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<\/a>Within These Walls, Ania Ahlborn<\/p><\/div>\n
WITHIN THESE WALLS<\/a>:<\/strong> From indie horror author and bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn, this brand-new supernatural thriller questions: how far would you go for success, and what would you be capable of if the promise of forever was real?<\/p>\n With his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed up crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback. So when he\u2019s promised exclusive access to notorious cult leader and death row inmate Jeffrey Halcomb, the opportunity is too good to pass up. Lucas leaves New York for the scene of the crime\u2014a split-level farmhouse on the gray-sanded beach of Washington State\u2014a house whose foundation is steeped in the blood of Halcomb\u2019s diviners; runaways who, thirty years prior, were drawn to his message of family, unity, and unconditional love. Lucas wants to tell the real story of Halcomb\u2019s faithful departed, but when Halcomb goes back on his promise of granting Lucas exclusive information on the case, he\u2019s left to put the story together on his own. Except he is not alone. For Jeffrey Halcomb promised his devout eternal life\u2026and within these walls, they\u2019re far from dead.<\/p>\n The Glittering World by Robert Levy<\/p><\/div>\n THE GLITTERING WORLD<\/a>:<\/strong> In the tradition of Neil Gaiman (The Ocean at the End of the Lane<\/i>), Scott Smith (The Ruins)<\/i>, and Jason Mott (The Returned<\/i>), award-winning playwright Robert Levy spins a dark tale of alienation and belonging, the familiar and the surreal, family secrets and the search for truth in his debut supernatural thriller.<\/p>\n When up-and-coming chef Michael \u201cBlue\u201d Whitley returns with three friends to the remote Canadian community of his birth, it appears to be the perfect getaway from New York. He soon discovers, however, that everything he thought he knew about himself is a carefully orchestrated lie. Though he had no recollection of the event, as a young boy Blue and another child went missing for weeks in the idyllic, mysterious woods of Starling Cove. Soon thereafter, his mother suddenly fled with him to America, their homeland left behind.<\/p>\n But then Blue begins to remember. And once the shocking truth starts bleeding back into his life, his closest friends\u2014Elisa, his former partner in crime; her stalwart husband, Jeremy; and Gabe, Blue\u2019s young and admiring co-worker\u2014must unravel the secrets of Starling Cove and the artists\u2019 colony it once harbored. All four will face their troubled pasts, their most private demons, and a mysterious race of beings that inhabits the land, spoken of by the locals only as the Other Kind\u2026<\/p>\n Emissary, Thomas Locke<\/p><\/div>\n EMISSARY<\/a>: (Legends of the Realm Book #1):<\/strong> In this highly imaginative fantasy, a reluctant hero undertakes a dangerous and heroic quest to discover his destiny and fight against the dark forces seeking to control The Realm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Monday’s Lie, Jamie Mason<\/p><\/div>\n MONDAY’S LIE<\/a>:<\/strong> From the acclaimed author of the \u201cripping good\u201d (The New York Times<\/i>) debut novel Three Graves Full<\/i> comes a new thriller about a woman who digs into her unconventional past to confirm what she suspects: her husband wants her dead.<\/p>\n Dee Aldrich rebelled against her off-center upbringing when she married the most conventional man she could imagine: Patrick, her college sweetheart. But now, years later, her marriage is falling apart and she\u2019s starting to believe that her husband wants her gone\u2026for good.<\/p>\n Haunted by memories of her late mother Annette, a former covert operations asset, Dee reaches back into her childhood to resurrect the lessons and \u201cspy games\u201d in which she learned memory tricks and, most importantly, how and when to lie. But just as she begins delving into her past to determine the course of the future, she makes a discovery that will change her life: the money that her mother left behind. Now, Dee must investigate her suspicions before it\u2019s too late and untangle conspiracy from coincidence, using her mother\u2019s advice to steer her through the blind spots. The trick, in the end, will be in discovering if a \u201cnormal life\u201d is really what she wanted at all.<\/p>\n With pulse-pounding prose and atmospheric settings, Monday\u2019s Lie <\/i>is a thriller that delivers more of the \u201cHitchcockian menace\u201d (Peter Straub) that made Three Graves Full<\/i> a critical hit. For fans of the Coen brothers or Alexander McCall Smith, this is a book you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n Hades by Candice Fox<\/p><\/div>\n HADES<\/a>:<\/strong> Twenty years ago, two children were kidnapped and left for dead. Homicide detective Frank Bennett has an intriguing new partner. Dark, beautiful, coldly efficient, Eden Archer is one of the most enigmatic colleagues Frank has ever worked with\u2014that includes her brother Eric, who\u2019s also on the Sydney Metro police force. All of them are tested to the core when a local man discovers a graveyard of large steel toolboxes lying at the bottom of the harbor. Each box contains a grisly trove of human body parts.<\/p>\n For Frank, the madman\u2019s clues are a tantalizing puzzle. For Eden and Eric, the case holds chilling links to a scarred childhood\u2014and a murderous mentor named Hades. But the true evil goes beyond the bloody handiwork of a serial killer\u2026<\/p>\n Praise for Hades, winner of the Ned Kelly Award<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cCompelling . . . A chilling read.\u201d \u2014Sydney Morning Herald<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cA frighteningly self-assured debut with strong characters and feisty, no-nonsense writing.\u201d\u2014Qantas <\/i>magazine<\/p>\n \u201cPowerful, twisted, dark, original\u2014an incredible read.\u201d\u2014The Reading Room<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cHades combines a number of current genre tropes into something new and exciting. A little bit Dexter<\/i>, a little bit procedural, overall a great first novel.\u201d\u2014Australian Crime Writers Association<\/p>\n Tibetan Cross, Mike Bond<\/p><\/div>\n TIBETAN CROSS<\/a>:<\/strong> An American Himalayan climber stumbles on a shipment of backpack nuclear weapons headed into Tibet for explosion in China. Pursued by spy agencies and other killers across Asia, North Africa, Europe and the United States, he is captured then rescued by a beautiful young woman with whom he forms a deadly liaison. They escape, are caught and escape again, death always at their heels. A terrifying portrayal of a relentless manhunt, Tibetan Cross is also a deep inquiry into geopolitics and covert action, the dangers of nuclear war, the nature of fear, and the painful process of love.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you’ve already read any of these titles, let me know your thoughts in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n Thanks,<\/p>\n John Passarella<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I received some eBook galleys\/ARCs (Advance Reader Copy) of some upcoming (or recently released) books that I’m hoping to get to in the near future. Here’s a sneak peek: WITHIN THESE WALLS: From indie horror author and bestselling sensation Ania … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nRaised by a master criminal, they grew up to become cops. Very unusual cops . . .<\/p>\n<\/a>