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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Tom's Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski. While many still dwell on the crimes that rattled Orvop, Utah, in the fall of 1982—and the trials that followed—what lingers more vividly in memory is the wild adventure that unfolded far beyond city limits. The mountains surrounding Orvop, known for tossing even the boldest from their backs, became the stage for a journey some locals still call reckless, foolish, and downright unimaginable. But those kids went anyway.
It wasn’t entirely surprising, given who they were. Tom Gatestone, already something of a hometown legend, and Kalin March, the newcomer, decided to take matters into their own hands. Together, they set out to rescue two neglected horses from the Porch paddocks at Willow and Oak, sparking a story that would echo through Orvop long after the headlines faded.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon. It begins with a chilling note that names the time and place of a death and lands on Inspector Maigret’s desk in Paris. His search for answers leads him back to Saint-Faicre, the village where he was born. But what awaits him there is not nostalgia, but suspicion and unease. The death foretold becomes a grim reality, and Maigret finds himself a stranger in his own hometown.
Part mystery, part introspective journey, The Saint-Fiacre Affair is as much about solving a crime as it is about confronting the isolation that can come with returning to one’s roots. Simenon’s sharp, haunting prose lays bare the quiet battles we all face.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly. After his “resurrection walk” and a search for purpose, Mickey Haller steps into the world of public interest litigation. His latest case targets an AI company whose chatbot gave a deadly suggestion to a sixteen-year-old boy, telling him it was acceptable to kill his ex-girlfriend for being disloyal.
Representing the girl’s grieving family, Mickey dives into the chaotic and largely unregulated terrain of artificial intelligence, where oversight is scarce and the stakes are enormous. He teams up with journalist Jack McEvoy, who initially wants to observe the trial for a book but ends up buried in boxes of discovery documents. What he uncovers is a whistleblower, someone with the truth, but too terrified to come forward until now. With billions on the line, the case becomes more than a legal battle; it’s a fight against a system that’s spiraling out of control.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Backslide by Nora Dahlia. Nellie Hurwitz doesn’t carry memories of a first love; she carries the sting of a first hate. And she’s never spoken about what went down with Noah after high school. For twenty years, they’ve kept their distance. But that silence is shattered when their best friends, Ben and Cara, organize a small vow renewal at a vineyard retreat in Sonoma.
Nellie’s determined not to let old wounds spoil Cara’s carefully planned celebration. Still, being in close quarters with Noah stirs up emotions neither of them has truly buried. Despite the tension, the pull between them is undeniable, intense, complicated, and impossible to ignore.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson. Jamie Prescott thought speed dating would be harmless fun, awkward small talk, forgettable men, and a post-event feast of street food with her best friend Laurie. What she didn’t expect was a blackout, a slashed throat at her table, and a room full of corpses when the lights flickered back on. Suddenly, dating becomes a deadly game.
With only improvised weapons and Jamie’s encyclopedic knowledge of horror movie survival tactics, the remaining daters scramble to escape as the killer continues his spree. But as Jamie gets closer to the truth, she suspects the murderer isn’t just hunting, he’s courting. His twisted goal? To crown one of them his Final Girl. Jamie, however, has her own ending in mind. Between dodging death and navigating a budding love triangle, she’ll have to decide if romance can bloom in a bloodbath, or if someone else is destined to play the last girl standing.