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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

The Darkest Place by Phillip Margolin

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Also by Phillip Margolin:

Conspiracy Theory, November 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
False Witness, November 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
An Insignificant Case, November 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Betrayal, November 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Murder at Black Oaks, November 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Murder at Black Oaks, November 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Darkest Place, November 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Darkest Place, March 2022
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
A Matter of Life and Death, November 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A Matter of Life and Death, March 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
A Reasonable Doubt, March 2020
Paperback / e-Book
A Reasonable Doubt, March 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
The Perfect Alibi, November 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Perfect Alibi, March 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Third Victim, November 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Third Victim, March 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Violent Crimes, February 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Worthy Brown's Daughter, April 2015
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Woman With A Gun, December 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Worthy Brown's Daughter, March 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Sleight Of Hand, April 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Capitol Murder, December 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Capitol Murder, April 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Vanishing Acts, October 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Supreme Justice, February 2011
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Fugitive, February 2010
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Fugitive, June 2009
Hardcover / e-Book
Executive Privilege, April 2009
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Executive Privilege, June 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
Ties That Bind, May 2008
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Gone, But Not Forgotten, May 2008
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Proof Positive, August 2007
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Proof Positive, June 2006
Hardcover / e-Book
Lost Lake, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)

THE DARKEST PLACE
By: Phillip Margolin

Robin Lockwood #5
Minotaur Books
March 2022
On Sale: March 8, 2022
Featuring: Robin Lockwood
304 pages
ISBN: 1250258448
EAN: 9781250258441
Kindle: B092T8M4K8
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
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Other Editions
Mass Market Paperback (November 2022)

Mystery Woman Sleuth | Thriller Legal


Robin Lockwood is an increasingly prominent defense attorney in the Portland community. A Yale graduate and former MMA fighter, she's becoming known for her string of innovative and successful defense strategies. As a favor to a judge, Robin takes on the pro bono defense of a reprehensible defendant charged with even more reprehensible crimes. But what she doesn't know--what she can't know--is how this one decision, this one case, will wreak complete devastation on her life and plans.

As she recovers from those consequences, Robin heads home to her small town of Elk Grove and the bosom of her family. As she tries to recuperate, a unique legal challenge presents itself--Marjorie Loman, a surrogate, is accused of kidnapping the baby she carried for another couple, and assaulting that couple in the process. There's no question that she committed these actions but that's not the same as being guilty of the crime. As Robin works to defend her client, she learns that Marjorie Loman has been hiding under a fake identity and is facing a warrant for her arrest for another, even more serious crime. And buried within the truth may once again be unexpected, deadly consequences.

Robin Lockwood

The Third Victim
THE THIRD VICTIM
#1.0 β€’ March 2018
The Perfect Alibi
THE PERFECT ALIBI
#2.0 β€’ March 2019
A Reasonable Doubt
A REASONABLE DOUBT
#3.0 β€’ March 2020
A Matter of Life and Death
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
#4.0 β€’ March 2021
The Darkest Place
THE DARKEST PLACE
#5.0 β€’ March 2022
Murder at Black Oaks
MURDER AT BLACK OAKS
#6.0 β€’ November 2022