Mar 27 2025
This series continues to be an utter delight, as a global team of former orphans now working for MI6 under the guidance of the agent called Mother face a brand new set of world-threatening problems. It’s been a minute since Mother was reunited with his actual biological son, who has since joined the City Spies …
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Mar 25 2025
We have a publishing day treat for readers with an excerpt from Emily Carpenter’s brand new thriller Gothictown, out today from Kensington Books! Manhattan chef Billie Hope is feeling at a loose end: her restaurant has closed and she’s feeling more than a little lonely, despite enjoying the (unfortunately) abundant free time she now has …
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Jan 29 2025
Hi, readers! Today we have an excerpt from a very cool speculative fiction debut by screenwriter Josh Mendoza, the genre-bending Shadow Of The Eternal Watcher. From the blurb: “Private detective Duster Raines has demons. Some visit him in his dreams, reminding him of the choices he made in combat to survive. Others visit him while …
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Jan 15 2025
with the evocative subtitle: Artifical Intelligence was a godsend until it took over his life. (Aside: Idk how I feel about that phrase being considered a subtitle on the main marketing sites — Bookshop, Amazon, Goodreads — instead of being just an old-timey cover description, akin to a blurb. But I digress.) Hi, readers! Today …
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Aug 15 2024
Interestingly, the cover only credits the artist as Russell Olson, perhaps due to space and legibility issues. Full credit to this creative team for one of the best crime comics I’ve ever read, tho! And, given the sheer amount of crime fiction I read, that is saying a lot! A Phone Call Away is the …
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Aug 13 2024
Hello, readers! We have a fresh excerpt from a Wall Street thriller publishing today. Inspired by the author’s experience in corporate branding and international public speaking, particularly in Ukraine, this debut novel is a gripping tale of ambition, temptation and the precarious nature of wealth’s pursuit. Growing up in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear …
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Aug 06 2024
Hello there, readers! This week we have another excerpt treat for you. Chad Boudreaux is back with another fast-paced political thriller, Homecoming Queen, publishing today. While his debut, Scavenger Hunt, was set in Washington DC’s halls of power, his sophomore novel examines small-town politics on the South Texas coast where he was born and raised. …
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May 23 2024
Hello, readers! This week we have the privilege of giving you a sneak peek at J David Bethel’s latest suspense-filled thriller, Mapping The Night. The upcoming novel follows the hunt for a serial killer terrorizing New York City’s Upper East Side in attacks carried out only under cover of dark, bringing the reader into a …
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Mar 20 2024
Back in December 2021, I had the pleasure of reviewing Steven Max Russo’s second novel, The Dead Don’t Sleep. Now, we’ve been given the opportunity to give you a sneak peek of his latest novel, The Debt Collector, publishing today! ~~~~~~~ Abigail Barnes is young, pretty and petite, but her looks and size can be …
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Sep 26 2023
with colors by Mat Lopes, backup colors by Chris O’Halloran, and letters & design by Good Old Neon. This is easily one of the most intelligently artistic graphic novels I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. You don’t have to be an art history major to enjoy this book but a passing familiarity with the …
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