Always With a Book

k2reader July 12, 2022

The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you Hanover Square Press/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Binding Room in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Binding Room. Thank you Hanover Square Press for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: July 12, 2022 Summary: Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller…

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k2reader July 11, 2022

The It Girl by Ruth Ware #bookreview

Thank you to TandemGlobal, Gallery / Scout Press, #partner, for an advanced copy of The It Girl in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery / Scout Press Published: July 12, 2022 Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.…

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k2reader July 11, 2022

The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Riverhead Books, #partner for the paperback copy of The Beauty in Breaking in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Riverhead Books / Penguin Audio Published: Print – June 29, 2021 (First published July 2020) / Audio – July 7 2020 Summary: An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele…

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k2reader July 8, 2022

The Resting Place by Camilla Sten #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Resting Place in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 29, 2022 Summary: A spine-chilling, propulsive psychological suspense from international sensation Camilla Sten. The medical term is prosopagnosia. The average person calls it face blindness—the inability to recognize a familiar person’s face, even the faces of those closest to you. When Eleanor walked in on…

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k2reader July 7, 2022

Most Anticipated Releases: July 2022

Happy July! Here we are with another batch of anticipated reads. I totally dropped the ball in posting this last month, but I’m back this month and I have some fantastic mysteries & thrillers – this is what I tend to gravitate towards the most, especially in the summer! I want a fast, engaging read and I think these will definitely deliver! FIRST BORN by Will Dean…

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k2reader July 7, 2022

Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley #seriesreview

Thank you Raven Street Publishing, the author & Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Fatal Witness in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Raven Street Publishing Published: July 7, 2022 Summary: Detective Erika Foster is back in Fatal Witness–with a chilling new serial-killer case in Robert Bryndza’s multimillion best-selling crime-thriller series! How do you find a killer who has destroyed all the evidence? Detective Erika Foster is on a…

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k2reader July 6, 2022

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Del Rey Books / Random House Audio Published: Paperback – June 27, 2017 / Audio – January 10, 2017 Summary: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind–she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers…

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k2reader July 5, 2022

One Night Stand by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #shortstory

I received this short story as part of the author’s early reader’s club by subscribing to her newsletter. Publisher: Patricia Gibney / Bookouture Published: 2022 Summary: A short story featuring Boyd and what motivated him to join the Gardai. My thoughts: Patricia Gibney’s Detective Lottie Parker series is one of my favorite crime fiction series, so I was thrilled to be able to get access to read this…

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k2reader July 5, 2022

Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Cold, Cold Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: July 5, 2022 Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-first novel of suspense featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, after receiving a box containing a human eyeball, uncovers…

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k2reader July 3, 2022

The Hunted by Roz Nay #bookreview

Thank you to the author and Simon and Schuster Canada, #partner, for the finished copy of The Hunted in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada Published: July 6, 2021 *** This book will be released here in the states on July 5, 2022. Summary: The Beach meets The Guest List in this twisty travel thriller about two couples who meet backpacking through Africa, but what begins as friendship…

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k2reader July 1, 2022

Month in Review: June 2022

Another month come and gone. I had an amazing month of reading and that was partly due to the fact that I was home a lot and I had lots of outdoor reading time – my favorite! I expect this upcoming month to be much the same as I am having surgery midmonth, so as I try not to get sick before the surgery and then I recover from said…

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k2reader June 30, 2022

When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and @GetRedPrBooks & Lake Union Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of When We Let Go in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: May 17, 2022 Summary: A moving novel of family and forgiveness and of hope and healing by Rochelle B. Weinstein, the USA Today bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends. When Avery Beckett…

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k2reader June 29, 2022

The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and Graydon House/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The German Wife in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The German Wife. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Graydon House / Harper Audio Published: June 28, 2022 Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns…

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k2reader June 28, 2022

Outside by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Outside in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 28, 2022 Summary: With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, “world-class crime writer”(The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . . When a deadly snowstorm strikes the…

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k2reader June 28, 2022

The Second Husband by Kate White #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and @WunderbooksPR & Harper, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Second Husband in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper / Harper Audio Published: June 28, 2022 Summary: A woman’s seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first husband in this twisty psychological thriller from Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author whom Entertainment Weekly called “impossible…

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k2reader June 26, 2022

The Ghosts of Paris by Tara Moss #bookreview #netgalley #seriesreview

Thank you Dutton / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Neighbor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton Published: June 7, 2022 Summary: A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals It’s 1947.…

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k2reader June 25, 2022

The Favor by Nora Murphy #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of The Favor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 31, 2022 Summary: A gripping debut domestic suspense novel, The Favor explores with compassion and depth what can happen when women pushed to the limit take matters into their own hands. Staying is dangerous. Leaving could be worse. Leah and McKenna have never met, though…

