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Sanctuary by C.L. Tolbert

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Sanctuary by C.L. Tolbert was an interesting read.  I believe this is the first book I have read by this author, and I will add this author and series to my list of books to check out in the future.  This is the third book in the series and the first one I have read.  I wasn’t lost as I was reading this book, so you don’t have to read them in order if the ones before this don’t interest you.  This book had just the right amount of suspense for me.  I had just enough to keep me reading but not so much that I didn’t want to keep reading.  The author did a great job of keeping me guessing as to what was going to happen as I was reading.  I also loved that this book had plot elements like a cult because it gives a new layer to the book and makes it come to life as I read.  This book was a quick read for me, and I also really enjoyed the book.  If you are looking for a new suspense book to read this fall, I recommend this entire series of books.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery
Published by: Level Best Books
Publication Date: July 2022
Number of Pages: 280
ISBN: 9781685121464
Series: The Thornton Mystery Series, Book

A Thornton Mystery

In SANCTUARY, the third book in the Thornton Mystery Series, Emma is back again. This time she’s agreed to represent a former client accused of killing the leader of a suspicious cult in New Orleans.

James Crosby, the charismatic leader of the Japaprajnas, is found dead one late afternoon, his body draped over an iron fence in the courtyard of the nineteenth-century house where he and several cult members work and live. Although police initially presumed his fall was an accident, they quickly discover that James received a lethal dose of a drug before he was pushed from his office balcony.

The next day the police discover a syringe and a substantial amount of the drug which killed James in Stacey Robert’s bedroom. The nineteen-year-old cult member is brought in for questioning, which leads to her arrest. Emma, who had represented Stacey when she was a sixteen-year-old runaway, agrees to take the case.

Convinced she is innocent Emma begins an investigation into the cult and its members. Emma’s questions uncover dangerous secrets, illicit activities, and the exploitation of innocent victims. Emma’s suspicions lead her to the killer’s trail and the case’s final resolution.

Praise for Sanctuary:

“Brace yourself. Deadly personalities, hidden agendas, and long-buried secrets threaten law professor Emma Thornton, after she agrees to defend a terrified young woman accused of murdering the charismatic leader of an oppressive cult. The dark heart of New Orleans has never felt so dangerous.”

Roger Johns, Author of the Wallace Hartman Mysteries

About The Author

After winning the Georgia State Bar Journal’s fiction contest in 2010, C.L. Tolbert developed the winning story into a full-scale novel. OUT FROM SILENCE was published in December of 2019, and is the first novel in the Thornton Mysteries series. Her second book, THE REDEMPTION, was published in February of 2021, and SANCTUARY, the third book in the series, was published in July of 2022.

Licensed in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia, C.L. practiced law for thirty-five years before retiring to pursue writing. During her legal career she spent several years teaching at Loyola Law School in New Orleans, where she was the Director of the Homeless Clinic. She also has a Masters of Special Education, and taught in a public school prior to enrolling in law school.

C.L. has two children and three grandchildren, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and schnauzer.

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The Perfect Brother by Chris Patchell

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The Perfect Brother by Chris Patchell hooked me right from the start.   This is the first book I have read by this author, and I will check out other books by her in the future.  This book had just the right amount of suspense in it.  It kept me reading the book but not so much that I didn’t want to read.  The author did a great job of making me understand why the characters did what they did, and she also made me feel like I was there with the characters.  She did a great job of making the world that she built in the book come to life as I was reading.  This is one of those books that just when I thought I figured out what was going on in the book, I would turn the page and find out that I was wrong.  This book kept me on the edge of my seat as I was reading it, and I enjoy books that do that from time to time.  This is a longer book, but I was still about to read it in just a few days because it was a fast read.  If you are looking for a suspense book to read this fall, I would pick this one because I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did.

About The Book

Genre: Suspense
Published by: Indie Pub
Publication Date: September 27th 2022
Number of Pages: 421
ISBN: 978-1-7335452-4-2

A scandalous liaison. A killer on the loose. Can a young woman save her sibling from going down for murder?

Vancouver, Canada. Software engineer Indira Saraf refuses to march to her traditionalist parents’ old-world drum. Resentful of her brother’s golden-boy acceptance but still a devoted sister, she encourages him to confess his secret affair before he ends up married to a woman he doesn’t want. So she’s horrified when his student and lover is slain and he’s arrested for the gruesome crime.

Repurposing her own AI technology to prove his innocence, the unorthodox rebel scours the dead college girl’s life for clues. But when Indira discovers another missing co-ed and the suspects pile up, she learns the hard way that her digging has drawn deadly attention…

Can she hunt down the culprit before she takes a fatal fall?

The Perfect Brother is a chilling standalone suspense thriller. If you like dogged heroines, complex family relationships, and dangerous twists, then you’ll adore USA Today bestselling author Chris Patchell’s riveting tale.

