Murder at the Fair by Verity Bright ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Whether you are relaxing on your front porch or taking a trip to the beach, this cozy mystery is the perfect accompaniment. It is a quick, fun read that I finished in just a couple of days - great for a lazy weekend of reading.

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Rabbits by Terry Miles ~ a Review

by MK French

Rabbits is an alternate reality game that began in 1959, using the entire world as its canvas. Ten editions had come out since its beginning, with nine winners that no one can identify, and no one knows what they actually won. Now it's the eleventh iteration, and the millionaire Scarpio, rumored to be the sixth winner, hires the Rabbits obsessive K to fix what went wrong with the game. But Scarpio goes missing before K can figure it out, and the world may pay the price.

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Crown of the Sundered Empire by J.C. Kang ~ a Review

by MK French

Tomas has a misshapen face and a glass eye, so the townsfolk make fun of him. The only person that doesn’t is the Rune vendor’s daughter, and he tries to convince her that he has second sight to impress her. However, when magic-fearing invaders remove his mismatched eye, the glass replacement is actually demon-infested. Now he truly has second sight after a fashion and has to use his cunning to maneuver through the world without letting the surrounding armies know about the demon, which would carry a death sentence.

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Primordial by David L Sobel ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

"'People are dying...getting killed.  I have given you eight murders, but there are likely many more.  I have also given you the next probable five.  Those people, they are targets.'" (p 14)

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2 Audiobooks for Fans of Historical Fiction

by Donna Huber

There is not much I love more on a warm summer day than to lay in the shade with my eyes closed and a breeze softly wafting across my skin. What makes that scenario even better? An audiobook that transports me to a different time or place. Two audiobooks that I recently listened are perfect for such a day. Both are historical fiction stories based on real people in real places.

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Wintersfall by Sarah Westill ~ a Review

by MK French

A professional assassin’s daughter, Katria is looking for her mother and sister’s killer. She agrees to work for the Sziverian government in exchange for a deeper investigation into their deaths, and that included working with Sean Blackbain. Unfortunately, a contract they had signed for a mission also means they’re married. Now they have to field both secret missions and the hidden dangers of Guardian society.

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The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

"My hope is that someday when humanity regains its sanity, people will know that the only way to be saved from barbarianism is by love:  loving books, loving people and, though you may call me crazy, loving our enemies.  There's no doubt that love is the most revolutionary choice and, therefore, the most persecuted  and reviled." (p xii)

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The Ming Storm by Yan Leisheng ~ a Review

by MK French

In sixteenth-century China, the Assassins are gone. Zhang Yong, the leader of the Eight Tigers, eliminated all rivals, allowing the Templars to hold all the power. Shao Jun, the only survivor, vows revenge and travels to Europe to train with the legendary Ezio Auditore. When she returns, she must find allies to defeat the Eight Tigers.

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