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k2reader June 24, 2022

Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Jackie and Me in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: Master storyteller Louis Bayard delivers a surprising portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy as we’ve never seen her before. In 1951, former debutante Jacqueline Bouvier is hard at work as the Inquiring Camera Girl for a Washington newspaper. Her mission in life is…

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k2reader June 23, 2022

When the Moon Turns to Blood by Leah Sottile #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Twelve, #partner, for the finished copy of When The Moon Turns to Blood in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Twelve Books / Hachette Audio Published: June 21, 2022 Summary: WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious deaths surrounding former beauty queen Lori Vallow and her husband, grave digger…

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k2reader June 22, 2022

She Wouldn’t Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha #bookreview #paperbackrelease

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and Forge Books, #partner, for the paperback copy of She Wouldn’t Change a Thing in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books Published: June 7, 2022 (first published August 2021) Summary: Sliding Doors meets Life After Life in Sarah Adlakha’s story about a wife and mother who is given the chance to start over at the risk of losing everything she loves. A second chance is the last…

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k2reader June 22, 2022

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press/Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of The Younger Wife in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 5, 2022 Summary: THE HUSBAND A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself. THE DAUGHTERS Tully and Rachel…

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k2reader June 20, 2022

A Deadly Affair by Agatha Christie #bookreview #shortstories

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of A Deadly Affair in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: January 4, 2022 Summary: From the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories,…

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k2reader June 19, 2022

Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Shadows of Pecan Hollow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: February 8, 2022 Summary: It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal. Longing for the family and security she never had, she allowed herself to be coddled and groomed into Manny’s partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and…

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k2reader June 15, 2022

The Guilty Girl by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Thank you Bookouture Audio for the ALC and Bookouture & Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Guilty Girl in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: June 15, 2022 Summary: Something whistling through the door behind her caused her to turn. A shadow spread across the opening. She clasped a hand to her mouth, stilling the fear that was rising. The menacing shadow was followed by…

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k2reader June 14, 2022

The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and @GetRedPrBooks & Avon Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Friendship Pact in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Avon Books / Harper Audio Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns…

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k2reader June 14, 2022

After the Funeral by Agatha Christie #bookreview #librarybook #seriesreview

I borrow this book from the library. Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 14, 2011 (first published 1953) Summary: When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say, “It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it.…But he was murdered,…

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k2reader June 14, 2022

It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press/Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of It All Comes Down To This in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: June 7, 2022 Summary: Therese Anne Fowler’s It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway…

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k2reader June 12, 2022

A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of A Face to Die For in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: Eve Duncan attempts to unearth one of history’s most intriguing lost secrets in this adventure ripped from the pages of Greek mythology, by number one New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen.…

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k2reader June 11, 2022

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #seriesreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: June 28, 2016 (first published 2007) Summary: Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesbø’s antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back: in a bone-chilling thriller that will take Hole to the brink of insanity. Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his…

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k2reader June 11, 2022

The Missing Wife by Sam Carrington #bookreview #backlistreview

Thank you HarperCollins360, #partner, for the finished copy of The Missing Wife in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Avon Published: June 27, 2019 Summary: You think you know those closest to you. You are wrong… A sleep-deprived new mother approaching her fortieth birthday, the very last thing Louisa wants to do is celebrate. But when her friend Tiff organises a surprise party, inviting the entire list of Louisa’s Facebook…

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k2reader June 9, 2022

Find Me by Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook #librarybook

I borrow this audiobook from my library via the Libby app. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: January 11, 2022 Summary: The disappearance of a young woman leaves her closest friend reeling and an NYPD homicide detective digging into her own past in this thrilling mystery full of twists from the New York Times bestselling author of The Better Sister and The Wife. Some pasts won’t stay forgotten . . . She calls herself Hope Miller,…

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k2reader June 9, 2022

The New Neighbor by Carter Wilson #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Neighbor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Published: April 12, 2022 Summary: USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson returns with another chilling psychological thriller, for readers of Megan Miranda and Alex Michaelides Aidan holds the winning Powerball numbers. Is today the best day of his life… or the worst? Aidan Marlowe…

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k2reader June 6, 2022

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Librofm, Harper Audio for the ALC and William Morrow #partner, for the finished copy of Counterfeit in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio / William Morrow Published: June 7, 2022 Summary: For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise–an incisive and glittering blend…

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k2reader June 5, 2022

The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and William Morrow #partner, for the finished copy of The Lost Summers of Newport in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio / William Morrow Published: May 17, 2022 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White–a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a…

