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Book Review: Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

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Run for your life! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Delores Morriseau shows up in Aurora seeking the assistance of native healers Henry Meloux and Rainy Oโ€™Connor, but now they are all running for their lives from mercenaries in the rugged Boundary... Continue reading →

Book Review: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Gonna need yaโ€™ to define โ€œgoodโ€ here. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Another girl has disappeared and only reporter Margot Davies sees a connection. 20 years prior, her childhood friend January was taken and murdered. Now – another girl taken,... Continue reading →

Book Review: Long Gone by Johanna Schaffhausen

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Best Vega since Vincentโ€ฆ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/2 โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Chicago detective Annalisa Vega is back! The black sheep of the family (and the force) for turning her own father and brother in, Vega is called in to work the murder... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

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Letโ€™s go hiking! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Cutterโ€™s Pass, NC has a long history of missing hikers. Add one more with the disappearance of Landon West, journalist, and now his brother has shown up seeking answers. Abby Lovell has... Continue reading →

Book Review: Upgrade by Blake Crouch

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ 2 words: โ€œ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ.โ€ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the future. Cray-cray actions have happened (no spoilers!) and Logan Ramsay finds himself โ€œupgradedโ€ in a body that has amazingly sharp skills, in every aspect, but someone is behind the... Continue reading →

Book Review: Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #13)

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Jane Rizzoli is trying to solve the baffling homicide of a normal everyone-loves-her nurse, murdered in her own home. Except Janeโ€™s mom Angela is convinced something is amiss in her idyllic suburban neighborhood when a... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Self-Made Widow by Fabian Nicieza

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ 1/2 Surprisingly good the 2nd time around. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Andie Stern is back, this time eyeing a mystery even closer to home – the sudden death of a friendโ€™s husband. Everyone writes it off as natural causes,... Continue reading →

Book Review: Our Little World by Karen Winn

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The complexity of sisterhoodโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the summer of 1985 when four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there including Bee and Audrina Kocsis, sisters who rode there with Sally, her older brother Max, and Max & Sallyโ€™s... Continue reading →

Book Review: When We Were Young by Richard Roper

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In 3: โ€œFriendship in words.โ€ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Ahhhโ€ฆ werenโ€™t we all? Theo and Joel have a long history, all the way back to high school where they promised one day to hike the Thames Path together. But then... Continue reading →

Book Review: M., Kingโ€™s Bodyguard by Niall Leonard

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๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ1/2 M is for Marvelous! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: William Melville, the now-deceased queenโ€™s personal bodyguard, uncovers a nefarious plot to kill the Kaiser of Germany at the queenโ€™s pending funeral. He teams with Gustav Steinhauer – his contemporary from... Continue reading →