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48 HOURS TO KILL by Andrew Bourelle Published by Crooked Lane Books If Ethan Lockhart was given the chance to do his life over, he would. In a heartbeat. As a young man trying to prove himself to the world, he took a job at a strip club owned by a shady individual known as “Shark”. Getting involved with Shark and his goons lands Ethan in jail for a short time and to reward Ethan for his silence/loyalty-Shark tells him he’ll look after his sister while he’s behind bars. But she goes missing. And then she’s declared dead. Ethan has...

  GARLAND COVE by Deborah Sheldon (Murder! Mystery! Mayhem! Book 6)   Book six in Demain Publishing’s crime-centric Murder! Mystery! Mayhem! line boasts everything a fan could want in their crime thriller book. Bank robberies, corrupt cops, shootouts, murders and doubles crosses aplenty. There is clearly never a dull moment in Garland Cove. Shane is a career criminal who has become embroiled in a web of police corruption. He works as an informant for crooked detectives in an effort to stay out of prison but finds himself becoming complicit in increasingly dangerous and deadly situations. With a loving wife at...

  COME WITH ME by Ronald Malfi Publisher: Titan Come With Me by Ronald Malfi is a perfectly paced, page-turning, supernatural thriller that immediately draws the reader into an intimate shared space with the narrator of the story, Aaron Decker. Aaron’s wife, Allison invites her husband to come with her on an errand and he turns her down. Later that day, she is a victim of a mass shooting at a mall. Stricken with grief and the overwhelming loss he has suffered, Aaron finds comfort in immersing himself in memories the couple shared over the course of the marriage. Going...

  BRAND NEW DARK by Beau Johnson   I am new to the Bishop Rider universe and the dark, sleezy, crime infested world that he haunts. Like a spectral shadow creeping through the night Rider deals out heaping doses of vigilante justice upon the bottom of the barrel scum and villainy of the world. BRAND NEW DARK by Beau Johnson gives us the low down on Rider’s dirty deeds, from when it all started to near the end and everything in between. The stories in this collection are like a collage of snapshots depicting the life of Rider scattered across...

  HEAVY METAL by Andrew Bourelle   "Andrew Bourelle’s novel, Heavy Metal, gives us a glimpse into the life of Danny, a teenager who seeks peace and stability after the suicide of his mother." This book didn't really have a description or teaser on the back cover so I went into it blind--I really loved the cover, actually, but honestly, I had no clue what this was going to be about.Turns out, this book is not horror but it is a book you should be afraid of if you're scared of your heart being wrecked. If you don't want your...