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Klein here expands on the investigative activities of former cop Layla, who’s now sequestered at the Lake Pinecrest Trailer Park with her aging-rock-star dad …
It’s December in the beach town of Gore-on-Sea, and Nora Breen, recently a cloistered Carmelite nun, is drawn into the intrigue of a séance …
Catherine Saunders has quite a few balls in the air. In her final year of an elite graduate school (Stanford, archaeology) she’s nearly finished …
Book of the Week April 16, 2026 Maldonado delivers a blistering finale to detective Veranda Cruz’s long pursuit of bringing justice to bear against …
Jessie and her husband, Vaughn, are divorcing. Living on opposite coasts and struggling to determine custody for their nine-year-old son, Dylan, they agree to …
Witten, Matt. 51%. April 28, 2026. 364 pages. Level Best Books. In a nightmare near-future—perhaps the scariest part being that it seems like a logical …