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Review: Ali Land delivers the goods with Good Me, Bad Me
Part of the fun of reading a book like Ali Land’s Good Me Bad Me is the anticipation of what’s to come. You know from the get-go that you’re going to be in for a few shocks—you just aren’t sure how you’ll get there. Fortunately, Land delivers on all accounts.
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Karen Robards surprises readers with action-thriller for fifty-second book
The Ultimatum is Karen Robards’ first foray into the realm of the action-thriller novel and features her feistiest, and perhaps sexiest, heroine to date, Bianca St. Ives. Part con artist, part savvy businesswoman, Bianca is all-action.
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Review: McInerney’s The Glorious Heresies is gloriously twisted read
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney is a gloriously twisted novel. Following the lives of four down and out individuals—and the somewhat delusional mother of one of them—the story paints a bleak and dismal portrayal of crime and addiction in Cork, Ireland.
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Nothing You Can Do but enjoy these tales of murder, mayhem from Ed Kurtz
As author Ed Kurtz so eloquently puts it, “Sometimes people kill for profit, sometimes revenge, and sometimes they do it just for the fun of it.” In his new anthology NOTHING YOU CAN DO: STORIES (Down & Out Books), he demonstrates the theme with seventeen tales of crime, murder, and…
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Jerry Kennealy still mastering his craft after 22 books
After 11 novels featuring private eye Nick Polo—the latest being POLO’S LONGSHOT—and 22 books overall, you might think Jerry Kennealy has this author thing licked. He’d be the first to tell you otherwise. “I’ll never get it licked, but this was a fun book to write: expensive wine, glider crashes,…
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Review: The Talented Ribkins a bizarre story about an unusually gifted family
Seventy-two-year-old Johnny Ribkins has a unique gift: He can create maps to places he’s never been and remember his way to other locations by simply referring to the “map” in his mind. If the premise sounds a bit unusual, wait until you meet the rest of the family. First-time novelist…
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Review: BBA America comedian Graham Norton’s Holding a ‘cozy’ mystery
At first blush, a debut novel by comedian and BBC late-night host Graham Norton sounds like it would be rife with wry humor and witty antics in the vein of his TV show. But aside from a somewhat quirky lead character, this novel is surprisingly down to earth.
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Review: Diane Capri’s new hero on the hunt in action-packed Blood Trails
Diane Capri may be best known for her spinoff thriller series based on another best-selling writer’s character (you’ve heard of Jack Reacher, right?), but she also authors several series featuring her own excellent cast of characters. The latest, and perhaps best of the bunch, is Michael Flint, who holds the…
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Review: Here and Gone thrills from start to finish
by G. Robert Frazier Imagine escaping from an abusive relationship with your children cross-country only to see them taken from you by someone else. That’s the nerve-racking nightmare confronting Audra Kinney, the lead character in Haylen Beck’s new novel, Here and Gone. Making matters worse, the people who have taken…
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Janelle Brown’s Watch Me Disappear a riveting tale of secrets, suspense
In this age of instant information — where seemingly everything about everyone is readily available with a few clicks of a mouse – it’s surprising how much we really don’t know about the people closest to us.
Story By G. Robert Frazier 