Hollywood screenwriter Misha has just received his first Oscar nomination, but is unable to enjoy it. He’s just been asked by studio heads to kill off a gay character in his ultra-successful television series as “gay tragedy” sells more than triumph. When he refuses, his personal and professional lives begin to suffer. Can Misha continue…
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD follows chronically anxious Gilda as she navigates her way through a world where death lurks around every corner. Or does it? Her crippling health-anxiety, along with her deep-seated need to please everyone but herself, runs nearly every aspect of her life. Accepting a job as a receptionist…
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE follows Bill Furlong, a coal merchant, as he prepares for the busy holiday season in Ireland. While making a delivery to a convent, Bill is witness to a practice that goes unspoken amongst those in town forcing him to question his morality and confront his past. Claire Keegan’s story gripped me…
Following the success of CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN, author Richard Chizmar returns to the scene of the crime with BECOMING THE BOOGEYMAN. Potentially inspired by the outcome of Michelle McNamara’s I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, the novel opens with the now convicted killer Josh Gallagher caught years after the murders had taken place through DNA…
BROKEN HARBOUR follows Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy and his rookie partner Richie as they investigate the murder of a family in an abandoned development community. As the pair arrive, the children and father lay lifeless, but the mother is still clinging to life. As the picture develops and suspects come into focus, can Mick and Richie…
CAMP DAMASCUS follows Rose Darling, a young woman raised in Neverton, a small town nestled in the Montana mountains. Neverton is also the home of Camp Damascus, the world’s most effective gay conversion camp. When Rose begins experiencing what she believes are hallucinations that feel more like memories, her perfect Christian life begins to unravel…
With CITY OF DREAMS, Don Winslow delivers his penultimate novel; the second book in his Danny Ryan Trilogy. After escaping Rhode Island, Ryan takes up residence on the West Coast hoping to put the mob life behind him. However, as we all know, it isn’t that easy. Ryan has made a lot of powerful enemies…
Approached by his lawyer Moxie Castin, Charlie Parker is tasked with clearing the name of a mother accused of murdering her child. It isn’t going to be easy. The deck is stacked against her in the form of a bloody blanket found at the scene and an ambitious prosecutor; a combination that should make Parker…
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