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“A Traitor in Whitehall” by Julia Kelly

Evelyne Redfern, a clever and independent young woman living in 1940s London, is just trying to get through the air raids and do her part for the war effort by working in Churchill’s War Rooms as a typist. But when there is a murder and the investigators seem to be chasing the wrong suspects, she […]

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“Small Miracles” by Olivia Atwater

Gadriel, the fallen angel of petty temptations, has never agreed with the point system of Sin and Virtue that decides a human’s fate after they die.  Why should eating chocolate cost you a ½ point of Sin?  Despite this, she stays out of the way and tries not to catch the notice of other angelic […]

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Polite Society [DVD]

Ria Khan wants nothing more than to become a famous stuntwoman, so she puts all of her prodigious determination and energy into making a name for herself online.  She is bullied at school and discouraged by her parents for this dream, so she relies heavily on her older sister Lena.  Lena has dropped out of […]

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“Art of Crime” TV Show on Hoopla

Captain Verlay is a police detective who knows nothing about art, Florence is an art expert whose phobia is easier to deal with when he’s close by.  Despite a vast personality difference, these two discover that they make a great team as they solve art crimes in Paris, France.  This show has all the hallmarks […]

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“Last Call at the Local” by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Jack is the owner of an Irish pub called The Local.  He knows changes need to be made to the family business to make it a success, but his OCD keeps getting in the way.  Enter Raine, a travelling musician who just had all of her worldly possessions stolen.  While her ADHD makes living the […]

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“Vampires of El Norte” by Isabel Cañas

Growing up on her family’s hacienda in 1840s Mexico was difficult enough with the threat of aggressive Anglo settlers from the north, but Nena wasn’t prepared to face the sinister and terrifying creatures that come from the dark and seem to suck the very life from people.  It is one of these creatures that changes […]

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Signora Volpe (TV series)

Sylvia Fox has been an operative with MI6 for years when, disillusioned and ready for change, she decides to retire to the Italian countryside to be closer to her sister and her family.  It isn’t long before she is pulled into a local murder case and decides to use her particular set of skills to […]

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“The Wishing Game” by Meg Shaffer

As a lonely child, Lucy Hart tried to run away to Clock Island, the made-up world created by her favorite author Jack Masterson.  As a struggling grown-up, Lucy is facing the hard truth that everything doesn’t always work out in the end, and even working hard and wishing with all her might will not get […]

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“While You Were Dreaming” by Alisha Rai

This YA novel, based loosely on the plot of the 1995 film “While You Were Sleeping,” follows 17-year-old Sonia Patil as she makes plans to finally get noticed by her crush.  Instead, he faints into a canal and Sonia jumps in to save him.  When a video of the rescue goes viral, she can only […]

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“The Spare Man” by Mary Robinette Kowal

Tesla Crane is an engineering genius and famous heiress who is traveling with her new spouse and service dog Gimlet on a luxury cruise spaceship headed to Mars.  She is reveling in her anonymity when a body turns up and her husband is taken into custody as suspect #1.  Tesla is willing to do whatever […]