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Review: The Splintered Parts by Ana Yudin

Synopsis: Someone—or something—is trying to bury itself inside Soraya’s skin. It started her sophomore year of college, after she slipped in the shower and hit her head. Since then, nothing has felt real. The lights flicker all at once. She hears tapping at her window, and someone outside keeps calling her name. Desperate to understand […]

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Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley

On her first afternoon in the suite, a young wife notices a jar on the cocktail tray. It is rat poison, and somebody has stood an ornate silver spoon in it, the way a hotel might present sugar. Her husband looks at it, laughs, and calls it a practical joke by a man with a […]

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On the Bayou by Sean Bridges

An elite SWAT team finds more than they bargain for in the depths of a Louisiana bayou. When Special Agent Jennifer Nash’s partner is killed brutally in a surveillance operation gone wrong, she’s shattered. Not only has she lost a friend and almost her own life along with his, but her superiors need the situation […]

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She’s Not There by Karen A. Romanko

Mystery and mentalism return in this intriguing and cozy sequel. “Pat Messina was missing. Again.” Not much time has passed since Nicole used her mind-reading abilities to help the police find the kidnapped Pat Messina and apprehend the criminal mastermind behind it, Lila. With Lila behind bars, everyone is shocked when Pat goes missing yet […]

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My Sister Is Going to Kill Me by Nina Simon

On an early night in the canyon, a river guide sits by the fire and tells the guests about a white trumpet-shaped bloom that opens after dark. It grows in the wash. It is beautiful. Processed correctly, it will take a person’s capacity to refuse and leave everything else intact, so that the victim is […]

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They Know If You’ve Been Bad or Good by Alta Hensley

They Know If You’ve Been Bad Or Good by Alta Hensley on September 22, 2026 Genres: Fiction / Erotica / General, Fiction / Psychological, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Erotic, Fiction / Romance / Holiday, Fiction / Romance / New Adult, Fiction / Romance / Suspense, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, […]

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The Ghosts of Okuma by Mitch Wieland

A nuanced meditation on grief, displacement, and the enduring aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster Mitch Wieland’s The Ghosts of Okuma offers one of this year’s most striking portraits of familial grief and the physical and psychological labor required to reimagine life after the most profound loss. What begins as a father and son’s investigation […]

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Dreams of Orphans by Vinay Kolhatkar

Real life tragedy is combined with a classic plot in this poignant probe into the human condition. More so than most, India is characterized by the contrast of extremes. In Dreams of Orphans, author Vinay Kolhatkar juxtaposes the dark realities of child trafficking with the glamor of Bollywood to provide the setting for an extravagant, […]

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Immortal Rose by Alexandra Bracken

Somewhere past midnight in Immortal Rose by Alexandra Bracken, in the kitchen of a fashionable London townhouse, a man widely believed to be a heartless rake gets down on one knee on the tile and begins to sing. The audience is a small spaniel with pink bows on her ears who refuses, on principle, to […]

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Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead

Somewhere in the middle of Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead, a professional killer with a job to do in New York takes an afternoon off and rides the sightseeing boat around Manhattan. He finds the harbour air cleansing. He is disappointed to learn that the Statue of Liberty is shut for repairs, her raised arm […]