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Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde

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Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde, was an exciting book.  I enjoyed this book but I did find the pace of the book to be slow.  I did love that this author created an entire world for her characters.  All of the people that you come across in this story seem like they are real people out there in the world.  I love it when I find books like this one because I love finding new friends as I am reading.  I did find that this book kept me reading even though at times I thought it could have moved along faster.  I fell in love with Agatha because I love old ladies like her and I love people that are like her in the real world.  This is one of the few books that I didn’t try and figure out what was going on I just enjoyed the journey that this book took me on.  I can’t wait to see what next for these characters in the future.  If you are looking for a new mystery book to check out I would recommend this book to you.

About The Book

Genre: Traditional Mystery
Published by: Level Best Books
Publication Date: September 29, 2020
Number of Pages: 282
ISBN: 978-1-947915-76-3
Series: Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery, #1

When a beloved nun is murdered in a sleepy Catskill Mountain town, a grieving young widow finds herself at the center of the turmoil. Bianca St. Denis is searching for a job and seeking acceptance in her new home of Batavia-on-Hudson. Agatha Miller, the nun’s closest friend and the ailing local historian everyone loves to hate, shares her painful personal history and long-buried village secrets with Bianca. Armed with this knowledge, Bianca unravels the mysteries surrounding the death while dealing with the suspicions of her eccentric neighbors.

However, Bianca’s meddling complicates the sheriff’s investigation as well as his marriage. Can Sheriff Mike Riley escape his painful past in a town where murder and infighting over a new casino vie for his attention?

Danger stalks Bianca as she gets closer to the truth. Can the sheriff solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Can the town heal its wounds once the truth has been uncovered?

About The Author

Tina deBellegarde lives in Catskill, New York with her husband Denis and their cat Shelby. Winter Witness is the first book in the Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery Series. Tina also writes short stories and flash fiction. When she isn’t writing, she is helping Denis tend their beehives, harvest shiitake mushrooms, and cultivate their vegetable garden. She travels to Japan regularly to visit her son, Alessandro. Tina did her graduate studies in history. She is a former exporter, paralegal, teacher, and library clerk.

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Saving Grace by D.M. Barr

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Saving Grace by D.M. Barr was a great book.  I loved that this book had a unique plot that will keep most people guessing as they are reading.  I loved this book because there was no way to guess what was going to happen and what was going on.  I loved that this book kept me thinking, and I always wondered what was going on.  I am for sure going to read more books by this author in the future because I fell in love with her writing.  I loved that this book keeps you guessing because you are never sure what is going on and what is all in her head.  The author did a great job of keeping me interested and keeping me reading.  This book had just the right amount of suspense that I read it in only a few days.  I also felt terrible for Grace because I can’t even imagine how hard her life had been and how hard it had to be for her family to watch her going through everything.  If you are looking for a different to read, I would recommend this book to you because I know you will love it as much as I did.

About The Book

Genre: Psychological Thriller, Domestic Suspense
Published by: Black Rose Writing
Publication Date: October 15th 2020
Number of Pages: 255
ISBN: 978-1684335565

Grace Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes, her husband will murder her for her inheritance. Realizing that no one will believe the ravings of a supposed psychotic, she devises a creative way to save herself – she will write herself out of danger, authoring a novel with the heroine in exactly the same circumstances, thus subtly exposing her husband’s scheme to the world. She hires acclaimed author Lynn Andrews to help edit her literary insurance policy, but when Lynn is murdered, Grace is discovered standing over the bloody remains. The clock is ticking: can she write and publish her manuscript before she is strapped into a straitjacket, accused of homicide, or lowered six feet under?

With a cast of secondary characters whose challenges mirror Grace‘s own, Saving Grace is, at it’s core, an allegory for the struggle of the marginalized to be heard and live life on their own terms.

“A psychological thriller with more than enough twists, turns, and misdirection to keep even the most jaded reader turning pages all night long.”

–Lori Robbins, author of the Silver Falchion Award-winning novel, Lesson Plan for Murder

About The Author

By day, a mild-mannered salesperson, wife, mother, rescuer of senior shelter dogs, competitive trivia player and author groupie, happily living just north of New York City. By night, an author of sex, suspense and satire.