About The Author

Chris Patchell is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author who started writing to curb the homicidal tendencies she experienced during her daily Seattle commute. She writes gripping suspense thrillers with romantic elements set in the Pacific Northwest and believes good fiction combines a magical mix of complex characters, compelling plots, and well-crafted stories.

Over the years, she has written numerous popular books and series, including bestsellers Deadly Lies, In the Dark, and her most recent collection of small-town crime novellas, the Lacey James Series. Along the way, her writing has won several awards, including a 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award, an IndieReader Discovery Award, and a Pacific Northwest Literary Award.

When she’s not writing, you can find Chris reading books, hanging out with her family, watching football, and struggling to keep up with her workout regime, all while shushing her incessantly yapping Yorkies. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids.

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Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc by Ash Bishop

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Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc by Ash Bishop was a fascinating book.  This book isn’t in a genre that I usually read, but the cover of this book made me want to pick it up.  I enjoyed this book, and it made me want to read other books in this genre.  I would certainly read other books by this author in the future because I enjoyed his writing.  I also bought a copy of the audiobook for this one, and I enjoyed listening to this story as I was working.  As I was listening to this book, it was like listening to a movie, so I enjoyed that.  Because I don’t usually read this genre, I just went along for the ride, and  I enjoyed that.  I find that in the genres I read a ton, I always try to figure out what will happen next, but I couldn’t do that with this book, so I just sat back and enjoyed the story.  This is one of those books that would make a great movie.  The author did a great job of making all the characters to life as I read.  He also did a great job of making the entire book come to life.  He put me in a different world, and I didn’t want to leave when I finished the book.  If you are looking for something different to read this fall/winter, I would check out this book.

About The Book

Genre: Science Fiction
Published by: Camcat Books
Publication Date: September 6th 2022
Number of Pages: 416
ISBN: 0744305616 (ISBN13: 9780744305616)

Finding work is easy. Staying alive is a little bit harder.

When Russ Wesley finds an unusual artifact in his grandfather’s collection of rare antiquities, the last thing he expects is for it to draw the attention of a ferocious alien from a distant planet. Equally surprising is the adventurous team of intergalactic exterminators dispatched to deal with the alien threat. They’re a little wild, and a little reckless. Worse yet, they’re so impressed with Russ’s marksmanship that they insist he join their squad . . . whether he wants to or not.

About The Author

Ash Bishop is a lifetime reader and a lifetime nerd, loving all things science fiction and fantasy. He has been a high school English teacher, and worked in the video game industry, as well as in educational app development. He even used to fetch coffee for Quentin Tarantino during the production of the film Jackie Brown. Bishop currently produces script coverage for a major Hollywood studio, but he spends his best days at home in Southern California with his wonderful wife and two wonderful children. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University. This is his debut novel.

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The 13th Hour: Chaos by Richard Doetsch

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The 13th Hour: Chaos by Richard Doetsch was a unique book.   I have read thousands of books over the years, and this is the first book that was truly unique.   I will not give any part of this book away because it is too good, and I want everyone to experience it as I did while reading.  I loved that you start at the end of the book and work your way to the start of the story.  I was so intrigued by this book that I didn’t want to stop reading until I finished the book.  I believe this is the first book I have read by this author, and I know that I will read more books by him in the future because he impressed me so much with this one.  This is one of those books that will always live in my collection because I enjoyed it that much.  I loved that I had no idea what was going to happen because this was the first book that I had read like this.  The book kept me on the edge of my seat as I was reading because, as I have said several times, it is so unique that I couldn’t even imagine what would happen.  Because the story is told in reverse, it is hard to figure out what will happen because you have no clues as to what happened before.  I was kept on the edge of my seat as I was reading because I was always left shocked and wondering what would happen.  I want to say that you need to pay attention as you are reading, or you will get lost and confused because of how it is written.  If you love a good thriller, I know you will enjoy this book as much as I did.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery Thriller
Published by: Permuted Press
Publication Date: May 3rd 2022
Number of Pages: 384
ISBN: 1637583060 (ISBN13: 9781637583067)
Series:A Nick Quinn Thriller; The 13th Hour Serie

A Mesmerizing Thriller Told in Reverse

On a warm Fourth of July in the quiet town of Byram Hills, Nick Quinn watches as his wife and daughter die in an unprecedented terrorist attack. Amid the disaster, Nick is approached by a dying friend who hands Nick an antique pocket watch.

Emotionally shattered and desperate, Nick takes the watch and is shocked to find himself propelled back in time to where he was an hour ago, before the attack on his town. Quickly stopping the course of events, his relief is shattered as life spirals in an even more tragic direction.

At the top of each hour, the watch sends Nick back two hours to live one hour again, a backwards march to relive each hour of his day. A twelve-hour journey providing precious but limited time to protect Julia and Katy and uncover the source of the ever growing threat.

But each time Nick thinks he’s solved the crime and secured the future, he uncovers new levels of deception, agony, and betrayal, ultimately revealing a far more sinister plot with unexpected players and grim, global consequences.

