Yesterday, Patti Callahan’s latest book, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, was released in paperback. I am really looking forward to read this – it sounds like the perfect book to get lost in right now. I am also thrilled to be able to share this book with one lucky reader! This expanded paperback edition is the perfect book to read while quarantined with your family and friends. It includes: A map of…
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Title: Please See Us Author: Caitlin Mullen Published: March 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: In this sophisticated, suspenseful debut reminiscent of Laura Lippman and Chloe Benjamin, two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer in Atlantic City as mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home. Summer has come to Atlantic City but the boardwalk is empty of tourists, the casino lights have…
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Title: The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy Author: Jean Kennedy Smith Published: December 2018, Harper Perennial Format: Paperback, 272 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal…
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Title: Problem Child Author: Victoria Helen Stone Series: Jane Doe, #2 Published: March 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 266 pages Source: Publisher Summary: She’s cold, calculating, and can deceive with a smile. Jane Doe is back in the Amazon Charts bestselling series—and this time she’s met her match. After a brutal childhood, Jane Doe has been permanently wired to look after herself and only herself. Now, looking next…
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Title: Eight Perfect Murders Author: Peter Swanson Published: March 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 270 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has…
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Title: Lying in Wait Author: Liz Nugent Published: February 2019, Gallery/Scout Press Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From the author of the international bestseller Unraveling Oliver comes a “truly outstanding” (Crime by the Book), brilliantly plotted, utterly immersive novel lauded by A.J. Finn—#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window—as “extraordinary…crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter’s night.” My husband did…
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Title: No Bad Deed Author: Heather Chavez Published: February 2020, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 312 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Packed with the electrifying pacing and pulse-pounding suspense of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner, a thrilling debut about a mother desperate to find the connections between her missing husband and a deadly stalker who knows too much about her own dark family history. Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin…
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Title: In Five Years Author: Rebecca Serle Narrator: Megan Hilty Published: March 2020, Simon & Schuster Audio / Atria Books Length: 6 hours 44 minutes / 272 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she…
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Title: The Operator Author: Gretchen Berg Published: March 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: A clever, surprising, and ultimately moving debut novel, set in a small Midwestern town in the early 1950s, about a nosy switchboard operator who overhears gossip involving her own family, and the unraveling that discovery sets into motion. In a small town, everyone knows everyone else’s business . .…
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Emily Bleeker is quickly becoming a favorite author for me – I’ve read some of her more recent books and really enjoyed them. Her latest book, What It Seems, will be published next week. Earlier today I shared my review of the book – you can read that here. Today I have a conversation that Emily has prepared that I found to be quite interesting. Do let me know if…
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Title: What It Seems Author: Emily Bleeker Published: March 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 284 pages Source: Publisher via BooksForward PR Summary: A page-turning novel of suspense about the perfect family, and the perfect lies, by the bestselling author of When I’m Gone and The Waiting Room. Adopted by her controlling foster mother at the age of eight, twenty-year-old Tara has seen little of the outside world.…
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Title: The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant Author: Kayte Nunn Published: March 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: A cache of unsent love letters from the 1950s is found in a suitcase on a remote island in this mysterious love story in the tradition of the novels by Kate Morton and Elizabeth Gilbert . 1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed…
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Yesterday, Sally Hepworth’s latest book, The Mother-in-Law, was released in paperback. Since I already have a copy of this book, I am going to give it away to one lucky reader!!! I read this book last year and loved it…I loved that I went into the book expecting one story and got a totally different one! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!! You can find…
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Title: Girl Can’t Help It Author: Max Allan Collins Series: Krista Larson, #2 Narrator: Dan John Miller Published: March 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Source: Author/Publisher Summary: A rock band’s reunion is looking more like a farewell tour in a captivating mystery by New York Times bestselling and award-winning crime master Max Allan Collins. No sooner do Hot Rod and the Pistons reunite for their induction into…
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Title: The Sea of Lost Girls Author: Carol Goodman Published: March 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages—a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman’s carefully hidden past might destroy her future.…
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Title: Hide Away Author: Jason Pinter Series: Rachel Marin Thriller, #1 Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: March 2020, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 11 hours 7 minutes / 368 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Thomas & Mercer Summary: From the bestselling author of the Henry Parker series comes a page-turning thriller about a vigilante who’s desperate to protect her secrets—and bring a…
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Last week, March 1st, Jason Pinter’s latest novel, Hide Away, came out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away! I’ve just finished this book – it’s so good!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. It’s the first in a new series and you all know how much I love my series! You can see what others have…
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Title: Grace is Gone Author: Emily Elgar Published: January 2020, Harper Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the bestselling author of If You Knew Her comes this harrowing tale of suspense—a story ripped from today’s headlines—of a tight-knit English community, who’s rocked by the murder of a mother and the mysterious disappearance of her daughter, and the secrets that lie concealed beneath a carefully constructed facade.…
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Title: Black Out Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Dark Iceland, #3 Published: July 2016, Orenda Books Format: Paperback, 247 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer’s night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves…
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Today, Samantha Bailey’s debut novel, Woman on the Edge, is being released in the U.S. I read this book back in November and loved it. And I am thrilled to be able to offer two readers a copy of this book…But – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. You can find my review of Woman on the Edgehere. Read on to see what others have to say and…
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Title: The People vs. Alex Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, 25 Published: November 2017, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 413 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: This time it’s Alex Cross on trial. Alex Cross is on the wrong side of the law. Serving a suspension from the force while he awaits trial for murder, Cross has been branded as a trigger-happy cop, another bad apple walking the…
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Title: You Are Not Alone Author: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore Published: March 2020, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 11 hours 1 minute / ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: You probably know someone like Shay Miller. She wants to find love, but it eludes her. She wants to be fulfilled, but…
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Title: In An Instant Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Published: March 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 10 hours 43 minutes / 332 pages Source: Audio via Publisher / Print – Paperback via Author Summary: A deeply moving story of carrying on even when it seems impossible. Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others…
