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In "Where We Fall" by Rochelle B. Weinstein, we are introduced to a family that on the outside seems to have it all. But there is a dark secret that runs beneath the foundation of the Holden family that threatens to pull their very existence out from under them.

In The Good Liar by Nicolas Searle, Roy is a con-man finding and hooking up with elderly women on dating websites. He is calculating and cold, with a charm that just touches the surface as he finds the woman he is looking for. He will alternately woo her and then try to take her for all she is worth.

In "Violent Crimes" Amanda Jaffe is hired to represent the son of a senior partner at a large Oregon law firm. As Jaffe digs to find the answers she finds more than she bargained for. Digging deeper, even at the risk of her life, she must find the answers to this vicious murder.

In Contract: Sicko, Ty Hutchinson brings us a stronger and more visceral Sei, a character at her wits end, beyond the thought of redemption, as she moves closer to finding the daughter kidnapped at birth.

Ellen Wayland-Smith, it seems, was born into a fascinating topic, and in "Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table—An American Story", she has made the most of it.

In "The Lightkeepers" by Abby Geni we see that when the trappings of civilization are stripped away humans are animals after all.

'Death of the Dying City' by Matthew Taub challenges the reader to believe in something good when the world around gives no reason to do so.

If you care about modern art and culture "Massive Pissed Love: Nonfiction 2001 - 2014" by Richard Hell is a must read.

For anyone who forgot someone on their holiday shopping list and needs to make it up fast, this collection of Tim Burton nostalgia,"Things You Think About in a Bar: The Napkin Art of Tim Burton" is worth the price of every drink these napkins came from.

"Maze of Blood" by Marly Youmans is a visceral shot to the senses and a fine filament tugging at the imagination that examines the results of thwarted dreams and desires in the life of a young writer.