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TRACKRS by Michael Jacobs is a sharp and detailed record of a string of brutal crimes committed in the late 70s and early 80s by a serial rapist and murderer. Jacobs served in the office of the district attorney for Orange County in California and pieced together evidence decades later on these cold cases to finally bring the perpetrator to justice. TRACKRS (Task Force Review Aimed at Catching Killers, Rapists, and Sex Offenders) was a team of people and a database of information designed to catch other serial criminals and to severely reduce the numbers of cold cases.

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Crime Unraveled by Chuck Morgan is the 13th in a series about Buck Taylor, an agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Even though it's in a lengthy series of crime novels, each novel is a stand-alone story with plenty of character description and background to give the reader an immersive experience. This is a wonderfully descriptive and detailed crime novel! The background information on characters is always relevant to the present situation.

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Sentience Hazard by Alexandru Czimbor is a semi-dystopian epic tale set about 30 years into the future. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is only in its nascent form today; this novel explores what that child looks like all grown up. The world pitter-patters between all-out total war and destruction, and peace through a common human pursuit of improving our present condition. AI holds in its right hand the potential to unify the human race through evolutionary improvement.

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Lynda Monahan’s poems in The Door at the End of Everything whisper cool hope over the raw road-rash of the miseries of life. With vivid speech, she takes the reader through things unspeakable. This is lived experience: depression, anxiety, abuse, fear, loneliness, grief, and mental illness. These are hard things. But these are real things. Monahan gives expression to things that are difficult to express, both by those who suffer them and for those who are trying to help. There is so much hurt in these lyrics of life, but there is hope.

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An American Tragedy by Dan Flanigan is Book 4 in the Peter O'Keefe series. O'Keefe is a no-nonsense, seemingly lackadaisical private investigator. He's not pretentious, bordering on humble. He's no slouch. O'Keefe is a kindhearted, dedicated, honorable, and insightful private investigator. We find him caring for justice in this particular case, and seeing through the twists and motives in a tumultuous time. The "Tragedy" in this story is the horrific and devastating issue of child abuse.

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Spies Among Us by Mel Harrison is the next in the Alex Boyd series. Alex is a Special Agent in Diplomatic Security and a Regional Security Officer. His wife, Rachel Smith, works with the US Embassy. Alex and Rachel are both assigned to London, England, at a time when the Russians are plotting nefarious schemes involving global security. The Russians are playing their hand on a particular spy whose growing romantic relationship with an American agent is feeding them delicate information.



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