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ARC AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Firefax by Amelia Maria Vergara

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Publication Date:  November 17, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Fantasy Narrator:  Vas Eli Publisher:  Damocles Blade Press Length:   12 Hours 08 minutes Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Legend tells of a city of gold on a phantom island. The wealth of that city could end the American Revolution. But the only person who knows the island’s location is the world’s deadliest assassin. And he’s not giving up that secret without a fight . . . The world’s oldest family of high-profile assassins, the Firefaxes, have been killing off dignitaries—and being well-compensated to do so—for centuries. The family is thrown into turmoil by their patriarch’s death and the return of their cunning, cruel prodigal, Murdoch. With their father dead, Murdoch is the only one who ...

ARC BOOK REVIEW: Cocktails Chloroform by Kelley Armstrong

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Publication Date:  December 31, 2023 Format:  Ebook  Genre:   Fantasy Publisher:  Subterranean Press Length:   115 Pages Buy:  Kindle   Synopsis For modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory’s plan starts with teaching the girl to make Molotov cocktails, which is a perfectly valid science experiment and not at all a desperate ploy to gain Alice’s attention. Before the lesson can begin, though, Alice receives a letter that has her slipping off in the night. Concerned for her safety—and naturally curious—Mallory follows. Mallory finds Alice at...

AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Silent Scream by Angela Marsons

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Publication Date:  April 24, 2015 Format:  Audio book  Genre:   Police Procedural/Mystery Publisher:  BookOutre Length:   8 hours 17 minutes Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Even the darkest secrets can't stay buried forever.  Five figures gather 'round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood.  Years later a headmistress is found brutally strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders that shock the Black Country.  But when human remains are discovered at a former children's home, disturbing secrets are also unearthed. DI Kim Stone fast realizes she's on the hunt for a twisted individual whose k...