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Continue reading →: Girl on Trial by Kathleen Fine ~ ReviewDoes doing one bad thing make you a bad person? Sixteen-year-old Emily Keller, known by the media as Keller the Killer, is accused of causing the deaths of a family of four, including young children. Emily is one of the youngest females to be accused of a crime so heinous,…
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Continue reading →: The Committee Will Kill You Now by JL Lycette ~ ReviewThe gripping new book from the author of The Algorithm Will See You Now. Based on the true-life rationing of kidney dialysis in 1960s America, a medical intern in 1992 Seattle tries to leave his painful past behind, only to uncover a shocking truth of thirty years prior and the lasting, generational harm of hidden secrets… After a co-intern…
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Continue reading →: The Algorithm Will See You Now by JL Lycette ~ ReviewMedical treatment determined by artificial intelligence could do more than make Hope Kestrel’s career. It could revolutionize healthcare. What the Seattle surgeon doesn’t know is the AI has a hidden fatal flaw, and the people covering it up will stop at nothing to dominate the world’s healthcare-and its profits. Soon, Hope is made the scapegoat for a patient’s death, and…
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Continue reading →: The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright ~ ReviewIt promises beauty but steals life instead. Will the ghosts of Barlowe Theater entomb them all? Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy’s eldest brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta’s younger brother goes missing after breaking into the…
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Continue reading →: Death and the Sisters by Heather Redmond ~ ReviewThe tangled relationships between Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister Jane Clairmont form the backdrop for an intriguing historical mystery, set in London in 1814, that explores the complex dynamic between sisters and the birth of teenaged Mary’s creative genius.
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Continue reading →: Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman ~ ReviewWhen a body is found shot to death after an unexpected snowstorm, Lily Adler quickly realizes that some people will stop at nothing to bury their secrets this holiday season. Regency widow Lily Adler is looking forward to returning to Hertfordshire to spend time with the family of her late…
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Continue reading →: The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer ~ ReviewWhat’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? Clover spends so much time with the dying that she has no life of her own, until the final wishes of a feisty old woman send Clover on a road trip to uncover…
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Continue reading →: The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner ~ ReviewA spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead. 1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in…
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Continue reading →: Weyward by Emilia Hart ~ ReviewI am a Weyward, and wild inside. Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart’s Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.
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Continue reading →: The Killer’s Wife by Susan Furlong ~ ReviewWhen a severed finger was found in her car four years ago, Kerry Grey was arrested as an accomplice to the brutal slayings of three young women. Unbeknownst to Kerry, her husband Lucas was not only missing, but a deranged serial killer. Finally out on parole, she is ready to…
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