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Book of the Week 4.2.26 The catalyst for the action, emotions, and treachery in this book is the desperation of widow Jo van Gogh. …
South African author Tsamaase wickedly combines the Western-horror haunted-house trope with non-Western context, infusing House of Margins with cultural symbolism and myth while drawing …
Readers of crime novels are used to main characters being flawed though essentially working on the side of right. Shawnee, or Shaw, Connolly is …
This series is wonderfully reminiscent of Armistead Maupin’s series Tales of the City, Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series, and Only Murders in …
Four girls in each generation inherit the spell book and the secrets of magic and witchcraft in the mountain town of Whisper Ridge. Sophie, …
Book of the Week March 26, 2026 Dogs and drama, detectives and divas. There is a whole lot going on in this, the fifth …