Confession on the 7:45
Lisa Unger
Robert Allen Papinchak
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Robert Allen Papinchak

Confession doesn’t seem good for anyone’s soul in Lisa Unger’s taut psychological thriller Confessions on the 7:45. It’s always Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith territory when two strange

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Confession on the 7:45
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Unger
The System
Ryan Gattis
Kevin Burton Smith
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Kevin Burton Smith

It’s so solemn and officious, they ought to have the guy from Law & Order narrating the preface…

“In the United States, the term criminal justice system refers to the institutions through which an a

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the-system
The System
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Gattis
Deception by Gaslight
Kate Belli
Benjamin Boulden
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Benjamin Boulden

Deception by Gaslight is the entertaining, if predictable, first entry in Kate Belli’s new historical mystery series, Gilded Gotham.

Genevieve Stewart, a reporter for the New York City Globe, is pu

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deception-by-gaslight
Deception by Gaslight
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Belli
Once Again
Catherine Wallace Hope
Margaret Agnew
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Margaret Agnew

How is anyone supposed to survive after that death of a child? That’s the driving question of Once Again, Catherine Wallace Hope’s debut novel. The story begins with devastated couple Erin and Za

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once-again
Once Again
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Wallace Hope
Snake Island
Ben Hobson
Craig Sisterson
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Craig Sisterson

After opening his authorial account in his homeland with an historical coming-of-age story set against the harsh realities of a whaling station in To Become a Whale, Australian novelist Ben Hobson take

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Snake Island
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Hobson
A Lady Compromised
Darcie Wilde
Jean Gazis
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Jean Gazis

In the fourth volume in Darcie Wilde’s popular Rosalind Thorne Mystery series set in Regency England, the starchy manners and sparkling repartee of Jane Austen’s genteel country society hide sinister se

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a-lady-compromised
A Lady Compromised
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Wilde
They Never Learn
Layne Fargo
Vanessa Orr
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Vanessa Orr

This is a story that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go, somewhat like its protagonist, Scarlett, a female serial killer who stalks and murders men who harm women. From the get-go, you know wh

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They Never Learn
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Fargo
Finders, Keepers
Sabine Durrant
Robert Allen Papinchak
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Robert Allen Papinchak

Can a narrator named Verity be trusted? That’s the key question for readers of Sabine Durrant’s dark and twisty psychological thriller of scheming neighbors, Finders, Keepers.

When the Tilsons (husba

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finders-keepers
Finders, Keepers
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Durrant
The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly
Craig Sisterson
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Craig Sisterson

After making several guest appearances in recent years in Michael Connelly’s excellent Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard novels, defense attorney Mickey Haller is back with solo top billing for the first ti

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the-law-of-innocence
The Law of Innocence
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Connelly
Watch Her
Edwin Hill
Eileen Brady
Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Eileen Brady

Watch Her is the third book in the Hester Thursby series, but it can easily stand alone on its own merits. Administrator Maxine Pawlikowski has dedicated her life to Prescott University, a for-profit

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Watch Her
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Hill