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Two Short Stories for Review
I read two short stories recently thanks to Prime Reads – which is a free ebook Amazon Prime members receive every 1st of the month. The last two months readers received a bonus ‘short story’. Previously I was on the fence if I liked short stories, but these last two reads changed my mind. I…
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The Gardener’s Plot: A Mystery By: Deborah J. Benoit
Maggie had no idea what she was getting into when she volunteered to help organize the community garden opening. Murder, missing friends and a cute detective round up this cozy little mystery. If there isn’t already a genre called ‘cozy mysteries’ there should be and I’d like to submit this book for the taking. Sadly…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures By: Shelby Van Pelt
Tova is going through the motions after her husband dies. Staying busy but not really living. Meeting her friends but trying to avoid letting them in too much. Until Marcellus, a giant octopus, decides to come into her life (or does Tova come into Marcellus life?). Multiple POVs weave this story together as each character…
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Murder Road By: Simone St. James
Newlyweds April and Eddie are on their way to a glorious, relaxing honeymoon. Getting lost along the way, a quick murder investigation and so much more takes them to anything but a relaxing honeymoon. Set in 1995, St. James gives us another creepy thriller along a dark and quiet road where once you travel along…
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Demon Copperhead By: Barbara Kingsolver
Inspired by Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield, we follow Demon Copperhead throughout his life where he was ‘dealt the wrong hand’ straight from birth. Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia reader can follow Demon as he faces the foster system, opioid epidemic, addiction and crushing losses of love and family. Will he make it out…
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Never Lie By: Freida McFadden
A house showing of a missing psychiatrist, a snow in, a secret room full of tapes of people’s deepest secrets … what more could you ask for? Oh, maybe some muurrrdddeeerrrr? Everyone has secrets and the house of a missing psychiastrist is holding too many to count. Allow McFadden to take you on another twisty,…
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Listen for the Lie By: Amy Tintera
A terrible accident left one girl dead and one girl with no memory of what happened. Found covered in blood Lucy knows she wouldn’t kill her best friend… right? With no way to charge ‘caught red handed Lucy’, she thinks this is all in the past until a true crime podcaster starts digging around and…
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