Title: The Swap Author: Robyn Harding Published: June 2020, Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC E-copy, 334 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  “No list of thrillers is complete without Robyn Harding,” proclaims Real Simple. Now the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Party delivers a riveting tale about the toxic relationship between two couples after a night of sexual shenanigans, and the manipulative teenager with an explosive secret at the center of…

  Title: The Wicked Hour Author: Alice Blanchard Series: Natalie Lockard, #2 Published: December 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 304 pages Source: Publisher via Netgalley Summary:  From the award-winning author of Trace of Evil, a detective dealing with the scars of her past must solve a seemingly unconnected string of murders, and face the impossible question of what to do when the killer may be hiding amongst the ones…

Title: The Second Mother Author: Jenny Milchman Published: August 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 464 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Opportunity: Teacher needed in one-room schoolhouse on remote island in Maine. Certification in grades K-8 a must. Julie Weathers isn’t sure if she’s running away or starting over, but moving to a remote island off the coast of Maine feels right for someone with reasons to flee her old life.…

Title: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry Author: Mary Higgins Clark Published: November 2019, Simon Shuster Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  An electrifying new thriller from “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark! When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a “CRyan” describing her “terrible experience” while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, including the comment “and I’m not the only one,” Gina…

   Title: House of Correction Author: Nicci French Published: October 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 528 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary:  ‘So,’ said Mora Piozzi, her lawyer, looking down at her laptop. ‘In brief: you are charged with the murder of Stuart Robert Rees, on December 21st, between the hours of ten-forty in the morning and half-past three o’clock in the afternoon.’ Tabitha is accused of murder.…

  Title: The Dead Season Author: Tessa Wegert Series: Shana Merchant, #2 Published: December 2020, Berkley Books Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Senior Investigator Shana Merchant has spent years running from her past. But she never imagined a murder case would drive her to the most dangerous place of all–home. After leaving the NYPD following her abduction by serial killer Blake Bram, Shana Merchant hoped for a fresh…

Title: Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing Author: Allison Winn Scotch Published: August 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 322 pages Source: Publicist Summary:  Politics is a test of wills in a sharp, funny, and emotional novel about truth and consequences by the New York Times bestselling author. Cleo McDougal is a born politician. From congresswoman to senator, the magnetic, ambitious single mother now has her eye on the White House—always looking forward, never…

  Title: Loss Lake Author: Amber Cowie Published: November 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 303 pages Source: Author Summary:  A new town, a new life, and a new home—with an absolutely chilling lakefront view. Two months a widow, Mallory Dent has made the impulsive decision to pack up and move on. In remote McNamara, nestled in the northern mountains, she can escape her grief, guilt, and pain. But…

  Title: Call of Vultures Author: Kate Kessler Series: Killian Delaney, #2 Published: December 2020, Redhook Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this suspenseful and twisted thriller, an ex-con uses her unique skill set to fight for the justice of those who can’t defend themselves. Kate Kessler’s novels are “impossible to put down” (Hollie Overton). Killian Delaney has a skewed moral compass, a high threshold for pain,…

  Title: Seven Crows Author: Kate Kessler Series: Killian Delaney, #1 Published: October 2019, Redhook Format: Paperback, 357 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  An ex-con tracks down the men who have kidnapped her niece in this gritty and visceral thriller. Killian Delaney has a skewed moral compass, a high threshold for pain, and has just been released from prison to discover that someone has taken her niece. Killian does not hesitate.…

  Title: Whiteout Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Dark Iceland, #5 Published: January 2020, Orenda Books Format: Paperback, 224 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted village of Kalfshamarvik. Did she jump, or did something more sinister take place beneath the lighthouse and the abandoned old house on the remote rocky outcrop? With winter closing in and…

  Title: Girls of Brackenhill Author: Kate Moretti Published: November 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 332 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Haunted by her sister’s disappearance, a troubled woman becomes consumed by past secrets in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year. When Hannah Maloney’s aunt dies in a car accident, she returns to her family’s castle in the Catskills and the…

