k2reader – Page 5 – Always With a Book

k2reader December 18, 2025

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased the book for my own collection and borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: S&S/Saga Press / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: March 18, 2025 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians comes a tale of the American West, writ in blood. This chilling historical novel is set in the nascent days of the state of Montana, following a Blackfeet Indian named Good Stab as…

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k2reader December 17, 2025

Bog Queen by Anna North #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm for the ALC and Bloomsbury Books, #partner for the finished copy of Bog Queen in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bloomsbury Books / Bloomsbury Publishing Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: The story of an anthropologist’s monumental discovery and the clash of civilizations it sets off over the fate of the land that holds us When a body is found in a bog in northwest England,…

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k2reader December 17, 2025

The French Honeymoon by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau #bookreview

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of The French Honeymoon in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: April 15, 2025 Summary: The Paris Apartment meets A Simple Favor in an unputdownable thriller about a honeymoon gone horribly wrong. Sometimes, Paris is a terrible idea. This is not how she imagined it, any of it. Taylor Quinn arrives at her honeymoon suite in the City of Love alone, sans suitcase,…

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k2reader December 16, 2025

The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Quiet Mother in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: December 9, 2025 Summary: A woman is found murdered in her home. On her desk is a note with a phone number and a Detective Konrad. Called in to investigate, Konrad realises he met the woman shortly before her death when she asked him for help…

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k2reader December 16, 2025

Mini Reviews – Two Cork O’Connor Books #bookreviews #audiobooks #series

I borrowed both audiobooks from the library. I have long been a fan of William Kent Krueger’s stand-alones – This Tender Land and The River We Remember are two of my favorite books – but until now, I have not given his Cork O’Connor books a go. This is a series that he is still writing – at present, 20 books have been released and book 21 is…

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k2reader December 14, 2025

They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie #bookreview #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: June 14, 2011 (first published 1951) Summary: She fell head over heels for the charming young man one afternoon. And by nightfall, Victoria Jones had conspired to follow him to Baghdad. But no daydream of love could match the real life adventure that unfolded: a stranger was stabbed in her bed, someone issued a hushed warning, and her…

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k2reader December 13, 2025

My Sister’s Shadow by January Gilchrist #bookreview

Thank you to Crooked Lane Books, #partner, for the finished copy of My Sister’s Shadow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Published: March 18, 2025 Summary: Envy and desire infiltrate the lives of twin sisters in this dark, Gothic suspense set in England and New York City, perfect for fans of Laura Joh Rowland and Hester Fox. A mirror will never show you the truth.…

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k2reader December 12, 2025

Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of Death and Dinuguan in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: November 25, 2025 Summary: Love is in the air for the citizens of Shady Palms, but Cupid’s arrow isn’t the only thing striking the town—not with another killer on the loose. Things are looking up for the Brew-ha Cafe, and Lila Macapagal can’t think of anything that could break…

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k2reader December 12, 2025

Mini Reviews – Historical Fiction Edition #bookreview #historicalfiction #audiobooks

Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the finished copies of The World’s Fair Quilt and Where the Rivers Merge and MBC Books, #partner for the finished copy of The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club, in exchange for my honest reviews. Thank you also to Libro.fm and PRH Audio for the gifted ALCs. These are some historical fiction books I actually read over the summer and while I…

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k2reader December 12, 2025

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Doubleday #partner, for the advanced copy of Cursed Daughters in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Doubleday / Random House Audio Published: November 4, 2025 Summary: A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the…

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k2reader December 12, 2025

Friends and Liars by Kit Frick #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Friends and Liars in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: December 2, 2025 Summary: From “edge-of-your-seat suspense” (Booklist) author Kit Frick comes an insidious thriller about four estranged friends trapped in a powerful family’s deadly games at a luxe estate in the Italian countryside. It’s been five years since heiress Clare Monroe tragically died on New…

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k2reader December 9, 2025

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Murder at Gulls Nest in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 8, 2025 Summary: A cozy mystery series about a former nun who searches for answers in a small seaside town after her pen pal mysteriously disappears 1954: When her former novice’s dependable…

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k2reader December 9, 2025

Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K. Green #bookreview

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced copy of Haven’t Killed in Years in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: No one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in…

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k2reader December 9, 2025

The Windsor Conspiracy by Georgie Blalock #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Windsor Conspiracy in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: July 16, 2024 Summary: Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to spy on the Duchess…

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k2reader December 8, 2025

Gothictown by Emily Carpenter #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to RB Media for the ALC and MBC Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Gothictown in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington / Recorded Books Published: March 25, 2025 Summary: A restaurateur lured by pandemic-era incentives moves her family to a seemingly idyllic town in Georgia. The email message that lands in Billie Hope’s inbox seems like a gift from the universe. For $100 she…

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k2reader December 5, 2025

Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm /Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Parents Weekend in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 6, 2025 Summary: From the bestselling author of If Something Happens to Me, comes one of the year’s most anticipated thrillers. In the glow of their children’s exciting first year of college at a small private school in…

