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     Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    When it comes to books, I always gravitate to thrillers and ghost stories. I cannot help it. They are a lot of fun. And who doesn't want to be scared, especially when you know there is no danger to you? I have read several of Simone St. James's novels and have loved them all. This time she delivered a spooky read that had me reading this book in one day.        The Book of Cold Cases is published by Berkley Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House. In this spooky tale, St. James combines two of my passions: true crime and the paranormal. Shea Collins is known as Girl A, a survivor of the child killer, Anton Anders. At nine, she was abducted and almost became the latest victim of Anders. But she escaped and lived to go on to write the popular true-crime blog, the Book of Cold Cases.     In all her years of writing, one case has always been an infatuation, the Lady Kil...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    With everyone enjoying the latest Knives Out Mystery, the Glass Onion, I thought it would be fun to review one of my favorite whodunit mysteries. Bundle up and grab some cocoa, this will be one snowy murder mystery .   An Unwanted Guest is Shari Lapena's third thriller. It is published by Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In it, we are introduced to the Mitchell's Inn, a beautiful, small hotel located high in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Family-owned, it is well worth the exorbitant booking price, boasting posh rooms and classy living. Only six of the twelve rooms are booked for the snowy -forecasted weekend, with a skeleton crew on duty. Ten guests are slated to arrive ahead of the storm, and the hotel is prepared with firewood, oil lamps, and an impressive menu of drinks and culinary delights. A beautiful weekend is ahead.    We are introduced to our cast of suspects...  Bet...