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The Lantern Men

Publisherโ€™s Description Everything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with.… Continue reading The Lantern Men

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Foxglove Summer

Publisherโ€™s Description When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved. Itโ€™s purely routineโ€”Nightingale, Peterโ€™s superior, thinks heโ€™ll be done in less than a day. But Peterโ€™s never been one to walk away from someone in trouble,… Continue reading Foxglove Summer

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Revival

Publisherโ€™s Description In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later,… Continue reading Revival

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Curse of Bronze

Publisherโ€™s Description Bella Hathaway comes from a family of daredevil adventurers -- but she's a a quiet scholar of magical languages who wouldn't say boo to a goose. When her curse-breaker aunt is murdered in the Eldritch Library, Bella inherits a house full of dangerous artefacts & talking furniture. As she investigates her aunt's death,… Continue reading Curse of Bronze

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Engines of Empathy

Publisherโ€™s Description Charlotte Pudding, computer psychologist and recent orphan, is not precisely thrilled with her lot in life (and not just because of the โ€˜orphanโ€™ bit). Nevertheless, having her routine disrupted by a shadowy corporation, a man who claims to be a retired god, and the secrets of her own family history isnโ€™t a walk… Continue reading Engines of Empathy

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The Twisted Ones

Publisherโ€™s Description: When Mouseโ€™s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but thereโ€™s moreโ€”Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfatherโ€™s journal, which at first… Continue reading The Twisted Ones

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Horseman

Publisherโ€™s Description Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben Van Bruntโ€™s grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Brom says thatโ€™s just legend, the village gossips talking. More than thirty years after… Continue reading Horseman

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Cold as Hell

Publisherโ€™s Description: The town of OpenFields is cold as hell... Magic exists in OpenFields, and everyone but Adie plays their part. So what happens when murder and strangers visit the secret town? Adie's normal isn't "normal." Cameras watch her sleep, the eyes of the townsfolk narrow at her sight, and when she discovers her bosses'… Continue reading Cold as Hell

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My Heart is a Chainsaw

*** I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley *** Publisherโ€™s Description: โ€œSome girls just donโ€™t know how to dieโ€ฆโ€ Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in… Continue reading My Heart is a Chainsaw

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Dark Christmas Lore

Christmas is a time for celebration and family gatherings, right? Strictly speaking, yes. But there are darker lores beneath the celebration many of us enjoy each year. The folklore surrounding the Krampus and even Saint Nicholas and the Butcher are grisly territory. When I travelled to Iceland in 2019 for research, I found a very… Continue reading Dark Christmas Lore