k2reader – Page 5 – Always With a Book

k2reader August 25, 2025

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Locked Ward in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: August 5, 2025 Summary: Was it… Bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity? Whatever the cause—and everyone has a theory—it’s the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a…

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k2reader August 25, 2025

She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena #bookreview #audioreview

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of She Didn’t See It Coming in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: July 29, 2025 Summary: When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late? Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in…

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k2reader August 24, 2025

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, #partner, for the ALC of Vantage Point in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the physical copy for own my copy. Publisher: MCD / Macmillan Audio Published: January 14, 2025 Summary: Succession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive Gothic suspense novel about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families. The old-money Wieland family has it all—wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed.…

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k2reader August 24, 2025

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Kathleen Carter Communications/Berkley, #partner, for the finished copy of Too Old for This in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: August 12, 2025 Summary: A retired serial killer’s quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there’s only one option left—what’s another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing. Lottie Jones thought her crimes were…

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k2reader August 21, 2025

Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Next of Kin in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 23, 2024 Summary: From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Samantha Jayne Allen’s mesmerizing new novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster. At a gathering for her cousin’s wedding party, newly-licensed PI Annie McIntyre gets asked an age-old question, the answer…

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k2reader August 18, 2025

The Astrology House by Carinn Jade #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Astrology House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: July 16, 2024 Summary: A group of wealthy Manhattanites escapes to an astrology-themed retreat, where simmering resentments and long-held secrets lead to a shocking death. Margot needs a minute. She’s been working eighty-hour weeks as a newly minted partner at her law firm. She’s disconnected from her…

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k2reader August 18, 2025

Miles in Time by Lee Matthew Goldberg #bookreview #series

Thank you to the author for the finished copy of Miles in Time in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Wise Wolf Books Published: May 2, 2025 Summary: Solve the mystery, save the future… 14-year-old Miles Hardy spends most of his time as an amateur Sherlock Holmes and running his detective agency with his good friend and loyal assistant, Kevin. However, in sleepy Frontier, Iowa, it’s been hard to…

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k2reader August 16, 2025

Last One Out by Steph Nelson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Last One Out in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: Perfect for fans of Noelle Ihli and Stacy Willingham, this chilling, riveting thriller unravels the dark secrets behind Chloe Webster’s disappearance and her shocking return twenty-five years later, as her cousin Frankie races to uncover a truth more terrifying than she could imagine.…

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k2reader August 16, 2025

The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio, #partner for the advanced listening copy of The Maid’s Secret in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published: April 8, 2025 Summary: When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the…

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k2reader August 14, 2025

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman #bookreview

Thank you G.P. Putnam’s Sons, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of All the Other Mothers Hate Me in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Published: March 11, 2025 Summary: “The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he’s a little shit.” Florence Grimes, age thirty-one, always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her…

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k2reader August 14, 2025

The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and MB Communications/Dutton, #partner, for the finished copy of The View from Lake Como in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: July 8, 2025 Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” storyteller (Washington Post), and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (NYT), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her…

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k2reader August 12, 2025

Guess Again by Charlie Donlea #bookreview

Thank you Kensington Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Guess Again in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington Books Published: July 29, 2025 Summary: On the 10th anniversary of a teenage girl’s disappearance, her cold case breaks open in dangerous ways…and threatens to tear apart her small Wisconsin town all over again in the masterfully twisty new psychological suspense novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.…

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k2reader August 12, 2025

Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Such Quiet Girls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: Ten children, abducted in broad daylight—and buried alive. Sage and her sister won’t make it home from school today. Neither will the other children on Bus 315. But that’s only the beginning of the nightmare. New bus driver Jessa blames herself for what…

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k2reader August 11, 2025

The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley #bookreview

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the finished copy of The King’s Messenger in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: March 4, 2025 Summary: For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue… 1613: King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots – has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son,…

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k2reader August 8, 2025

Iowa Mystery Series – Books 1 & 2 #minireviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the finished copies of To Catch a Storm & A World of Hurt in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobooks from the library. I am loving Mindy Mejia’s new Iowa Mystery series so much and I’m not sure why I haven’t seen more people reading these!! Books 1 & 2 are now available & book 3 is due out in September…

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k2reader August 8, 2025

The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Blue Horse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: July 8, 2025 Summary: A controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with. A helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found…

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k2reader August 1, 2025

Isola by Allegra Goodman #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubread

