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Big Easy

Forget it Jake — it’s Chinatown. —Robert Towne Chinatown screenplay 1973 Not far into Eric Wilder’s New Orleans crime and voodoo novel "Big Easy" the underlying structure begins to strongly suggest that of a screenplay. Utilizing... Read More

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Last Breath

Respected surgeon Dr. Nate Bowen and his young family enjoy a sweet uncomplicated existence until while on vacation they innocently run across a ruthless band of terrorists double agents and madmen on a mission to wipe out large numbers... Read More

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Fools Rush In-Where Angels...

Jeff Wes Lou and Wayne are four men of varying ages and strangers to each other. Two of them are married one is widowed another lives with his mother but they all have unsatisfied “needs” and the misfortune to seek out some X-rated... Read More

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The Hunt for Valhalla

Dr. Matthew Hensley CEO of a hot medical research company has decided to skip the Man of the Year ceremony being held in his honor. Matt “a misfit … a nonconformist a gambler and a renegade” would rather be having fun. A three-day... Read More

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The Game

Aspirin-popping tartan-accented Alban Bane pushes his way through the crowd outside San Quentin with an open umbrella. He carries a badge he says he’s allowed to be a jerk. Bane’s come to witness the execution by lethal injection of... Read More

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The Literary Six

Missing heads hot tub sex unspeakable secrets old boyfriends blood on the snow of stormy winter nights—Vince A. Liaguno’s debut novel "The Literary Six" has all the right ingredients for thrilling and chilling. The story opens on New... Read More

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Once Is Never Enough

A mysterious suicide a failing detective agency a corrupt politician and a love affair form the framework for Shivers’ second suspense novel Once is Never Enough. After Chicago detective Lester Miller’s affair with the married Cara... Read More

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Dead Floating Lovers

There’s a mystery in "Dead Floating Lovers" (Midnight Ink, 978-0-7387-1265-9), Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli’s second Emily Kincaid offering, centered on BONES DISCOVERED IN A REMOTE LAKE. It isn’t always at the forefront in this... Read More

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