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  • Death Rocks by L.J. Ross

    Death Rocks by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE... When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold...
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    mystery  suspense  length-short  contemporary
  • Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner...
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  • DR. BELL: NICEVILLE SHORES CHRONICLES THE BEGINNING by M Monique

    DR. BELL: NICEVILLE SHORES CHRONICLES THE BEGINNING by M Monique

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Out of all the things that could cause his life to turn upside down, Adir Bell never thought falling in love would be the catalyst. Known as Dr. Bell to the streets, his days are filled with caring for those whose lives are far less than legal. Along with being a physician, he's a single father raising four young men. Humble, Peace, Bragg, and Kalm are his sons...
  • Poison Garden by L.J. Ross

    Poison Garden by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVEThe clock is ticking…For Detective Chief Inspector Ryan, the stakes have never been higher. Most of the world thinks he’s dead, killed by an assasin's rifle in his own home. But another man took the bullet intended for him, and now Ryan’s living on borrowed time...
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium
  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
  • Revenge in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Revenge in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There are some secrets that are best kept in the grave…Former FBI agent Spenser Song has had a tragic past filled with deep losses.She once thought happiness would be like a fleeting dream.Yet time passed, and Sweetwater Falls began to mend her fragile heart.After meeting Ryker, her former foe, she learned that love had a weird way of kicking down her tightly shut doors...
  • The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When a fishing boat is wrecked off the treacherous North Sea coast and the body of a young woman washes up on the beach beside the iconic ‘Marsden Rock’, DCI Ryan cannot ignore the call to duty.With one already dead and more human cargo missing from the wreckage, Ryan and his team race to find the remaining souls — before it’s too late, and their investigation turns to murder...
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground...
  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
  • Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A SECRET KEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St. Cuthbert’s cross to its rightful home...
  • The Inn at Holiday Bay: Kidnapped in the Kitchen by Kathi Daley

    The Inn at Holiday Bay: Kidnapped in the Kitchen by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A kidnapping, a shooting, a baby on the way, and three lives in the balance. After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys seaside mansion, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos...
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    mystery  suspense  length-short  audiobook
  • Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    While the town prepares for the annual local festival.Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents.Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson,the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff.The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away...
  • A Perfect Wife by Elle Gray

    A Perfect Wife by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    'Til death do us part…They say every action you take has a series of consequences. And that death is an inevitable end.There is truth to all of that, but for a price.The precious thing you lost, might just find its way back to you…Fourteen years ago, Blake Wilder's life turned into one of tragedy.In an instant she lost her family... Her parents murdered, and her sister taken...
  • The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A shallow grave exposes deadly secrets as bestselling author Loreth Anne White brings her thrilling series of romantic suspense to its shocking conclusion… Disgraced ex-cop Angie Pallorino is determined to make a new start for herself as a private investigator...
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
  • Come Rain or Shine by Denise Grover Swank

    Come Rain or Shine by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Rose Gardner collects secrets the way other people collect junk—and now she’s being asked to expose them. Special Prosecutor Mason Deveraux has called a grand jury to investigate the corruption in the Sweet Branch Police Department, and he’s summoned Rose as a witness. Any topic is fair game, and the criminals in Fenton county are rightly scared of what she might share under oath...
  • A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues as Mercy Kilpatrick becomes embedded in the nightmare of a terrorist conspiracy. The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She’s near the compound...
  • After Paris by Mary Ellen Taylor

    After Paris by Mary Ellen Taylor

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From the author of The Brighter the Light comes a haunting tale of hope that spans generations, intertwining the lives of three women who fight for survival in 1940s France and present-day Virginia.At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward...
  • The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s the perfect time to enjoy the winter snow.Unfortunately, there are things brewing in Sweetwater Falls that neither coffee nor hot cocoa can solve…It’s Founders Day in the once idyllic town, as well as the beginning of the festive holiday season.Contrary to the beautiful scenery, being the sheriff of Sweetwater is not quite as cozy as Spenser Song imagined...
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  • A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: The Legacy Continues by Robin

    A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: The Legacy Continues by Robin

