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212 by Alafair Burke NYPD is at the penthouse at 212 Lafayette owned by real-estate tycoon the Sam Sparks. Inside is the corpse Robert Mancini, an employee of the Sam Sparks. Leading the investigation is Detective Ellie Hatcher, who upsets the owner with her shoes on his carpet; the tycoon seems oblivious that his employee
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The Dead-Tossed Waves (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 2) by Carrie Ryan On the shore of a horizon-spanning placid ocean is a lighthouse, its beacon a lone, strong light in the night, cutting through the darkness that enshrouds the seaside town of Vista. With her mother, Mary, Gabrielle tends to the shore, living a
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Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski Thirty-seven year old reporter Mickey Wade recently lost his position at the Philadelphia City News. Broke and heeding his mom’s advice, he moves into the apartment of his ailing grandfather to reduce his costs and to help care for his elderly relative. The Frankford neighborhood is nasty; worse than when he
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The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Here is the blurb: When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting on. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off – and no Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth
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The Night is for Hunting (The Tomorrow Series #6) by John Marsden The novel starts right where the last one ended, with Ellie, Homer, Kevin, Lee, and Fi in Stratton, hiding out in what used to be Ellie's grandmother's house. Life in the city is beginning to get rough–food is getting hard to find and
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Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas by Eden Maguire Beautiful Dead is the first book in a series created by Eden Maguire. The premise of the series is the fact that four teenagers have been killed, from Ellerton High, within a year. Two girls and two boys – all of whom were well liked. In this
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There’s nothing more important to writing a successful novel than identifying the key problem of the story. Find out how easy it is.
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Spellwright by Blake Charlton Spellwright, when looked at beyond the fascinating concept of using dyslexia to create new plot tensions, is at its heart a simple tale. There are forces of good, mysterious arcane forces, and nefarious, menacing forces of evil. Nicodemus and his mentor, the wizard Shannon, find themselves trying to clear their name
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett “Mr. Shivers” is set during the Great Depression of the 1930s, in a western America leached gray and dry until it resembles a lunar wasteland. The whole world seems to be dying, with nearly all its inhabitants sick or hungry and desperate. Across this hopeless, ravaged landscape there travels
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers was easily one of the most highly anticipated novels of early 2010 for me – the blend of horror, gritty realism, and the bleakness of the Great Depression setting instantly appealed to me, and I was ecstatic when I received an ARC for the title. Add to
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Writing a Great Novel – The Secret Every Writer Needs to Know
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There’s nothing more important to writing a successful novel than identifying the key problem of the story. Find out how easy it is.