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Four quick plugs for great books

No full reviews, because I just haven’t had time. But here are a few quick plugs for neat books. The Devil You Know is the second book in Kit Rocha’s “Mercenary Librarians” series. It’s post-apocalyptic super-soldier librarians and their allies,

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Review: “Nameless: Season One,” Dean Koontz

Rating: 4 out of 5 Dean Koontz’s Nameless: Season One is six short novelettes that do, in fact, resemble a season of a television show in structure. The first books are episodic, and then a little bit of arc plot

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Review: “Velocity,” Dean Koontz

Rating: 4 out of 5 When I read a book by Dean Koontz, I never know what I’m going to get. I’ve given books of his anywhere from a 5-out-of-5 to a 2-out-of-5. Thankfully Velocity: A Novel was a good

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Review: “Force of Nature,” Jane Harper

Rating: 5 out of 5 Sometimes I hear about authors in roundabout ways. This time, the guy from my college who was helping me with my resume saw that I reviewed genre novels and told me I should read Jane

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Review: “The Dry,” Jane Harper

Rating: 5 out of 5 A person who was helping me with my resume noticed that I write genre fiction reviews and recommended Jane Harper’s The Dry: A Novel to me. I’m so glad he did! Aaron Falk is a

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Review: “The Remembrance,” T.C. Parker

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 T.C. Parker’s thriller The Remembrance: El Gardener Book 3 is a great follow-on to books one and two. We’ve returned to our group of lady con artists in 1998. Karen is married now, El and

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Short Take: “The Push,” T.C. Parker

Rating: 4 out of 5 Note: this book was originally published under the name “Natalie Edwards,” but is currently being published under “T.C. Parker.” T.C. Parker’s crime novel The Push: El Gardener Book 2 is a follow-on to The Debt.

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Review: “Biofire,” Ray Garton

Rating: 4 out of 5 Ray Garton’s novel Biofire: Author’s Preferred Edition is a blend of thriller, bio-thriller, horror, and science fiction. Genre-bending books can be really fun, and I enjoyed this one. It’s a re-issue; apparently the author considered

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Short Take: “Operation Yukon,” William Meikle

Rating: 5 out of 5 William Meikle’s Operation: Yukon is the 11th book in his wonderful S-Squad series. These are fun military-versus-monsters tales with a squad of Scottish lads who get a reputation for being monster magnets. I urge you

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Review: “Faithless In Death,” J.D. Robb

Rating: 4 out of 5 Just so you know right off the bat, J.D. Robb’s (Nora Roberts) Faithless in Death (In Death, 52) is not action-packed. These books go back and forth, showcasing different styles of mystery and murder, different

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