’d thought about the Phoenicians was in ninth grade in our study of the world’s early…

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Walk of Shame

If you love smart hockey romances with leads that act like grownups and writing that shows a commitment to excellence, you, like me, will not enjoy this book. Our heroine,…

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The Light Pirate

(warning: This book, while not having any spoilers, does sketch out the parts of the novel. If you want to experience the true glory of this novel, go and read…

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Shoot Your Shot

Roxie Nowak is a former basketball player, with a great job in tech and her own swanky place. She doesn’t date, because what’s the point? Men always want someone petite,…

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The Hunter

Tana French’s latest work, The Hunter, yet again solidifies her reign as the queen of literary mysteries. Set in the west of Ireland, it’s the story of a (somewhat) stranger…

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Listen for the Lie

Five years ago, in the gleefully gossipy small town of Plumpton, Texas, Lucy Chase wandered out of the woods, covered in blood, unable to recall who killed her best friend…

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Compass and Blade

This world of sea and storm runs deep with bargains and blood. On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the…

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The Woman on the Ledge

The Woman on the Ledge is a story where, for the first half of the book, you know the narrator is lying–she tells you so–but you don’t know why. It’s…

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