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Shanessa Gluhm

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Shanessa Gluhm works as a librarian at an elementary school in New Mexico where she lives with her husband and children. It was during her own elementary days when a teacher encouraged Shanessa to share a story she wrote with the class. She hasn’t stopped writing since.

Her debut novel, Enemies of Doves, was an IAN Book of the Year Finalist in the category of first novel, an NIEA Finalist for cross-genre fiction, and first place winner in the Chanticleer Clue Awards for mystery, suspense, and thriller fiction. Her second novel, A River of Crows, also won first place in the Chanticleer Clue Awards.

When Shanessa is not writing, she enjoys birdwatching, reading, and true crime podcasts.

The Bone Nest is her third novel.

Average rating: 4.14 · 2,608 ratings · 485 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
A River of Crows

4.02 avg rating — 1,872 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions
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Enemies of Doves

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Five Innocent Boys, a City That Wanted Blood, and a Future President Who Helped Them Get It

Leading up to the release of The Bone Nest, I wanted to feature stories of the wrongly convicted and the men and women who fight for them. This one may be the most well-known case in the series. And somehow, that makes it harder, not easier, to write about.

Because when a story is famous, people think they already know it. They think they’ve processed it.

I don’t think most of us actually have.

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A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm
"A River of Crows is a gripping mystery that blends family trauma, unresolved loss, and psychological tension. Sloan’s return to her hometown forces her to confront painful questions surrounding her brother’s disappearance and her family’s troubled pa" Read more of this review »
The Bone Nest by Shanessa Gluhm
"Another terrific story from Shanessa Gluhm. Her characterizations were on point as usual. I felt like I knew each and every one of the characters. Of course, I knew Troy was innocent from the first, but there were a whole lot of twists and turns unti" Read more of this review »
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The Bone Nest by Shanessa Gluhm
"Oh my goodness. Started this book and was absolutely amazed, shocked and exhilarated. Flipping pages like you wouldn’t believe. Not wanting to do anything but find out what was happening next in this book.
Told across different timelines and from diff" Read more of this review »
The Bone Nest by Shanessa Gluhm
"The Bone Nest is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.




A group of lifelong friends—Hayes, Troy, Greer, and Tilly—plan to spend one last summer together before college and before life pulls them in different directions. That summer en" Read more of this review »
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A Song of Walking Rain by Laura   Kemp
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Laura Kemp has done it again — A Song of Walking Rain is a sweeping tale of family, forbidden love, and the weight of the past, where the sins of one generation echo through the next and love may be the only thing strong enough to call a lost soul h ...more
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Rob Samborn plunges readers into the shadow-draped, treacherous heart of Renaissance Venice and doesn't let go. The Swordsman of Venice is a propulsive, richly imagined adventure — part forbidden love story, part fugitive's quest across continents — ...more
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“Thanksgiving is a holiday for being thankful for what you have, not for yelling at the people you are supposed to be thankful for.”
Shanessa Gluhm, A River of Crows

“No marriage is unraveled by pulling a single thread. Just like no family is. Sloan understood that all too well.”
Shanessa Gluhm, A River of Crows

“It was a marvel that any of them could keep secrets in a house this small.”
Shanessa Gluhm, A River of Crows

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