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IP Picks🔎: The Crazy True Story of First Spelling Bee
âž• a wilderness survival thriller and two rom-coms with 'Ted Lasso' charm
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Andy Lewis
May 2023
IP Picks🔎: An International Corporate Espionage Thriller Involving ... Soda Cans!
➕ a sweet second-chance rom-com and a John le Carré-meets-'Yellowstone' novel
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A Hit Author's Literary Estate Sale
âž• a heist romp, a slasher flick and a twisty locked-room mystery
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Andy Lewis
Exclusive IP Pick🔎: A Town Corrupted by the Promise of Pot Riches
The criminality that nearly destroyed California's first city to pass legalized weed farming is chronicled in Crooked Media's 'Dreamtown: The Story of…
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: An Unlikely Chicago Mobster, the Last Great Old West Bank Robbers
âž• a 'Normal People'-esque relationship drama and a revenge-filled #MeToo thriller
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: America's OG Sushi Slingers, a Wicked Cinderella
âž•the unlikely fishermen who get reeled into a drug-smuggling op, a mystery for 'Daisy Jones' and 'Wild' fans
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Andy Lewis
April 2023
IP Picks🔎: A 'Da Vinci Code' Puzzler and 'Gossip Girl'-meets-'White Lotus' Murder
âž• journalism wars, then and now
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Space Heroines and Horror Hunters
âž• cons galore, from a Ghanaian Swiss bank swindler to an ersatz Sherlock
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A Creepy Cruise and a Fake Prince
âž• the true story of the first Southern town to desegregate after Brown v. Board
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A Con Love Story, War Rescue and Divorce Dramedy
âž• the father/daughter whose famous fashion brand mainstreamed preppy
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Andy Lewis
March 2023
IP Picks🔎: Quirky Comedies and Corporate Dramas
âž• the theft of the Big Maple Leaf, the world's biggest and most valuable coin
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Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Best Friends in Romance, Death and Local Theater
âž• a fantasy detective thriller that's Elmore Leonard meets 'Stranger Things'
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Andy Lewis
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