  Title: My Darling Author: Amanda Darling Published: November 2020, HarperCollins Format: ARC Paperback, 372 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A new couple moves in next door. And nothing will ever be the same again… I watched you move in and thought we might be friends. I saw you watching from the window – and knew I’d have to keep you away from my husband. I started to trust you. Confide…

  Title: The Haunting of Brynn Wilder Author: Wendy Webb Published: November 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail…

  Title: First Girl Gone Author: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain Series: Charlotte Winters, #1 Published: September 2020, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 429 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Down the beach, she can just make out the rusting hulk of the Ferris wheel through the dawn mist. The hairs prickle on her neck as she drags her focus back to the chestnut hair fanned out in the shallow water at…

  Title: Secrets of a Serial Killer Author: Rosie Walker Published: July 2020, One More Chapter Format: ARC E-copy, 286 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  An edge-of-your-seat serial killer thriller that you won’t be able to put down! There it is: fear. It’s crawling all over her face and in her eyes, like a swarm of insects, and it’s all because of him. A serial killer has been terrorising Lancaster for…

  Title: To Tell You the Truth Author: Gilly Macmillan Published: September 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary:  The acclaimed author of The Nanny, The Perfect Girl, and What She Knew—“a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly)—returns with another serpentine thriller that is a potent blend of atmosphere, tarnished memories, mystery, and twisty secrets from the past. Bestselling mystery writer Lucy Harper’s talent for…

  Title: A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem Author: Manda Collins Series: A Lady’s Guide, #1 Published: November 2020, Forever Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  An intrepid female reporter matches wits with a serious, sexy detective in award-winning author Manda Collins’ fun and flirty historical rom-com! England, 1865 : As one of England’s most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power.…

  Title: In the Lion’s Den Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Series: House of Falconer, #2 Published: November 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the highly anticipated second book in the House of Falconer saga. James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry…

  Title: Paris for One & Other Stories Author: Jojo Moyes Published: October 2017, Penguin Books Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris. She’s never even been on a romantic weekend away–to anywhere–before. Traveling abroad isn’t really her thing. But when Nell’s boyfriend fails to show up for their mini-vacation, she has the opportunity to prove everyone–including herself–wrong. Alone in…

  Title: A Frenzy of Sparks Author: Kristin Fields Published: November 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 252 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary:  From the author of A Lily in the Light comes a poignant story of innocence lost and what it means to grow up too fast. It’s 1965, and thirteen-year-old Gia, along with her older brother and cousins, are desperate to escape their sleepy, tree-lined neighborhood…

Title: In the Deep Author: Loreth Anne White Published: October 2020, Montlake Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  I hope you don’t find him. And if you do, I hope he’s dead and that he suffered… Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter’s devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he’s helped her move as far as…

  Title: A Beautiful Corpse Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #2 Published: March 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  From Christi Daugherty, author of The Echo Killing, comes another pulse-pounding suspenseful thriller featuring crime reporter Harper McClain. For a woman, being killed by someone who claims to love her is the most ordinary murder of all. With its antebellum houses and ancient oak trees…

   Title: Every Now and Then Author: Lesley Kagen Published: October 2020, Alcove Books Format: ARC E-copy, 296 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land. A heartfelt coming-of-age story about three young girls searching for adventure during the summer of 1960 from the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark. The summer of 1960 was the hottest…

  Title: Absolution Author: Regina Buttner Published: October 2020, SparkPress Format: Paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary:  Jeanie thinks she was to blame for the sexual assault she suffered in college—and she’d do anything to keep her old-school Catholic family from finding out about the resulting pregnancy, as well as what she did to conceal it. Years have passed since the assault, and Jeanie’s husband, Greg, still thinks…

  Title: Northanger Abbey Author: Jane Austen Published: February 2007, Barnes & Noble Classics (1st published December 1817) Format: Hardcover, 260 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story,…