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Overview

Three nuns are murdered in the attic of a Boston convent.
There are no witnesses.
No shell casings.
The only things missing are their rosaries.

Days later, a Boston medium claims her spirit guide has identified the killer: a broken priest with an antique revolver. A single newspaper column turns that claim into a city-wide witch hunt.

Harvard “pope whisperer” Cal Donovan and former Vatican power broker Elisabetta Celestino step into the city’s séance rooms to test the story. What they uncover is a trail of antique ballistics, buried secrets, and a generations-old vendetta that reaches back to Arthur Conan Doyle and the birth of modern Spiritualism.

To save an innocent man, Cal and Elisabetta must decide whether they are chasing a brilliant fraud who hides behind the dead, or facing something far more unsettling: the dead really are answering back.

From international bestselling author Glenn Cooper, Covenant of the Dead is a standalone Cal Donovan thriller blending historical mystery, murder, and religious intrigue for readers of Dan Brown and Steve Berry.

Review

Three nuns are murdered in the attic of a Boston convent.
There are no witnesses.
No shell casings.
The only things missing are their rosaries.

I love a tale that keeps you guessing…and then some. I enjoyed the dip into mysticism and seances. Add in the biblical references and…this will come as a surprise…Arthur Conan Doyle and you have a good read.

And that is just part of this story. Don’t forget about the murders and the innocent man that has been arrested. This is a wild ride indeed!

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Overview

A hijacked New York subway train, an anonymous killer, and a young man trapped by his hidden past converge in a breathless, breathtaking thriller

Do not turn off your phone
Do not get off the train
I know who you really are 

Fired and walked out by security on his first day at his new job in New York City, Ben Cross thought his day couldn’t get worse. But he couldn’t be more wrong. Getting on the 1 train headed uptown, Ben starts receiving text messages from an anonymous killer, showing that they’ve already killed someone, then pointedly killing another as they got off the train to prove they aren’t bluffing and to ensure Ben follows orders. But Ben wasn’t picked at random—he has a history that no one is supposed to know. 

At the same time, A NYPD detective, Kelly Hendricks, is on punishment duty with the transit police. The first one on the scene after the first murder, she gets on the train to find out what is really going on. 

Switching rapidly between Cross and Hendricks, as the hijacked 1 train heads from South Ferry to 181st, the secret to the killer lies in Ben’s own history—why he’s been targeted and punished.

Review

Fired and walked out by security on his first day at his new job in New York City, Ben Cross thought his day couldn’t get worse. Getting on the 1 train headed uptown, Ben starts receiving text messages from an anonymous killer, showing that they’ve already killed someone, then pointedly killing another as they got off the train to prove they aren’t bluffing and to ensure Ben follows orders. But Ben wasn’t picked at random—he has a history that no one is supposed to know. 

I enjoyed this unconventional thriller! I mean, a hijacked train in NYC! But the text messages that tried to get Ben to do what they wanted….oh boy! And don’t get me started on the cops!

Plus, the way this author wove the story around Ben. I was hooked. I really think I was more attached to Ben’s past. I really want to know more about that part of the tale. That needs to be the author’s next book! Ben is definitely a character I want to know more about!

Need a quick thriller that will have your emotions all over the place…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women’s lives and the nuances of their voices.”—Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review

A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life—from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of After Annie

No one knows you like your book club.

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF—Polly’s book club friends have heard about it all.

But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.

Written with Anna Quindlen’s trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.

Review

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends. But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers.

Y’all know I love a good family mystery. But there are a lot of things going on in this novel, plus a lot of characters. And with all of that…there are a lot a dead spots too.

I did enjoy Polly. She is struggling with IVF, and this is mentioned WAY TOO MANY TIMES. But, she is doing her best. So, when she meets this young girl she is supposedly related to, it changes her life. Polly discovers a few things and learns quite a bit more than she expected.

This is a novel of friendship and overcoming things that life throws at you. It was just a bit slow and drawn out.

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Rebecca meets The Craft in this dark, atmospheric novel of one witch rediscovering her power while on the run from another willing to kill her for it. 

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Bane Witch!

Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities. But when she arrived at Solidago, her grandfather’s estate by the sea, she was forced to keep them secret. There she lived a harsh life under his rule and the haunting legacy of her late grandmother, Aurelia. Until the fateful day she ignited a fire with her magic. It was the last time she saw her family alive.

