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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 …
This latest work of the Marlow Murder Club, one of the most popular cozy crime series, is the fifth, with a major TV presence …
complicated and dangerous in Deaver’s latest Lincoln Rhyme thriller. In the remains of the fire is a box with the number 1 on it. …
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 …