A birthday joke becomes a deal with the devil in William J. Burkhardt’s The Nineteen Doors of Belferith, an Atlantic City horror thriller. Read our review.
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Noah Raines’s Bloodbound: Covenant is a 1996 Pasadena mystery with angels, demons, and a dead detective’s secrets
Noah Raines survived the odds, woke up at 3 a.m. with a story, and turned it into Bloodbound: Covenant, a ’90s supernatural mystery that kicks off a six-book saga.
Hollywood, Ending Is John Green’s Most Grown-Up Novel Yet
John Green’s first adult novel is a tender, sharp love story about fame and spin. A spoiler-free review of Hollywood, Ending from Just Reading Nook.
A Brilliant Mind, a Lethal Case: Indecent Ink Brings Fox Argall Back
J.R. Larriba reviews Indecent Ink, Collings MacCrae’s Fox Argall mystery about a stolen manuscript, a rising body count, and a neurodivergent genius.
Two Worlds, One Reckoning: Inside the Nightmare of Sacred Valley: Obversion
A review of Sacred Valley: Obversion by Shaun M. Jooste, a dark, visceral horror novel about addiction, guilt, and a rotting mirror world. 4/5 stars.
The Simple Stuff: Publishing Insight by Gaius Konstantine
You finally finished your first manuscript. Before you query an agent or hit publish, make sure it looks the part, because agents and readers are judging the formatting first.
What’s New This Week at #JustReadingNook?
Dragons, a Paris kidnapping, and Colleen Hoover back on the charts lead this week’s NYT bestsellers. On the indie side, there’s a 1980s mafia confession, a runaway heir, a revenge thriller, a marriage tested by a storm, a deadly mansion game, and a grimdark legend told before the noose.
The Man Nobody Saw, A Review of Fading Away: Dark Bay by Gaius Konstantine
A five-star review of Gaius Konstantine’s Fading Away: Dark Bay, a crime novel about an immigrant boy who learns to stay invisible in 1970s Brooklyn.
From the Cell to the Pulpit: Rev. Joaquin R. Larriba’s Remember the Prisoners
Before he was a minister, Rev. Joaquin R. Larriba was, by his own account, a man with a talent for bad decisions. Remember the Prisoners is his account of how he found his way out, and a message of hope for anyone who believes they can’t.
Gwyn’s Kingdom by Brian Holshouser Review: A Strong Magic School Fantasy
Seventeen-year-old photographer Sylvia Brooks already lives under the shadow of her father’s crimes when she moves into the Gallo mansion to finish high school. Two people vanish. She wakes with a head wound and a hole in her memory. In a town ready to believe the worst of her, she has to decide whether she is hunting the truth or becoming it.