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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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Magical realism usually isn’t my thing, but I enjoyed this more than I expected to. This is mostly the story of the Soria family, who invite travelers to their Colorado desert compound and then perform miracles. These aren’t the traditional sort of miracles, because before one can be healed, they must work through their darkness, which often manifests itself in some strange physical abnormality. For
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This was a pretty basic romance — a little bit of revenge, a little bit of falling for someone you shouldn’t, a protesting family, a quick marriage. Phoebe is a little too liberated for everyone else’s comfort, yet she ends up getting married practically under protest (which definitely has the potential of rubbing some people wrong). The chemistry between Phoebe and Gabriel is ultimately very
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