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Category: Book Reviews

Review – The Strangers

Posted on September 13, 2026

Five years after rescuing his kidnapped daughter in The Dispatcher, an East Texas police chief’s quiet world explodes when an assassin’s bullet leaves his girlfriend in a coma.

Review – The Dispatcher

Posted on September 13, 2026

Seven years after she was kidnapped from her bedroom—and four months after she was officially declared dead—a police officer working a shift as a dispatcher receives a frantic distress call from his missing teenage daughter.

Review – The Bride Test

Posted on September 13, 2026

A desperate mother travels to Vietnam to find a wife for her wealthy autistic son. The poor young woman she recruits must win his heart before her U.S. visa expires. But her would-be husband, while attracted to her, believes he is incapable of the love she deserves.

Review – A Children’s Bible

Posted on September 12, 2026

Children on a summer vacation at a lake-side mansion run away from their dysfunctional parents while a massive storm hits. They struggle through an apocalyptic world that mirrors stories from a children’s Bible the protagonist’s brother is hauling around.

Review – Leave the World Behind

Posted on September 12, 2026

A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive with news of a mysterious unfolding disaster, forcing both families to survive a collapsing world they cannot understand.

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