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                                                                       click on the image to go to amazon Skeptic in Salem by Fiona Grace is a light and engaging cosy mystery. Mia Bold a part-time debunker of paranormal events, finds herself without a job while her Fiance reveals that he is a self-centred hypocrite. In defiance of her family, she moves to Salem when offered a job as a podcast host for a new paranormal show. As she settles into her new life she meets antagonistic influencers and uncovers some dark secrets. When the recording of the first podcast is followed by a murder, Mia finds herself as the prime suspect. Mia must face the challenge and use her sleuthing talents to find out what happened the night of the murder and who might be responsible. Will she uncover the truth in time...

click on the image to go to amazon The Witching place was a pleasurable read. It is a light whodunnit in true cosy style. Rachel Sage has always wanted to own a second-hand book store like the one her father had when she was a child. When she is made redundant at the publishing firm where she worked she also loses her boyfriend. Faced with nothing holding her back she decides to move to a little seaside town to work at the Curious Bookstore The bookstore proves to have its secrets and Rachel is soon in trouble with the owner and when she stumbles on the body of an important book shop client she is thrown into the murder investigation as her future is on the line. The Witching place was a good read and the audiobook is very good.

                                                                                   click on the image to go to amazon  Sometime in 936 A.D.,  Athelstan King of the United Kingdom has a life-changing event and vows to be a better king. He promises to address treason, theft, and social order to make his kingdom fair and just. Move forward more than a thousand years to the present day and we meet political leaders facing one of, if not the greatest test of their governments. As prison inmates over the globe start to die, no one is safe. Through glimpses into the leaders and how they react to social media exchanges of individuals, the scope of the crisis is laid bare. But what do King Athelstan and a 70-year-old woman in London have to do with what is happening and what is her relationship with Bob? In The Knackerman Who Salvaged the Stars, Caroline A. Connell creates an intertwined, fast-moving novel. In The Knackerman Who Salvaged the Stars, Caroline Connell takes a hard look at what we

                                                                click on the image to go to amazon The Chocolate Prophesy – E.L. Ward falls comfortably into the genre of Epic Fantasy. The story starts with Jek the unimportant lighthouse keeper and his wife Audrey –though she looks more like and Aaliyah- who are both kidnapped by The Old Man on the very day that the Inquisition and the Inspector also come for their respective duties. They go on a harrowing journey to find the Indigo Knights who must help save the world. They have to run from the Despotopian assassins and make allies out of some of the most unlikely enemies. Visit the Wading Island and converse with Dragons. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Idriulthoronton Archipelago, Parissah and Horus Templar follow their own journeys that will lead them to join the unprepared saviours of the world. In the tradition of Tolkien, a grand adventure begins with two characters who go on an unexpected (though forced) adventure, then the

                                                                     click on the image to go to amazon or go to  Smashwords In Wings of Mayhem by Sue Coletta, Shawnee Daniels lost her parents when she was young and spent some time living on the streets where she was taken in and trained to be a cat burglar. She uses her skills to steal from the corrupt who steal from unsuspecting victims.  She can find her targets through her work with the police as an IT specialist.  She lives with her best friend and her cats. As she searches through her latest mark – Jack Delsin’s home she discovers a secret so horrifying that she flees the home and spends the next few days in fear as she realizes that Jack knows who she is and is now threatening her loved ones. She has to navigate her life making sure that her loved ones are safe while working hard with her Lieutenant to try and apprehend The Creator before he strikes again. Wings of Mayhem is a suspenseful thriller that will keep you on the edge

  "A hunter, a necromancer, and a vampire walk into a feral den...what happens next is anyone's guess."                    Kiss me deadly - Jessie Thomas.                                                                      click on the image to go to amazon Vampires, Necromancers, Hunters, and Psychopathic cults all come together to make a great YA Fantasy in Kiss me deadly by Jessie Thomas. Sera is contacted by Nate to help him find his son. Meanwhile, she has to try and solve the murder of her previous client and becomes mixed up in an ominously overfriendly cupcake cult. All of this while she has to rebuild her relationship with her sister, whose best friend is a ghost from the Victorian era. This was a pleasure to read; the plot was interesting and the characters believable. The action is non-stop and intense, while the themes of prejudice, friendship, and family are woven into this action-packed fantasy. Readers who like Jim Butcher might find these enjoyable. I rec

Now that Sam and Dean have finished their work in America, a new kind of hunter has started working down under... click on the image to go to amazon Meet Zack Bolder a trained parapsychologist, a priest trained in the paranormal who represents the Catholic Church in cases where the supernatural or occult is suspected. In Bolder Blindsided we meet up with Bolder in the town of Walhalla where two young men have gone missing. Detective Wellock is on the case and seeing as the town is mostly known for its supernatural activity, it is an old mining town that is mostly deserted with a few residents who try to make a living off of the tourist trade.  Mostly there are Ghost Tours and guaranteed paranormal activity in most of the bed and breakfasts in town.  Bolder is called in and together with some of the townsfolk they follow a trail of disappearing tourists, encounter their fair share of spirits and a devil worshipper,  Bolder is in tune with the spirit world and knows how to read the clues