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Part of the Solution
A moving love story transcends tragedy and time in "Part of the Solution", an irresistible mystery novel that evokes the counterculture. Sassy and soulful, Elana Michelson’s first-rate mystery novel "Part of the Solution" chronicles...
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Fraud, Murder & Mayhem
A plucky trio pursues a treasure in the convivial thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem. In Ed Shiffman’s slow-burn thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem, a trio of adventure seekers follows a treasure map. At a California impound auction,...
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The Gospel of Salome
In Kaethe Schwehn’s numinous historical novel "The Gospel of Salome", an aging physician is asked about her connection to Jesus of Nazareth. In 38 CE, Salome, an elderly Greek woman and physician with a thriving clinic in Alexandria,...
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In the Mountain's Shadow
Civilized values, conscientiousness, and scruples fall away in the face of daily needs in the lean, affecting novella In the Mountain’s Shadow. The price of survival takes a devastating toll for a woman who finds a wilderness refuge in...
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Haggard House
In Elisabeth Rhoads’s brooding psychological thriller "Haggard House", a sheltered religious boy meets his free-spirited match, unlocking a door to the past where trauma and truth lie hidden. It is 1859 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,...
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Knock Out
A lively thriller featuring a tough amateur boxer, "Knock Out" is about friendship, survival, and determination. In Jaden Noble’s inspiring novel "Knock Out", a woman who is desperate to escape her violent past must outwit a malicious...
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Sixty Seconds
Nine revolving points of view sync with snippets of the national anthem in "Sixty Seconds", a captivating novel in which history unfolds moment by moment. In Steven Mayfield’s kinetic historical novel "Sixty Seconds", nine people...
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Vested Interest
A gifted girl’s murder speaks to the changing world for women in the mid-1960s in the perceptive mystery novel "Vested Interest". In Bailey Herrington’s taut mystery novel "Vested Interest", a pastor confronts the senseless murder of...