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High Season by John Loomis

High Season by John Loomis

Frank Coffin had been a well-respected Baltimore homicide detective. But when he started having panic attacks at crime scenes, he was forced to go home to Cape Cod, where the worst crimes were usually break-ins, bicycle thefts, and domestic disputes. That is, until a vacationing televangelist turns up dead on the beach wearing a wig, a muumuu, and one size-twelve pump. Not to mention the raspberry-colored taffeta scarf strangling his neck.

Frank and his partner, Officer Lola Winters, begin checking out the drag bars and isolated trysting spots the reverend might have frequented. However, when the body count starts to rise, it becomes alarmingly clear that a killer with an agenda is at large in Provincetown. And Coffin’s fears – like unwelcome summer tourists – have returned in full force….

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Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

With her knack for being in trouble’s way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte’s, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover, Eric Northman, and his “child”, Pam, are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn into the plot – which is much more complicated than she knows.

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the ‘cemetery of lost books’, a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out ‘La Sombra del Viento’ by Julian Carax.

But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax’s work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

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Getting Sassy by D.C. Brod

Getting Sassy by D.C. Brod

With her nearly broke and practically homeless mother about to land on her doorstep, Robyn Guthrie learns that desperation can play havoc with a daughter’s scruples. Otherwise, why would she even consider kidnapping a goat and holding it for ransom?

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Dark Places

Dark Placesby Gillian Flynnread by Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, Robertson DeanPublished 2009 by Random House Audio13 hours, 43 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 3/5 Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas”. As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the … Continue reading »

Three Bags Full

Three Bags Fullby Leonie Swannread by Josephine BaileyPublished 2007 by Tantor Audio9 hours, 7 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 5/5 On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, the members of the flock gather around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared for the sheep, reading them … Continue reading »

Shadowfever

Shadowfever(Fever #5)by Karen Marie Moningperformed by Natalie Ross and Phil GigantePublished 2011 by Brilliance Audio19 hours, 57 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 5/5 MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country … Continue reading »

Dreamfever

Dreamfever(Fever #4)by Karen Marie Moningperformed by Natalie Ross and Phil GigantePublished 2009 by Brilliance Audio12 hours, 16 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 5/5 He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister’s murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match for the Lord Master, who has unleashed an insatiable … Continue reading »

Faefever

Faefever(Fever #3)by Karen Marie Moningperformed by Joyce BeanPublished 2008 by Brilliance Audio9 hours, 50 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 4/5 He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now … Continue reading »

Bloodfever

Bloodfever(Fever #2)by Karen Marie Moningperformed by Joyce BeanPublished 2007 by Brilliance Audio9 hours, 3 minutes. Unabridged.Rating: 4/5 MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland’s shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets.In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh-a million-year-old … Continue reading »