Wonderful collection of unique short stories
We Love Anderson Cooper by R.L. Maizes Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating A young girl’s father dies and her mother gives her a parakeet to cheer her up but that only worsens her feelings of loss. A...
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The Escape Room by Megan Goldin Book Review: 4 out of 5 star rating Vincent, Sam, Sylvie and Jules are at the height of their profession. They have worked hard and their ambition knows no bounds....
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The Nanny by Gilly MacMillan Book Review: 3 out of 5 star rating After her husband’s untimely death, Jocelyn Holt has no choice but to move herself and her young daughter, Ruby, into her mother’s home...
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The Long Call by Ann Cleeves Book Review: 4 out of 5 star rating Detective Matthew Venn’s father has died. Venn is not welcome at the funeral so he stands outside. His family is part of a strict...
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This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating Young children are faced with a life that no child should have to face in a school for Native American children called the...
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Akin by Emma Donoghue Book Review: 4 out of 5 star rating Noah Selavaggio will soon be turning 80 years old. In celebration of this milestone birthday, he’s making plans to visit Nice where he was...
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Pursuit by Joyce Carol Oates Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating Abby Hayman has not had an easy life. When her parents disappeared when she was 5 years old, she went to live with an aunt, who had...
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The Girl at the Door by Veronica Raimo Book Review: 2 out of 5 star rating A nameless 6-months pregnant woman is finding her place in Miden. Miden is a future society that has grown out of “The...
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The Old Success by Martha Grimes Book Review: 4 out of 5 star rating A beautiful French tourist is murdered, her body washed up on the Cornish coast. Two little girls find her body. Divisional...
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The Innocents by Michael Crummey Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating A young brother and sister, Evered and Ada Best, are only 11 and 12 years old when they are left as orphans when a devastating...
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A powerful, mesmerizingly sad book about a pedophile and his victim
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating Vanessa Wye is 15 years old in 2000. She’s insecure and naïve and oh so young. She’s an easy target for her teacher,...
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An unbelievable foray into the mind of a serial killer
The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo Book Review: 3 out of 5 star rating Yi Byeongdo is a serial killer sitting on death row. He hasn’t said much to anyone about the murders he’s committed and the police are...
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Languid like a warm Caribbean beach
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin Book Review: 5 out of 5 star review 7-year-old Claire and her older sister, Alison, are on vacation with their parents on the Caribbean island of Saint X. On their last...
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Revenge is not always sweet
Because of You I Am by Sandy Hogarth Book Review: 5 out of 5 star rating Alice hasn’t had an easy life. But when she meets Jake, the world becomes a wonderful place for her. And with the addition...
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