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After everything they’ve survived, Savanna and Kairo are done playing by the rules. The contract that once bound them is now the blueprint for an unbreakable empire—but love, power, and peace don’t always coexist...
  • Shades of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Shades of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sweetwater Falls is a town full of beauty and unexpected surprises.When a high school student is found dead in her car,Sheriff Spenser Song is called to investigate.It seems the life of a popular teen girl is full of hidden mysteries.With an empty pill bottle discovered in the car, it was initially ruled a suicide.But something strange is afoot...
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    suspense  mystery  length-short  mafia  audiobook
  • The Heist by Elle Gray

    The Heist by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When an armored car heist turns into a bloody and grisly crime scene.Federal agent Blake Wilder is sent to Philadelphia to track down the culprits.But there’s more to this militantly precise and violent crew than meets the eye...As the death count rises and the case takes an even more violent turn, it becomes clear that there is more to these robberies than initially believed...
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  • A Merciful Fate by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Fate by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Raised by preppers, survivalist and FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick has a deep-rooted need for a safe place. Her getaway in the Cascade Foothills is her secret. But when skeletal remains are unearthed—those of a murdered man linked to a notorious heist—Mercy realizes she isn’t the only one with something to hide. Thirty years ago, an armored-car robbery turned deadly. The mastermind was captured...
  • High Force by LJ Ross

    High Force by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Hell has unleashed a demon – and he’s coming for you… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and kidnapped one of his best detectives from her own home. His brutality is the stuff of legend – Ryan lost his sister and nearly his own life bringing the man to justice first time around...
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In the fourth book of the Wall Street Journal bestselling series, FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick must unlock the mystery of a mass murder, and the secrets of its silent witness… For Mercy Kilpatrick, returning to rural Oregon has meant coming to terms with her roots. Raised as a prepper, Mercy is now relying on her survivalist instincts to defend her town from the people the law can’t reach...
  • At the River by Kendra Elliot

    At the River by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.The mystery of three missing teens and a traumatizing murder unearths decades of buried secrets in a shocking novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore...
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
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    suspense  mystery  length-short  mafia  m-f  audiobook
  • The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There are memories that we try our hardest to forget.Reminders of what was taken from us...For FBI Agent Emma Griffin pain and brokenness was all she knew.At eleven, she found her mother murdered.The love she most cherished was gone in an instant.Even after catching the culprit, the pang in her heart never left her.Now with her husband and newfound family...
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    mystery  suspense  length-short  mafia  audiobook
  • A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Do you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does…This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face...
  • The Hermitage by L.J. Ross

    The Hermitage by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND SEVEN BRIDGES He thought he was invincible, but he was wrong… When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate...
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium
  • Belsay: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Belsay: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND Christmas can be deadly…After a long year of crime-fighting, DCI Ryan and his team are looking forward to a peaceful Christmas filled with festive treats – including the occasional turkey stottie, or three...
  • The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND and LONGSTONE The circus is in town… When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet...
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    suspense  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force

    Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When tragedy strikes, a cold case suddenly turns hot—and deadly A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland’s beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago...
  • Santana : Rise of a New Empire by Tina J

    Santana : Rise of a New Empire by Tina J

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    THIS BOOK IS A SPIN OFF OFTHE MORELLI THE INC.IF YOU WANT TO READ THE PARENTS STORY, YOU CAN START THERE BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO THE KIDS HAVE THEIR OWN STORY!!!SYNOPSISSantana Morelli Jr. also known as Tana, was ruthless, a maniac, arrogant and most of all, he was feared by everyone. When a tragedy strikes within the family, Tana will stop at nothing to catch the person responsible...
  • The Charlatan by D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight

    The Charlatan by D.K. Hamlin, Hyperion Knight

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    INTRODUCING A TIMELESS MASTERPIECENow appearing for the first time in English, The Charlatan, a tale of high drama, forbidden love, medicine, and mystery, was the masterpiece of Polish novelist Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.Set in 1930s Warsaw, an era of prosperity and aristocracy, renowned heart surgeon Rafal Wolf suffers a heartbreak that culminates in severe memory loss...
  • Chain Reaction by Christy Barritt

