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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Random House Publishing Group – Del Rey, Random House Worlds, Inklore and NetGalley for this ARC. Book 2 in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. In book 1 The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennet introduced the world to the Empire of Khanum, the leviathans, and the brilliant, blindfolded Iudex Investigator Anagosa…
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“Malinee told me about you.” Her gaze was guarded. “The detective,” she said, making it sound like an eccentric hobby. Ad/PR. Many thanks to Joffe Books at www.joffebooks.com and NetGalley for providing this ARC. When an antiques dealer falls to his death from his balcony, British Indian translator and private investigator Vijay Mistry can’t help…
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“If we want change, or good fortune, or solace, we have to create it for ourselves.” Solarpunk is an optimistic view of the future, envisioning a world where people have learned to live in harmony with nature, emphasising sustainability and humanity. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a novella that serves as a perfect example…
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Hidden behind my sunglasses, I take in the people around me. I like the anonymity of the city: no faux pleasantries to exchange, minimal eye contact. I am a predator mingling with my prey, and they have no idea. Ad/PR. Many thanks to paste creative for this ebook. Something is going on in Philadelphia. Five…
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Sherry Pinkwhistle woke up to the deep silence of snowfall, cozily ensconced in the warmth of her bed and the knowledge that she had just solved another murder. Sherry Pinkwhistle works as a librarian in Winesap, New York. A quaint little village with a surprisingly high murder rate, and a local sheriff who hates interference…
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Spelled a variety of different ways, including bogeyman, bogyman, and bogieman, the Boogeyman is a mythical creature most commonly used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. After graduating from college, horror writer Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown to focus on his fledgling career, only to find the whole town enveloped in its…
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She could have made herself small and unthreatening. She could have hovered over people’s shoulders like a pet or a children’s toy, as was the fashion among older shipminds. But she’d lived through a war, an uprising and a famine, and she was done with diminishing herself to spare the feelings of others. The Shadow’s…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Penguin Random House Christian Publishing and WaterBrook for this ARC via Netgalley. The Inklings were a group of writers, including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, who met on an informal basis to discuss and read their literary works. In The Inklings Detective Agency, the author asks what might have happened if…
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“No, no, no. You’re wrong, Rishard. The lawyer left that note with the bartender as a clue,” says April. A single mother in her 40s. A four-time divorcee who always wears Hawaiian shirts and crocs. A beautician who loves gossiping. A retired school principal and a cantankerous Vietnam War vet. These are the members of…
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Ad/PR. April was a month filled with great reads. From cozy mysteries to horror, from sci fi to historical fiction, from ebooks to physical copies to audiobooks, from ARCs and review copies to Read Christie 2026 and the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge, I read my way through murders and mysteries, celebrated Terry Pratchett Day and…
Mostly Murders 