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I remember not liking the first book in this series, perhaps to the point that I didn’t even finish it, but decided I’ve give this one a shot. This one is better than the first (I actually finished it), and is just good enough that I’ll read another book in the series. This is far from the best romantic suspense series out there — the
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The beginning of this book really threw me off, but I’m glad I pushed through and kept going. It’s a decent historical mystery — not the best, but not the worst either. The romance portion was pretty mild, and there wasn’t a lot of chemistry between Trent and Calista. But I did enjoy the mystery portion of the story (Calista has a stalker, but who
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This was an enjoyable cross between a police procedural and a caper novel. On one side are 4 college friends, Pender, Marie, Sawyer, and Mouse. These four chose an unconventional career path after graduation — they started kidnapping people for ransom. The way they see it, no one is getting hurt, they’re just losing a little bit of money. Except one day they choose the
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This is the first Alafair Burke I’ve picked up, and I’m glad I did. It made me realize it had been a while since I read a good thriller and how much I enjoy them! The main character here is Olivia Randall, a New York defense attorney who receives a call one morning from the daughter of her ex-fiance, Jack. He’s been arrested for murder,
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