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by Henrietta Thornton

In the acknowledgments to this immersive debut, Walsh explains that she took a novel-writing course partly to convince herself not to write this series …

by Danise Hoover

The body of a young woman is found in the desert outside a nothing Texas town, stirring memories of the murder of the daughter …

by Brian Kenney

Lies, guilt, and betrayal are the engines that drive Indridason’s powerful third and most recent of the Konrad novels to be published in English. …

by Brian Kenney

Free after several decades in prison and now a resident of a high-end retirement home, Carol fears that her presence there will evoke a …

by Henrietta Thornton

Keke McCoy is an Indian Springs, GA, reporter who’s investigating the deaths of teenage dancers at a local strip club as she recovers from …

by Jeff Ayers

Emily Grace has lost everyone she cares about, but rather than wallow in grief, she decides to work for a secretive millionaire renovating his …