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    Review: The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

    by Joli February 10, 2023
    by Joli February 10, 2023

    The Twyford Code was totally nuts…in a good way! Read on for my thoughts. Summary Forty years ago, Steven “Smithy” Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings…

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    Hell and High Water: A Maeve Malloy Mystery Book Tour

    by Cathy November 4, 2020
    by Cathy November 4, 2020

    About Hell and High Water • Paperback: 282 pages• Publisher: Level Best Books (March 31, 2020) Alaskan attorney Maeve Malloy isn’t sure she’s cut out to be a lawyer. All she wants is to be treated like everyone else. Hiding her past, she…

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    Book Review: The Immortal Gene

    by Allison July 20, 2018
    by Allison July 20, 2018

    I was irritated because the nurse called us back to the examining room as soon as we walked in the door. Once we were settled and she left the room with my one-year-old happily playing on the floor, I pulled…

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    Review: The Dry

    by Rebecca June 30, 2018
    by Rebecca June 30, 2018

    Stifling heat. Dry, cracked earth. A parched, empty landscape as far as the eye can see. Jane Harper’s descriptions of a small farming town in the Australian outback had me sweating all the way through her thrilling mystery, The Dry.…

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    by Janna February 21, 2018
    by Janna February 21, 2018

    It can be difficult to write a full fledged book review for every book you read. For me, writing a short Goodreads review can be just enough. Less pressure for me, more book recommendations for you! So without further ado,…

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    Review: Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles

    by Becky April 5, 2017
    by Becky April 5, 2017

    Why: This third installment of the Natchez Trilogy finally made its way to my hands, and I was so excited to dig in! Having loose ends is one of my literary nightmares, and I couldn’t wait to find out how things…

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    This is Where I Am

    by Janna February 28, 2017
    by Janna February 28, 2017

    I wanted to like this, I really did, especially because this story is regional and was published by a local publishing house, University of Minnesota Press. Zeke Caligiuri is currently serving a 34-year sentence for robbery and second-degree murder. Caligiuri…

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    Review: Her Every Fear

    by Janna January 19, 2017
    by Janna January 19, 2017

    What a weird coincidence. I had just finished Peter Swanson’s The Kind Worth Killing a day before I received his newest novel, Her Every Fear, in the mail from TLC Book Tours. I hadn’t realized either book was written by…

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    Review: The Kind Worth Killing

    by Janna January 8, 2017
    by Janna January 8, 2017

    In December, I started going to Minneapolis’ Books and Bars. I probably don’t need to add another book club to my already busy schedule, but this one is just too much fun! Books and Bars takes book club discussion to…

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    Review: The Bone Tree by Greg Iles

    by Becky September 30, 2016
    by Becky September 30, 2016

    Why: The second book in the Natchez Burning trilogy (also Natchez Burning and Mississippi Blood), The Bone Tree had to make my TBR List because I’m a complete-ist. (This is a self-determined way to describe my compulsive need to finish a series even if…

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