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Review: There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

Posted on April 2, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a … Continue reading →

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Review: In the Valley of the Headless Men by L.P. Hernandez

Posted on March 27, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Nahanni National Park is one of last truly wild places on earth. Accessible only by plane, and only when the weather cooperates, it’s the perfect place for estranged brothers Joseph and Oscar to have … Continue reading →

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Review: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Posted on March 20, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another–both a riveting page-turner and a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis … Continue reading →

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Review: Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Posted on March 15, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most exciting new voices of … Continue reading →

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Review: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

Posted on March 9, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban neighborhood turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. The Velkwood … Continue reading →

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Review: The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Posted on February 27, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women working together to undermine the Confederates—from the award-winning author of We Cast a Shadow The American Daughters follows … Continue reading →

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Review: The Winslow Sisters by Michael Aronovitz

Posted on February 9, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Cemetery Dance Publications, Amazon Synopsis: Serial killer Michael Leonard Robinson murdered thirteen college coeds in early 2018, impaling them on flagpoles and leaving them on highway construction jobsites for the purpose of “haunting the dawn rush hour.” … Continue reading →

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Review: Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Posted on February 6, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women’s ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it all Outside of a childhood nickname she can’t shake, Piglet’s rather pleased with how her life’s turned out. An up-and-coming … Continue reading →

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Review: The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper

Posted on February 3, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Marbled Swarm is Dennis Cooper’s most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final … Continue reading →

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Review: Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon

Posted on January 26, 2024 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Two estranged twin sisters as they hunt down their elusive mother in this razor-sharp crime novel from “master of the dark arts” J. Robert Lennon. (Kelly Link) Jane Pool likes her safe, suburban existence … Continue reading →

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