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The Insignificant Girl

by Ali Ortiz

"The Insignificant Girl" is a thriller led by a diplomatic woman who seeks freedom from social deceits and sexual oppression. In Tom Fitzgerald’s action-oriented thriller "The Insignificant Girl", a slighted woman rises against... Read More

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Father's Day

by Jeremiah Rood

Father’s Day is an emotive novel in which local deaths forever change a small town and its residents. In Gary Kyriazi’s redemptive novel Father’s Day, a series of traumatic events reshape a small California town. On Father’s Day... Read More

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Detective Lambchild

by Ali Ortiz

In the mystery novella "Detective Lambchild", people both good and evil get their just deserts. Christian values guide the unfortunate and downtrodden bystanders who are caught up in a crime in M. Lawrence Moore’s mystery novella,... Read More

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California Fever

by Karen Rigby

"California Fever" is a classic, surfer-set whodunit in which all is revealed and made well. John J. Jacobson’s funny, cozy mystery novel "California Fever" features surf culture and capers as a man gets entangled with oddballs during... Read More

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Hotel California

by Eileen Gonzalez

Detectives, assassins, and occasional innocents caught in circumstances beyond their comprehension dominate the mystery tales collected in "Hotel California". Murder—justified and otherwise—is on the minds of the unscrupulous... Read More

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The Socialite's Guide to Murder

by Paula Martinac

A savvy heiress solves two crimes at a Manhattan hotel in S. K. Golden’s satisfying cozy mystery novel The Socialite’s Guide to Murder. In 1958, Evelyn, pampered and in her twenties, lives in the luxurious Pinnacle Hotel, which is... Read More

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River Woman, River Demon

by Catherine Thureson

In Jennifer Givhan’s riveting novel "River Woman, River Demon", a bruja fights to discover the truth about the woman whom her husband found murdered behind their home. Eva is haunted. When she was fourteen, her best friend drowned... Read More

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The Photo Thief

by Carolina Ciucci

J. L. Delozier’s eerie mystery novel "The Photo Thief" involves a detective, a murderer, and a teenage girl with unusual gifts. Dan just lost his daughter to cancer; he’s still reeling when he’s asked to investigate a socialite’s... Read More

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