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Dark Isle by David Longhorn
Dark Isle (Dark Isle Series #1) Author: David Longhorn 4 out of 5 stars Professor Mark Stine is finishing his year as a visiting professor at Cambridge. In hopes of being able to stay for another year, he begins to research ghost story author Monty Summerskill who died in mysterious circumstances in 1916. Mark plans…
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Unsolved Murders by Victoria Mason
Unsolved Murders Author: Victoria Mason 2 out of 5 stars In this short true crime book, the author gives a quick, 2-3 pages, look at 16 murders that were infamous in their time. This was an interesting but quite short book that stuck to the barest facts for each case. Some are still well known,…
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Shine House by Dean Rasmussen
Shine House (Emmie Rose Haunted Mystery prequel) Author: Dean rasmussen 3.5 out of 5 stars Emmie has the unfortunate ability to see the dead, but not all of the dead. She only sees the spirits of dead children. When her friend Angela invites her to spend spring break with her family, Emmie jumps at the…
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Apprentice Cat by Virginia Ripple
Apprentice Cat: Toby’s Tale (Malkins and Mages #1) Author: Virginia Ripple 4.5 out of 5 stars Toby is a young cat preparing to head to the School of Mages to hopefully be chosen to partner with a human mage. While he is chosen, he ends up partnered with Lorn Ribaldy, the nephew of a traitor…
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Death in the Park by London Lovett
Death in the Park (Firefly Junction Cozy Mystery #1) Author: London Lovett 4.5 out of 5 stars After losing her job, journalist Sunni Taylor moves to Firefly Junction to live near her sisters. While restoring the former inn she lives in and plans to turn into a bed and breakfast, Sunni is hired by the…
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Murder & Mayhem by K.P. Stafford
Murder and Mayhem (Cryptic Cove Mystery Series #1) Author: K.P. Stafford 3 out of 5 stars After her parents die in a car crash, Alexis Danforth decides to move back to her hometown of Cryptic Cove and gets a job as the town constable’s secretary. Only weeks after her return, Earnest and Wilma Swanson disappear,…
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A Witch and the Whispering Woe by Raven Cross
A Witch and the Whispering Woe (A Longview Mystery #1) Author: Raven Cross 2 out of 5 stars In Longview, Rhode Island is the bed and breakfast owned by Brianna Olney. While letting her cat out, she finds the dead body of her cook, Jilly Case. While wondering about who could have killed Jilly, Bri…
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Murder on the Brazos by Bruce Hammack
Murder on the Brazos (A Fen Maguire Mystery #2) Author: Bruce Hammack 5 out of 5 stars Retired Sheriff Fen Maguire has just set up by the river to start painting when the dead body of a drug dealer floats by. While he tries to ignore the case, the incompetence of the new sheriff, his…
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The Curse of Three by Kevin Partner
The Curse of Three (Makepeace and Grimes #1) Author: Kevin Partner 5 out of 5 stars Ichabod Grimes tells John Makepeace about a previous case he investigated. In 1872, Grimes and Valentina are headed to a small village where three children have been kidnapped from their beds in the middle of the night. Will they…
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Newly Wed and Slightly Dead by Danielle Garrett
Newly Wed and Slightly Dead (A Touch of Magic Mysteries #1) Author: Danielle Garrett 4 out of 5 stars After 3 years of hard work, Anastasia Winters finally earned a promotion to magical wedding planning. After her last wedding had a near disaster, she knows she’s on thin ice with her boss. The pressure is…