    Chain Reaction by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When an explosion rocks Lantern Beach, authorities scramble into action. Was the WWII relic that washed ashore merely bad luck—or something far more sinister?Dr. Raven Newton, a forensic archaeologist, is called to investigate the bomb that killed one person. With her specialized knowledge of military artifacts, she’s the perfect person for the job—until she discovers who else is on the case...
  • Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    This second entry in USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb’s Devlin & Falco series proves that sometimes the past is best left forgotten.As veteran detectives of the Birmingham Police Department, Kerri Devlin and Luke Falco have seen it all. So when the city’s new hotshot deputy district attorney turns up dead as part of a double homicide, the partners immediately get to work...
  • Amnesia: An Alexander Gregory Thriller by LJ Ross

    Amnesia: An Alexander Gregory Thriller by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES Some things, you can never forget… After a nationwide manhunt for notorious felon Carl Deere left two women hospitalised in a critical condition, clinical psychiatrist and criminal profiler Doctor Alexander Gregory is left heartbroken...
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    mystery  suspense  length-short  audiobook
  • Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster

    Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    Partners in crime… but not in love?Silver & Grey take on their first official inquiry, when Mrs. Angela Lambert hires Constance and Solomon to discover the truth about the ghost haunting her garden...
  • Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan

    Her Mother's Grave by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Detective Josie Quinn races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose...
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Unlucky Girl by Elle Gray

    The Unlucky Girl by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Las Vegas the booze is always flowing, and sinful indulgence is endless.If you’re lucky, a hangover is the only thing you’re left with.But for two unlucky girls the outcome of a simple mix up turns into a case of kidnapping, extortion, and fatal consequences…After finally closing the chapter of Blake’s painful past...
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    suspense  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Panic: An Alexander Gregory Thriller by LJ Ross

    Panic: An Alexander Gregory Thriller by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES The only way to catch a killer is to think like one..
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    mystery  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Next Grave by Kendra Elliot

    The Next Grave by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.Following a murder and a woman’s sudden disappearance, investigations into old crimes and new collide in an alarming novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Detective Evan Bolton is gutted by his latest investigation...
  • In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn’t supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land’s End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime. And we did everything wrong afterward.Connections run deep in our small town...
  • Gator Bait by Jana Deleon

    Gator Bait by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the fifth book in the hilarious Miss Fortune series. Things are starting to look up for Fortune Redding. Even though her life was at stake, the CIA assassin had balked at taking on a new identity in Sinful, Louisiana...
  • Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    >b>In the second book of the USA Today bestselling series, Carly looks into a young woman’s disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets. Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max’s Tavern AND her boyfriend… she should have known both were too good to be true...
  • Tides of Duplicity by Robin Patchen

    Tides of Duplicity by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Private investigator Fitz McCaffrey went to Belize on a case, bringing his teenage sister Shelby along with him. They lost their parents years ago, he lost his job as a cop, and they both need time to heal. When Fitz meets the beautiful and charming Tabitha Eaton, he falls hard...
  • A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: Half On A Legacy by Robin

    A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: Half On A Legacy by Robin

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The contract was supposed to keep things simple. No emotions. No expectations. But nothing about Kairo Steele is ever simple.Savanna Heartz walked into this deal thinking she could keep her heart out of it. She was wrong. The billionaire music mogul is more than just a name on paper — he’s chaos wrapped in luxury, temptation disguised as protection...
  • A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: The Legacy Baby by Robin

    A Million Promises: An Unhinged Romance: The Legacy Baby by Robin

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The contract was only the beginning.Kairo Steele built his name in the shadows — feared, respected, and always ten steps ahead. But with power comes enemies, and with love comes risk. Now, the empire he’s fought to protect is cracking at the edges… and Savanna Heartz is caught dead center.Savanna thought she could handle life on Kairo’s side — the pressure, the secrets, the fire...
  • The Irish Daughter by Daisy O'Shea

    The Irish Daughter by Daisy O'Shea

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Standing on the cliff above the wild Irish sea, Hannah wipes a tear from her eye and thinks about the man she called ‘Da’. She was never his daughter. Hannah has been lied to her whole life by everyone she loved...
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