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: The Dial Press Published: February 4, 2025 Summary: A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this epic saga of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an…

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k2reader August 1, 2025

Mini Reviews: Debut Thrillers #bookreviews #audiobooks #debuts

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALCs and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copies of So Happy Together & Party of Liars in exchange for my honest reviews. Summer reading is in full effect and I’m all about the twisty, addictive, unpredictable thrillers. And if I can get them on audio, even better! These are just 2 that I think would make great additions to your summer reading…

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k2reader August 1, 2025

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.Fm / HarperAudio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Phoenix Pencil Company in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / HarperAudio Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, and…

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k2reader July 31, 2025

Nowhere by Allison Gunn #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Nowhere in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 25, 2025 Summary: Mare of Easttown meets The Outsider in this spine-tingling and twisty debut about a series of disappearances in a small, fundamentalist town and what one broken family must do to remain together as dark forces close in. After losing her young son in an accident, Rachel Kennan throws…

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k2reader July 30, 2025

Holy City by Henry Wise #bookreview

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the finished copy of Holy City in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grove Press Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: No one innocent. No one free. Nothing sacred. Holy City is the captivating debut from Henry Wise about a deputy sheriff who must work alongside an unpredictable private detective after he finds himself on the outs from his sheriff’s department over his unwillingness to look the…

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k2reader July 30, 2025

Close Call by Elise Hart Kipness #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Close Call in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: August 19, 2025 Summary: In a hard-hitting thriller from the author of Lights Out and Dangerous Play, reporter Kate Green courts danger once again when the famous subject of her next story is kidnapped during the US Open. With a hard-won Emmy now gracing…

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k2reader July 21, 2025

The White Crow by Michael Robotham #bookreview

Thank you Scribner, #partner, for the advanced copy of The White Crow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Published: July 1, 2025 Summary: Ambitious young police officer Philomena McCarthy, the daughter of London’s most notorious mob boss, returns in the latest propulsive thriller by author Michael Robotham. Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the Metropolitan Police because her father and her uncles are…

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k2reader July 20, 2025

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: November 1, 2022 Summary: White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit. Some people are haunted in more ways than one. Heavy metal, ripped jeans, Stephen King…

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k2reader July 20, 2025

One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of One Final Turn in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: The fifth and final installment in the Electra McDonnell series brings safecracker Ellie on a mission across World War II-era Europe to Lisbon, Portugal to rescue a key group of escaped POWs. Ellie McDonnell is about to embark on her most perilous mission…

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k2reader July 20, 2025

The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha #bookreview #bookclubread

Thank you Viking Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Inheritance in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking/Pamela Dorman Books Published: January 21, 2025 Summary: Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and a business…

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k2reader July 15, 2025

Our Last Resort by Clemence Michallon #bookreview

Thank you Knopf, #partner, for the advanced copy of Our Last Resort in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Published: July 8, 2025 Summary: From the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant comes an immersive new suspense novel: Fifteen years ago, Frida and her brother escaped a cult. Now her brother is the prime suspect in a murder investigation—and it isn’t the first time. Innocence doesn’t bail you out;…

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k2reader July 8, 2025

A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena #bookreview #audiobook

I found this book in my Little Free Library. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Penguin Books / Penguin Audio Published: May 29, 2018 Summary: In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home…

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k2reader July 8, 2025

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: February 22, 2022 (first published 1942) Summary: Now with a beautiful new series look, the iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery. It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy…

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k2reader July 7, 2025

Coram House by Bailey Seybolt #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Coram House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: April 15, 2025 Summary: A haunting novel—inspired by a true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates the mystery of two deaths, decades apart, at a crumbling Vermont orphanage. On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace…

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k2reader July 6, 2025

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books / Pine and Cedar Books, #partner for the advanced copy of King of Ashes in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Pine and Cedar / Macmillan Audio Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Secrets about to ignite . . . and a family consumed by flames. Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire…

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k2reader July 6, 2025

The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan #bookreview

Thank you HTP / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Dark Hours in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: January 28, 2025 Summary: For fans of Tana French and Jane Harper, this debut crime thriller follows a retired police detective who must face down a vicious killer and the memories that haunt her—thirty years after bringing down one of Ireland’s most prolific serial killers. Julia…

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k2reader July 4, 2025

The Twisted Women’s Book Club by Karin Slaughter & multiple authors #audioreview #audibleoriginal

