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History Lessons by  Zoe B. Wallbrook  Releases on July 1, 2025  A college history professor must solve her superstar colleague's murder before she becomes the next target in this funny, romantic debut mystery, perfect for readers of Janet Evanovich, Kellye Garrett, and Ali Hazelwood. Between grading papers and navigating her disastrous love life, Daphne embarks on her own investigation to find out what connects her to Sam’s murder. With the help of an alluring former-detective-turned-bookseller, she unravels a deadly cover-up on campus. This well-crafted, voice-driven mystery introduces an unforgettable crime fiction heroine. Genre: Mystery, Romance, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Thriller, Adult  Party of Liars by  Kelsey Cox Releases on July 1, 2025  A lavish, Texas-sized Sweet Sixteen turns deadly in this twisty, pulse-pounding new novel — serving up a fresh take on a classic locked-room whodunnit. Let the festivities begin… Today is Sophie Matthews’s sixtee...

  Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Read for my book club in June 2022 and it was not my favorite book I’ve read by Moreno-Garcia. This Book is About: A few members of a local group of thugs in Mexico during the Dirty Wars and a woman named Maite who is a bored kleptomaniac who get mixed up in a political scheme with college protesters.  Maite agrees to cat-sit for her neighbor and gets an alarming call about bringing her cat and a box to a random store in a hurry. Finds out that her neighbor is one of the political radicals going against the government and gets thrown into a whirlwind of surveillance, murder, and kidnapping.  Elvis, one of the thugs under El Mago’s watch, is searching for Leonora (Maite’s neighbor) and for a roll of film that she is supposed to have possessed.  There are several people who get killed and others who go into hiding, some twists & turns, and other characters that are just annoying.  What I Liked: The afterword actua...

Mexican Gothic  by Silvia Moreno-Garcia I was checking out new releases in 2020 and this caught my eye. I’ve read a few reviews by others and even one of my favorite vloggers read it. So when I saw it on the Buy one Get one 50% off at B&N, you know I had to snag it. The other book I bought was a christmas gift for my friend, which reminds me…I have to mail out that box.  This book begins in the 1950’s with a glamorous woman named Noemí Taboada coming in from a night out to her father calling her into his office. Her father tells her that she will be traveling to see her newlywed cousin for a wellness visit after receiving a distressing letter stating there are ghosts and that her husband is poisoning her. So Noemi goes to High Place, an isolated mansion on top of the hill in the middle of the Mexican Countryside. The front for an old silver mine that was active before the revolution. From here she meets her cousins in-laws, the Doyles. Who are eerily strict and set in...