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    10 Debut 2021 Thrillers You Need to Read Now

    by Joli September 16, 2021
    by Joli September 16, 2021

    The following is a guest post by Rebecca W. Meet her at the bottom! These debut novelists might not have the marketing clout of a Ruth Ware thriller, but what they lack in brand power they make up for in …

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    by Kathleen December 8, 2016

    I’m doing this thing where I’m reading debuts. I’m doing it because I’m trying to write my own first novel, and it seems like a good ideaย to read the first novels of other people. You know, the novels of people …

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