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k2reader June 3, 2022

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner, for the advanced copy of Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: For readers of The Light Between Oceans and The Island of Sea Women, a feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving…

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k2reader June 3, 2022

The Foundling by Ann Leary #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber/Marysue Rucci Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Foundling in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scriber/Marysue Rucci Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 31, 2022 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test…

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k2reader June 3, 2022

Cold, Cold Heart by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #librarybook

I borrow this audio from my library via the Libby app. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: January 5, 2015 Summary: Pam is a 52-year-old teacher who has let herself go for the first time in her life. It’s two years since her husband – ex-husband – John died, and she’s heading from Georgia to California for the third and (she hopes) final time. But just what lies in store for…

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k2reader June 2, 2022

Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro #bookreview

Thank you Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Metropolis in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: May 17, 2022 Summary: From bestselling author B. A. Shapiro, a gripping novel that follows six mysterious characters whose lives intersect when a tragedy occurs at the storage facility where they all rent units. In Metropolis we meet six unforgettable characters who never would have met if not for their…

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k2reader June 1, 2022

Month in Review: May 2022

I don’t know about you, but May seemed to fly by! It was a busy month and while I still managed to read quite a bit, it wasn’t quite a bit, it was a little shy of what I normally read…but I’m ok with that. There were a ton of really good new books out and I’m really looking forward to the next few months of outdoor reading, where I…

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k2reader May 30, 2022

Review: On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster (audio)

Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 31, 2022 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via @BookClubFavorites / Gallery Books / Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio Summary: After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young socialite begins to realize that her glamorous summer is giving her everything—except what she really wants—in this new novel…

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k2reader May 29, 2022

Short & Sweet Review: The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: September 9, 2014 (first published 2005) Source: Personal copy SUMMARY A fantastically gripping thriller from the best-selling author of The Snowman. Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street. A gunshot cuts through the music and the bitter cold: one of the singers falls dead, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry Hole—the Oslo Police Department’s best investigator and…

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k2reader May 28, 2022

Review: The Fault Between Us by Bette Lee Crosby

Publisher: Bent Pine Publishing Published: October 19, 2021 Source: Author Summary: April 18, 1906 – A devastating earthquake rocks San Francisco and Templeton Morehouse fears her husband is lost forever. A powerful and compelling story from USA Today bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby Chances were a million to one that a girl born and raised in Philadelphia would encounter a stranger from California on the trolley and fall madly…

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k2reader May 28, 2022

Review: Dava Shastri’s Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: November 30, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: In this thought-provoking and entertaining debut novel about of a multicultural family, a dying billionaire matriarch leaks news of her death early so she can examine her legacy–a decision that horrifies her children and inadvertently exposes secrets she has spent a lifetime keeping. Dava Shastri, one of the world’s wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation…

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k2reader May 27, 2022

Blog Tour & Review: Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate. Publisher: MIRA Published: May 24, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley SUMMARY: First comes love. Then comes murder. Lucas Forester didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits and that petty attitude, a…

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k2reader May 27, 2022

Review: The Sky Above Us by Natalie Lund

Publisher: Philomel Books Published: April 13, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the author of We Speak in Storms comes a twisty, psychological thriller about three friends searching for the truth in the aftermath of a plane crash. The morning after their senior year beach party, Izzy, Cass, and Janie are woken by a thundering overhead. Then they and their classmates watch in shock as a plane crashes…

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k2reader May 22, 2022

Review: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani (audio)

Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: April 26, 2022 Source: Print – Hardcover via Dutton / Audio via Library Summary: From Adriana Trigiani, “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post), comes a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns. Matelda, the…

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k2reader May 20, 2022

Review: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang (audio)

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2022 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via Author / Audio – ALC via Brilliance Publishing Summary: From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes a spellbinding historical mystery about hidden identities, wartime paranoia, and the tantalizing power of deceit. Brooklyn, 1942. War rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will…

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k2reader May 20, 2022

Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (audio)

Publisher: Harper Audio Published: May 10, 2022 Source: ALC via Netgalley Summary: For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother-daughter story – one running from a horrible truth, and the other fighting to reveal it – that twists and turns in shocking ways, from the internationally best-selling author of The Scholar and The Ruin. First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule:…

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k2reader May 18, 2022

Review: Bomb Shelter: Love, time & Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott (audio)

Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 12, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio Summary: From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink comes a poignant and powerful new memoir that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope. A lifelong worrier, Philpott always kept an eye out…

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k2reader May 17, 2022

Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty (audio)

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company / Hachette Audio Published: May 17, 2022 Source: Print – Hardcover via Novel Suspects / Audio – ALC via Hachette Audio Summary: IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY. After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed…

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