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Dead Silence

Frozen In Time, Dead In Space Author: S.A. Barnes If you go salvaging in space, will anyone ever find your body? Claire Kovalik is about to lose everything. During a normal repair mission she longs to un-tether herself and float into the void of space to die. It would be better than the alternative. In just a few days, Claire will be back on Earth. Her company is automating and they don’t need her – or her crew – anymore. She’ll be assigned to a desk job, patted on the head, and forgotten. Space, the only place that she has ever [...]

2022-07-26T09:26:13-07:00July 9th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Without Pity

12 Gripping True Crime Stories Author: Ann Rule Without Pity is a collection of 12 true crime stories, each focusing on a murderer hidden in plain sight, under the guise of a friend or kindly neighbor, an innocuous do-gooder with an ulterior motive. In this volume, Rule curates nine stories from previous volumes (and provides timely updates on each), grouped around this theme of goodness underpinned by a hidden evil. Without Pity also contains three new stories. While many of Rule’s fans are less than happy with a “new” volume that mostly contains old material, I came to Without Pity as [...]

2022-07-26T09:27:13-07:00July 6th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Way We Live Now, The

For Love or Money? Author: Anthony Trollope Augustus Melmotte has recently arrived in London, shadowed by a murky past and rumors. Melmotte is not the usual choice of society: his nationality is suspect, his religion unknown, his wife’s heritage dubious at best, and his mannerisms crass. Yet, he has taken London by storm because of his wealth and the potential money making railroad scheme he has brought to the fore. Haughty society, with land and titles (although very little money), is flocking to the Melmottes, turning a blind eye to their faults, seeking money like vultures looking for carrion. As Melmotte [...]

2022-07-26T09:28:11-07:00July 4th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |
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