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Forensic files, one of tvs earliest truecrime docuseries, ceased production in 2011, but has continued airing in repeats that remain popular. That s why the winner s crime by marie rutkoski has been at the top of my want to read list for a long time. Rutkoski uses a particular, overused trope that affects a character for a good 30 percent of the book that im just tired of seeing in fiction. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Book two of the dazzling winner s trilogy is a fight to the death as kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. Now betrothed to the feckless imperial heir, she risks even more as a spy, while managing to convince everyonemost particularly arin, once her slave. Sponsored by minotaur books and mystery writers of america mwa 1. I always love books that have good plot twists and have characters that know how to win. He s seen a giant totem of his head erected on an island.
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