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The Complete Callaghan Tetralogy
The Complete Callaghan Tetralogy is a well-conceived tale for those who enjoy smart, complex, global intrigue. A London businessman, brutally tortured by the Russian mafia when he is mistaken for his father, seeks revenge and personal...
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A Foreign Shore
Intricate world-building makes this complex fantasy a fun and rewarding undertaking. Members of a medieval royal family and their followers encounter more than they bargained for when their invasion of a distant province unearths deadly,...
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What She Knew
A Wall Street power player must navigate complicated family relationships in this poignant novel. A Wall Street money manager tries to reconnect with her estranged relatives while weathering the 2008 financial meltdown in What She Knew,...
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Missing Mona
This engaging and romantic story is packed with action and intrigue. A disenchanted twenty-something’s solo, cross-country road trip turns dangerous when a hitchhiker draws him into a Chicago crime web. "Missing Mona" is Joe...
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Rekindled
"Rekindled" is an insightful account of early American thinking regarding the separation of church and state. Early American colonists fleeing religious oppression in England grapple with deep questions of church and state separation in...
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Dawn and Sunset
"Dawn and Sunset" is a well researched, nicely written, organized account of early Mesopotamian history. Some of the world’s first cities emerge, prosper, and decline over the course of several millennia while their citizens chart...
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The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa
Poignant passages describing both the setting and Espinosa’s rich and heartbreaking backstory strengthen the power of this historical novel. Felipe Espinosa was a vicious man. But what about his early years led him to torture and...
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Orphan in America
This is storytelling at its best, a deeply engrossing tale about an unforgettable collection of original characters. An Antebellum-era American immigrant family endures separation, grief, and unrelenting toil and misfortune in "Orphan in...