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    Book Review:: Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes | Sandra Jackson-Opoku

    July 25, 2025

    Readers, we have a new amateur sleuth to enjoy! Sapphire (Savvy) Summers is a small town cafe owner thrown into a murder mystery when a man drops…

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    Book Review:: Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) | Jesse Q. Sutanto

    March 16, 2025

    Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) is the second book in the Vera Wong series. If you haven’t read Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for…

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    Book Review:: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto

    March 14, 2025

    If you love contemporary murder mysteries and haven’t yet discovered Vera Wong, you’re in for a treat. She is the fun and spunky lead in an investigation…

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    Book Review:: Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave | Elle Cosimano

    February 23, 2025

    Finlay Donovan’s relentless adventure continues in her fifth book, Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave. Not only is it my favorite title of the series, it might…

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    Book Review:: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice | Elle Cosimano

    February 16, 2025

    Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice is the fourth book in a contemporary mystery series starring a romantic suspense writer (and young mother) who has gotten herself into…

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    Book Review:: Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun | Elle Cosimano

    February 9, 2025

    What have Finlay and Vero gotten themselves into next? Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is the third book in a sometimes-hilarious contemporary mystery series led by a…

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Emily's bookshelf: read

What the River Knows
The Rule Book
Wild Love
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
The Cheat Sheet
The Rom-Commers
Not in Love
My Not So Perfect Life
First Down
Clean Sweep
Greta & Valdin
The True Love Experiment
Killing Floor
Hate Mail
The Unhoneymooners
This Bird Has Flown
Savor It
Thank You for Listening
This Summer Will Be Different
The Last City


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