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NetGalley: All Eyes on Him by Iliana Xander

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Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Published: 12/2/2025 Pages: 370 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Review: ARC from NetGalley and Publisher Amazon He’s the Man of the Year. But is he really a monster? When Natalie saw her best friend leaving the club with a handsome stranger, she never would have thought that the next morning, her friend would be discovered unconscious at a bus stop. What happened that night? Only her best friend knows. And until she recovers from her coma, she won’t be able to tell her side of the story. Natalie is desperate for answers – so she can’t believe her luck when she comes across a photo of the man her friend left with. Except he’s on the cover of a magazine, being heralded as the ‘Man of the Year’. This man appears untouchable. He’s a millionaire. He’s famous. But Natalie suspects he’s dangerous. To prove it, she takes up a job as the housekeeper at his mansion. Her plan is simple. Watch his every move. Gather the evidence. And make him pay. But when she discovers that...
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NetGalley: Daughter of Egypt by Marie

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Publisher: St. Martin's Press Published: 3/24/2026 Pages: 352 Genre: Historical Fiction Review: ARC NetGalley Amazon   1920’s London was enthralled by the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Filled with priceless statues, jewels, and the gold-encased mummy of the boy Pharaoh himself, the burial site unleashed a fascination with the ancient world and revolutionized the world of archeology. The discovery was made by Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle and his associate, famed archeologist Howard Carter. What no one knows is that without the pioneering spirit of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Carnarvon’s daughter, the tomb might never have been found. As a young woman, Evelyn was fascinated by the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who had to assume the guise of a man in order to rule Egypt. Although she brought peace and prosperity to Egypt, her male successors ruthlessly and thoroughly erased her name from history. Lady Evelyn’s ambition to find the tomb of Egypt’s first w...
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NetGalley: Sundown Girls by L.S. Stratton

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Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Published: 1/27/2026 Pages: 310 Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Paranormal Review: NetGalley ARC and publisher Amazon When sixteen-year-old Naomi Stoakes and her family head to a secluded cabin in the Shenandoah Valley for summer vacation they don’t know the small, mountainous town of Sparksburg, Virginia has a dark and twisted past. But when they arrive, Naomi can’t shake the feeling that something about Sparksburg just isn’t right. When she learns Sparksburg had once been a Sundown Town—a town where Blacks weren’t allowed after sunset lest they be murdered—well Naomi’s unease starts to make sense. As Naomi digs more into Sparksburg’s violent origins, she finds herself haunted by the ghost of a girl, appearing nightly outside her window. Then she learns of two girls who’ve recently gone missing and suspects the past may still be present in Sparksburg and beneath the quaint façade of this tourist town is a palpable danger. When Naomi decides to track the disap...
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Kindle Unlimited: Camp Lanier by Sylvester Barzey

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Publisher: Self Published: 10/19/2025 Pages: 204 Genre: Teen Review: Kindle Unlimited Amazon At Camp Lanier, the horror is no ghost story. Taylor Johnson didn’t mean to hurt anyone. When she’s caught shoplifting with her wealthy white friends, she’s the one who takes the fall. Her only way out? Agreeing to work in a community service program that takes at-risk youth and employs them at Camp Lanier for the summer. Taylor’s heard the rumors about Camp Lanier. Everyone has. Urban legends say that an all Black town was forced out to create the lake, and it has been cursed ever since. Taylor’s too old to believe in ghost stories. But if the ghosts aren’t real, why is she the only one who can hear someone crying at night? Why are kids disappearing? And the whispers of a serial killer named the Atlanta Ripper stalking the woods… that can't be real, can it? None of it makes sense. Kids have been “running away” from Camp Lanier for the last 52 years, and Taylor wants to find out why – even...
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Library book: Keep your Friends Close by Cynthia Murphy

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Publisher: Delacorte Press Published: 9/2/2025 Pages: 365 Genre: Mystery Thriller/ YA Review: library book Amazon Chloe Roberts is on top of the world. After a stellar first year at the prestigious Morton Academy, she’s a shoo-in for Head Girl and a coveted position in the school’s secret society, Jewel and Bone. But her dreams are shattered when her best friend, Nikhita Patel, unfairly snatches the top spot—and steals Chloe's boyfriend at the same time. Heartbroken and humiliated, Chloe discovers a shocking truth: Jewel and Bone isn’t as secret as she thought. The rest of the school despises the Jewels, and there’s even a “Book of Crime and Punishment” cataloging their misdeeds. Things take a very dark turn when the names in the book start to correlate with murders of Jewel and Bone members on campus. Suddenly, anyone could be a suspect. And now, Chloe must navigate a web of lies and deceit to get to the bottom of this twisted game before she’s next on the kill list.
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Kindle Unlimited: The 31st Trick-or-Treater Ben Farthing

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Publisher: Farthing Agency Published: 9/24/2025 Pages: 332 Genre: Halloween, Teen, Paranormal Review: Kindle Unlimited Amazon Thirty-one nights. Thirty-one chapters. One final nightmare. Last Halloween, thirty trick-or-treaters vanished into the night. This October, they’re coming back—one by one, each day of the month. But every child carries the same chilling warning: something is returning on the 31st. Bob has never stopped searching for his daughter. Now, as the shadows of Halloween grow longer, he must face the darkness that stole her—before it takes everything again. The 31st Trick-or-Treater is a Halloween advent novel: thirty-one nights, thirty-one chapters, and one final nightmare waiting on Halloween.
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Library book: Eddie Flynn #5 Fifty Fifty Steve Cavanagh

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Publisher: Atria Books Published: 6/3/2025 Pages: 384 Genre: Thriller/Mystery Review: Amazon Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do you believe? “911 what’s your emergency?” “My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.” “My dad’s dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.” One of them is a liar and a killer. But which one?
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