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Book of the Week July 9, 2026 Twelve-year-old Charlie spends most of her days in a dilapidated cabin, cleaning and waiting for her father …
Eve Ronin’s week goes from bad to worse in Goldberg’s latest. A new sheriff has blackmail material on the LA detective, forcing her to …
Don’t let the cover fool you: this is NOT a Christmas-themed cozy! Yes, there are bell ringers and trips to the mall, but the …
Ian Rankin likes to explore the gray areas in life. This time the ambiguities surround a murder at the Heights, a London more-money-than-taste highrise …
Eight years ago, Tuesday Hendrickson’s world shattered when her younger sister was murdered by a serial-killer boyfriend, Arsen Bauer, a monster who was shot …
There but for the grace of God go the rest of us feral ‘70s kids. Mira Winston stands out at her swanky suburban New …