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Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

—∞— Abby Holland's treasure-hunting grandfather, King Farrell, is missing and presumed dead. Her inheritance comes with a choice: she can live out her boring life in Denver in the Victorian house he's willed to her, or sell it and use the proceeds to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine in…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJune 6, 2022

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College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

“Li invites readers along for a ride in the crew’s roving getaway car, promising breathtaking vistas and, more importantly, a reckoning with colonial legacies that have long lingered in the shadows.” —Boston Globe “A cinematic heist thriller with a social conscience … vivid and precisely crafted.” —BookPage “Portrait of a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 2, 2022

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When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

In sultry summer of 1975 on the Kansas plains, a rowdy bunch known locally as “the boys” skirt the fine line of felonious law by harvesting wild hemp to sell on the illegal market. Better known as marijuana, the hemp grows thick across three counties and tempts the adventurous spirit…

Peggy KurkowskiMay 31, 2022

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A Hated Judge, an Unending Suspect List and a Small Town Full of Secrets

Think of all the times people have described a book to you by saying it starts off slowly but you’ll get into it. Frankly, that never cut it for me. Author Katherine Burnette subconsciously must have been listening. That’s because before you’ve left the first two pages of her legal…

Jim AlkonMay 26, 2022

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Norse-Inspired “The Relic” Takes Readers on a Hero’s Journey of Mythical Proportions

Almost two decades ago, Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief created a worldwide phenomenon, rekindling an interest in mythology among readers around the world. Since then, the popularity of mythology-inspired media has shown no signs of cooling off. From Sony’s God of War video game series to Marvel’s investment in its…

Wyatt SemenukMay 25, 2022

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Immerse Yourself in India’s Colorful Contradictions With Romantic Thriller “Mrs. Varman”

India is a country of juxtapositions: abject poverty neighboring the well-to-do, garbage spoiling on city streets and fragrant foods on restaurant tables, harsh sunlight burning the air outside dusky rooms with thick embroidered curtains. Sanjeeta Behera brings all this to her readers in Mrs. Varman, offering a complicated backdrop to…

Sherri DaleyMay 19, 2022

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Sailors Who Turn Up at “Cape Henry House” Create Wild and Lasting Memories

Cape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick, based on a true coming of age story, follows 21-year-old Petty Officer Third Class Bosner over a three-week period during his own carefree days of youth. It's 2008. Bosner is a helicopter greaser in the U.S. Navy working long hours and looking to…

Barbara WilkovMay 18, 2022

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Treasure Hunt Brings Together Old Flames in Christina Lauren’s “Something Wilder”

For those who have been waiting for a National Treasure or an Indiana Jones-style mystery nestled within a romantic comedy, wait no longer! Something Wilder (Gallery Books) by Christina Lauren will satisfy all your nerdy, puzzle-craving desires. (It did mine.) I’ve been a fan of Christina Lauren’s since I read…

Y. M. NelsonMay 17, 2022

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A “Silk Road” Leads to Magic, Adventure, Mythical Creatures, OH MY!

Looking for a story filled with adventure, friendship, science and magic? Look no further than Kirsten Marion’s debut novel, Lucy and Dee: The Silk Road (Common Deer Press). Marion has taken her years of traveling all over the world and passion for books and writing to create a world filled…

Kelsey HallMay 5, 2022

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Ukrainian-Russian Tensions Eerily Prescient in Race to Prevent WWIII

“I think we’ve found the new Vince Flynn. His name is Don Bentley.” I wrote that about two years ago for BookTrib after reading Bentley’s debut novel, Without Sanction. I’m now on my fourth Bentley book. Allow me to renew my assessment that Bentley belongs in the top tiers of today’s…

Dennis HetzelMay 3, 2022

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Ending Humanity’s Spiral of Chaos and Tragedy Rests on the Shoulders of Three Children

Power in the wrong hands poses great, perhaps catastrophic, consequences. It takes frighteningly little force to push an ambitious vision for progress over the edge of a cliff and send it plummeting toward the jagged rocks that lay below. Yet time and time again, the world sees just that horror…

BookTribApril 22, 2022

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Baldacci’s PI Archer Follows Danger to Hollywood in “Dream Town”

In David Baldacci’s third Archer adventure, Dream Town (Grand Central), the Pacific Coast Highway leads PI Aloysius Archer and his spiffy 1939 blood-red Delahaye convertible from Bay Town, CA, to Hollywood. As if transported by a time machine, Baldacci immerses readers into the 1950s, an era of flashy films and…

Jodé MillmanApril 20, 2022

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Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

It is difficult to discuss Sea of Tranquility (Knopf), Emily St. John Mandel’s amazing sixth novel, without discussing the author. The two are so intertwined that it is impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins. In the opening pages, we are introduced to Edwin St. Andrew, the…

Jodé MillmanApril 19, 2022

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When Playtime Gets Out of Hand, Bucky and Daisy Learn to Relax and Recharge

Ask any parent of young children and they will tell you — keeping up with their kids is hard work. From toddlers bouncing off the walls to children on a sugar rush, it’s a challenge to teach little ones the value of quiet time. Bucky and Daisy’s parents know this…

BookTribApril 1, 2022

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Jane Austen, Science Fiction and “Fifty Shades of Grey” Combine in This Genre-Bending Read

The story opens innocently enough as a young woman rouses from her London drawing room reverie to hear her mother say, “Annabeth, sit up straight.” Annabeth has become a problem for her parents. At age 18, she’s nearly past her prime for making a marriage that will enhance her family’s…

Joanna PoncavageMarch 14, 2022

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Elia’s Worldmaker Clan Sets Out Into the Wild Blue “Yander” of a New World

From the free-wheeling, fantastic imagination of Andri E. Elia comes a further installment of the adventures of the amorous, polygamous, winged warriors of Yand with Worldmaker of Yand – Polaris. If you haven’t been following along at home, here’s what you’ve been missing: The Worldmaker of Yand series follows the…

David ToddFebruary 14, 2022

Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

A Hated Judge, an Unending Suspect List and a Small Town Full of Secrets

Norse-Inspired “The Relic” Takes Readers on a Hero’s Journey of Mythical Proportions

Immerse Yourself in India’s Colorful Contradictions With Romantic Thriller “Mrs. Varman”

Sailors Who Turn Up at “Cape Henry House” Create Wild and Lasting Memories

Treasure Hunt Brings Together Old Flames in Christina Lauren’s “Something Wilder”

A “Silk Road” Leads to Magic, Adventure, Mythical Creatures, OH MY!

Ukrainian-Russian Tensions Eerily Prescient in Race to Prevent WWIII

Ending Humanity’s Spiral of Chaos and Tragedy Rests on the Shoulders of Three Children

Baldacci’s PI Archer Follows Danger to Hollywood in “Dream Town”

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

When Playtime Gets Out of Hand, Bucky and Daisy Learn to Relax and Recharge

Jane Austen, Science Fiction and “Fifty Shades of Grey” Combine in This Genre-Bending Read

Elia’s Worldmaker Clan Sets Out Into the Wild Blue “Yander” of a New World

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