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2024 Finalist for Thriller & Suspense
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The Canticle of Ibiza
by Ryan Prado
The beauty of a nigh-untouched island is used to reflect ambitious higher thinking in "The Canticle of Ibiza", a novel of grandeur and appeal. A trip into a Bohemian wonderland serves as a magical backdrop to Justin Kurian’s compelling...
2022 Finalist for Historical
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Rocked in Time
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When the Smoke Cleared
"When the Smoke Cleared" is a thorough true crime book that examines a gripping murder case. Retired Massachusetts detective Bill Powers’s procedural true crime book "When the Smoke Cleared" tracks the details of a murder investigation...
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New Blue
"New Blue" is a realistic novel about the vicissitudes of a rookie policeman’s year. John D. Drake and Kevin C. Kozak’s picaresque novel "New Blue" concerns the rookie year of a police officer in a Florida beach town. The novel,...
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A Small Crowd of Strangers
Beneath the tranquil developments of Joanna Rose’s coming-of-adulthood novel "A Small Crowd of Strangers" lie dire possibilities, but also the hope of meeting one’s authentic self. Now thirty and absent a sense of definitive...
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Flights of Marigold
In Susan Forest’s "Flights of Marigold", sisters seek a prophesied relic in a land torn by war and dwindling magic. In this second series title, the Shangril empire endures cataclysmic change. The seven kingdoms fall to a single king...
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Transference
"Transference" is a fantastical futuristic novel of epic scale. A wrongly imprisoned man tries to rescue his family and topple the regime that convicted him in B.T. Keaton’s speculative novel "Transference". Barrabas has six days left...