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Fervent, NY is “a hamlet with only twelve homes and a post office the size of a tool shed.” It has gossip enough for …
Though the subtitle of this novel is “a mystery,” it is not a standard of the genre as readers might expect. Declan left Ireland …
Here’s a holiday-themed novella as brilliantly told as it is fully terrifying, with an energy akin to Swanson’s earlier holiday novella, The Christmas Guest …
Book of the Week March 19, 2026 Guinevere and her brother, Ennis, have grown up in the shadow of their mother’s success. Edith Sharpe …
Crowley’s sapphic feminist slasher thriller and sophomore YA title follows Sundae Valentine, who, seven years ago, made a fateful deal with a monster at …
Linden and Verity Lockwood appear to have the perfect life—a successful business together, a lovely home, and an active social life. Verity’s closest friend, …