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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 (very special reads I would highly recommend!)

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* Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

* Only the Beautiful - Susan Meissner

* Room - Emma Donoghue

* The Berry Pickers​ - Amanda Peters

* The Covenant of Water - Abraham Verghese

* Truths I Never Told You - Kelly Rimmer

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⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4  (very solid and entertaining reads that I'll gladly stand behind)

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* A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende

* Billy Straight - Jonathan Kellerman

* Dark Places - Gillian Flynn

* From the Corner of his Eye - Dean Koontz

* Go as a River - Shelley Read

* Lying Beside You - Michael Robotham

* Maureen - Rachel Joyce

* Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

* Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby

* Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

* The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

* The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon

* The Last Green Valley - Mark T. Sullivan

* The Last Year of the War - Susan Meissner

* The Midwife of Berlin - Anna Stuart

* The Next Person You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

* The Paris Architect - Charlies Belfoure

* The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger

* The Storm Child - Michael Robotham

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* A Darker Domain - Val McDermid 

* All She Ever Wanted - Patrick Redmond

* A Necessary Evil - Alex Kava 

* Another Life - Kristin Hannah

* A Perfect Evil - Alex Kava

* Apple of my Eye - Patrick Redmond

* At the Stroke of Madness - Alex Kava 

* Back Spin - Harlan Coben

* Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child

* Breaking Creed - Alex Kava 

* Criminal - Karin Slaughter

* Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben

* Dead Aim - Thomas Perry

* Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben

* Die Trying - Lee Child

* Drop Shot - Harlan Coben

* Echo Burning - Lee Child

* Exposed - Alex Kava 

* Fade Away - Harlan Coben

* Fallen - Karin Slaughter

* False Memory - Dean Koontz

* Fractured - Karin Slaughter

* Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child

* Indelible - Karin Slaughter

* I Will Find You - Harlan Coben

* Kisscut - Karin Slaughter

* Live Wire - Harlan Coben

* Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica

* Long Lost - Harlan Coben

* None of This is True - Lisa Jewell

* No One to Hear You (aka Unspoken) - Samantha Hayes

* Nothing to Lose - Lee Child

* One False Move - Harlan Coben

* One Shot - Lee Child

* Primal Fear - William Diehl

* Promise Me - Harlan Coben

* Reckless Creed - Alex Kava

* Running Blind - Lee Child

* Show of Evil - William Diehl

* Simple Genius - David Baldacci

* Simple Simon - Ryne Douglas Pearson

* Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham

* So Long, Chester Wheeler - Catherine Ryan Hyde

* Split Second - Alex Kava

* Storm Child - Michael Robotham

* To be Taught, if Fortunate - Becky Chambers 

* The Color Purple - Alice Walker

* The Distant Echo - Val McDermid

* The Enemy - Lee Child

* The Fall - Louise Jensen

* The Hard Way - Lee Child

* The Moonshiner's Daughter - Donna Everhart

* The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan

* The Puppet Show - Patrick Redmond

* The Secret Messenger - Mandy Robotham

* The Wind Knows My Name - Isabel Allende

* The Wishing Game - Patrick Redmond

* The Other Mrs. - Mary Kubica 

* The Soul Catcher - Alex Kava 

* The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

* The Stolen Sisters - Louise Jensen

* The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre - Natasha Lester

* The Woods - Harlan Coben

* The Women - Kristin Hannah

* Think Twice - Harlan Coben

* Tripwire - Lee Child

* Undone - Karin Slaughter

* What the Night Knows - Dean Koontz

* When You are Mine - Michael Robotham

* Without Fail - Lee Child

* Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz

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* Cleaning the Gold - Karin Slaughter

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