Review: Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson (audio)

  Title: Yellow Wife Author: Sadeqa Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Published: January 2021, Simon and Schuster Audio Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: A Deadly Fortune by Stacie Murphy

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Deadly Fortune by Stacie Murphy – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Amy at HFVBT. Title: A Deadly Fortune Author: Stacie Murphy Published: January 2021, Pegasus Crime Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Summary:  A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York…

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Review: The Survivors by Jane Harper (audio)

Title: The Survivors Author: Jane Harper Narrator: Stephen Shanahan Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets… Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran’s parents are…

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Review: What Could Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz

  Title: What Could Be Saved Author: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Published: January 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 460 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy. Washington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds…

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Review: And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall (audio)

Title: And Now She’s Gone Author: Rachel Howzell Hall Narrator: Je Nie Fleming Published: September 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Isabel Lincoln is gone.   But is she missing?   It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous…

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Blog Tour & Review: Until We Are Lost by Leslie Archer

Title: Until We Are Lost Author: Leslie Archer Published: February 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 418 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl at the Border comes a haunting thriller about one woman’s journey into the painful truths threatening to destroy her. When Tara Peary’s twin sister Sophie goes missing, Tara dives into New York’s underbelly to find her. Sophie is…

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Review: Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale by Patti Callahan (audio)

Title: Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale Author: Patti Callahan Narrator: Cynthia Erivo Published: December 2020, Audible Originals Length: 1 hour 54 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: In this captivating historical novella narrated by Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, New York Times best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry celebrates the life of the mother of modern nursing and one of history’s greatest heroines: Florence Nightingale. Wild Swan introduces listeners to…

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Review: The Jane Austen Diet by Jane Austen, Bryan Kozlowski

Title: The Jane Austen Diet Author: Jane Austen, Bryan Kozlowski Published: March 2019, Turner Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown…  From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there’s a modern health code hidden in the world’s most popular romances. Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this…

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Review: The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton

Title: The Lady Upstairs Author: Halley Sutton Published: November 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Author Summary:  A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men…then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo’s job…

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Review: The Coast-to-Coast Murders by James Patterson & J.D. Barker (audio)

Title: The Coast-to-Coast Murders Author: James Patterson & J.D. Barker Narrator: Jason Culp, Tristan Morris, Renata Friedman Published: September 2020, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 14 hours 14 minutes / 560 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print – personal copy Summary: A detective and FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case — but a new rash of killings sends them on a…

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Review: Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner (audio)

Title: Before She Disappeared Author: Lisa Gardner Narrator: Hillary Huber Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio / Dutton Length: 12 hours 7 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Dutton Books   Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has…

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Review: Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake

Title: Under a Gilded Moon Author: Joy Jordan-Lake Narrator: Kathleen Gati Published: December 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 12 hours 58 minutes / 414 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy / Print – Hardcover via GetRed PR Summary: From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous war of ideas, and murder as classes collide in the shadow of Biltmore…

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Review: Long Bright River by Liz Moore (audio)

Title: Long Bright River Author: Liz Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Published: January 2020, Penguin Audio Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn’t be more different. Then, one of them goes missing. In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of…

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Review: A Stranger at the Door by Jason Pinter

Title: A Stranger at the Door Author: Jason Pinter Series: Rachel Marin Thriller, #2 Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:  From the Amazon bestselling author of Hide Away comes the gripping second installment of the Rachel Marin Thriller series. Rachel Marin is in a good place. After years of struggle, the single mother has found both a stable, loving relationship…

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Short & Sweet Review: Deadly Cross by James Patterson

Title: Deadly Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #28 Published: November 2020, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  A scandalous double homicide in the nation’s capital opens the psychological case files on . . . Detective Alex Cross.     Until Kay Willingham’s shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet…

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Review: The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg (audio)

  Title: The Butterfly House Author: Katrine Engberg Series: Korner & Werner, #2 Narrator: Graeme Malcolm Published: January 2021, Simon Schuster Audio / Gallery/Scout Press Length: 10 hours 1 minutes / 352 pages Source: Audio via Simon Schuster Audio / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner return in this thriller as they race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some…

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Review: The Choice by Alex Lake

  Title: The Choice Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2020, HarperCollins 360 Format: ARC E-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  A kidnap… Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished. A ransom… Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text…

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Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Title: The Plot Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Published: May 2021, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Hailed as “breathtakingly suspenseful,” Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program…

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Review: Lie, Lie Again by Stacy Wise (audio)

Title: Lie, Lie Again Author: Stacy Wise Narrator: Emily Ellet Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 11 hours 55 minutes / 382 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via GetRed PR Summary: For three women with so much to hide, there’s no such thing as a little white lie… All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets…and with a body at…

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Review: Revolver Road by Christi Daugherty

  Title: Revolver Road Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #3 Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 293 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty’s Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain’s heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city’s towering oaks, surrounded by graceful…

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Review: The War Widow by Tara Moss

  Title: The War Widow Author: Tara Moss Series: Billie Walker Mystery, #1 Published: December 2020, Dutton Books Format: ARC E-copy, 351 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary:  The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker’s search for a missing young immigrant man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she’d left behind in Europe in this thrilling tale of courage and…

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Review: Bloodline by Jess Lourey (audio)

Title: Bloodline Author: Jess Lourey Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:  Perfect town. Perfect homes. Perfect families. It’s enough to drive some women mad…In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of…

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New Feature: Most Anticipated Releases of the Month – January 2021

In thinking how I wanted to approach this new year, one thing I wanted to add to the blog was a new feature highlighting some of the books that I am excited will be published throughout the month. Sometimes I will have already read the book, in which case I will link my review and sometimes I will be reading the book in the days to come. I will note…

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First Book of the Year 2021

Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 6 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…

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