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Thrilled to officially reveal the cover for RANSOM BURNING @crookedlanebooks which will be released under JH Markert on January 26, 2027! 📚 🎉 the race is on, go grab it on @netgalley add it to your Want to Read list on @goodreads and while you’re at it, might as well preorder this wherever books are sold! #ransomburning #thriller #historicalfiction by @jamesmarkert74

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My first ever Physical ARC!! Thank you so much @Crooked Lane Books for the early copy of Ransom Burning!

#arcreader #advancedreadercopy by @jamesmarkert74

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Reminder that RANSOM BURNING is available for request on @netgalley we’ve got some great blurbs rolling in from some amazing authors, that I’ll share soon, but let’s bring on the reviews now too! by @jamesmarkert74

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I think there’s a story in this wicked morning glow by @jamesmarkert74

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A week from tonight, join me for the release party for THE CHAIN HOISE at @3rdturnbrewing by @jamesmarkert74

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One week from today THE CHAIN HOUSE steps into Thai world @crookedlanebooks October 6! by @jamesmarkert74

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This would be cool if I can swing it on a Thursday night. @richard_chizmar @jamesmarkert74 I’ll bring a couple packs of baseball cards if I can make it out. 🤣 by @jamesmarkert74

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Tony says THE CHAIN HOUSE is J.H. Markert's best yet! Five stars to this one, now out from Crooked Lane Books. #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #amreading #amreadinghorror #books #bookreview #horrorbookreview

https://www.horrordna.com/books/the-chain-house-j-h-markert-book-review by @jamesmarkert74

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Finished THE AMATEUR by @chrisbohjalian it amazes me how he’s able to come up with such unique stand alone novels year after year, and this ranks up with some of his best. What a story! But onward now to THE RECKONING by @johngrisham @doubledaybooks digging in now! #amreading #courtyard #birdgirl 📚 by @jamesmarkert74

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Alas! I’ve been keeping this under wraps, but my first novel (previously A WHITE WIND BLEW) is now republished by Open Road Media as THE CHOIRMASTER OF WAVERLY HILLS! Ebook available now, with the new paperback to follow soon!
A doctor uses music to raise his patients’ spirits, while struggling with faith and love, in this novel set during America’s worst tuberculosis epidemic.

1926. In the wake of the Great War and the Spanish flu pandemic, a tuberculosis outbreak ravaged Kentucky’s Jefferson County. Those suffering from the incurable disease were sent to the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitorium on the outskirts of Louisville. Some patients endured intrusive surgical procedures to try to prevent the bacteria’s spread, but most were simply made comfortable with little chance of recovery. At the outbreak’s peak, a Waverly patient died every hour.

Dr. Wolfgang Pike understands suffering. As a child he survived polio even as it left its mark on his body. He has not let his distorted foot and pronounced limp stop him from alleviating other people’s pain—in both body and spirit. Before devoting himself to medicine, Wolfgang pursued a calling with the Catholic Church, only to fall in love and marry. Now a widower, he plans to take his vows once the epidemic subsides.

But more patients arrive daily, adults and children, segregated by race in separate hospitals. Waverly is understaffed and overwhelmed. Bootleggers smuggle their illegal wares across the property even as the Ku Klux Klan vandalizes it. The only thing that eases tensions is the melodies Wolfgang plays on various instruments. When a cynical concert pianist is admitted, Wolfgang is inspired to unite all the patients not only in their shared affliction, but in their shared love of music. And in his efforts to heal their hearts and souls, Wolfgang will face the darkness of his past and feel the light that his future promises. by @jamesmarkert74

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• book mail monday •

a big thank you again to my friends over at @crookedlanebooks for recently sending me these two gorgeous finished copies! i have read and enjoyed previous work from both of these authors, so was a little extra exciting to get my hands on them🤗

are either of these on your tbr? taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by @jamesmarkert74

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Nearing the 18th green of this gem @chrisbohjalian @doubledaybooks ⛳️ by @jamesmarkert74

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