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Academic life is notoriously difficult, and striving for tenure often proves arduous if not impossible, but in this case, it might be deadly. Lacey is …
Author duo Jeff Ayers and Jon Lindstrom, writing as Landau, bring back Investigative Services Branch Special Agent Michael Walker for his third investigation in …
Book of the Week May 7, 2026 Patricia Phillips, formerly a Lawyer and now a psychotherapist, revels in her status as village curmudgeon. She …
Rose Dearling’s brother, Will, sits in jail, convicted of murdering Alexandria Hopely, his first love. With adjoining backyards, the Dearling and the Hopely families …
Amanda Grady returns to the small town of Shereford, the place she fled as a teenager, and takes on the role of police chief …