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THE DEATH OF A TRAPEZE ARTIST sets an intrepid young businesswoman (a suffragist, no less) on the track of his murderer. Charming mystery captures the spirit of the circus, and of rural California circa 1905. B PLUS

https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Under-Twilight-Roof-Small-Town-ebook/dp/B0BLX88T3R?ref_=ast_author_dp

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FASCINATING HISTORICAL NOVEL tells the story of Charles Ignatius Sancho, an 18th century Black British composer, musician, and anti-slavery advocate. Brilliant evocation of Georgian London life is entrancing and heartbreaking. A MINUS

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250880383/the-secret-diaries-of-charles-ignatius-sancho

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AN INTENSE LOVE AFFAIR and its long shadow in a writer’s life. Elegant, sensitive novel is infused with a vivid sense of the Australian landscape. B PLUS

https://tinhouse.com/book/thirst-for-salt/

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BOXING, TATTOOS, MAGIC, gangsters, and forbidden love all meet in the high-end underworld of 1929 New York City. Brilliant supernatural adventure with lots of heart. A MINUS

https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/kid_wolf_and_kraken_boy-2/

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ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS BOOKS I’ve ever read is dazzling in its multiple successes: as an evocation of the ultimate woman art monster, as a gorgeously complex alternate history, and as a heartbreaking story about love and misunderstanding. SOLID A

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374606176/biographyofx

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EQUAL PARTS HORROR AND LOVE, this beautifully crafted thriller follows a struggling actor as she infiltrates the bizarre cult that recruited her sister. Elegant prose, vivid characterization, and an unforgettable setting. A MINUS

https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781946154460

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CHARMING BRITISH MYSTERY with a spot-on 1990s setting and touches of both science fiction and the paranormal is a page-turning delight. B PLUS

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BX4L5XB5/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_bibl_vppi_i0

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A NEW MYTHOLOGY OF BLACK women’s lives, deftly woven by a poet, playwright, filmmaker, and writer whose glorious prose touches the everyday with magic and reinvents legend for the here and now. A MINUS

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250827852/blackchameleon

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