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TETTERBAUM'S TRUTH (Just Call Me Angel #1) by S.R. Claridge

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Published in 2010 by Global Publishing Group. 298 pages. Chicago. Photo by Allen McGregor. This book was introduced to me as being similar to Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. For those not familiar with this ever-growing series, Stephanie is the classic "fish out of water" - she is a gorgeous, unemployed single woman who takes a job as a bounty hunter for a bail bondsman. If she brings them in, she gets paid. But, she's never used a gun. She has no skills to do this job but, in the end, she does so in her own hilarious way. On the surface, this book does indeed have some similarities with the Stephanie Plum series. Angel Martin is a single woman who owns a bar in Chicago called Tetterbaum's Pub. She's invested her life savings in it and it's working. Her love life is a mess since her fiance dumped her and disappeared but she does have a good time with the mysterious Grayson. It's not serious but it is seriously physical. Her only livin

DECEPTIVE CADENCE (audiobook) by Kathryn Guare

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Audio edition published in March of 2016. Originally published in January of 2014. Read by Wayne Farrell. Duration: 11 hours, 19 minutes Unabridged I have reviewed a lot of indie and small publishing house audiobooks lately and have been mildly disappointed with almost all of them. I don't want to be cruel, but there's a reason why some of these books are languishing in the publishing wasteland. But, sometimes you find a true gem out among the 2 and 3 star books. A gem just sitting there waiting to be noticed. This book is such a gem and it is worthy of your notice. It is an international thriller with a giant soul and a great deal of introspection. If you are looking for a "shoot 'em up" this is not your book, even though there is plenty of shooting. It is the story of two brothers, and like all families, this family is complicated. The McBride family consists of Conor, a talented musician who plays violin at the international level and Thomas, the br

THE PROMISE (An Elvis Cole Novel / A Scott James and Maggie Novel) by Robert Crais

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Originally published in 2015 Elvis Cole is on the case. It's an odd one. He has been hired by a Meryl Lawrence to find her friend and person she works with. But, Meryl has all sorts of weird ground rules about when she will meet Elvis and how he may contact her. She also calls at weird hours and times and demands that he work faster. Robert Crais. Photo by Mark Coggins While follows a lead to a home just before the police raid it and discover a murdered arms dealer. Elvis gives chase to the suspect but is detained by police K9 officer Scott James. Elvis knows that this case is definitely part of something much larger and brings in his partner Joe Pike who brings in a friend who is a free-lance anti-terrorist agent. Scott James also starts his own investigation, despite being warned off of the case. Can this offbeat detective and this by-the-books cop find out what was going on before it is too late? I was looking forward to this book because it brought together most of