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		<title>Book Review: Such Sheltered Lives by Alyssa Sheinmel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rush’s Recovery is an upscale rehab center in the Hamptons that promises the best in discreet treatment for its wealthy clientele. It’s so committed to discretion that it only accepts three clients at a time, charging handsomely for the privilege, of course. Aging singer-songwriter Florence Bloom doesn’t really want to be here, but her manager…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mushrooms and Madness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daisy Pearce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The mycologist may liken himself to a pioneer wandering through a land filled with alternately beautiful and fantastic shapes. A land of delicate pencilings and glowing colors where mystery sits enthroned and wise men become its worshippers.” —<i>Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught female mycologist, 1822–1903</i> In the summer of 1984, I came upon a ring…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Excerpt: Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1 Old roots coiled around the torso of the thing under the oak tree in Bill Swickard’s cornfield. When there were leaves on the tree, it offered shade and company, but in November, the oak’s bare branches clawed at the sky, offering nothing but a reminder that all things die. The thing under the tree…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Excerpt: “Blaze Orange” by Paul Doiron</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kathy Frost was lifting weights in her basement when the dog started barking. Sadie could foretell visitors with uncanny precision. She never barked for strangers the same way she barked for friends, and this sharp, excited rhythm meant the person approaching the house was someone she trusted. Sixty seconds later came the knock. Kathy racked…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Monster In The Moonlight by Annelise Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The thematic vibes are immaculate in this fourth Monster Hunter mystery, as a woman goes on a secret hunt that winds up netting her far more – and worse – than she’d ever anticipated. She shifted her gaze to her left, blinked, and then did it again, expecting the image she now saw hovering above…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>May Your TBR List Be Filled with Thrilling New Releases</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crime HQ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<em>I, Spy</em> by L.M. Kemp Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom. MacmillanAudio · I, Spy by L. M. Kemp, audiobook excerpt <em>The Anniversary</em> by Alex Finlay Twisty, high-concept, and emotionally charged,<i> The Anniversary</i> is an addictive murder mystery and nail-biting thriller—but it’s also a tender,…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One Considering how badly I needed a place to stay, my uncle couldn’t have died at a better time. One day I was in Dallas selling weed to minor league baseball players and sleeping in a garage. I had no car, no health insurance, my bank account was in the red, and my supply of…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jo Nesbø’s latest novel translated into English, in this case from the original Norwegian by Robert Ferguson, is a multi-layered puzzle box, unfolding in both 2016 and 2022. In the chapters set in 2016, a serial killer terrorizes Minneapolis, with disgraced cop Bob Oz hot on his heels. The chapters set over six years later…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Paradox by Douglas Preston &amp; Aletheia Preston</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Ayers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Douglas Preston teams up with his daughter, Aletheia, to craft a gripping, atmospheric sequel to <i>Extinction</i>. CBI Agent Frankie Cash and County Sheriff Jim Colcord reunite after their previous encounter with escaped Neanderthals in the Colorado wilderness, this time to investigate a disturbing and seemingly ritualistic murder. The victim, a reclusive figure living alone in…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cooking the Books: Truffle Trouble by Amanda Flower</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doreen Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Candymaker Bailey King is looking forward to her fast-approaching nuptials to Sheriff Aiden Brody. Pretty much everyone in and around their village of Harvest, Ohio has been invited to the wedding and reception, in the town square and on the grounds of her picturesque candy factory respectively. She and Aiden have strong ties to both…]]></description>
		
		
		
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