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  • The Friday Review: Person of Interest

    By J. Warner Wallace As much as I love a good mystery book, I also roll my eyes at the obsession with true crime documentaries and podcasts. Sure, the investigation part is cool, but no one in their right mind would want to live through that experience. However, this book caught my attention. True crime…

  • The Friday Review: Love and Baseball

    By Jaime Jo Wright and Chloe JoAnne As a former middle school librarian, I got burnt out on cheap and trashy YA books years ago. Where are the good books that actually promoted values and healthy relationships? Where are the books for teens that are populated with normal characters and situations? What happened to storytelling…

  • Counterfeit Hope

    By Crystal Caudill Landkreis, Indiana is under the thumb of the notorious Thorne Family. Leaving terror and desolation in their wake, the Thornes, led by their half-crazed matriarch, Ma Thorne, have killed anyone who crossed them. And Lu Thorne is ready to cross them. As her young son grows, Lu is desperate to spare him…

  • The Friday Review: Sung in the Shadows

    By Crystal Caudill As a young child, Eleanora was kidnapped from an opera house while her mother, the famous Constanza Brisbane, sang on stage. Despite her miraculous escape, the traumatic event has haunted her and her parents ever since. Now an adult, Eleanora lives under an assumed name and is forbidden to have anything to…

  • The Friday Review: Counterfeit Truth

    By Crystal Caudill Broderick Cosgrove is deep undercover in Cincinnati, trying to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. But his deep loyalty to his work as a Secret Service agent is tested when his investigation leads him to Colonel Plane, the grandfather and caregiver of his former fiancee, Theresa. Though he had broken off their engagement…

  • The Friday Review: Her Cold Justice (Keera Duggan #3)

    By Robert Dugoni And yet another fantastic book to start my 2026! Keera Duggan is making a name for herself in the defense attorney law firm her father founded. And while her own family dynamics are complicated, she knows how important family is. When her detective’s nephew is arrested for double homicide and drug charges,…

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