Assassin of Shadows
Lawrence Goldstone
Pat H. Broeske
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:32
Pat H. Broeske

A Republican in the White House. Conspiracy theories galore. Anarchy in the streets. Welcome to 1901, the year our 25th president was shot at close range while visiting the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, Ne

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Assassin of Shadows
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Goldstone
Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey
Hank Wagner
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:26
Hank Wagner

The gruesome death of faculty member Sylvia Capley at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages provides the backdrop for Sarah Gailey’s second novel. Although the police believe the death was accidental, th

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Magic for Liars
1250174619
Gailey
Her Daughter’s Mother
Daniela Petrova
Pat H. Broeske
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:22
Pat H. Broeske

Whoa! Talk about a doozy of a debut. Daniela Petrova’s Her Daughter’s Mother is a suspense thriller with intricately drawn characters, wily plotting, and a topical story line that draws from the de

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her-daughter-s-mother
Her Daughter’s Mother
0525539972
Petrova
Their Little Secret
Mark Billingham
Oline H. Cogdill
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:16
Oline H. Cogdill

Sarah lies to the mothers waiting to pick up their children at school—about whether she has a child, about her career, about her name. She’s lied so often about her name that even she isn’t sure an

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their-little-secret
Their Little Secret
0802147364
Billingham
Lady in the Lake
Laura Lippman
Craig Sisterson
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:11
Craig Sisterson

It’s a wondrous feeling when you read the first pages of a new book and can instantly tell you’re in the hands of a master storyteller. Not because of any grab-you-by-the-throat incident or hashtaggable se

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Lady in the Lake
0062390015
Lippman
Wherever She Goes
Kelley Armstrong
Jean Gazis
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:06
Jean Gazis

A survivor of childhood trauma, recently separated Aubrey “Bree” Finch doesn’t fit in with the other suburban mommies. Her three-year-old daughter, Charlotte, lives with her ex, Paul, a defense at

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Wherever She Goes
1250181356
Armstrong
Never Look Back
Alison Gaylin
Margaret Agnew
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:58
Margaret Agnew

The latest book from Alison Gaylin, a standalone thriller, draws the reader in at once by presenting a letter written by a young girl who we soon learn is a murderer. The narrative then transitions to

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Never Look Back
0062884352
Gaylin
A Nearly Normal Family
M.T. Edvardsson
Eileen Brady
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:46
Eileen Brady

Anger issues, said some of her teachers, or possibly ADD or ADHD. Her mother, Ulrika, and father, Adam, have always dismissed such comments as nonsense; Stella Sandell is a very bright and individualistic ch

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A Nearly Normal Family
1250204437
Edvardsson
The Right Sort of Man
Allison Montclair
Joseph Scarpato, Jr.
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:34
Joseph Scarpato, Jr.

This is one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in several years.

It’s bomb-ravaged London in 1946, and the building housing The Right Sort of Marriage Bureau is the only one left standing on its st

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The Right Sort of Man
1250178363
Montclair
One More Lie
Amy Lloyd
Margaret Agnew
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:28
Margaret Agnew

English author Amy Lloyd returns with her second novel, One More Lie, a page-turning thriller about a young woman recently released from prison. Known only by her government-bestowed name, “Charlott

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One More Lie
1335007709
Lloyd