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  ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐   Stars 💯 Book Blurb A deadly prosecutor They call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States. A twisted ritualistic killing When a young woman, Skylar Edwards, is found murdered in Buckstown, Alabama, a corrupt sheriff arrests the last person to see her alive, Andy Dubois. It doesn't seem to matter to anyone that Andy is innocent. A small town boiling with rage Everyone in Buckstown believes Andy is guilty. He has no hope of a fair trial. And the local defense attorney assigned to represent him has disappeared. A former con-artist Hot shot New York lawyer Eddie Flynn travels south to fight fire with fire. He plans to destroy the prosecutors case, find the real killer and save Andy from the electric chair. But the murders are just beginning. Is Eddie Flynn next? The Devil's Advocate - Eddie Flynn 6 by Steve Cavanagh The Covid lockdown period was one of the worst periods in mo...

  ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Stars Book Blurb How far would you go to protect what you love? He’s handsome, charming, and the city’s beloved Mayor. He’s also a cheating husband. But is he a killer? When a surfer discovers the gruesome remains of council staffer Lauren Ellis in sand dunes just metres from Lord Mayor Andrew Ashley’s beachside home, rumours of his close relationship with the victim quickly begin to circulate. Andrew’s secret affair with local newspaper reporter Elle Nolan is proof he can be an unfaithful husband – but is he also guilty of murder? As the search for answers continues, Andrew refuses to tell police where he was the night of Lauren’s death. When Andrew reaches out to Elle from police lock-up begging her to provide an alibi for the night in question, she quickly realises that instead of just reporting the story, she’s about to become irrevocably entangled in it. The Alibi Review I received an Advanced Review Copy of this book and my thanks to the team of BookSirens and the aut...

⭐⭐⭐ Stars Book Blurb The most dangerous threats of all are those you’re blind to… Charlie Hart and Mitch Saunders’ new case couldn’t come at a worse time. Thomas Weihle continues to torment them both from behind bars and the stress of testifying against him is taking its toll. Things go from bad to worse when District Attorney Gerty Kolacsko’s sister disappears without a trace. With Gerty’s focus divided, they risk the unthinkable—letting that monster go free. Mitch and Charlie have no choice but to take the case before Retrieval, Inc. is even up and running, and Leah’s perilous situation triggers their worst fears. Someone close to her is trying to kill her. In poor health and completely blindsided, she doesn’t know who to trust or where to hide. Can she get to safety before her body gives out? Meanwhile, Charlie is hiding a secret that will change everything. This time she can’t run, but she’ll be damned if she’s trapped again—even if Mitch refuses to let her go. The Retrieval, Inc. ...

  ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐  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 ...

⭐⭐⭐   . 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...

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...

  From the Back Cover - The most thrilling novel of the year. Has a group of men conspired to murder each other's wives - figuring their perfect alibis will save them? That is what Beth Kemp starts to suspect, but is she losing her mind? Her husband says he fears so… I'll give this marriage one more try, Beth Kemp thinks. She is a successful crime writer in New York City, who regrets that tension has crept into her relationship with her husband, Brad. He too is a writer who, after early success, finds his career fading. Brad urges that a move to the country would make them happy again - and safe, especially Beth, to avoid the city's stress that triggers her severe asthma attacks. Beth wavers, until her close friend is murdered and the friend's husband has a perfect alibi. She finally accepts that the city with its surging crime has become too hard for her. The Kemps move to beautiful Sheffield, Connecticut, so perfect it seems too good to be true. It is. When one new fr...

  From the Back Cover The only Christmas cheer this year will be from those who live to see the dawn . . . For hardened NYPD homicide detectives Ilsa Dunbar and Andy Alvilda, Christmas represents a holiday of horrors. Every December for the past decade, a cult of serial killers the press calls the Christmas Cannibals has chewed the Big Apple to its core. Creeping in under cover of darkness, they bypass the finest security systems and slaughter entire families, leaving wreckage and half-eaten corpses in their wake. But as Dunbar and Alvilda’s investigation leads them from one horrifying crime scene to another, they begin to realize there is something dark and deadly lurking in the shadows. It is an ancient evil whose roots are wrapped around the most iconic Christmas figure of all. And for those who meet its fiery gaze, the legend of Santa Claus will never be the same. If you're a fan of must-read horror fiction books like Brom's Krampus: the Yule Lord, gripping mythological thr...

From the Back Cover What would YOU do for family? When F.B.I. agent Emily Gayle’s partner is brutally murdered, Emily forsakes her career at the bureau and returns home to the North Carolina mountains to care for her disabled father. Guilt ridden over leaving her partner alone to die, Emily takes a job as an end-of-life caregiver. Deep in Appalachia, Jude Courtland is desperate for a fast buck to pay for his grandmother’s chemotherapy. Together with his brother Crispin and cousin Devo, the trio takes to hijacking insulin delivery vans and selling the stolen drugs on the black market. When Emily is assigned to cancer patient Hazel Courtland, the line separating right and wrong begins to blur. As the hijackings escalate and turn violent, Emily’s intuition hones in on startling evidence she can no longer ignore. Struggling with the truth, Emily is torn between her conscience and her loyalty to a dying woman. With her own life in jeopardy, Emily’s forced to take a side. Right or wrong, the...

From the Back Cover  When the evil Inheritors begin exterminating spider-characters throughout the Multiverse, every single Spider-Man ever is needed to save the day! An interdimensional Spider-Army gathers to fight Morlun and his deadly family, but none of them is safe as the Prophecy comes to fruition! What will this brutal war for survival mean for Peter Parker and the rest of the spiders? Starring the Superior Spider-Man, the Ultimate Universe's Miles Morales and Jessica Drew, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Silk, Kaine, Scarlet Spider, MC2's Spider-Girl, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 1602, Spider-Ham, Spider-Monkey, Lady Spider, Spider-Punk, Spider-UK, a spider-powered Gwen Stacy...and hundreds more, from the beloved to the obscure! Collecting:AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #7-15, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #32-33, SPIDER-VERSE #1-2, SPIDER-VERSE TEAM-UP #1-3, SCARLET SPIDERS #1-3, SPIDER-WOMAN (2014) #1-4, SPIDER-MAN 2099 (2014) #6-8 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 (GUARDIANS...