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Cherokee Gold by Daniel Burke

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  ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐  Stars Blurb Some treasures are better left unfound… HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA, CURSED BY A LONG-DEAD CHEROKEE WARRIOR, A TREASURE WAITS FOR THOSE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO LOOK FOR IT. JOHN COOPER is a police detective in the small town of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Brokenhearted by the death of his wife, he’s been going through the motions since her loss, avoiding relationships and chasing small-time criminals through the present-day Cherokee Nation. That all changes the night he’s called to investigate the robbery and brutal beating of an elderly Cherokee man. Cooper soon learns the old Indian’s attackers were after more than a little drug money. For over half a century, Edward “Flying Eyes” Blalock has guarded a secret. Days before they were rounded up and sent on the infamous Trail of Tears, Blalock’s ancestors stole a fortune and hid it in a cave. The treasure is now worth over a hundred million dollars, and the old man’s attackers took something that could lead them to it. Co

An Influential Murder - Sydney Booth 2 by Wendy Owens

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⭐⭐⭐   . 5   Book Blurb Is fame something worth dying for? When social media influencer Cassie hires Sydney to catch her stalker, Sydney thinks it's a straightforward case. But as she delves deeper, Sydney discovers a tangled web of deceit and jealousy surrounding Cassie's life. With Cassie's safety on the line, Sydney must navigate the dangerous dark side of social media to uncover the truth before it's too late. Will Sydney solve the case in time to save Cassie's life? An Influential Murder Review in Amazon https://www.amazon.in/review/RN9VM2PEMIWSD Close to 3.5 stars for me.  The best part of the book is the time taken to complete it. At just over 160 pages it is an eminently short reading and can actually be completed in a single extended session. While juggling over 30 books, I still completed this in 4 days of spaced out reading.  The story line would sound familiar with incidents like this becoming a part of our daily lives. This book at heart is a whodunit an

Her Perfect Murder by AJ Faris ARC

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BLURB A nail-biting suspenseful mystery of betrayal, murder, lies and envy. Lexi felt so betrayed that she snapped. And it changed the entire course of her life. 28-year-old Lexi could have had it all, if it weren’t for that fateful night 10 years ago when she was charged with murder. Now she’s back in her close-knit hometown, Garrison, with a tarnished reputation and a criminal record to match. Her sole mission is to shed her past and learn to live her new life. After all, she already served her time. She spent a decade grieving over what happened to her best friend, even if the details are unclear. But now that private investigator Zac Booth is in town, her plan of moving on is completely derailed. He’s supposedly in town looking into a disappearance from over ten years ago. Lexi doesn’t see how she could possibly help. She doesn’t want anything to do with another mystery, even if Zac is undeniably attractive. In fact, he’s the first attractive man she’s seen in a decade who wasn’t t