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k2reader December 5, 2025

Crooks by Lou Berney #bookreview

Thank you to William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of Crooks in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: September 9, 2025 Summary: From award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades. You’ve never met a family like the Mercurios. They say the American dream is going farther in life than your parents…

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k2reader December 4, 2025

Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Harper Audio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of Her Many Faces in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: July 15, 2025 Summary: For readers of Girl A and Notes on an Execution comes a whip-smart and suspenseful story of a woman on trial for murder, as told through the eyes of the most important men in her own life.…

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k2reader December 4, 2025

All This Could Be Yours by Hank Ryan Phillippi #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of All This Could Be Yours in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: September 9, 2025 Summary: Debut sensation Tessa Calloway is on a whirlwind book tour for her instant bestseller, All This Could Be Yours. In a different city every night, Tessa receives standing ovations from adoring fans while her…

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k2reader December 2, 2025

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes #bookreview #audiobook #nonfiction #memoir

I purchased both the book and audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: MarySue Rucci Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: October 14, 2025 (originally published November 2025) Summary: In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood’s most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying YES changed her life—and how it can change yours too. She’s…

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k2reader December 2, 2025

Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of Evil Bones in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that turn into something…

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k2reader December 1, 2025

The Kill Clause by Lisa Ungert #bookreview #novella #holidayread

Thank you to MBC Books, #partner, for an e-copy of The Killer Clause in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Published: December 1, 2025 Summary: A hired killer finds herself caught between her conscience and her contract over the holidays in this riveting short thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. A hit woman’s work doesn’t stop for the holidays. As the advent calendar winds down, Paige…

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k2reader December 1, 2025

The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner for the finished copy of The Burning Library in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / William Morrow Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: A thrilling dark-academia tale of murder, obsession and ruthless ambition set in remote St Andrews, Scotland On a frigid, windswept day in Scotland’s Western Hebrides, Eleanor Bruton’s body is discovered on the shore. To her…

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k2reader November 28, 2025

The Girl by the Bridge by Arnaldur Indridason #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Girl by the Bridge in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 2, 2023 Summary: When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired Detective Konrád. Still looking for his own father’s murderer, Konrád agrees to investigate the case. But digging into the…

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k2reader November 25, 2025

After Midnight: Thirteen Tales for the Dark Hours by Daphne du Maurier #bookreview #shortstories #audiobook

Thank you Scribner, #partner, for the finished copy of After Midnight in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Scribner / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: September 30, 2025 Summary: Introduced by international bestseller Stephen King, a stunning new hardback collection of Daphne du Maurier’s darkest stories Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On…

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k2reader November 24, 2025

In the Bones by Tessa Wegert #bookreview #series

Thank you to the author for the advanced copy of In the Bones in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Severn House Published: November 4, 2025 Summary: The arrival of a celebrity athlete on a remote peninsula in New York’s Thousand Islands unearths dark and deadly buried secrets in this heart-pounding blend of suspense and mystery, the first in the new North Country series—Agatha Christie meets Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley…

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k2reader November 23, 2025

The Gallery Assistant by Kate Belli #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Gallery Assistant in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: This twisty and sinister thriller follows a New York art gallery assistant reckoning with her past and now trapped in a web of deceit after an up-and-coming painter is murdered—perfect for fans of Katy Hays and Julia Bartz. November 2001: Chloe Harlow wakes…

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k2reader November 23, 2025

Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Before Dorothy in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: June 17, 2025 Summary: The greatest journey is the one you least expect…Kansas 1932 When news reaches Kansas that her beloved sister has tragically died, Emily Gale must become a mother overnight. Her sister’s orphaned child, Dorothy, desperately…

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k2reader November 23, 2025

Forget You Saw Her by Noelle W. Ihle #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Forget You Saw Her in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: November 4, 2025 Summary: A missing girl. A frantic mother. A desperate search. Across the country, notes taped to restroom stalls read, “On a date that isn’t going well? Ask for Andrea at the bar. We’ll make sure you get home safe.” But Andrea—the girl behind…

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k2reader November 22, 2025

The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Berkley #partner, for the finished copy of The Blood Thief in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: October 28, 2025 Summary: When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town—a place with dark ties to an elite historical society—archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate…from bestselling author Vanessa Lillie. In the hours before dawn at a local…

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k2reader November 22, 2025

The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts #bookreview #series

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Seven Rings in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: The #1 New York Times-bestselling author concludes her compelling Lost Bride trilogy as two women—one dead, one alive—prepare for a terrifying final showdown… Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his…

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k2reader November 21, 2025

Her One Regret by Donna Freitas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Recorded Books for the ALC and Soho Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of Her One Regret in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books Published: November 4, 2025 Summary: From the author of the book club favorite The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano comes a riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood. When successful Rhode Island real…

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k2reader November 21, 2025

The Cross by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fm for the ALC of The Cross in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Originals Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: A race-against-time audio thriller from the author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill for Me, Kill for You. Cross-examination isn’t a war of words. It’s not a legal battle. It’s not about who shouts the hardest or loudest.…

