Category: Books
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CROOKED LANE BOOKS First in Series Sampler
Crooked Lane Books has given us a sneak peek at some new Spring Cozy Mysteries debuting. Crooked Lane always has really good Cozy Authors. And some of these are by those authors, debuting new series. Let’s take a look at what is here. A Novel in Disguise by Samantha Larsen comes out in May of…
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crucial conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson and More
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw And so begins this book of tools for having the hard conversations. Communication is everything. It may seem as if all you need to do is talk. But it is never that simple. Everyone has opinions. Sometimes the…
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HELLO JUNE! Spillin’ Tea!
Here it is June already. It hasn’t been the greatest few weeks, has it? Children are being murdered in their classrooms, here in a hospital, and craziness is rampant. I rarely turn on the news anymore. It’s soon primary time so all of the politicians in Oklahoma are bragging about being endorsed by the other…
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AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY by CASEY MICHEL
How the U.S. Created the WORLD’S GREATEST MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME in HISTORY Casey Michel shows us the world of illicit offshore money schemes. American Kleptocracy looks at how the United States morphed into the center of global money offshoring. Our country has been at the center of this illicit game for far too long. While…
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CAJUN KISS OF DEATH by ELLEN BYRON
A Cajun Country Mystery #7 Back in Pelican, Louisiana, Maggie and Bo are setting up house after finally getting married. Bo is detective and Maggie is an artist and also helps her family run the Crozat Plantation B & B. As Valentine’s Day approaches the place is busy with the famous chef, Phillippe Chanson and…
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INK and SHADOWS by ELLERY ADAMS
A Secret, Book and Scone Society Novel This is the fourth in this excellent series! My three favorite things are in the name. Secrets, Books, and Scones! So what has our Nora been up to? Nora owns the bookstore in Miracle Springs, North Carolina and her window displays are always amazing. This Halloween Nora and…
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A Fatal Fiction by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Deadly Edits #3 A retired teacher, Mikki, has added editing services to supplement her retirement income since moving back to her childhood home. Lenape Hollow is a small place where everyone knows your name and your past. Mikki is helping Sunny Feldman with her memoirs of growing up in Felman’s Catskill Resort, a once thriving…
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HELLO JUNE! CAN WE COME OUT NOW?
I love it when a month begins on a Monday! All orderly and stuff. And the sun is shining and the pool is sparkling like diamonds. But the lawn guys are here so the allergy fairy is locking the doors and windows. Wow, what a past few days we have had. It’s hard to believe…
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YOU SUIT ME TO A TEA AND BOREDOM
It’s been a minute since we’ve talked. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. The amount of tea that has been consumed in my house is ridiculous! And for some reason, we are really loving any Peach Ginger combinations. My favorite is Harney and Sons but Bigelow and Tazo have some nice ones as…
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Read or Alive by Nora Page
Bookmobile Mystery #3 Two wrongful accusations have librarian Cleo Watkins and her loved ones booked for trouble. It’s always a fun time going to Catalpa Springs, Georgia, to visit librarian Cleo Watkins and her friends. And they are all here and quivering with excitement to be at the Georgia Antiquarian Book Society Event. Cleo’s beau…
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