Title: The Devil and the Dark Water Author: Stuart Turton Published: October 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: Hardcover, 463 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with…
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Title: After Everything Author: Andrea Nourse Narrator: Emily deKanter Published: December 2020, Andrea Nourse Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Source: Author Summary: All Abby Rhodes wants is a chance to pursue her songwriting dreams. When she leaves her husband on Christmas Eve and puts their Missouri hometown in her rearview mirror, she heads straight to Nashville and onto the doorstep of her estranged father. But in typical Abby fashion, nothing…
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Title: This Close to Okay Author: Leesa Cross-Smith Narrator: Kamali Minter, Zeno Robinson Published: February 2021, Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Length: 9 hours 46 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Hardcover via Grand Central Publishing Summary: From the award-winning Southern writer who Roxane Gay calls “a consummate storyteller” comes a cathartic novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers: a…
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Title: UNSUB Author: Meg Gardiner Series: UNSUB, #1 Published: June 2017, Dutton Format: Hardcover, Source: Personal copy Summary: A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier. Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood…
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Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. That’s not to say that I’m not excited about all the books that are being released this month, but these are just the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or it’s a debut novel and sounds amazing. Again, sometimes I will have…
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Well, we made it through the first month of the new year! Reading-wise, there have been some amazing books published already this year and it looks like there are a whole lot more to come…which is good. My big goal this year is to try to have a good mix of current books and old ones. I have quite a few backlist review books that for whatever reason I…
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Title: Yellow Wife Author: Sadeqa Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Published: January 2021, Simon and Schuster Audio Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Deadly Fortune by Stacie Murphy – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Amy at HFVBT. Title: A Deadly Fortune Author: Stacie Murphy Published: January 2021, Pegasus Crime Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Summary: A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York…
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Title: The Survivors Author: Jane Harper Narrator: Stephen Shanahan Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets… Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran’s parents are…
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Title: What Could Be Saved Author: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Published: January 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 460 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy. Washington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds…
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Title: And Now She’s Gone Author: Rachel Howzell Hall Narrator: Je Nie Fleming Published: September 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Isabel Lincoln is gone. But is she missing? It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous…
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Title: Until We Are Lost Author: Leslie Archer Published: February 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 418 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl at the Border comes a haunting thriller about one woman’s journey into the painful truths threatening to destroy her. When Tara Peary’s twin sister Sophie goes missing, Tara dives into New York’s underbelly to find her. Sophie is…
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Title: Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale Author: Patti Callahan Narrator: Cynthia Erivo Published: December 2020, Audible Originals Length: 1 hour 54 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: In this captivating historical novella narrated by Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, New York Times best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry celebrates the life of the mother of modern nursing and one of history’s greatest heroines: Florence Nightingale. Wild Swan introduces listeners to…
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Title: The Jane Austen Diet Author: Jane Austen, Bryan Kozlowski Published: March 2019, Turner Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown… From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there’s a modern health code hidden in the world’s most popular romances. Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this…
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Title: The Lady Upstairs Author: Halley Sutton Published: November 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Author Summary: A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men…then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo’s job…
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Title: The Coast-to-Coast Murders Author: James Patterson & J.D. Barker Narrator: Jason Culp, Tristan Morris, Renata Friedman Published: September 2020, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 14 hours 14 minutes / 560 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print – personal copy Summary: A detective and FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case — but a new rash of killings sends them on a…
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Title: Before She Disappeared Author: Lisa Gardner Narrator: Hillary Huber Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio / Dutton Length: 12 hours 7 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Dutton Books Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has…
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Title: Under a Gilded Moon Author: Joy Jordan-Lake Narrator: Kathleen Gati Published: December 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 12 hours 58 minutes / 414 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy / Print – Hardcover via GetRed PR Summary: From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous war of ideas, and murder as classes collide in the shadow of Biltmore…
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Title: Long Bright River Author: Liz Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Published: January 2020, Penguin Audio Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn’t be more different. Then, one of them goes missing. In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of…
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Title: A Stranger at the Door Author: Jason Pinter Series: Rachel Marin Thriller, #2 Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: From the Amazon bestselling author of Hide Away comes the gripping second installment of the Rachel Marin Thriller series. Rachel Marin is in a good place. After years of struggle, the single mother has found both a stable, loving relationship…
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Title: Deadly Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #28 Published: November 2020, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A scandalous double homicide in the nation’s capital opens the psychological case files on . . . Detective Alex Cross. Until Kay Willingham’s shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet…
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Title: The Butterfly House Author: Katrine Engberg Series: Korner & Werner, #2 Narrator: Graeme Malcolm Published: January 2021, Simon Schuster Audio / Gallery/Scout Press Length: 10 hours 1 minutes / 352 pages Source: Audio via Simon Schuster Audio / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner return in this thriller as they race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some…
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Title: The Choice Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2020, HarperCollins 360 Format: ARC E-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: A kidnap… Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished. A ransom… Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text…
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Title: The Plot Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Published: May 2021, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Hailed as “breathtakingly suspenseful,” Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program…
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Title: Lie, Lie Again Author: Stacy Wise Narrator: Emily Ellet Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 11 hours 55 minutes / 382 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via GetRed PR Summary: For three women with so much to hide, there’s no such thing as a little white lie… All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets…and with a body at…
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Title: Revolver Road Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #3 Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 293 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty’s Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain’s heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city’s towering oaks, surrounded by graceful…