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k2reader November 21, 2025

Murder Takes the Stage by Colleen Cambridge #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Kensington Books / Highbridge Published: October 22, 2024 Summary: A witty and inventive treat for lovers of all things Christie, Downton Abbey, and Knives Out, set in London and the English countryside and starring Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeeper to the great dame of detective fiction herself. “Dame Agatha would be proud” (Publishers Weekly). Housekeeper Phyllida Bright is quite in her element at…

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k2reader November 20, 2025

Wings of Madness by R. John Dingle #bookreview #series

Thank you to the author for the advanced e-copy of Wings of Madness in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Tule Publishing Published: November 12, 2025 Summary: Serial killers, like madness and gravity, just need a small push… The body of a third young woman is discovered in a field outside Pawtucket Falls in New England the day FBI agent and profiler Gus Wheeler and his partner arrive to investigate a…

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k2reader November 20, 2025

With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of With Friends Like These in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: November 4, 2025 Summary: A group of Harvard alums have played a secret game for decades but as the stakes rise, deadly consequences emerge from old lies. An unputdownable debut thriller for readers of the suspenseful novels of Julia Bartz and Ruth Ware. Harvard promised them…

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k2reader November 19, 2025

The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold #bookreview

Thank you to MBC Books, #partner, for a finished copy of The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: November 1, 2025 Summary: A harrowing abduction becomes a tantalizing nationwide game in a twisty and ingenious novel of suspense by a USA Today bestselling author. Alice Ingold has been kidnapped. Call the police. Alert the media. You can’t play this game without all the…

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k2reader November 17, 2025

Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie #bookreview #bookseries #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: August 30, 2011 (first published 1940) Summary: In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence…

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k2reader November 14, 2025

The Chateau by Avery Bishop #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, HTP Books, #partner, for the ALC of The Chateau in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Audible Originals Published: August 21, 2025 Summary: A luxurious resort. A dream getaway. A murder that changes everything. Nina and Michael Carr are newlyweds on a romantic minimoon at The Chateau, an exclusive resort nestled in the Catskill Mountains. The setting is perfect—stunning views, lavish accommodations, and a…

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k2reader November 14, 2025

The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, #partner, for the finished copy of The Farmhouse in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press / Sourcebooks Published: June 17, 2025 Summary: Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in. When Emily Hauk’s mother dies, it’s time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A…

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k2reader November 13, 2025

Gone in the Night by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Dead and Gone in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Dreamscape Media Published: August 12, 2025 Summary: Detective Annalisa Vega hasn’t forgiven her brother for his role in a murder, and he hasn’t forgiven her for turning him in, so she’s surprised when he asks her to visit him…

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k2reader November 13, 2025

The Sister’s Curse by Nicola Solvinic #bookreview #series

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Sister’s Curse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: October 21, 2025 Summary: There’s something in the water in Bayern County… When mysterious drownings plague her small town, a detective haunted by her serial killer father must uncover whether revenge, ancient legends, or something darker lurks beneath the surface. Lieutenant Anna Koray thought she’d finally found solid ground…

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k2reader November 13, 2025

The Underdog by Sagit Schwartz #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to the author for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The Underdog in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Jagged Edge Press / Jagged Edge Press Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: When Liz, a down-on-her-luck director stuck working as a chaperone for a reality TV music show, picks up a new contestant from a psychiatric hospital, dubbed “The Singing Patient” by…

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k2reader November 9, 2025

All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of All the Way Gone in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Dreamscape Media Published: August 13, 2024 Summary: The fourth installment in the beloved Detective Annalisa Vega series Is there such a thing as a good sociopath? Newly minted private investigator Annalisa Vega is skeptical, but her first client,…

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k2reader November 8, 2025

The Widow by John Grisham #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Doubleday, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Widow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Doubleday / PRH Audio Published: October 21, 2025 Summary: Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of…

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k2reader November 8, 2025

The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Harper Audio for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, HTP Books, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The Wife Deserved It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: October 21, 2025 Summary: Darby Kane, author of #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, delivers an unputdownable domestic thriller novella in which a man has laid the foundation for the perfect murder… or…

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k2reader November 5, 2025

Body of Water by Adam Godfrey

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of Body of Water in exchange for my honest review. I got the audiobook via one of my audio subscriptions. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: September 23, 2025 Summary: For fans of Stephen King’s The Mist and the HBO hit show The Last of Us comes a wildly inventive, sinister thriller following an estranged father and daughter who find themselves trapped in a diner by a living…

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k2reader November 5, 2025

Not Good People by Audra McElyea #bookreview

Thank you to the author, #partner, for an advanced copy of Not Good People in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Counterplay Press Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: When a group of strangers win a weeklong stay at a primitive-style castle in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it feels like they’ve won the lottery. But when a deadly snowstorm hits the moment they arrive, unease settles in because now they’re bound…

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k2reader October 28, 2025

The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Graceview Patient in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence. Margaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life, leaving…

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k2reader October 27, 2025

Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Bye, Baby in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024 Summary: A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told. On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It’s her lifelong…

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