Review: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (audio)

Title: All the Missing Girls Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Published: June 2016, Simon & Schuster Audio / Simon & Schuster Length: 10 hours 4 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about…

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Short & Sweet Review: Look Behind You by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen (audio)

Title: Look Behind You Author: Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #5 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: July 2017, Recorded Books Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary:  #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with Look Behind You, a novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI.  A serial killer is on…

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Review: Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Title: Before I Let You Go Author: Kelly Rimmer Published: April 2018, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Next week, April 3rd, Kelly Rimmer’s latest novel, Before I Let You Go, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter…

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Review: Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan (audio)

Title: Deadly Recall Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Jessie Cole, #2 Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio / Thomas Mercer Length: 7 hours 47 minutes / 281 pages Source: Audio via Publisher / Print – ARC E-copy via Publisher via Netgalley Summary:  PI Jessie Cole is about to discover that there’s no revenge too wicked as New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan’s gripping series continues.  When you search…

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Review: If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin

Title: If I Die Tonight Author: Alison Gaylin Published: March 2018, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station—and lives are changed forever. Aimee En, once a darling of the ’80s pop music scene, claims that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man…

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Review: Private Down Under by James Patterson

Title: Private Down Under Author: James Patterson Series: Private #7 Published: May 2013, Century Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The world’s most exclusive detective agency opens a new office – in Australia! With the best detectives in the business, cutting edge technology and offices around the globe, there is no investigation company quite like Private. Now, at a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private…

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Review: No Safe Place by Patricia Gibney

Title: No Safe Place Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #4 Published: March 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 488 pages Source: Publisher via Netgalley Summary: There’s nothing more dangerous than a familiar face…As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the bottom of an open grave is the bloodied body of a young woman, and Detective Lottie Parker…

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Review: The Friend by Teresa Driscoll (audio)

Title: The Friend Author: Teresa Driscoll Narrator: Henrietta Meire Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:  The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of I Am Watching You.On a train with her husband, miles from home and their four-year-old son, Ben, Sophie receives a chilling phone call. Two boys are in hospital after a tragic accident. One of them is Ben. She…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

In just a little less than 2 weeks, The Secret to Southern Charm, the latest book by Kristy Woodson Harvey comes out and I’m super excited about this one. This is the sequel to her book, Slightly South of Simple – which I loved!!! I’ll be reading this book in the coming days and then posting my review on publication day, April 3rd! Because this book is sequel, and you…

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Review: The Italian Party by Christina Lynch

Title: The Italian Party Author: Christina Lynch Published: March 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A delicious and sharply funny page-turner about “innocent” Americans abroad in 1950s Siena, Italy. Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany’s famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each…

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Review: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Title: The Broken Girls Author: Simone St. James Published: March 2018, Berkley Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A breakout suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there…

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Review: Lie in Wait by Eric Rickstad (audio)

Title: Lie in Wait Author: Eric Rickstad Series: Canaan Crime series, #1 Narrator: Amy Landon Published: September 2015, Harper Audio Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Source: Library Summary: From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test   Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the…

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Review: Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens (audio)

Yesterday, Never Let You by Chevy Stevens, was released in paperback – it was first released in hardcover last year. I am a big fan of Chevy’s books and tend to listen to them on audio – in fact I had listened to this one a few months back but just hadn’t gotten around to writing my review, so here it is. Let me know if you have read this…

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Review: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Title: Sometimes I Lie Author: Alice Feeney Published: March 2018, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 258 pages Source: Publisher   Summary: My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie.   Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She…

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Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Title: Let Me Lie Author: Clare Mackintosh Published: March 2018, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us…  Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly…

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Review: Bone Music by Christopher Rice (audio)

Title: Bone Music Author: Christopher Rice Series: Burning Girl, #1 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:   There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge…    Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew—a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape…

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Review: Mrs. by Caitlin Macy (audio)

Title: Mrs. Author: Caitlin Macy Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Published: February 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:  In the well-heeled milieu of New York’s Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman no one can stop talking about. Despite a shadowy past, Philippa has somehow married the scion of the last family-held investment bank in the city. And although her wealth and connections put…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Sandman by Lars Kepler

Title: The Sandman Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #4 Published: March 2018, Knopf Publishing Format: Hardcover, 464 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.  Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years…

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Author Q&A: Lars Kepler

Lars Kepler is a new-to-me author, but I can already tell you, this husband/wife writing duo is definitely going to be a new favorite of mine. Their book, The Sandman,  part of their Joona Linna series, releases today in the U.S., and while it is the 4th book in this series, it really does read as a stand-alone. I’ll have my review of the book up a little later today…

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Review: The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Title: The Family Next Door Author: Sally Hepworth Published: March 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A gripping domestic page-turner full of shocking reveals, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Amanda Prowse and Kerry Fisher.   The small suburb of Pleasant Court lives up to its name. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows their neighbours, and children play in the street. Isabelle Heatherington…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Tomorrow, March 6th, Sally Hepworth’s latest novel, The Family Next Door, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter the giveaway…

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Review: The Wife by Alafair Burke (audio)

Title: The Wife Author: Alafair Burke Narrator: Xe Sands Published: January 2018, Harper Audio Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Source: Library Summary:  His scandal. Her secret.When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and…

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Review: Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell (audio)

Title: Silent Victim Author: Caroline Mitchell Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden, Steve West Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long.Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body of the teacher who seduced her as a teen. It’s a secret…

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Month in Review: February 2018

Happy March!!! As we get closer to Spring – I’m in denial that it’s going to snow again tomorrow 🙁 – we get closer to our move…I hope! As such, my house is now a maze of boxes, and so far, the majority of the boxes are all book boxes. It’s so sad to see my bookshelves empty, and I don’t really relish the idea of unpacking all these boxes,…

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