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The Ayodhya Alliance by Ashwin Sanghi

In his eighth installment of the Bharat Collection, Ashwin Sanghi delivers what may be his most ambitious and intellectually stimulating work yet. The Ayodhya Alliance is a breathtaking odyssey that seamlessly weaves together millennial-old secrets, cutting-edge science, and geopolitical intrigue into a narrative that spans continents and centuries. Like the ancient metallurgical processes described within […]

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The Elias Enigma by Simon Gervais

Simon Gervais returns with explosive force in The Elias Enigma, the second installment in his Caspian Anderson series that proves the former RCMP investigator hasn’t lost his edge for crafting pulse-pounding international thrillers. Following the foundation laid in The Elias Network, Gervais delivers a globe-trotting adventure that weaves personal demons with geopolitical chaos, creating a […]

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From Fairview to Fear: The Ultimate Reading Guide to Holly Jackson Books

It started with a school project. I picked up A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder on a rainy afternoon, thinking it would be a decent thriller to pass the time. Three chapters in, I realized something rare was happening—I was forgetting to blink. That book wasn’t just good. It was addictive, electrifying, and brutally smart. And like […]

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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson, the mastermind behind the beloved A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy, ventures into new territory with Five Survive, a standalone thriller that trades cozy English murder mysteries for the suffocating terror of an American road trip gone catastrophically wrong. The premise is deceptively simple: six college friends—Red Kenny, Maddy and Oliver Lavoy, […]

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Review: MATE: A Novel in Twenty Games by Robert Castle

Synopsis: MATE: a novel in twenty games deals with marriage as a chess game. What distinguishes MATE from other stories and novels about the life and death of a relationship is its radical correlation of the actions of a husband and wife to chess moves. The logic of the novel suggests: chess is war reduced […]

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Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson’s Kill Joy serves as an ingenious bridge between the main trilogy of her A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series, offering fans a tantalizing glimpse into Pip Fitz-Amobi’s formative investigative experience. Set as a prequel novella, this compact yet compelling story reveals the exact moment our beloved amateur detective first realizes her calling, […]

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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson’s eagerly anticipated sequel, Good Girl, Bad Blood, thrusts us back into the unsettling world of Little Kilton, where investigative podcaster Pip Fitz-Amobi had sworn off detective work forever. Yet, as Jackson masterfully demonstrates, some promises are impossible to keep when someone you care about vanishes without a trace. The second installment in Jackson’s […]

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Book Review: Our Lives In Pieces

Our Lives In Pieces by Tracie Adams Genre: Memoir / Essays ISBN: 9798992661606 Print Length: 122 pages Publisher: Good Heritage Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Nikolas Mavreas A fierce look at the human condition through a powerful personal story In Our Lives in Pieces, Tracie Adams collects over forty flash essays, each one an intimate […]

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The Master Jeweler by Weina Dai Randel

In the frost-bitten landscape of 1925 Harbin, a fifteen-year-old orphan girl named Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg buried in snow—a moment that sets in motion a destiny as intricate and dazzling as the finest jewelry she will one day create. The Master Jeweler by Weina Dai Randel is a masterfully crafted historical novel […]

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A Box Full of Murders by Janice Hallett

When siblings Ava and Luke stumble upon a mysterious box in their family’s attic, they unknowingly unlock a decades-old cold case that will challenge every detective fiction convention you think you know. Janice Hallett’s latest offering, A Box Full of Murders, isn’t just another children’s mystery—it’s a masterfully crafted puzzle that transforms young readers into […]