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Publication Date:  April 20, 2011 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Noir Crime Publisher:  Hard Case Crime Length:   254 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis 5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING  BUST : 1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath. 2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body. 3) Those locks on hotel room doors?  Not very secure. 4) A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise. 5)  Secrets can kill. Review:  This is about the 3rd book I've read under the Hard Case Crime Insignia.  " Hard Case Crime is dedicated to reviving the vigor and excitement, the suspense and thrills—the sheer entertainment—of the golden age of ...

Publication Date:  August 3, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Psychological thriller Narrators:  Cassandra Campbell Publisher:  Penguin Audio Length:   11 hours 40 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were homeschooled and trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband and once their mother's prized student.   Marie, warm and soft, teaches the younger students; Dara, with her precision, trains ...

Publication Date:  September 27, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Mystery, Psychological Thriller Publisher:  Gallery Scout Press Length:   303 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.” Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to pain...

Publication Date:  October 18, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir Narrators:  Tom Felton Publisher:  Grand Central Publishing Length:   6 hours 36 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Tom Felton’s adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like  The Borrowers  catapulted him into the limelight, but nothing could prepare him for what was to come after he landed the iconic role of the Draco Malfoy, the bleached blonde villain of the  Harry Potter movies. For the next ten years, he was at the center of a huge pop culture phenomenon and yet, in between filming, he would go back to being a normal teenager trying to fit into a normal school.    Speaking ...

Publication Date:  February 5, 2013 Format:  Audio Genre:   Dystopian  Narrators:  Kate Simses Publisher:  Harper Audio Length:   11 hours 53 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis tick  tick  tick  tick  tick  it's almost  time for war.  Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her - people with gifts - and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.  She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.  Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.  In this exhilarating sequel to  Shatter Me , Juliette has to make life-changing dec...

  Publication Date:  January 25, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   LGBT/Mystery Publisher:  Kensington Books  Length:   350 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis At first, the death of millionaire businessman Charles Parsons seems like a straightforward suicide. There’s no sign of forced entry or struggle in his lavish New Jersey mansion—just a single gunshot wound from his own weapon. But days later, a different story emerges. Computer techs pick up a voice recording that incriminates Parsons’ adoptive daughter, Ann, who duly confesses and pleads guilty. Erin McCabe has little interest in reviewing such a slam-dunk case—even after she learns that Ann, like herself, is a trans woman. Yet despite their misgivings, Er...

Publication Date:  November 26, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Dystopian  Publisher:  Evernight Teen Length:   196 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Her father is the terrorist who released a virus that devastated most of the world and created vampire zombies. The cure is in her veins, and she’s sacrificed her freedom to find a vaccine. Now, Ember holds the last mutated strain in her blood, and the government votes whether to keep her alive or kill her. A film crew arrives to document her story, and it may be her only chance to sway the vote. However, an unexpected kiss leads to an infection that may start another worldwide outbreak. Ember must fight the effects of the darkness inside her to keep from turning into the monster. W...