Jude Deveraux Delivers Another Atmospheric Whodunnit with ‘A Forgotten Murder’ [REVIEW]

English manor
An English estate holds many secrets in Jude Deveraux’s A Forgotten Murder. (Photo by Boys in Bristol Photography on Pexels.com)

A crime-solving trio ventures across the pond to visit a friend in her restored English manor home. But there is more afoot here than a much-needed vacation. Like it or not, there’s a mystery to solve… if the past doesn’t get the best of them first. Downton Abbey meets Murder, She Wrote in Jude Deveraux’s third Medlar mystery, A Forgotten Murder.

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Elly Griffiths’ Dr. Ruth Galloway Faces ‘The Locked Room’ Mystery in Pandemic Era Norfolk [REVIEW]

Augustine Steward House in Norwich, UK
The Augustine Steward House is only one landmark readers will visit in Elly Griffiths’ The Locked Room. (Photo courtesy Canva)

As an archaeologist and educator, Dr. Ruth Galloway has enough to contend with. As she juggles cantankerous colleagues, peculiar students, and the daunting task of sorting through her deceased mother’s belongings, she doesn’t need a pandemic to complicate life any further.

When it seems like lockdown will keep her and DCI Harry Nelson apart, a baffling rash of seemingly unrelated suicides throws them together once again. But how can they crack the case when the world they know is turned topsy turvy and it is ill advised to leave the house? Find out in Elly Griffiths’ brilliant new mystery, The Locked Room.

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Stuart Woods’ ‘A Safe House’ is the Perfect Beach Read [REVIEW]

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Stone Barrington’s private English residence becomes a safe house to protect a high-profile client. (Photo courtesy Canva)

Someone is on the run. Someone with personal ties to high echelons of power. Only those connections are dangerous and want someone dead. When Stone Barrington is asked to step forward and offer someone protection, will he be able to keep his promise, or will this threat destroy them all? Find out in Stuart Woods’ A Safe House.

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A Teacher Finds Her Calling in Barbara Kennard’s ‘Dragons in My Classroom’ [EXCERPT]

Barbara Kennard with her students at the Dragon School in Oxford, England.
Barbara Kennard with her students at the Dragon School in Oxford, England. (Photo courtesy Barbara Kennard)

Teachers are tenacious by nature. They know how to adapt, and they constantly strive to sharpen their skills, connect with students, and leave an indelible mark on children’s lives. Barbara Kennard is one such teacher. But in her forthcoming memoir, Dragons in My Classroom, she candidly admits that she didn’t start out that way. She had to learn to become the kind of teacher she always wanted to be. We hope you love this exclusive sneak peek from the book, due on store shelves on June 14. Enjoy! —J&H

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Jackie Kabler’s ‘The Perfect Couple’ Will Make You Look Twice at Your Spouse [REVIEW]

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Was their marriage truly perfect, or the perfect lie? (Photo courtesy Canva)

She thought she’d found the man of her dreams. She hoped their love would last forever. She never expected him to vanish into thin air. In Jackie Kabler’s latest novel, she examines the one question every hopeless romantic always asks: Is there any such thing as The Perfect Couple?

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