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Review: They Came At Night

Synopsis: In the five years since the fateful and horrific night that changed her life, Sandra Leigh has kept herself sequestered at the Compound, a trauma recovery/survival skill camp that helped her process her past and feel safe in the world again. Now, the time has come for her to face life outside the Compound, and that starts with a family road trip to rebuild the relationship she once…

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Review: Throwing Shadows

Synopsis: Fans of Steven F. Havill’s Posadas County and Lisa Regan’s Josie Quinn series will enjoy this fascinating and complex story set in small-town Missouri. “Balances well-developed characters and dry humor with a solid police procedural” – Library Journal Starred Review of Dangerous Consequences When a hiker stumbles from the woods raving about a dead man, Sheriff Hank Worth launches a…

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Review: Embedded

Synopsis: Jailed Army Ranger Dakota Judd is offered a life-altering deal from Jean Steele, an ambitious and attractive Black FBI agent. Infiltrate a White Supremacist prison gang while he’s incarcerated, then embed himself into their militia on the outside. Become the eyes and ears of the FBI. If successful, his record will be expunged and he can live a normal life. If he fails, he’ll wind up…

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Review: Whispers

Synopsis: What if one phone call could change your entire life? With the page-turning suspense of Ava Strong’s FBI thriller Not Like He Seemed and gritty realism of Douglas and Olshaker’s New York Times Bestseller MindHunter, Whispers promises readers a nail-biting journey into the search for a serial killer and a private window into the workings of the troubled mind of the agent who pursues…

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Review: Face-Off

Synopsis: A girl name Katie is an exceptional skater. Even the 8th grade hottie hockey player, Scottie Sliver notices her. But she doesn’t take much stock in him liking her. Katie quits the flag squad due to bullying and ends up joining the all boys hockey team. Whether she makes it on the team or not, Katies has her hands full. It will take a lot of courage and strength. Rating:…

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Review: Marble Hall Murders

Synopsis: Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz—another tribute to the golden age of Agatha Christie featuring detective Atticus Pund and editor Susan Ryland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murdersand Moonflower Murders. Editor Susan Ryeland has left her Greek island, her hotel, and her Greek boyfriend Andreas…

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Review: Such Good People

Synopsis: An American Marriage meets The Wonder Years in this emotionally gripping, character-driven novel about the ripple effect of a split-second decision to protect a friend. It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday in the spring of her freshman year of college, and April is standing at the back of a crowded Manhattan bar waiting for her friend, Rudy, to arrive. Their eyes lock the moment he enters the…

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Review: Designed with Love

Synopsis: After being widowed on her wedding day, Emma Johnson moves to Cheyenne with her sister-in-law to start over. Emma’s life has been marked by wild living and a desire for fun, but the death of her husband forces her to reassess her priorities. Her brother-in-law, Colton Benton, travels with them, intending to help Emma get established. However, Emma becomes wary of Colton’s intentions,…

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Review: Lucky Break

Synopsis: When a spate of bad luck upends her life, Eliza moves to a charming—and mysterious—Midwestern lake town, where she just might find herself while trying to find the truth. Eliza has always had a plan—until her meticulously plotted life implodes, and her engagement falls apart. At thirty-two she suddenly finds herself second-guessing the picture-perfect future she’d always envisioned,…

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Review: The Black Highway

Synopsis: Laughton Rees is back in the latest novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy—this time, with a case that hits uncomfortably close to home and threatens the thing Laughton values most: her daughter. Forensic specialist Laughton Rees is not ashamed of her checkered past—after all, her youthful indiscretions led to the birth of her daughter Gracie, the person she loves…

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Review: Echoes on the Wind

Synopsis: In 1943 war-torn France, a young woman on the Night Train to Paris has a chance meeting with two very different men who will change her life, setting in motion a Dual Timeline story that will resonate like ripples on water for generations to come. Many years later, classical pianist Maggie O’Shea is drawn to Brittany by a long-lost letter from her Grandmother Clair and the…

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Review: Perilous Tides

Synopsis: Three years after her mother’s suspicious death, forensic artist Jo Cattrel is in hiding, working at a storm-watching lodge along the Washington coast. When her father sends her a disturbing and cryptic message, Jo leaves the safety of the lodge to find him. But during the ferry crossing, Jo witnesses a murder–and becomes a target.  More surprising to Jo than being in danger is the…

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Review: Shadowed Witness

Synopsis: Murder–that’s what photographer Allye Jessup knows she witnessed as she departed her studio one evening. Waking with bruises on her neck and a foggy memory, she believes she survived an attack, but everyone seems to think she simply sustained a head injury from falling down the stairs of her studio. Plagued by an undiagnosed health condition, she is torn between the haunting reality of…

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Review: Storm Warning

Synopsis: Haunted by a half-forgotten past, former army photographer Remi Grant is working at an isolated storm-watching lodge on the rocky Washington coast when she receives a mysterious puzzle piece. The puzzle piece may be the catalyst to unlock a disturbing incident she struggles to remember–the event that sent her into hiding. But with heavy storms rolling in, she has to focus on the…

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Review: AI-Assisted Coding

Synopsis: Generative AI is transforming software development. Stay on the cutting edge with this guide to AI pair programming! Learn how to make the most of modern tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to improve your coding. Automate refactoring, debugging, and other tedious tasks, and use techniques such as prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation to get the code you need. Follow…

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Review: American Sky

Synopsis: An atmospheric and dramatic novel set in mid-century Montana by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor. “Grady’s style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song ‘Desolation Row.'”—Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post For the teenaged Luc, his days are preoccupied with the daily dramas of high school.…

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Review: Fire Mountain

FIRE MOUNTAIN by Dana Mentink June 30 – July 25, 2025 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: Elements of Danger Fire rains from above as they fight to discover the truth and stay alive. In the shadow of a threatening volcano, long-haul trucker Kit Garrido wakes up in her crashed big rig, unable to recall what happened or why she’s suddenly in possession of someone’s baby. Fiercely independent, she has…