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Title: The War Widow Author: Tara Moss Series: Billie Walker Mystery, #1 Published: December 2020, Dutton Books Format: ARC E-copy, 351 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker’s search for a missing young immigrant man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she’d left behind in Europe in this thrilling tale of courage and…
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Title: Bloodline Author: Jess Lourey Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Perfect town. Perfect homes. Perfect families. It’s enough to drive some women mad…In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of…
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In thinking how I wanted to approach this new year, one thing I wanted to add to the blog was a new feature highlighting some of the books that I am excited will be published throughout the month. Sometimes I will have already read the book, in which case I will link my review and sometimes I will be reading the book in the days to come. I will note…
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Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 6 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…
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Well, it’s certainly been a year…that’s for sure! But the one silver lining is that I read a lot and I read some amazing books. Not only was I fortunate to continue to receive review books all year long, but I still managed to read books off my own shelf…I certainly had the time and this is something that I am going to make a priority moving forward, making…
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Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Published: June 2020, Del Rey Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic artistocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico—“fans of classic novels like Jane Eyre and…
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Title: The Witch Hunter Author: Max Seeck Series: Jessica Niemi, #1 Published: October 2020, Berkley Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to the occult in this thrilling US debut from Finnish author Max Seeck. A bestselling author’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of a formally set…
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Title: I’m Traveling Alone Author: Samuel Bjork Series: Holger Munch & Mia Kruger, #1 Published: December 2016, Corgi Format: Paperback, 528 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: When the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads ‘I’m travelling alone’. In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a…
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Title: Death on the Nile Author: Agatha Christie Series: Hercule Poirot, #17 Published: September 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks (first published 1937) Format: Paperback Movie tie-in, 334 pages Source: Publisher Summary: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE RELEASING OCTOBER 9, 2020 —DIRECTED BY AND STARRING KENNETH BRANAGH Following the success of Murder on the Orient Express, Kenneth Branagh returns to direct and star in this adaptation of the classic Hercule Poirot mystery…
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Title: Dear Child Author: Romy Hausmann Narrator: Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, Simon Slater Published: October 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Source: ALC via Macmillan Audio Summary: A woman held captive finally escapes – but can she ever really get away? Gone Girl meets Room in this number-one internationally best-selling thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talents. A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to…
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Title: Girl in the Mirror Author: Rose Carlyle Published: October 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: Written with the chilling, twisty suspense of The Wife Between Us and Something in the Water, a seductive debut thriller about greed, lust, secrets, and deadly lies involving identical twin sisters. Twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies…
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Title: The Pull of the Stars Author: Emma Donoghue Narrator: Emma Lowe Published: July 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders…
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Title: Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life & Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Author: Barbara Leaming Narrator: Eliza Foss Published: April 2016, Macmillan Audio / Thomas Dunne Books Length: 10 hours 17 minutes / 304 pages Source: Audio – borrowed via Library / Print – Personal copy Summary: Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the Kennedy family. The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of…
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Title: Little Women Author: Louise May Alcott Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Published: January 2020 Kobo Originals / September 2005 Barnes & Nobles Classics (First Published September 1868) Length: 19 hours / Hardcover, 477 pages Source: Audio – via the Library / Print – Personal copy Summary: Little Women is the delightful story of the four March girls and their approach towards womanhood. Meg, the eldest and most beautiful, shrugs off her…
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Title: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Author: Kate Clifford Larson Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Published: October 2015, Blackstone Audio / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 7 hours 44 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – borrowed via Library / Print – Personal copy Summary: They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference.Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended…
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Title: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie Author: Marie Benedict Published: December 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Marie Benedict, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, uncovers the untold story of Agatha Christie’s mysterious eleven day disappearance. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the…
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Title: Girl Under Water Author: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain Series: Charlotte Winters, #2 Published: December 2020, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 425 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Her numb fingers scrabble over upholstery, over metal, over glass, searching for a way out. Water stings her eyes as she’s dragged downward, clinging to her last breath as she’s absorbed into the cold dark below… When Gloria Carmichael’s body is found broken…
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Title: The Voting Booth Author: Brandy Colbert Narrator: Robin Eller, Cary Hite Published: July 2020, Dreamscape Media LLC Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She’s always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election? Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Last to See Her by Courtney Evan Tate. Thank you MIRA Books for inviting me to participate. Title: The Last To See Her Author: Courtney Evan Tate Published: December 2020, MIRA Format: ARC E-galley, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A woman disappears into the dark city night… Gen is on the verge…
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Title: The Boy from the Woods Author: Harlan Coben Narrator: Steven Weber Published: March 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In the shocking new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery must find a missing teenage girl before her disappearance brings about disastrous consequences for her community . . . and the…
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Title: Such a Perfect Wife Author: Kate White Series: Bailey Weggins, #8 Published: May 2019, Harper Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Must be blonde, beautiful, and a good Catholic girl… On a sunny morning in late September, Shannon Blaine, a blonde, green-eyed 34-year old wife and mother of two, sets off on a jog along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New York.…
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Title: The Wife Upstairs Author: Rachel Hawkins Narrator: Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne, Lauren, Fortgang Published: January 2021, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 8 hours 40 minutes / 304 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and…
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Title: Cold Wind Author: Paige Shelton Series: Alaska Wild Mysteries, #2 Published: December 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 296 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Second in a new series set in Alaska from beloved cozy author Paige Shelton, Cold Wind will chill your bones. Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn’t been found yet, so…
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Title: The House of Kennedy Author: James Patterson Narrator: David Pittu Published: April 2020, Little Brown & Company Length: 10 hours 25 minutes / 425 pages Source: Audio – borrowed via Library / Print – Personal copy Summary: The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: “To whom much is given, much is expected” and…
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