Seventeen years later, she’s living in Seattle as Jude Clark, and failing at life, when she makes a last detour through her favorite bookstore, selecting a book to read as she waits to die. But when she pulls it from the shelf, an invitation to her for a clandestine midnight meeting slips out.

Jude is quickly swept up into a world of secrets and magic, discovering a circle of powerful new companions led by the mysterious, enigmatic Arla. The source of their magic, Arla tells her, is an entity, trapped and bound, that they call The Fathom. But Jude swiftly realizes Arla wants this power all to herself, and that she’s willing to kill for it.

Terrified, Jude turns to Levi, the handsome bookseller who’s seen her at her worst. With his help, she begins a research journey that leads her all the way back to Solidago, the house she swore to never return to. Now, the Fathom threatening to break free and Arla on the hunt, Jude must finally face her past to save her future.

Ava Morgyn’s Only Spell Deep is a novel that takes readers on a journey into a dark, glittering world of magic, a place where power should never be caged and misplaced trust can have deadly consequences.

“Only Spell Deep is beautifully written and richly immersive, weaving a gothic atmosphere with supernatural tension in a story about reclaiming one’s power in more ways than one and unraveling generational trauma. Morgyn builds a world that feels both mythic and real, where gods walk among us and the most terrifying magic is the kind passed down through blood. This novel cast a lasting spell on me. I was all in.” – Katy Foraker, author of Memories, Lies, and Other Binds

“Only Spell Deep is a dark parable of feminine rage and power, blending horror, fantasy, and mythology seamlessly into the streets and hidden places of modern-day Seattle. With gorgeous prose, Ava Morgyn weaves a spell of her own and gives us a courageous heroine to root for.” – Alyssa Palombo, author of The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

Review

Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities. But when she arrived at Solidago, her grandfather’s estate by the sea, she was forced to keep them secret. There she lived a harsh life under his rule and the haunting legacy of her late grandmother, Aurelia. Until the fateful day she ignited a fire with her magic. It was the last time she saw her family alive.

This started out pretty strong. And I was engrossed quickly. Then it just got weird and fell flat. The middle of this tale just did not go anywhere. But give it time, the ending is pretty intense.

I enjoyed Jude, up to a point. She has quite a lot of trauma and secrets in her past. So, this endears her to the reader. I mean…I couldn’t help but feel for her. Then she does some stuff to her friends and I would have liked to have jerked her bald headed.

I did enjoy the magic and the underground tunnels of Seattle. Pretty unique.

I have read only read one other by this author. I really enjoyed The Witches of Bone Hill .

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A buried relic. An angelic language. A choice between heaven and hell.

When archaeologist Hiram Donovan smuggles a polished disc of black obsidian out of an Iraqi monastery, he’s murdered—and the secret of the “showstone” vanishes with him.

Thirty years later, Harvard religion professor Cal Donovan learns the truth about his father’s death and discovers the stone is real, coveted by believers and fanatics who think it can unlock a lost “49th call” in the angelic Enochian language. Some see a key to paradise. Others, a gateway to something far darker.

From Elizabethan magus John Dee’s notebooks to modern‑day scryers and ruthless enemies, Cal is thrust into a race to find the showstone before it’s used to unleash catastrophe. Expose the secret, and risk the end of everything—or bury it forever.

Review

Well! This book had me down a rabbit hole!

From Elizabethan magus John Dee’s notebooks to modern‑day scryers and ruthless enemies, Cal is thrust into a race to find the showstone before it’s used to unleash catastrophe. Expose the secret, and risk the end of everything—or bury it forever.

Cal Donovan is an interesting character. And to be honest, I didn’t much like him. He is a an alcoholic and he cheats on his girlfriend…BUT, he is smart as a whip and he is determined to find out where this stone came from and why people are getting killed for it.

I have never read this author. He has quite a few books out there and let me tell you… I am about to read them all. It has been quite a while since I have read a book in this genre, archeological/religious relic mystery. I loved all the research this book had me looking up, including the angel language, and yes, that is real! Plus, it takes you all over the globe in multiple time periods. And I was researching all of it.

This is book four and as I said before, I have not read the others in this series and I did not feel lost at all.

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