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Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Headless bodies have started appearing across town in Trenton, New Jersey. At first, it’s just corpses from a funeral home and the morgue that have had the heads removed. Then a homeless man is murdered and dumped behind a church. Stephanie Plum knows that she’s the only one with a prayer of catching this killer. If that’s not enough, Diesel’s back in town. The six-foot-tall, blond-haired hunk accepts no limits – that includes locked doors, closed windows and underwear. Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, isn’t pleased at his arrival, nor is Ranger, the high-powered security consultant with his own plans for Stephanie… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Substance addiction
Drug use
Murder
Stalking

Fair Game byJosh Lanyon

Fair Game byJosh Lanyon

A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him—but it seems his old life isn’t finished with him. A young man has gone missing from campus—and as a favour to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around. His investigations bring him face-to-face with his former lover, Tucker Lance, the special agent handling the case… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Sexual assault
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping

The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life. However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long. Either through death or disinclination, no one stays there, and after a few days of living in the place, Levi can understand why. Strange noises can be heard at all hours of the day and night, and disturbing and scary things begin to happen to him. He never believed in ghosts before, but when events take… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder discussed
Homelessness

The Broken Puppet by Amo Jones

The Broken Puppet by Amo Jones

I was lied to. I was cheated. Resigned to pick up the scraps of empty memories and disarrayed thoughts, I left. After finally cutting the strings of manipulation, I resorted to do what I’ve done since I was a child, something my father drilled into my brain since I could handle my first rifle. Run. I’m a mere shadow of the girl they all knew. Lies and deceit change you. They alter your entire outlook on life. I’m Madison Montgomery, and I want to play a game. Here’s what happens when I win.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Gun violence

The Hunt by JM Dabney and Davidson King

The Hunt by J.M. Dabney & Davidson King

Disgraced detective turned private investigator, Ray Clancy, left the force with a case unsolved. Finding the killer was no longer his problem, but it still haunted him. How long would he survive the frustration of not knowing before he gave into the compulsion of his nature to solve the crime? Server, Andrew Shay, existed where he didn’t feel he belonged, living behind the guise of a costume. Yet it paid the bills, and he refused to complain about the little things in life. One night he returned home from work to find his roommate dead and the killer still there. Afraid and alone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Torture mentioned
Kidnapping

The Silver Swan by Amo Jones

The Silver Swan by Amo Jones

Madison Montgomery comes from money and power, but when someone close to her commits the ultimate crime, Madison must live with her tainted name for the rest of her life. When she begins Riverside Preparatory Academy, the private school her father has swept her into in The Hamptons, she hopes for a fresh start. What she wasn’t hoping for was the pack of bad boys who run the school; ten, to be exact. When Madison gains the attention of their leader, Bishop Vincent Hayes, a whole new world that she didn’t think existed is exposed to her. A whole world that starts and ends… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual harassment & threats of rape
Death of a mother from suicide
Murder by gun violence
Stalking

*Context : The protagonist’s mother murdered her husband’s mistress and then shot herself with the protagonist’s gun.

Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

Miro Jones is living the life: he’s got his exciting, fulfilling job as a US deputy marshal, his gorgeous Greystone in suburban Chicago, his beloved adopted family, and most importantly, the man who captured his heart, Ian Doyle. Problem is, Ian isn’t just his partner at work—Ian’s a soldier through and through. That commitment takes him away from Miro, unexpectedly and often, and it’s casting a shadow over what could be everything Miro could ever dream of. Work isn’t the same without Ian. Home isn’t the same, either, and Miro’s having to face his fears alone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Bimisia
Sexual assault
Gun violence
Animal death (dog)

Reckless Behavior by LA Witt & Cari Z

Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z.

After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare. When the dust settles, one of his kids is hurt, and the other three have been abducted. Andreas is going to find his kids, and nothing, not even a broken ankle, is going to stop him. Thank… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Protagonist with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Suicide
Kidnapping

Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is. Then his husband, John-Henry Somerset, connects the boy in question to an ongoing suspicious death investigation, and both men realize they’ve stumbled upon something much more complicated. There are too many loose threads: missing money, stolen jewellery, a husband back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Alcoholism
Attempted murder

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Eli and Dag survived a monster. Two monsters, in fact. A year later, though, they’re still trying to settle into a ‘regular’ life. Dag is working hard in school. It’s not going great. Eli is working hard at…being a better Eli. He’s eating right. Most of the time. He’s thinking about exercise in healthy ways. He’s ok with how he looks, as long as he doesn’t walk past any mirrors. He goes out some nights, though. He goes across the lake, back to Bragg, where the monsters were. And he’s not sure why. He’s not sure what keeps calling him back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Racism & racial slurs
Murder
Body dysmorphia