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Hi all and welcome to September! Always a great time for us readers I feel. The next 2-3 months has over 15 books coming out by authors on my “blindly buy” list. Always nice not to have to think about what to read next and it’s going to be a good time.

In the August 2019 newsletter, we asked readers what book world they would love to inhabit; either permanently or temporarily. Here are the responses.

Tony Kent is an Irish author out of London that is well known for his Killer Intent series of books. The series features the combination of unorthodox criminal barrister Michael Devlin, international intelligence operative Joe Dempsey, and tenacious TV reporter Sarah Truman. The trio debuted in Killer Intent and that book was listed on the […]

Jack Carr is an American author, former US Navy sniper, and an outdoorsman. Carr has a high security clearance and because of that all of his books are subjected to Department of Defense review. They needed be cleared by a team before release so that no government secrets or classified information is released.

Gil McNeil is a British author of women’s fiction novels. Her novel The Only Boy For Me was been made into a major ITV prime-time drama that aired in 2007. Gil has edited five collections of stories with Sarah Brown, and is Director of the charity PiggyBankKids, which supports projects that create opportunities for children. […]

Andre Aciman is an American author of literary fiction novels and non-fiction books. Andre grew up in Egypt, as a Jew of Turkish and Italian descent. With tensions between Egypt and Israel growing, his family left the country and took refuge in Rome, before moving onto the United States. Andre earned a B.A. in English […]

Emma Mills is an English author of YA urban fantasy novels. She writes the WitchBlood series. Aside from being a novelist, Emma is a stay-at-home mother. She decided to begin writing once her youngest child began school. Emma lives in Somerset, England with her husband, two children, a dog, three cats, a rabbit and many […]

JD Robb was a bestselling author before she published her first book as Robb is simply a pseudonym for Nora Roberts. She had a phenomenal career as a romance novelist under her real name, but Robb offered her a new challenge and a chance to reach a new audience in a different genre.

Richard Adams (1920-2016) was an English author of fantasy and literary fiction novels and non-fiction books. Born in Berkshire, he attended Bradfield College. He later would study Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford. Upon the outbreak of World War II, he joined the British Army and served until 1946. He received a class B discharge […]

Helen H. Durrant is a British author who sets her novels in the area she has lived for many years, the towns and villages that sit in the shelter of the Pennine hills. The area offers an interesting mix of the industrial and the countryside and makes for a great setting for a crime novel.