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Bucket of Ashes

When the Past Comes Calling Author: P.B. Ryan Nell Sweeny is forced to confront her troubled past. A young governess in post-Civil War Boston, she is ostensibly respectable. Childless, devoted, apparently unmarried. But, of course, Nell is none of those things. She is secretly pregnant thanks to the house’s infamous black sheep – Will Hewitt – a man torn apart by his own demons of addiction. She’s also married, her husband a violent criminal, in jail. Now the dead murderer found nearby is proven to be her estranged brother. Things are coalescing for Nell – the difference between the outwardly respectable [...]

2024-10-14T10:41:32-07:00October 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Cabinet of Curiosities

Agent Pendergast’s Secrets Authors: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs The mystery of the museum beast and opening day massacre is long behind him, so journalist Bill Smithback has his sights on other record-breaking stories and on getting his longtime girlfriend, Nora, to move in with him. Everything seems ordinary, but something suspicious and dark is lurking just beneath the surface. When a pale FBI agent shows up on scene, the mystery descends into chaos, which descends into death, long buried secrets, and a family tie-in for the enigmatic Agent Pendergast. Enter the finding of a charnel house, right where a powerful [...]

2024-09-29T16:34:20-07:00September 29th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket

Jaine on a Train Author: Laura Levine Jaine is looking to keep herself in Chunky Monkey when a new ghost-writing opportunity appears. Chip Miller, aka Iron Man, is a wealthy gym owner. When he’s not jet-setting on his private train car, he’s running on his treadmill, visiting his gym, making his special Iron Man martini, and lambasting his family and loyal friends. Chip is ready to write an exercise book for the every-man or every-woman, something to promote his methods and his gym. If Jaine can get it, with her craving for savory snacks and her elastic waist pants, anyone can! [...]

2024-09-15T14:30:30-07:00September 15th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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