I purchased this audiobook for my own personal collection. Publisher: Audible Originals Published: April 10, 2025 Summary: A seemingly ordinary book group holds deadly secrets in this collection of connected stories from Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, B. A. Paris, and more of the world’s leading thriller writers. Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking…

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k2reader July 2, 2025

Blonde Dust by Tatiana de Rosnay #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Tandem Collective Global / Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Blonde Dust in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: “A lovely portrait of female friendship, loss, and the unexpected ways in which a life can change. Haunting.”— Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women…

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k2reader June 29, 2025

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: December 24, 2018 (first published 1936) Summary: Agatha Christie’s beloved classic novel sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer—now a limited streaming series starring John Malkovich, Rupert Grint, and Tara Fitzgerald. “Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.” There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet…

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k2reader June 29, 2025

The Surf House by Lucy Clarke #bookreview

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Surf House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN… High on the wave-pounded cliffs, far from the bustling souks of Marrakech, sits The Surf House. A hidden gem on Morocco’s shores, the house is a sanctuary for the surfers, travellers and dreamers who wash in. But the…

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k2reader June 27, 2025

Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Fifty-Fifty in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do you believe? From Steve Cavanagh, the “wickedly clever” (The New York Times) master of twisty psychological thrillers. “911 what’s your…

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k2reader June 27, 2025

Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 2020 (first published 2018) Summary: The serial killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury. It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house – and to be sure the wrong man goes down for…

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k2reader June 27, 2025

The Black Highway by Simon Toyne #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you HarperAudio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Black Highway in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / HarperAudio Published: June 24, 2025 Summary: Laughton Rees is back in the latest novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy—this time, with a case that hits uncomfortably close to home and threatens the thing Laughton values most: her daughter.…

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k2reader June 27, 2025

A Killer Motive by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Thank you ThrillerbookloversThePulse / HTP Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of A Killer Motive in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: September 9, 2025 Summary: You never know who’s listening. To Stella Dixon, sneaking her teenage brother out of their parents’ house for a beach party was harmless fun—until Max disappeared without a trace. Six years later, Stella’s family is still broken, and she can’t let go…

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k2reader June 27, 2025

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark #bookreview

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Ghostwriter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: June, 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend…

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k2reader June 25, 2025

The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HTP Audio for the ALC and HTP / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Expat Affair in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row / Harlequin Audio Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry. Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never…

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k2reader June 25, 2025

Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Our Last Wild Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: May 20, 2025 Summary: From the author of the “irresistible” (Paula Hawkin, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Where the Truth Lies, an atmospheric novel about a young woman who searches for answers after her estranged friend is found dead in the bayou of their rural Louisiana hometown. The…

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k2reader June 24, 2025

The Death Mask by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Death Mask in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: June 24, 2025 Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring Eve Duncan as she races against time to protect her beloved family from a merciless killer. World-renowned forensic sculptor…

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k2reader June 17, 2025

Mini Reviews – Two Eddie Flynn Books #bookreviews #audiobooks #series

I purchased these books for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobooks from the library. I have a new obsession…Eddie Flynn! And I’m devouring this series…and loving it!!! And yes, I’m well aware that you do not need to read these books in order, I do…it’s just how I prefer to read series. ⁣ ⁣ So, who is Eddie Flynn? He’s an ex-con turned lawyer who surprises you…

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k2reader June 16, 2025

Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Angela Melamud PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of Beach House Rules in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 27, 2025 Summary: “Southern bestselling sensation” (Katie Couric Media) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a delightfully moving new novel about a mother-daughter duo learning to lean on their community of women—and…

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k2reader June 16, 2025

The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Man Made of Smoke in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 13, 2025 Summary: The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North. Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with…

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k2reader June 10, 2025

Letters from Strangers by Susan Walter #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

Thank you to Netgalley/Brilliance Publishing for the ALC and to the author for the advanced copy of Letters from Strangers in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Publishing Published: May 27, 2025 Summary: From the creator of the 2017 film All I Wish comes the heartbreaking story of two strangers searching for the truth about their families—and discovering a secret that will change their lives forever.…

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k2reader June 9, 2025

One in Four by Lucinda Berry #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Netgalley/Brilliance Publishing for the ALC and to Booksparks for the finished copy of One in Four in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Publishing Published: May 13, 2025 Summary: When a reality show about former child stars overcoming addiction culminates in murder, their therapist must take a closer look into their lives—and her own, from USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry. Dr. Laurel…

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k2reader June 8, 2025

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and Crown Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Correspondent in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Crown Publishing / Random House Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings around half past ten Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to…

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