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The Ex

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Written by Alafair Burke — Even two decades later, New York criminal defense lawyer Olivia Randall has never quite forgiven herself for the unnecessarily cruel way she broke up with her fiancé, Jack Harris. As Olivia narrates the story, we learn that nice-guy Jack had…
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The Place of Refuge

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Written by Albert Tucher — Albert Tucher has made a name for himself writing about prostitute Diana Andrews. It’s quite phenomenal, really. There are 70 short stories and a novel. He sets his work in Hawaii, and while this 160-page novella doesn’t feature Diana, there…
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Interview: Gregory W Beaubien

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Before he started writing novels, Gregory W Beaubien developed his writing skills and eye for telling detail as a journalist and feature writer. He’s now drawing on that rich background to create believable and compelling fiction. In his first book, Shadows the Sizes of Cities,…
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They All Fall Down

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Written by Tammy Cohen — Hannah is a recent patient in a women’s low security psychiatric facility called The Meadows outside London. Why she’s there isn’t clear to begin with, apart from vague references to Hannah’s daughter Emily, but its unravelling is part of the…
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The Force

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Written by Don Winslow, narrated by Dion Graham — For a while yet, every gritty, noir cop story set in urban America will be compared to the television series The Wire in terms of realism, character development, and sheer storytelling power. So the audiobook of…
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Fateful Mornings

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Written by Tom Bouman — Henry Farrell is the lone policeman who patrols the back roads of Wild Thyme township in rural northeastern Pennsylvania. Mostly his job isn’t too demanding. He can park his vehicle and spend some time enjoying the local lakes and forests…
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

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A literary crime novel that transcends the genre, Hannah Tinti’s story is about Samuel Hawley, bearer of scars from the dozen bullet wounds acquired in encounters with worse criminals, and Loo his teenage daughter. He’s raised Loo single-handed and on-the-go across America since the tragic…
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