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Dead in the Mud

Murder and Matrimony Author: Connie Feddersen Amanda Hazard is having a very bad day, and it is Commissioner Brown’s fault. If he had just paved the dangerous dirt roads around Vamoose, she wouldn’t be stuck in the storm. She could just kill Brown . . . but unfortunately someone has beat her to the punch. Hazard does the right thing and calls in the cavalry (in this case her fiancé, the town sheriff, Thorn), but first she does some sleuthing. It looks like Brown met with a bad accident by the side of the road. But Hazard can see the clues, [...]

2023-02-26T21:24:08-07:00February 26th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

Night She Disappeared, The

Dead and Gone or Alive and Hidden? Author: Lisa Jewell It’s 2017. A troubled girl leaves her infant daughter with her mother, going for a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend. The couple met at a fancy restaurant. Everything was going well. Then they left to attend a sumptuous party hosted by local cool-girl, Scarlett Jacques, at her family’s secluded mansion. They were never seen again. Two years later, the mother, Kim, is raising her grandchild, still searching for her daughter, still wondering how two people can disappear without a trace. Wondering if they got into a fight. Wondering if they are [...]

2023-02-26T15:30:04-07:00February 26th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

Secrets in the Blood Author: Lisa Unger I’m going to be honest. I bought this book for its amazing title. Something about it is just sonorous, hinting at dark woods, buried secrets, never-ending nights of fear and betrayal. That’s just a horror hound / mystery lovers insidious dream, all pulled together in a nice binding. The title, however, is the best part of the book, and the theme of bickering couples stranded in the woods soon falls prey to stereotypes, messy storytelling, and unlikable characters. Oh, and you’re not even in the cabin or the Georgia woods that much either. It [...]

2023-02-11T20:04:00-07:00February 11th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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