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THE PROPHETS | Robert Jones, Jr. 01.05.2021 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 4/5 stars Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended animals, but they also found refuge from the world around … Continue reading Book Review: The Prophets
THE HUNGER | Alma Katsu 03.06.2018 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 4/5 stars Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That’s the only logical explanation for the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the … Continue reading Book Review: The Hunger
THE COMPANION | Katie Alender 08.25.2020 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 5/5 stars Margot was the sole survivor of a car accident that killed her family. She has been left an orphan with no one to take her in until one day she receives word that a wealthy family wants to adopt her. Tucked away … Continue reading Book Review: The Companion
GIRLS LIKE US | Cristina Alger 07.02.2019 | Putnam Rating: 4/5 stars FBI Agent Nell Flynn has just received news that her father, Homicide Detective Martin Flynn, has died. Nell makes her way back to the hometown that she has avoided for ten years. A town that is filled with memories of her mother’s brutal … Continue reading Book Review: Girls Like Us
NOTHING STAYS BURIED | P.J. Tracy G.P. Putnam’s Sons | 08.01.2017 Rating: 4/5 stars The Monkeewrench crew is back at it in the 8th installment of this series! Centered around Minneapolis homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth, who have been sent to a crime scene in a heavily wooded park, where the scenario feels … Continue reading Book Review: Nothing Stays Buried
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