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Her, Too by Bonnie Kistler

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Perhaps inevitably, the #MeToo movement would uncover complicated situations that go beyond simply punishing sexual predators – which is hardly a simple matter itself – and in Bonnie Kistler’s new thriller, Her, Too, the author reveals a bundle of them. When the story opens, Boston-based…
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Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray

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Debut fiction author Hiawatha Bray draws on his deep knowledge and experience in writing this highly entertaining techno-thriller set mostly in Boston. Like Bray himself, his protagonist, Weldon Drake, is a technology reporter for a leading newspaper, and both are deacons in an African-American Baptist…
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Before She Disappeared

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After over a decade Lisa Gardner has given us a new standalone novel. It’s a cracker too, with a compelling central character. Frankie Elkin is a middle-aged white woman, an alcoholic and a loner who is also addicted to finding missing people. She’s a rank…
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Rules for Perfect Murders

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In this entertaining novel, Peter Swanson has concocted the perfect plot for lovers of classic mysteries. Malcolm Kershaw, the widowed part-owner of Boston’s Old Devils Bookstore wrote a blog post some years ago that described what he considered the best depictions of the perfect murder….
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