Always With a Book

Title: The Absolution Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: Children’s House, #3 Published: April 2019, Hodder & Stoughton * Format: Hardcover, 391 pages Source: Author * This is the UK Edition. The book was 1st published in Iceland in 2016 and will be published in the US in February 2020 – see picture below for US cover.) Summary:  The new novel from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning, Queen of Icelandic crime. The police…

Title: The Girls with No Names Author: Serena Burdick Published: January 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  The Girls with No Names pulls readers into the gilded age of New York City in the 1910s, when suffragettes marched in the street, unions fought for better work conditions—and girls were confined to the House of Mercy for daring to break the rules. Not far from…

Title: The Chelsea Girls Author: Fiona Davis Published: July 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about a twenty-year friendship that will irrevocably change two women’s lives–from the national bestselling author of The Dollhouse and…

Title: The Little Bookshop on the Seine Author: Rebecca Raisin Series: The Little Paris Collection, #1 Published: January 2020, HQN (1st published October 2015) Format: Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  It’s The Holiday on the Champs-Élysées in a great big love letter to Paris, charming old bookstores and happily-ever-afters! When bookshop owner Sarah Smith is offered the opportunity for a job exchange with her Parisian friend Sophie, saying yes…

Title: All the Ways We Said Goodbye Author: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White Published: January 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 448 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary:  The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with…

Title: Detective Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24.5 Published: May 2017, BookShots Format: Paperback, 144 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The suspect is your patient, Dr. Cross. An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late…. ***Short…

Title: No Mercy Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #2 Published: January 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Police officer Ellery Hathaway and FBI profiler Reed Markham take on two difficult new cases in this stunning follow-up to The Vanishing Season.    No Mercy is award-winning author Joanna Schaffhausen’s heart-pounding second novel. Police officer Ellery Hathaway is on involuntary leave from her job because she…

Title: Cartier’s Hope Author: M.J. Rose Published: January 2020, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary:  From the New York Times bestselling author of the “lush, romantic historical mystery” (Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale) Tiffany Blues, a gorgeously wrought novel following an intrepid female journalist in Gilded Age New York as she chases the story of the Hope Diamond.…

Title: The Better Liar Author: Tanen Jones Published: January 2020, Ballentine Books Format: ARC E-copy, 307 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  When a woman conceals her sister’s death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets in this addictive new thriller for fans of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins. “Like most of the dead, I want to be remembered.” Robin Voigt is dead. If…

Title: The Wives Author: Tarryn Fisher Published: December 2019, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Imagine that your husband has two other wives. You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don’t care. Or at least that’s what you’ve…

Title: Cross Kill Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24.4 Published: June 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 113 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Alex Cross, I’m coming for you–even from the grave if I have to. Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something…

Title: Lady Clementine Author: Marie Benedict Published: January 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  New from Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room! An incredible novel that focuses on one of the people who had the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill. In 1909, Clementine Churchill steps off a train with…

Title: This Is Not How It Ends Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Published: January 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary:  From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes a moving novel of hearts lost and found, and of one woman torn between two love stories. When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they’re settled in…

Title: The Wife and the Widow Author: Christian White Published: January 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child, Christian White. Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded…

Title: One Small Sacrifice Author: Hilary Davidson Series: Shadows of New York, #1 Published: June 2019, Thomas & Mercer Format: Paperback, 366 pages Source: Author Summary: An apparent suicide. A mysterious disappearance. Did one man get away with murder—twice? NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has had her eye on Alex Traynor ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago. Cori’s death was ruled a…

Title: Smokescreen Author: Iris Johansen Series: Eve Duncan, #25 Published: July 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 432 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle–but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows. A journalist shows…

Title: Vanishing Girls Author: Lisa Regan Series: Detective Josie Quinn, #1 Published: November 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Read the USA Today bestselling thriller that “keeps the dramatic reveals coming” as Detective Josie Quinn desperately chases a killer hidden within her close-knit town before it’s too late and they claim another victim (Publishers Weekly). The little girl curled into a tiny ball as the…

Title: Big Lies in a Small Town Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: January 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel.    North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream…

Title: Cross the Line Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24 Published: November 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 373 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killer…with a conscience. Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city’s police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the…

Title: Nightblind Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Dark Iceland, #2 Published: January 2016, Orenda Books Format: Paperback, 215 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Chilling, and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from undeniable new talent Ragnar Jonasson.     Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland—where no one locks their doors—continue to haunt him.…

Title: The Forgotten Girl Author: David Bell Published: December 2019, Berkley Books Format: Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: The USA Today bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter and Layover presents a twist-filled thriller about a troubled family with long-buried secrets… The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers’s door in the form of his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family…

Title: Seven Days Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2019, HarperCollins Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A race against time to save her child… In seven days, Maggie’s son, Max, turns three. But she’s not planning a party or buying presents or updating his baby book. She’s dreading it. Because in her world, third birthdays are the days on which the unthinkable happens… she loses her child. For…

Title: Shatter the Night Author: Emily Littlejohn Series: Detective Gemma Monroe, #4 Published: December 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from Emily Littlejohn, author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. It’s Halloween night in Cedar Valley. During the town’s annual festival, Detective Gemma Monroe takes a break from trick or treating with her family…

Title: Cari Mora Author: Thomas Harris Published: May 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 311 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession. Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is…

Title: Recipe for a Perfect Wife Author: Karma Brown Published: December 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with…

Title: The Good Sister Author: Gillian McAllister Published: June 2019, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  An electrifying novel about the unyielding bond between two sisters, which is severely tested when one of them is accused of the worst imaginable crime. Martha and Becky Blackwater are more than sisters–they’re each other’s lifelines. When Martha finds herself struggling to balance early motherhood and her growing business, Becky…

Title: Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop Author: Jenny Colgan Series: Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop, #2 Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis Published: October 2019, HarperAudio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: Audio – 8 hours 31 minutes / Paperback – 368 pages Source: Audio via library / Print via Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: A nip in the air, chiming bells and carolers, and the genial glow of love and family. But for this English…

Title: The Wicked City Author: Beatriz Williams Series: The Wicked City, #1 Published: January 2017, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams recreates the New York City of A Certain Age in this deliciously spicy adventure that mixes past and present and centers on a Jazz Age love triangle involving a rugged  Prohibition agent, a saucy redheaded flapper, and a…

Title: Before She Knew Him Author: Peter Swanson Published: March 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 309 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability…

Title: Her Dark Heart Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #5 Published: November 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 349 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Rory is waiting at the door of the pre-school – a painted picture of his mother Susan in his small hand. But Susan isn’t going to see the picture, because she has vanished. Susan Wheeler is a devoted mother. She would do anything for…