My background includes stints in travel marketing, travel journalism, meeting planning, public relations and real estate. I was, for a long and happy time, an award-winning magazine writer and editor. Then kids happened. And I needed to actually make money. Now they’re off doing whatever it is they do (of which I have no idea since they won’t friend me on Facebook) and I can spend my spare time weaving tales of debauchery and whatever else tickles my fancy.

The main thing to remember about my work is that I am NOT one of my characters. For example, as a real estate broker, I’ve never played Bondage Bingo in one of my empty listings or offed anyone at my local diet clinic. And I haven’t run away from home in fear that my husband was planning to off me.

But that’s not to say that I haven’t wanted to…

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All We Buried by Elena Taylor

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All We Buried by Elena Taylor was a fantastic book.  This is the first book in the series, and I will be reading all of the other books in this series because of how much I loved this book.  This is the first book I have read by this author, and I know I will read more books by her in the future.  I decided to read and review this book based solely on the cover, and this is one of the few times that I loved the book more than the cover.  I liked Bet from the start of the book.  She is someone who I would be friends with in real life.  This book also has everything that I look for when I am picking a mystery book to read. The author did a great job of making me feel like I was there with the characters, and because of that, I understood the choices they made as the book went on.  This book wasn’t super suspenseful, but it had enough that kept me reading.  It was a slow start, but once it picked up, it didn’t slow down until I was finished with the book.  If you love mysteries as I do, I know you will enjoy this book as much as I did.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery
Published by: Crooked Lane
Publication Date: April 7, 2020
Number of Pages: 304
ISBN: 1643852914 (ISBN13: 9781643852911)
Series: Sheriff Bet Rivers #1

For fans of Julia Keller and Sheena Kamal, All We Buried disturbs the long-sleeping secrets of a small Washington State mountain town.

Interim sheriff Elizabeth “Bet” Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. For the longest time, she chalked it up to an overactive imagination as a kid. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier. When the body is extricated and revealed, no one can identify Jane Doe. But someone must know the woman, so why aren’t they coming forward?

Bet has been sitting as the interim sheriff of this tiny town in the ill-fitting shoes of her late father and predecessor. With the nightmare on her heels, Bet decided to build a life for herself in Los Angeles, but now it’s time to confront the tragic history of Collier. The more she learns, the more Bet realizes she doesn’t know the townspeople of Collier as well as she thought, and nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.

About The Author

Elena Taylor lives on the banks of the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River in a town made famous by Twin Peaks. When she’s not writing or working one-on-one with writers as a developmental editor, she can be found hanging out with her husband, dog, and two cats. Her favorite place to be (besides home) is the stables down the road, with her two horses Radar and Jasper.

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Tortured With Love by JT Hunter

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Tortured With Love by JT Hunter was a fascinating true crime book.  I had never heard of this case before this book which made me want to read this book.  I have read several books by this author in the past, and I enjoyed this book more than the others because this was a new case for me.  I always wonder what would have happened if these two had never met because I don’t think Martha would have ever killed anyone, but I can’t say the same thing for Raymond.  I do have to say that the choices that Martha made throughout this book shocked me.  I couldn’t believe that she would just abandon her kids and never look back.  I will never understand how Martha was able to walk away and just move on with her life.  I am sure that her kids were better off without her though because I can’t imagine what the kids would have dealt with if she had kept them.  Nothing that Raymond did shock me because I thought right that he was evil and that he would do anything.  Part of me did understand why he did the things that he did because of his life, and because of the head injury that he suffered as a young man.  I can’t say enough good things about this author, and I will keep reading books by him.  If you love true crime, I would pick this book up and check it out because I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did.

About The Book

Genre: True Crime
Published by: JT Hunter
Publication Date: May 15th 2020
Number of Pages: 210
ISBN: 9798646112720

What is the price of passion? What is the power of love?

Meet Martha Beck, a young nurse dedicated to healing others, until her own hurting heart lured her down a darker path. Loneliness led her to Raymond Fernandez, but love led her all the way to the electric chair.

This is the tragic story of the Lonely Heart Killers.

About The Author

JT Hunter is a true crime writer with over fifteen years of experience as a lawyer, including criminal law and appeals. He also has significant training in criminal investigation techniques. He enjoys being a college professor teaching fiction and nonfiction to his creative writing students.

