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The Savage Professor

by Julia Jenkins

This dark thriller has an intelligent side, and pleases on several levels as the bodies pile up everywhere this professor goes. "The Savage Professor", by Robert Roper, is a complex, scientifically minded whodunit. The professor is... Read More

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Meant to Be

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Two tough, career-driven people fall in love in this novel of nerve-wracking suspense. Sometimes, in romance, twenty-four hours is enough. In that time, love sparks bright and strong enough to sustain the rest of a novel that immediately... Read More

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Curse of the Whiskey House

by Stephanie Bucklin

Lacy’s ear for the colloquial makes for a perfect backdrop to the gruesome events of this thriller. In Marc Lacy’s "Curse of the Whiskey House", citizens of the troubled Lazarus, Alabama, contend with corrupt politicians, dark... Read More

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The Haunted Trail

by Shannan Spitz

Mummies, ghosts, and clowns, oh my! Read this book by a campfire to get the most out of the danger and thrills. "The Haunted Trail", by John Lukegord, is an anfractuous tale of murder and insanity. Taking place in the backwoods of... Read More

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The Organ Broker

by Rebecca Foster

The moral dilemmas of a black market organ dealer enliven this smart thriller. “There is no shortage of organs; there is only a shortage of organs in America.” The antihero of Stu Strumwasser’s first novel finds organs on the... Read More

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Accidental Droning

by Nicole Rupersburg

With a story relevant to today’s pressing privacy issues, Liebengood provides an entertaining setup for a comedic cast of characters. At the heart of Pete Liebengood’s "Accidental Droning" is a boy learning to be a man. Sort of. This... Read More

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Lincoln's Bodyguard

by Jeff Fleischer

An alternate history works as a period detective story and an adventure yarn about heroes on the run. In Lincoln’s Bodyguard by T. J. Turner, a half–Native American bodyguard takes on a special mission from Abraham Lincoln, traveling... Read More

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Wolfe Odyssey

by Jill Allen

Wells’s ability to connect and reinterpret historical events makes this sci-fi thriller scarily realistic. H. C. Wells’s "Wolfe Odyssey", the second installment in the series of The Time to Tell books, is the story of Eddie Coolidge... Read More

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