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Publication Date:  August 30, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   ghost mystery Publisher:  Vesuvian Books  Length:  284 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Too often people mistake monsters for gods. When a ravaged corpse is discovered in Pretoria, South Africa, Esmé Snyder—an occult-crime expert—is called in to investigate. But she doesn't know the scope of what she's up against. Esmé is the target of a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who uses the paranormal to do his bidding, with the intent of becoming a god on Earth. With assistance from her team—a brusque detective, eccentric millionaire, stoic priest, hawkeyed secretary,...

Title:   Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry Publisher: Highbridge Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Audio Book through Audible Length: 9 Hours 36 minutes Genre: Mystery - fiction Synopsis:  Black Dog Summer  begins with a murder, a farmstead massacre, in the South African bush. Thirty-eight-year-old Sally is but one of the victims. Her life brutally cut short, she narrates from her vantage point in the afterlife and watches as her sister, Adele; her brother-in-law and unrequited love, Liam; her niece, Bryony; and her teenage daughter, Gigi, begin to make sense of the tragedy. Focusing on marriage and fidelity, sisterhood, and the fractious bond between mothers and daughters,  Black Dog Summer  asks: In the wake of tragedy, where does all that dark energy linger? The youngest characters, Bryony and Gigi, cousins who are now brought together after Sally's murder, are forced into sharing a bedroom. Bryony becomes confused and frightened by the violent ene...