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Airborne by DiAnn Mills

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Airborne by DiAnn Mills was a great book, but it struck a little to close to things happening in the world right now.  Now I know that it isn’t exactly what is happening right now, but it is similar enough to make me wonder if this could occur.  I enjoy this author’s writing and this book.  I loved Heather right from the start, and I hated her husband throughout the entire book.  I figured that they would work it out in the end, but I still didn’t like him once the book ended.  I didn’t find that this book was super suspenseful, but that didn’t bother me when I read this book.  I have read several other books by this author, and as far as I can remember, I have enjoyed all of them.  I loved that this book’s plot was different from anything else that I have read.  It is hard to find books with unique stories because I have read so many books.  If you are looking for something different to read, then I would, for sure, pick up a copy of this book.

About The Book

Genre: Romantic Suspense
Published by: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication Date: September 8th 2020
Number of Pages: 400
ISBN: 1496427173 (ISBN13: 9781496427175)

Heather Lawrence’s long-awaited vacation to Salzburg wasn’t supposed to go like this. Mere hours into the transatlantic flight, the Houston FBI agent is awakened when passengers begin exhibiting horrific symptoms of an unknown infection. As the virus quickly spreads and dozens of passengers fall ill, Heather fears she’s witnessing an epidemic similar to ones her estranged husband studies for a living—but this airborne contagion may have been deliberately released.

While Heather remains quarantined with other survivors, she works with her FBI colleagues to identify the person behind this attack. The prime suspect? Dr. Chad Lawrence, an expert in his field . . . and Heather’s husband. The Lawrences’ marriage has been on the rocks since Chad announced his career took precedence over his wife and future family and moved out.

As more victims fall prey days after the initial outbreak, time’s running out to hunt down the killer, one who may be closer to the victims than anyone ever expected.

About The Author

DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She is a storyteller and creates action-packed, suspense-filled novels to thrill readers. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests.
DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She is the director of the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, Mountainside Retreats: Marketing, Speakers, Nonfiction, and Novelist with social media specialist Edie Melson where she continues her passion of helping other writers be successful. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country.

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Legacy of Secrets by Helen Starbuck

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Legacy of Secrets by Helen Starbuck wasn’t my favorite book.  I found that I had a tough time getting interested in this story.  On the outside, I had everything that I usually love about books, but I just wasn’t the biggest fan of the book for one reason or another.  The fact that this story has an “R” rating didn’t bother me at all. But I am sure that would bother some people.  I didn’t feel like I could connect with any of the characters in this story.  I also felt that certain parts of the book seemed rushed and didn’t make a lot of sense.  I found that I had a hard time following what was going on and because I didn’t connect with the characters, I just got bored.  This is the first book I have read by this author, and I don’t think I would pick up any book by her in the future.  Just because I didn’t enjoy this book doesn’t mean that you or others won’t love it.  That is why I love reviewing and reading other reviews because not every author is for everyone, which wasn’t a good fit for me.

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Category:  Adult Fiction, 243 pages
Genre:  Romantic Suspense
Publisher:  Routt Street Press
Release date:  March 2020
Content Rating: R for two explicit sex scenes, bad language, mild violence.

Other families pass down their stories, Kate Earnshaw’s family’s secrets disappear from one generation to the next. Kate Earnshaw’s father’s suicide has left many unanswered questions. In handling his estate she wonders if she ever really knew him. He never explained why he let his childhood home in Eastern Colorado fall into ruin or why he’d kept the property a secret. And he never told Kate about his close friendship with Evan Hastings, the handsome and somewhat puzzling man who lives on the property near the abandoned house. Evan seems to have as many secrets as her father and knows more about him than Kate did. But there’s something about Evan that calls her back to her father’s home. Something that threatens to unearth more than the past. Legacy of Secrets explores family secrets, a daughter’s grief and her search for answers, and a chance for love.

About The Author

Helen Starbuck is a Colorado native, former OR nurse, and award-winning author of the standalone romantic suspense novel Legacy of Secrets, and the Annie Collins Mystery Series. She loves mysteries, suspense, romance, and any book that is well written. She’s a huge fan of books with independent, strong, women characters and, as Neil Gaiman says, “…stories where women save themselves.”

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