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When the body of a young woman washes up on the shore of a remote beach in Northern California, with no ID, no sign of what might have happened to her, and seemingly no one looking for her, it’s up to Detective Shawn Gallo to unravel the mystery of her identity and untimely death.
Meanwhile, in New York City, Shayla Meeker is finally getting her life back on track after moving her adoptive mother into a care facility, when she receives a call from someone she never thought she’d hear from again: Phoebe Grace Hwang, social media darling and Shay’s adoptive sister. Shay hasn’t spoken with her in five years, not since Phoebe fell under the spell of the enigmatic Daniel Kinman.
Now Phoebe’s calling Shay in the middle of the night, begging her to come visit, whispering that she is in trouble, but the reception is poor, and the line keeps cutting out. Shay can only hear the phrase, “I think you can fix me,” before the call drops completely. Determined to find out what’s happening with her sister, Shay boards the next flight to California, but when she lands, Phoebe isn’t waiting for her. Instead, there’s a teenager named Liv at the airport, claiming that Phoebe sent her to collect Shay. When Shay climbs into the truck next to Liv for the long drive up the coast, she has no inkling that she is being drawn into a mystery that will wrench her back into the past and test the limits of her own strength and convictions.
Meanwhile, in New York City, Shayla Meeker is finally getting her life back on track after moving her adoptive mother into a care facility, when she receives a call from someone she never thought she’d hear from again: Phoebe Grace Hwang, social media darling and Shay’s adoptive sister. Shay hasn’t spoken with her in five years, not since Phoebe fell under the spell of the enigmatic Daniel Kinman.
Now Phoebe’s calling Shay in the middle of the night, begging her to come visit, whispering that she is in trouble, but the reception is poor, and the line keeps cutting out. Shay can only hear the phrase, “I think you can fix me,” before the call drops completely. Determined to find out what’s happening with her sister, Shay boards the next flight to California, but when she lands, Phoebe isn’t waiting for her. Instead, there’s a teenager named Liv at the airport, claiming that Phoebe sent her to collect Shay. When Shay climbs into the truck next to Liv for the long drive up the coast, she has no inkling that she is being drawn into a mystery that will wrench her back into the past and test the limits of her own strength and convictions.
THE SECRET LIVES OF ZOMBIE WIVES by Barbara Truelove
ON THE ICE by Keaton McGruder
Ellie Best wins a coveted grant to write a screenplay while staying at the Antarctic research station of McMurdo, and the best part is that her brother Leo, a climate scientist, is leading a research expedition there. But when she arrives, Leo has gone missing . . . and no one can survive for long out on the ice.
Ellie is desperate to find out what happened to Leo, and whether he could still be alive. Everyone is a suspect in the isolated, claustrophobic research station with so few people staying for the winter season. The scientists and support workers Leo knew were changed by the months of darkness, forming a tangled web of relationships, lovers, enemies and secrets. And when there’s a deadly fire on the base that echoes the script Ellie is writing, she realizes that danger is still lurking in the station—and she could be the next target.
Told in dual perspectives, in Leo’s polar winter in pure darkness and Ellie’s austral summer in constant light, ON THE ICE is a layered mystery about wilderness, isolation, and the need for human connection and love. It’s also a homage to the extraordinarily beautiful but deadly Antarctic, and the scientists exploring the changing polar world.
Ellie is desperate to find out what happened to Leo, and whether he could still be alive. Everyone is a suspect in the isolated, claustrophobic research station with so few people staying for the winter season. The scientists and support workers Leo knew were changed by the months of darkness, forming a tangled web of relationships, lovers, enemies and secrets. And when there’s a deadly fire on the base that echoes the script Ellie is writing, she realizes that danger is still lurking in the station—and she could be the next target.
Told in dual perspectives, in Leo’s polar winter in pure darkness and Ellie’s austral summer in constant light, ON THE ICE is a layered mystery about wilderness, isolation, and the need for human connection and love. It’s also a homage to the extraordinarily beautiful but deadly Antarctic, and the scientists exploring the changing polar world.
MAKING FRIENDS by Erin Ampersand
Meghan can’t afford to take a break.
She’s gotten food and shelter for her family. Her oldest is turning into a wizard, her middle boy is some kind of self-healing monkey, and her youngest is accumulating a small army of pets. That’s a bit much to roll with, but when monsters are appearing on the lawn, it’s probably for the best.
What worries her is the mysterious—and dangerous—“Challenge” she knows is fast approaching, and she’s got to get her kids and community ready to face it. Some neighbors are ready and willing to pitch in, but others? They might end up being a bigger problem than the alien monsters.
This is the second of five books in Erin Ampersand’s LitRPG adventure series, Apocalypse Parenting.
She’s gotten food and shelter for her family. Her oldest is turning into a wizard, her middle boy is some kind of self-healing monkey, and her youngest is accumulating a small army of pets. That’s a bit much to roll with, but when monsters are appearing on the lawn, it’s probably for the best.
What worries her is the mysterious—and dangerous—“Challenge” she knows is fast approaching, and she’s got to get her kids and community ready to face it. Some neighbors are ready and willing to pitch in, but others? They might end up being a bigger problem than the alien monsters.
This is the second of five books in Erin Ampersand’s LitRPG adventure series, Apocalypse Parenting.
THE THROWAWAYS by Greta Kelly