Venice, 1539. When Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence, he's hired to help protect him, but after the attack fails, there's a twist: Someone used the distraction to steal the Duke's private journal, full of incendiary political secrets that threaten the very fabric of society. Now Aldo …
Continue reading Carnival Of Lies by DV Bishop (#5 Cesare Aldo)
This week, we return to the Scholastic Bookfair to check out the classic Bunnicula, the story of a loyal family dog Harold who suspects the new family pet rabbit has a sinister secret... A nostalgic dive into the story behind the story and an exploration of the plot of this children's classic. Contains spoilers. This …
Continue reading Return To The Bookfair – Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe (1979)
A heavily pregnant Sargent Hill and DCI Lloyd (her partner on and off the job), are helping out at the local amateur dramatic society right before Christmas when the DCI gets a call that the local GPs wife has been found murdered in her home. The GP happens to be part of the play, and …
Continue reading Scene Of Crime: A Christmas Murder Mystery by Jill McGown
London, 1917. The body of an unknown man is found inside a locked closet in a highly secret area of Naval Intelligence, with a telegram in his pocket that could wreak havoc if it fell into the wrong hands. Agent Peter Gallagher sees there are a lot of players to this puzzle, so he invites …
On Halloween, a group of teens go to an area called Sally In The Wood, a local road that's said to be haunted by a murdered girl. The next morning, one of them is found dead, and laid out strangely. Rachel, the school guidance counselor at the expensive school the girl attended, struggles to deal …
Five strangers are selected for a free, all expenses trip to a lush eco-resort in Costa Rica, but when they arrive, their host, Hannah, a wellness influencer, is mysteriously detained elsewhere. Over text, they're encouraged to start on a wilderness hike to a local waterfall, but it soon spirals out of control when there's an …
Jesse returns to the small town he grew up in, Blacknot NC, when a mysterious text offers him more information about his mother's death. 18 years ago, her body was found by the river, surrounded by mysterious ritual objects, and with baby Jesse wailing beside her. While the cause of death was nominally heart failure, …
In Aberdeen, Scotland, DI Logan McCrae is working with a skeleton crew, as officers across the board are decimated by the flu, while he's investigating the bombing of a motel that was full of immigrants and holding down the fort at the station too. But things are about to get really crazy when a body …
Continue reading This House Of Burning Bones (Logan McCrae bk #13) by Stuart MacBride
A stay-at-home dad, who feel emasculated by his workaholic wife and lack of career, is drawn into the case of a drowned man when the death is ruled an accident. He suspects foul play because the man was someone he knew before being laid off from his job in finance, a Wall Street investor, and …
Tanz, along with her friend and mentor Sheila, are out celebrating a ghostbusting job that went well, when mysterious and magnetic Einar approaches their table, and gives Tanz his number. After a steamy date, he offers her a place to stay in his native Iceland where she can have a writing retreat, but when she …
Continue reading The Hidden Dead (Accidental Medium #4) by Tracy Whitwell
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