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Teena Raffa-Mulligan Author Of The UFO Effect

From Teena's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Teena's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Teena Raffa-Mulligan Why Teena loves this book

This is crime writing at its best, a gripping suspense novel that kept me turning the pages to find out whether justice would prevail over wealth and privilege. Dervla McTiernan has crafted a compelling read that I feel is her best novel yet.

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Teena Raffa-Mulligan Author Of The UFO Effect

From Teena's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Wordweaver Reader Sea-gazer Sun-dreamer Optimist

Teena's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Teena Raffa-Mulligan Why Teena loves this book

I was impressed by how well White crafted this thriller to keep me guessing what actually happened till the closing pages. The plot twist took me completely by surprise, and that rarely happens.

By Christian White ,

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1 author picked The Wife and the Widow as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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The second standalone thriller from Christian White, the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child.

Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the…


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