If Nick hasn’t set things right by the 13th hour, not only will his wife and daughter be lost forever to the chaos, but an even greater catastrophe will be unleashed upon the world.

About The Author

Richard Doetsch is the author of six international bestsellers published in twenty-eight countries, with several acquired for film and television. He is an adrenaline junkie with a passion for kitesurfing, skydiving, SCUBA diving, triathlons, and defying gravity in Zero G aircraft. He has served as CEO, president, and director in the real-estate industry, managing, creating, and preserving more than 50,000 units of affordable housing with an emphasis on social and community programs.

He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Virginia, who is the impetus and inspiration behind everything he writes.

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All The Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

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All The Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond was a great thriller.  This was the first time I have read a book by this author, and I know it won’t be the last.  I love that the author included things like Santeria because I was not only really enjoying the story but also learning.  I love when authors include things I know nothing about because I love learning new things.  A few times, I did get confused because I was familiar with the Santeria terms, but that didn’t bother me too much.  This book did a great job of keeping me guessing as to what was going to happen next.  This book kept me on the edge of my seat right from the start.  This is one of those books that kept me up way too late because I didn’t want to put it down until I was finished reading.  This book was a pretty quick read for me which I always love.  I loved that this book was fast-paced right from the start.  I enjoyed the characters in this book.  The author did a great job of making me feel like I was there with the characters.  If you are looking for a new thriller to read, I think you would enjoy this book as I did.

About The Book

Genre: Thriller
Published by: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: August 23rd 2022
Number of Pages: 368
ISBN: 1649372140 (ISBN13: 9781649372147)

When one falls

Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her mother’s murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari can’t shake the eerie sense of connection.

The others will break

Now there have been two murders in two days. Each crime scene awash with arcane clues―and without a trace of DNA from the killer. And for each victim, a doll. The first is missing an eye. The second is missing a heart. But are these clues leading to the killer…or messages for Mari?

Unless she plays the game…

Caught up in a maelstrom of Old-World superstition, secrets, and ties to her own past, Mari has only one option. Put the puzzle together before someone else dies―even if it destroys her career. But there’s no escaping the hungry spider’s web when it’s been made just for you…

About The Author

By day, Linda Hurtado Bond is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist. By night, she’s an author of James Bond like adventures and heart-stopping thrillers. Linda met her husband Jorge on assignment in Cuba, twenty-some years later they’ve raised a doctor, a nurse, a pilot, a paramedic firefighter, and an aspiring psychologist. A breast cancer survivor, she’s active in the Tampa community raising money and awareness. When not working she finds time for her passions, her husband Jorge, world travel, classic movies, and solving a good mystery. Visit Linda at lindabond.com.

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Among The Innocent by Mary Alford

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Among The Innocent by Mary Alford was an interesting book.  It took me a few chapters to get into this book.  After a few chapters though I didn’t want to put the book down until I was finished reading it.  I loved how that author weaved together the Amish world along with the english world.  She did a great job of giving you just the right amount of details so you understood what was going on but not so many that you would get overwhelmed with them.  This book had just the right amount of suspense in it that kept me interested.  If you aren’t the biggest fan of suspenseful books I think you might like this one.  I also wasn’t able to figure out who the killer was before the end of the book so that is always nice.  I do wish that there had been more of the romance in this book but in the end the book isn’t a romance novel.  I am for sure going to read more books by this author in the future because I really enjoyed the authors writing.   If you are looking for an interesting mystery book to read this summer I would pick up a copy of this one.  It was a super quick read for me and I think people who like mystery type books will enjoy the story.

About The Book

Genre: Mystery
Published by: Fleming H. Revell Company
Publication Date: June 7th 2022
Number of Pages: 297
ISBN: 0800740262 (ISBN13: 9780800740269)

When Leah Miller’s entire Amish family was murdered ten years ago, the person believed responsible took his own life. Since then, Leah left the Amish and joined the police force. Now, after another Amish woman is found murdered with the same MO, it becomes clear that the wrong man may have been blamed for her family’s deaths.

As Leah and the new police chief, Dalton Cooper, work long hours struggling to fit the pieces together in order to catch the killer, they can’t help but grow closer. When secrets from both of their pasts begin to surface, an unexpected connection between them is revealed. But this is only the beginning. Could it be that the former police chief framed an innocent man to keep the biggest secret of all buried? And what will it mean for Leah–and Dalton–when the full truth comes to light?

USA Today bestselling author Mary Alford keeps you guessing as two determined souls plumb the dark depths of the past in order to forge a brighter future–together.

“Among the Innocent is no buggy ride BUT A RACE TO STOP A KILLER”
– DiAnn Mills, bestselling and award-winning author

About The Author

Mary Alford is a USA Today bestselling author who loves giving her readers the unexpected, combining unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots that result in stories the reader can’t put down. Her titles have been finalists for several awards, including the Daphne Du Maurier, the Beverly, the Maggie, and the Selah. She and her husband live in the heart of Texas in the middle of 70 acres with two cats and one dog.

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