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Five Hieroglyphs

by Karen Rigby

"Five Hieroglyphs" is an entertaining mystery novel in which a sensitive teenager comes into his own during a fortuitous trip to Egypt. In Stephen T. Person’s engrossing mystery novel "Five Hieroglyphs", a teenage blogger who is... Read More

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Minimum Safe Distance

by Eileen Gonzalez

"Minimum Safe Distance" is a sobering science fiction novel in which sentient beings battle for survival. In X. Ho Yen’s science fiction novel "Minimum Safe Distance", human beings fall prey to threats from within and without. With a... Read More

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First of His Kind

by Eileen Gonzalez

"First of His Kind" is an inventive, series-opening science fiction novel about the steep price of progress and knowledge. In Dan Sugralinov’s science fiction novel "First of His Kind", stranded misfits band together to navigate an... Read More

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You Don't Belong Here

by Luke Sutherland

Avalanches of anxiety and poor decisions bury two reunited men in the compelling novel You Don’t Belong Here. In Jonathan Harper’s novel You Don’t Belong Here, a bisexual writer stumbles because of the ideological troubles of a... Read More

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Molly's Miracle

by Isabella Zhou

All living creatures should be treated with love—and with respect for their differences—according to the inspirational picture book Molly’s Miracle. A beagle escapes from an abusive household, seeking a loving owner, in W. B.... Read More

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Northwest Poems

by Willem Marx

Personable and unapologetic, the poems collected in "Northwest Poems" are spirited in their observations of the mundane. Playful, introspective, and sometimes elegant, C. E. Rivers’s poetry collection "Northwest Poems" narrates the... Read More

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Cornero's Gold

by John M. Murray

In the exciting novel Cornero’s Gold, private detectives band together to solve a historical mystery. In Larry O’Brien’s mystery novel Cornero’s Gold, a daring heist off the California coast unites a disparate group of private... Read More

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The Molossus of Old Man Moyer

by John M. Murray

Violent and foreboding, "The Molossus of Old Man Moyer" wraps warnings about greed into its supernatural horror story. In Joe Lyon’s horror novel "The Molossus of Old Man Moyer", a former convict is caught up in an elderly... Read More

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