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Tag: crime story

Review – The Wettest County in the World

Posted on October 29, 2026

Three brothers from the Virginia hills navigate a moonshine war waged by crooked prohibition-era cops while a fading journalist tries to convince the participants and their neighbors to reveal the truth about what is happening.

Review – Winter’s Bone

Posted on September 25, 2026

A gritty 16-year-old girl must track down her missing, meth-cooking father through the dangerous Ozark backwoods or risk losing her family home and everything—little as it is—they have left.

Review – The Fragile Edge

Posted on September 24, 2026

This is the sixth book in an American crime series that follows Latinx cop Jimmy Vega. In this episode, Detective Vega searches for an immigrant child who witnessed a murder, hoping to find her before the killer does.

Review – King of Ashes

Posted on September 23, 2026

When his father falls into a coma and his younger brother sinks deep into a violent gang’s debt, a talented wealth manager returns to his hometown and uses his elite financial skills to save his family and their legacy.

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.

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