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Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

December 5, 2024

black and blue

I’ve been trying hard to stick with reviewing more comforting reading, but I had a chance to delve into a favorite author’s backlist and took it. I’ve been an Anna Quindlen fan for years and recently ... Read More...

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Kill Show: A Novel

November 8, 2023

kill show

Sara Parcell is a teenager and gifted violinist who disappears on what seems to be an ordinary day. Within days her case goes national, coming to the attention of an ambitious reality TV show producer ... Read More...

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Notes on an Execution: A Novel

January 24, 2022

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In twelve hours Ansel Packer will be executed. As the time unwinds, three women parse the life of a serial killer. Lavender is his mother, Hazel the twin sister of his wife, and Saffron the police ... Read More...

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Dear Miss Metropolitan

July 6, 2021

dear miss

I was a prisoner for so, so long. Years. How was that humanly possible? Why didn’t anyone find me? How had my page been torn out the book for so long?   Sometimes, when I finish a book, the ... Read More...

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When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

April 26, 2021

stars

Paula McLain is well-known for her historical fiction about women.  This month she flips the script on her readers with When the Stars Go Dark, a complex mystery set in 1990s Northern California. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, crime, mystery, suspense

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