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Sanatorium, The

Suspicion, Isolation, and Blatant Stupidity Author: Sarah Pearse Before becoming a prestigious, ultra-modern, isolated mountain hotel, Le Sommet was the final destination for the insane. There are still vestiges of this former life, including the carefully displayed medical instruments in glass cases that ominously link the building’s past and present. But the clientele are paying big bucks, so everything must be ok, right? Elin is a detective on leave, suffering from PTSD. She’s traveled with her long-time boyfriend, Will, to Le Sommet for her estranged brother’s engagement. But this trip is about answers, not fixing family problems. Elin’s younger brother died [...]

2024-12-23T13:01:22-07:00December 23rd, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Apples Never Fall

When Dreams Die Author: Liana Moriarty I recently discovered, and fell in love with, Liane Moriarty. She has a way of stepping into normal life situations and unraveling the yearnings and failings of the heart, peeling back the layers of pretense to reveal the raw heart of a character. In Apples Never Fall, Stan and Joy appear to have the perfect marriage, at least to those on the outside. Before retiring, they ran a successful tennis academy. Tennis – the battling on the courts, the challenges and last-minute skill-defying successes, the dreams of Wimbledon – shaped their lives and dreams and [...]

2024-12-08T15:13:49-07:00December 8th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Classic in the Barn

Classic Cars and Crazy Crimes Author: Amy Myers Jack Colby runs a forever-in-the-red car restoring business, a leftover from his father’s heyday. To make ends meet and keep his shady competitors from buying him out, Jack also does some work on cold-car cases, mostly by helping the police track car theft rings. One day, as he is going about business, he runs into a 1938 Lagonda V12, hidden in a country barn. Overwhelmed with car love, he jumps a fence, does a little trespassing, and is just inspecting the forlorn beauty with her sad headlights when the enraged owner shows up [...]

2024-12-07T15:16:08-07:00December 7th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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