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The Rule of Equity

by Beth VanHouten

Neville captures character motivations through engaging dialogue and a roller-coaster plot. An intelligent, fast-paced thriller and mystery novel, "The Rule of Equity", by Jonathan Neville, is sure to grab readers and take them for an... Read More

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Burp Gun Bandit

by Gary Presley

Robinson has a talent for natural-sounding dialogue in this humorous crime caper. Careless isn’t exactly an ideal name for a private detective, but when the sleuth has Dudley the hound as a sidekick, it’s certain that crime-solving... Read More

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G8

by Gary Presley

The action of this thriller set in an intriguing locale ramps up with every tense plot turn. In a fast-moving, blood-drenched conspiracy caper more action-filled than character-driven, CIA agent and young widower Donovan Rourke confronts... Read More

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Tribulation

by Shelley Mae Hazen

Set in the near future, this intellectually stimulating take on the end of civilization is made more chilling by how easily it could all happen. Smartly written and exhaustively researched, Thomas A. Lewis’s Tribulation: A Novel of the... Read More

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Strange Life

by Michelle Anne Schingler

The poems in "Strange Life" are constructed with terrible and forthright beauty, both existential and hauntingly specific. From Eleanor Lerman (The Sensual World Re-Emerges, 2011), a National Book Award-nominated poet and Guggenheim... Read More

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Hill Country Greed

by Sheila M. Trask

As the ‘90s dot-com bubble swells, it’s all high-stakes money, sex, and murder in Kelly’s gripping debut. Like the dot-com business with big dreams at the heart of Patrick Kelly’s debut novel, "Hill Country Greed" shoots for the... Read More

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