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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown – A Highlyly Unrealistic, Fast-Paced Thriller

Angels and Demons is a fast-paced thriller novel that blends themes of science-fiction, art, history, religion, and world politics. This is the first novel in a series of standalone thriller books featuring the lead character Robert Langdon. A high-stakes crime has occurred and the clues left by the criminals indicate that an ancient, dangerous cult has resurfaced after a long time of hiding away. This is Langdon’s area of academic expertise, so he is brought to the location, and he learns that there is not much time left before the ticking bomb could cause mass murder or whatever the criminals have planned. Can he help stop the incident?

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A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry

A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry – Is This Novella a Fitting Sequel?

In this sequel to The Perfect Child, Janie, an eighteen-year-old is released from juvenile detention, and this is the talk of the small town because Janie was one of the most violent, sociopathic children. She had gone through severe torture, abuse, and neglect during her childhood, so she herself was a victim, but she had murdered two people when she was a child and had severely harassed and tortured roommates, peers, and others she lived with. Now, though, she has changed her name, she claims to have changed as a person, she has published a bestseller book detailing her past, and is promoting the same, blaming the Bauers, the couple who adopted her when she was a troubled kid. While Janie advocates that everyone deserves second chances, Hannah Bauer is certain that Janie couldn’t have changed. The plot thickens with unbelievable acts of torture and smart plot twists.

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These Cold Strangers by J. T. Ellison – A Dark Short Story

Addison Blake has moved far away from the home and the town she grew up in after her entire family and her boyfriend were murdered in their own home when she was a young girl, out partying with her friends. Initially, even the police blamed her. Even though she is far away now, she is still under medication and therapy and carries a massive survivor’s guilt. Call it fate or coincidence, but she is made to visit her past. How will that turn out?

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Eleven Numbers by Lee Child – A Fast-Paced, Non-Violent Political Thriller

Nathan Tyler is an unassuming, brilliant mathematics professor who is surprised by a sudden call he receives one morning. The American government wants his help, they say, to work on something important, for which he has to travel to Russia. Professor Fergusson thinks that he is crazy – which American would go to Russia when international political tensions are running so high? But Tyler agrees to do the job because this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And the stakes are high, he could even get killed or lost or kidnapped, who knows?

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Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce

Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce – A Fast-Paced Detective Story from The Ella Dark Series

Ella Dark, anambitious, hard-working FBI data analyst who has been studying serial killers and their criminal profiles for as long as she remembers yearns for a field job. When an opportunity presents itself, she is excited but quickly learns that studying murders from a desk and watching dead bodies of victims of obsessive, psychopathc rage in person are not the same. A new serial killer is on the loose, so can Ella prove her worth to the department?

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