My thoughts and musings about all things books & cozy living
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Continue reading →: Served Cold by James L’Etoile ~ SpotlightWhen a cargo trailer packed with dead undocumented migrants is found abandoned at a freeway rest stop, Detective Nathan Parker soon discovers the dead wore identical clothing, were the same age, and weren’t destined for the fields. Parker uncovers a diabolical connection between the migrants and a high-tech computer firm…
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Continue reading →: The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch ~ ReviewOn a remote Outer Banks island, a serial killer collects his prized specimens. And to stop him, an FBI agent must confront his own twisted past. FBI agent Tiberius Granger has seen his share of darkness. But a new case sets him on edge. It’s not just the macabre way…
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Continue reading →: The Honeymoon Homicides by Jeannette de Beauvoir ~ SpotlightDespite an unforeseen disaster ruining her carefully planned wedding reception, hotelier Sydney Riley is undaunted as she and her brand-new husband Ali leave for their honeymoon in the dunes of Cape Cod’s National Seashore. But even in this deserted location, Sydney uncovers clues that might have a bearing on the…
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Continue reading →: Everything Makes Sense by Tim Garvin ~ ReviewA search for and discovery of the purpose and structure of life. Science and religion study the same phenomenon – the cosmos itself – but an impenetrable barrier seems to separate them. Author Tim Garvin removes that barrier and offers a resonant handshake. Instead of sitting across from each other in opposition, scientists and seekers…
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Continue reading →: Knowing by Mark Cox ~ Poetry ReviewMark Cox pulls no punches in these poems about loving, drinking, traveling, and screwing up his relationships and parts of his life. “Looking back for a low point marking the worst of my insobriety, it might be that signal moment I put out my cigarette in the holy water font…
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Continue reading →: Map of My Escape by Cheryl Reed ~ ReviewThe shooting of a homicide detective is captured on film by a mysterious figure from a second-floor window, implicating Riley Keane, an anti-gun activist and a school shooting survivor. Riley flees Chicago for a frozen island in Lake Superior. A race to find her ensues between her secret lover—Chicago politician…
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Continue reading →: Secrets and Photographs by A. K. Ramirez ~ SpotlightHow do you stop a killer you can’t even see? It’s been two years since Detective Marissa Ambrose nearly lost her life working the Couple’s Killer case, but time hasn’t stopped the vivid nightmares. She still carries the heavy guilt of her partner’s death, and the Seattle Police Department refuses…
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Continue reading →: With One Look by by Cheryl Holt ~ ReviewCHERYL HOLT dazzles readers once again with her new two-book SISTERS duet! It’s two fun, fast-paced, and dramatic tales of love forevermore… JACKSON BENNETT is an army veteran who was seriously wounded in India while saving the life of a royal cousin. As his reward, he’s become the new Earl…









