Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Ambrose Parry Series: Will Raven, #1 Published: October 2018, Canongate Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder. Young women are being discovered dead across the Old Town, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. In the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.…

Title: Stone Mothers Author: Erin Kelly Published: April 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Erin Kelly, the masterful author of He Said/She Said, delivers another irresistible, unputdownable novel of psychological suspense. You can’t keep the secret. You can’t tell the truth. You can’t escape the past… Marianne was seventeen when she fled her home in Nusstead – leaving behind her family, her boyfriend, Jesse, and the…

Title: Death on the River Author: Diane Fanning Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s True Crime Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  It seemed like the perfect romantic afternoon: a kayaking trip for two on the Hudson River. But it ended in tragedy when Angelika Graswald called 911 to report that her fiancé, Vincent Viafore, had fallen into the choppy frigid waters. Authorities assumed it was an accident, but when…

Title: Final Betrayal Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #6 Published: April 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 484 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  ‘She lifted the flap of the envelope and pulled out the single white page. As she opened it up she stared, open mouthed. Four words were typed on the page. I am watching you.’ When Amy Whyte and Penny Brogan leave a local nightclub in…

Title: The Southern Side of Paradise Author: Kristy Woodsen Harvey Series: Peachtree Bluff, #3 Published: May 2019, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From internationally bestselling author and “rising star of Southern fiction” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author) Kristy Woodson Harvey comes the third novel in her Peachtree Bluff series, in which a secret threatens the tight-knit bond between a trio of sisters…

Title: The Lost History of Dreams Author: Kris Waldherr Published: April 2019, Atria Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets of the past that may hold the key to his future, in this captivating debut novel in the gothic tradition of Wuthering Heights and The Thirteenth Tale. All love stories are ghost stories in disguise. When famed Byronesque poet Hugh de Bonne is…

Title: The Darkness Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Hidden Iceland, #1 Published: October 2018, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 310 pages Source: Library Summary:  Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir. The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation,…

Title: The Island of Sea Women Author: Lisa See Published: March 2019, Scribner Format: Hardcover, 374 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very…

Title: I Know Who You Are Author: Alice Feeney Published: April 2019, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times and international bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie comes a brand new, highly anticipated, dark and twisted thriller: I Know Who You Are.   Meet Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. Except one person. Someone knows…

Title: The Mother-in-Law Author: Sally Hepworth Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Someone once told me that you have two families in your life – the one you are born into and the one you choose. Yes, you may get to choose your partner, but you don’t choose your mother-in-law. The cackling mercenaries of fate determine it all. From the moment Lucy…

  Title: Bullseye Author: James Patterson Series: Michael Bennett, #9 Published: August 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 339 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Caught in the crossfire of a deadly standoff, Detective Michael Bennett must kill…or be killed. Tensions between America and Russia are the highest they’ve been since the Cold War. As the countries’ Presidents travel to the United Nations to iron out their differences, a fashionable…

Title: Silenced Author: Kristina Ohlsson Series:Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #2 Published: December 2013, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Fifteen years ago: A teenage girl is viciously assaulted as she picks flowers in a field one night in midsummer. The crime is never reported. Present day: A man with no identification on his person is killed in a hit-and-run. He is never reported missing.…

Title: Under the Table Author: Stephanie Evanovich Published: April 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties puts a modern twist on My Fair Lady in this funny, romantic confection in which a canny young woman makes over her awkward millionaire client . . . with some hot, sexy, and surprising results.   Suffocating in a dead-end…

Title: After She’s Gone Author: Camilla Grebe Series: Hanne Lagerlind-Schon, #2 Published: February 2019, Ballantine Books Format: ARC E-copy, 379 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Out of the frozen depths of a forest in Ormberg, Sweden, a woman stumbles onto the road. Her arms are covered with scratches, her feet are bare, and she has no memory of who she is. Local police identify her as psychological profiler Hanne…

Title: Saving Meghan Author: D.J. Palmer Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do anything for her only child. Others claim she’s obsessed and can’t stop the vicious circle of finding a cure at her daughter’s expense. Fifteen-year-old Meghan has been in and out of hospitals…

Title: Last Light Author: Helen Phifer Series: Detective Lucy Harwin, #3 Published: November 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 294 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Lucy watches the pathologist leave, then turns to the nameless victim on the table. ‘I promise I will catch whoever did this to you,’ she whispers. In charge of a new team, Detective Lucy Harwin is called out to attend the discovery of a woman’s…

Title: Her Father’s Secret Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Ilka/The Family Secrets series, #2 Published: March 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A woman’s murder is only the beginning as a daughter races to unravel the maze of secrets her father left behind–before she becomes the next victim–in the latest emotionally gripping novel from Sara Blaedel, #1 internationally bestselling author with over 3 million copies sold…

Title: The Library of Lost and Found Author: Phaedra Patrick Published: March 2019, Park Row Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A librarian’s discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful new novel from the international bestselling author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people—though not for…

Title: Where the Forest Meets the Stars Author: Glendy Vanderah Published: March 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 332 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove…

Title: Her Pretty Bones Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #3 Published: January 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 330 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  She’s just the girl he’s looking for… A young woman falls from a van speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to her aid. ‘Help her’, she whispers before her eyes close. Days later,…

Title: The Trial Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #15.5 Published: July 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 110 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  “I’m not on trial. San Francisco is.” An accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial for his life. Or is he? By unleashing unexpected violence on the lawyers, jurors, and police involved in the case, he has paralyzed the city. Detective Lindsay Boxer and…

Title: Unwanted Author: Kristina Ohlsson Series:Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #1 Published: November 2012, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train. Despite hundreds of potential witnesses, no one noticed when the girl was taken, and, in what seems to be merely a coincidence, her mother has been left behind…

Title: The Wolf and the Watchman Author: Niklas Natt och Dag Published: March 2019, Atria Books Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this breathtakingly bold, intricately constructed novel set in 18th century Stockholm, a dying man searches among the city’s teeming streets, dark corners, and intriguing inhabitants to unmask a ruthless murderer—perfect for fans of Perfume and The Alienist. It is 1793. Four years after the storming of…

Title: The Woman in the Dark Author: Vanessa Savage Published: March 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publishing   Summary:  A debut psychological thriller about a woman who moves with her family to the gothic seaside house where her husband grew up–and where 15 years ago another family was brutally slaughtered. Sarah and Patrick are happy. But after her mother’s death, Sarah spirals into depression and overdoses…

Title: The Winter Sister Author: Megan Collins Published: February 2019, Touchstone Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  In this spellbinding and suspenseful debut, a young woman haunted by the past returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sister’s unsolved murder. Sixteen years ago, Sylvie’s sister Persephone never came home. Out too late with the boyfriend she was forbidden…