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Glory Road: A Mayhem Senior Style Mystery by Elnora Lowlands

Glory Road by Elnora Lowlands is a cozy mystery novel published in 2025. The novel centres on Tomtom, a retired school principal who lives at Glory Road, a quiet retirement community. Her calm life is broken when she finds her neighbor Lars dead. The sheriff, Bubba, quickly points to a young man as a suspect. Tomtom starts asking questions and looking for clues. Along the way, she meets quirky neighbors, old friends, and local leaders. What will become of TomTom?

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Chaos from the Cosmos by Pal A. Hvistendahl A tenuous battleground in orbit

Uneducated Jackie Jill knows how to play the game, and how to play it well. The previous period of American politics had been dominated by populism—to the economic detriment of millions, as well as damaging the nation’s hegemonic status on the global stage.

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Book Reviews Fiction

Recovering Maurice by Martin Zelder: A powerful insight into loss and starting again

In a world filled with complexities of human emotions and relationships, “Recovering Maurice” by Martin Zelder offers a poignant exploration of trauma and redemption. Through the eyes of the beleaguered professor Maurice, readers are invited to journey alongside a character who grapples with deep-seated pain and the intricacies of personal growth.

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Book Reviews Fantasy

Heir of Flame and Shadow by Ahlam Faris – Born of Flame and Darkness

Heir of Flame and Shadow returns readers to a desert world of jinn, rings, and fading gods, but this time the story digs its claws deeper into guilt, power, and identity. Mina, marked by red-ringed eyes and past mistakes, is no longer just a runaway Seer. She’s a girl the world wants to weaponize or destroy—and maybe the only one who can stop the Veil between realms from tearing. This sequel trades the discovery feel of book one for a sharper, more emotional journey about owning the darkness you fear most in yourself.

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Book Reviews Horror

Filaments by KZK: Caught in a living, breathing web

There is nowhere to hide in a small town. Not when everyone knows everybody else. Where gossip and opinions spread untamed, colonising the minds of the people you love, who you once believed loved you back equally.

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Book Reviews Historical Fiction

Jus Breathe by B. Lynn Carter: A Raw Journey of Self-Discovery

Jus Breathe by B. Lynn Carter narrates the challenges faced by a Black woman, Dawn, in 1970s New York, as she navigates her identity, family conflicts, trauma, and her search for where she truly belongs.

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Book Reviews Crime Mystery

Parisian Detective Tales: The Mother By Marcel Marquiè – Exploring Memory and Loss

The Mother is Book three of the Parisian Detective series thriller written by Marcel Marquiè. It was published in 2025. The story centers on Toni Bonnet, a Parisian private detective who investigates the disappearance of Marianne Duchêne, mother of Claudine and Sandrine, the two sisters. Drawn into a web of family tragedy, wartime secrets, and half-buried scandals.

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Book Reviews Fantasy

Warriors Of Continuum Part Three: Life by Roger P. Heath – A Journey of Sacrifice and Hope

Some books pull you into a new world and Roger P. Heath’s Warriors Of Continuum Part Three: Life is one of them. This is the third read of a larger series that will definitely take you into the deeper saga.

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Book Reviews Health Non-Fiction

The Biology of Trauma by Aimie Apigian ,MD: Finding a path back to balance

Decades worth of research has culminated in the emergence of a new discipline. One that combines the treatment of mind and body which have long been handled separately by mainstream medical practices.

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Book Reviews SCI-FI

Blade Rider by Jaime A. Sevilla: Breaking Barriers in Sci-Fi

Blade Rider tells the story of a young female pilot’s determination and relentlessness in fighting gender barriers and defying expectations in a futuristic universe where humans and alien species coexist.

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