Tag: BOOK REVIEW
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BATTEN DOWN THE BELFRY by DIANE KELLY
The Fourth Book in the House-Flipper Mystery Series Whitney Whitaker and her cousin, Buck, are flipping real estate in Nashville. So far they are doing pretty good. In this adventure, the two have purchased a property with a church and a parsonage on it. They have decided to turn it into an entertainment venue with […]
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JOAN IS OKAY by WEIKE WANG
Joan is Chinese-American. At 36, a doctor at NYU. She has met her parents expectations and she works all the time. Taking all the shifts she can. She thinks a lot and a lot of this story is played out in her head. There were not a lot of ups and downs. The book was […]
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THE BALLERINAS by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Three friends meet in the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet as teens. Delphine, the narrator of the story, Lindsay and Margaux. The story bounces between then and now. Fourteen years ago, Delphine gave up her soloist spot at the POB to go to St. Petersburg. She also held a secret that could undo all of their […]
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FAN CLUB by ERIN MAYER
In this raucous psychological thriller, a millennial office worker finds relief from her crippling ennui in the embrace of a cliquey fan club, until she discovers the group of women is bound together by something darker than devotion. The first thing I want to say is this isn’t a psychological thriller. But if you are […]
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THE CHILDREN’S SECRET by NINA MONROE
“Nothing ever happens in a sleepy town like Middlebrook. Until the residents are shaken to their core, when one hot Saturday afternoon, at a back-to-school party, nine children sneak into a barn…and only eight come out unharmed. The press immediately starts asking questions. What type of parents let their children play unsupervised in a house […]
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A GOOD DAY FOR CHARDONNAY by DARYNDA JONES
Ms. Jones is back with our bigger than life heroine, Sunshine Vicram. In this second mystery we see Sunshine is still running a small-town police force in New Mexico. You would think that would be pretty cush, but for Sunshine, not so much. She hasn’t had a day off in forever and her diet of […]
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THE UNDERTAKER’S DAUGHTER by SARA BLAEDEL
“Sara Blaedel is a force to be reckoned with. She’s a remarkable crime writer who time and again delivers a solid, engaging story that any reader in the world can enjoy.” -Karin Slaughter “One can count on emotional engagement, spine-tingling suspense, and taut storytelling from Sara Blaedel.”-Sandra Brown Already widowed by the age of forty, […]
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NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland
In pursuit of a Russian sleeper cell on American soil, a CIA analyst uncovers a dangerous secret that will test her loyalty to the agency—and to her family. What do you do when everything you trust might be a lie? Vivian Miller is a dedicated CIA counterintelligence analyst assigned to uncover the leaders of Russian […]
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Melanie Benjamin presents THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE a Novel
An intimate portrait of the close friendship and powerful creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female superstars: Frances Marion and Mary Pickford. An enchanting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife. Hollywood, 1914. Frances Marion, a young writer desperate for a break, […]
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