Tag: Netgalley Reviews
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DECENT PEOPLE by DE’SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW
A sweeping and unforgettable novel about a Black community reeling from a triple homicide, and the secrets the killings reveal. Winslow takes us back to West Mills, North Carolina. The year is 1976, and the three Harmon siblings are found shot to death in their home. The first crime in decades and everyone has an […]
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THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by P.J.TRACY
LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan returns in The Devil You Know, the next book in the series where P. J. Tracy “seems to have found her literary sweet spot” (New York Times Book Review). LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is back with her latest case. This one will drop her into the world of money and privilege, […]
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EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by HEATHER FAWCETT
A curmudgeonly professor journey to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love, in this heartwarming and enchanting fantasy. Well, that sounded interesting. Nothing I love more than an academic-based tale on faeries! Emily Wilde is a professor at Cambridge. She is an expert […]
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THE THINGS WE DO TO OUR FRIENDS by HEATHER DARWENT
She’s an outsider desperate to belong, but the cost of entry might be her darkest secret in this intoxicating debut of literary suspense following a clique of dangerously ambitious students at the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a moody type of city. A lot of fog and atmosphere, history, and perfect for someone trying not […]
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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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THE HUNTER by JENNIFER HERRERA
A riveting atmospheric suspense debut that explores the dark side of a small town and asks: How can we uncover the truth when we are lying to ourselves? Leigh O’Donnell has lost everything. Her job and her marriage. Reckless behavior seems to be her go-to. Now she is back in her hometown in Ohio. A […]
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THE NIGHTMARE MAN by J.H.MARKERT
Blackwood Mansion is where the Bookman children grew up. It is surrounded by woods overlooking the town of New Haven. Something unthinkable happened there when they were children and no one has wanted to go back. Enter Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist of stories that give you nightmares. Ben has his own nightmares and they are […]
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THE BANDIT QUEENS by PARINI SHROFF
A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful–until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands–in this razor-sharp debut. A good story about female friendships. I laughed and I cried and was most indignant on Geeta’s behalf. Talk about making lemonade when […]
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THE HOUSE IN THE PINES by ANA REYES
A captivating psychological suspense debut about a young woman still haunted by her childhood best friend’s death who learns of an eerily similar incident and must find her way back to a cabin in the New England woods, armed with only hazy memories, to finally uncover the truth that has eluded her. When Maya was […]
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THE VILLA by RACHEL HAWKINS
A haunted murder villa in Italy. Famous rock stars and hangers-on. Temperamental artists and writers and young people behaving badly. Emily and Chess have been friends forever. But now they are in their 30s and Chess’s life is going great, with her advice and lifestyle brands, while Emily is stalled in her relationship with Matt […]
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