Mystery & Thriller

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“Allow this novel to float its ideas and its just—if not legal—solutions with its philosophy, and accept an end-of-summer blessing.”

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“The sense of place and the dynamics of a small town of that era are convincing and give us a glimpse of the history and culture of that period in South America.”

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“Murder on the Vine is a delightful local color mystery that will earn its place on your bookshelf next to Donna Leon and Louise Penny . . .”

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“a chilling read in which the art of the cinema very often reflects the drama of the actors’ actual lives.”

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In her most recent book, Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld, author Catherine Lloyd sets the stage for a fast paced, well-written walk through London’s high society in 1838.

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“A deep-probing, layered story undulating through the shadows of domestic violence, Tell Me What I Am is a finely wrought psychological thriller . . .”

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“a horror tale designed to scare the dickens out of the reader.”

When viewed from a distance, it all begins harmlessly enough.

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How do you con a con man? If you read this book, you will learn how. But then again this is a novel, and the author’s methods may not work in real life.

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“The tales that populate Cleveland Noir are essentially about the haves, the have-nots, and the never-wills.”

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“Berta’s murder, the public display of her mutilated body all this was meant to be a deterrent.” And it was! Yes, the people in and around the Tuscan hills were truly mortified.

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Chris Quarembo’s new mystery/suspense novel runs the gamut of what makes good thrillers. She combines the ingredients of a memorable protagonist/narrator, a complex plot with numerous twists and tu

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The Girl from the Papers is a well-told story and well written.”

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“This book belongs on the shelf until the next library book sale.”

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“a very polite and well-mannered tale of greed and murder.”

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“a brilliant work, beautiful in its language and descriptions, but probably best read in its original language.”

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Field’s Crossing in Northern Indiana is farm country, and in the winter, with the snow drifting across the open flat lands, a body lies hidden under a 15-foot pile of ice and snow.

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Eugenics, seances, disappearances, and multiple murders. What more could one want in a mystery?

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“Between the careful plotting, the clever twists, and the colorful descriptions, Birder, She Wrote fills a nice slot for summer beach reading.”

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“Total Control is difficult to put down. The clarification of who’s who at the end is beyond satisfying.”

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“The perfect start to a pulp fiction series brought into the 21st century.”

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“Fearless is a reading experience that should require safety belts and mouth guards.”

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“The use of two first-person narratives gives Tapper the opportunity to tell two parallel stories that eventually grow together at the end of the story.”

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Julia and Sienna Larkin are sisters-in-law—Julia married Sienna’s brother Jason—but they are more than that. They are BFFs.

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“Kelly Rimmer’s scenes in both eras are fraught with anxiety, urging the reader to keep turning the page, anxious to learn about each character’s experiences, right up to the very end.”

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