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Short Story Summary: “The New Girl” by Alexandra Sokoloff
Mason’s high school was run by the all white, dimwitted, racist, hateful members of the football team….all supporters of the orange idiot. The football elite harassed students at will, they beat up anyone that did not fit their mold, yet they were adored (and feared) by the teachers, administration, and students. The white elite football…
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Short Story Summary: “The List” by Gregg Hurwitz
Joey is a black ops, assassin, Orphan Organization dropout. She is smarter, and more lethal, than almost anyone in the world. A hacker extraordinaire. Rescued and protected by Evan Smoak, Orphan X, Joey is now attending UCLA (and living with her dog, Dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback) when she tries to help a college student before…
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Book Review: “Total Power” by Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills”
Genre: Thriller This was an ARC sent to me by the publishers. I am a Mitch Rapp Ambassador. #MitchRappisBack. “Total Power” is due in stores Sept 15, 2020. Imagine having no power…..for a year…..or two…..for the whole country. Everything is down: Food production stops, stores run out of supplies and close, water stops flowing, no…
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August 2020 Thrillers
A bunch of new books for your summer of 2020 pandemic reading pleasure. Stay safe! A Summoning of Souls by Leanna Renee Hieber Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason The Next Widow by C. J. Lyons Soltice Shadows by Avanti Centrae Together They Were Crimson by Ryan Sayles Their Last Secret by Rick Mofina A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne…
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Book Review: “The Cuckoos Calling” by Robert Galbraith
Genre: Mystery This is the first book of the Cormoran Strike series. It is not quite as magical as other books by this author, but, it sure is good fun. 😉 Super-model, Lula Landry, flew from her third floor apartment balcony. When she hit the snow covered ground three stories down….she died. The police determined…
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Book Review: “Paradise Valley” by C. J. Box
Genre: Thriller Three years after the events in “Badlands”, Cassie Dewell has settled in as the “best Chief Investigator” Bakken County Sheriff Jon Kirkbride has ever worked with. Her 12 year old son, Ben, and mother Isabel are likewise thriving. And, at 39 years old….Cassie is engaged! Cassie is smart and persistent; a true bad-ass.…
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Book Review: “The Paris Vendetta” by Steve Berry
Genre: Thriller This is book #5 in the Cotton Malone series. Cotton was a Department of Justice special operative in the Magellan Billet but is now a book store owner in Copenhagen. He still gets in all sorts of trouble! 🙂 Napoleon took treasures from all the countries he conquered, and hid them. In his…
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July 2020 Thrillers
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“Because of Me” by Mike Pihlman
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Once Upon a Crime: Five Authors Write a Short Story in Real Time
Ok, well, this was a VERY cool live streaming event that had this fanboy’s mind spinning after it was over. St. Martin’s Press and Minotaur Books, with Criminal Element, hosted a live streaming event June 24, 2020 where five invited authors would write a short story in real-time. But first….. I signed up for this…
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