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Somehow, even though this is the shortest month, I managed to read more books than last month…and I am not one bit mad about it. I read some great books and I hope this trend continues throughout the year. I also attended some fantastic author events and this is another thing I hope continues throughout the year. I am so lucky that I live close to NYC – my favorite…
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Title: Follow Me Author: Kathleen Barber Published: February 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the author of Are You Sleeping—soon to be an Apple TV series—comes a cautionary tale of oversharing in the social media age for fans of Jessica Knoll and Caroline Kepnes’s You. Everyone wants new followers…until they follow you home. Audrey Miller has an enviable new job at the…
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Title: Behind Every Lie Author: Christina McDonald Published: February 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-book, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell—an “emotionally charged mystery” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author)—comes a thrilling new suspense novel about the insidious nature of family secrets…and their deadly potential. If you can’t remember it, how do you prove you didn’t do it? Eva…
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Title: Don’t Look Down Author: Hilary Davidson Series: Shadows of New York, #2 Published: February 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of One Small Sacrifice, a gripping mystery about a sinister murder that everyone wants to stay buried—except one dogged NYPD detective. Jo Greaver is a model of success. Young and ambitious, she’s built a thriving beauty business…
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Title: Oona Out of Order Author: Margarita Montimore Narrator: Brittany Pressley Published: February 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: “Reminiscent of Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot and Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, Oona Out of Order is a delightfully freewheeling romp.” —Booklist (starred review) Just because life may be out of order, doesn’t mean it’s broken. It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and…
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Title: The Lucky One Author: Lori Rader-Day Published: February 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: “This might well be my favorite Rader-Day so far: a brilliant premise intriguingly developed, totally believable characters and a climax that took my breath away.” — Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of The Shetland and Vera Series From the acclaimed author of Under A Dark Sky comes an unforgettable, chilling…
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Title: The Blossom Twins Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #5 Published: December 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 386 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Their parents thought they were hiding… One beautiful summer’s evening, thirteen-year-old twins Ivy and Erin Westmore snuggle down in a tent in their back garden, giggling and sharing secrets. When their mother goes to wake the girls the next morning, their tent is empty. The alarm…
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Title: Truth Be Told Author: Kathleen Barber Published: November 2019, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher * This was first published in August 2017 under the title, Are You Sleeping Summary: Soon to be a major TV series from Apple TV+ and produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine! Serial meets Ruth Ware’s In A Dark, Dark Wood in this inventive and twisty psychological thriller—formerly titled Are You Sleeping—about…
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Next month, Suzanne Redfearn’s latest book In An Instant will be published. I am really excited to read it and because I ended up with an extra copy, I wanted to give it away to one lucky reader. You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: In An Instant Author: Suzanne Redfearn Published: March 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC…
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Title: All the Best Lies Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #3 Published: February 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: FBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was brutally stabbed to death more than forty years ago while baby Reed lay in his crib mere steps away. The trail went so cold that the Las Vegas…
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Title: Reputation Author: Sara Shepard Published: December 2019, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 373 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this fast-paced new novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, a tight-knit college town scrambles for answers when an e-mail hack reveals life-changing secrets and scandals. Aldrich University is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people’s e-mails—the entire faculty, staff, students,…
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Title: Dead to Her Author: Sarah Pinborough Published: February 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes. Marriage can be murder… SOMETHING OLD Marcie’s affair with Jason Maddox…
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Title: The Other Mrs. Author: Mary Kubica Published: February 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Propulsive and addictive, The Other Mrs. is the twisty new psychological thriller from Mary Kubica, the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl She tried to run, but she can’t escape the other Mrs. Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago…
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Title: The Sun Down Motel Author: Simone St. James Published: February 2020, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to…
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Title: When I Was You Author: Minka Kent Narrator: Erin deWard, Will Damron Published: February 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A stolen identity leads a woman down a dark and desperate path in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent. After barely surviving a brutal attack, Brienne Dougray rarely leaves her house. Suffering from debilitating headaches and…
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Title: Last Day Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Published: February 2020, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 13 hours 8 minutes / 412 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print via Publisher Summary: From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a riveting story of a seaside community shaken by a violent crime and a tragic loss. Years ago, Beth Lathrop and her…
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Title: Mercy House Author: Alena Dillon Narrator: Dawn Harvey, Catherine Ho, Scarlette Hayes, Eboni Flowers, Caitlin Kelly, Bahni Turpin Published: February 2020, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 9 hours 35 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Paperback from Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: A powerful debut novel of a refuge in Brooklyn for women in trouble—and the one woman who will…
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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…
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Title: Into the Fire Author: Gregg Hurwitz Series: Orphan X, #5 Narrator: Scott Brick Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio / Minotaur Books Length: 11 hours 58 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Kaye Publicity Summary: The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns—facing his own uncertain future and undertaking one last mission. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan…
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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…
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Next month, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen’s latest book, You Are Not Alone, will be released. I was fortunate to be sent some extra copies, so I am giving them away. I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I have loved their previous books and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!! Read on to…
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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…
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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…
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Title: Hindsight Author: Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #7 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: January 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Source: Publisher via Libro.fm Summary: Investigator Kendra Michaels — whose former blindness has left her with uniquely insightful observational skills — must put her life on the line to catch a terrifying murderer setting his sights on some of society’s most vulnerable in this electrifying new…
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Well, despite the fact that January felt like it lasted forever, it has finally come to an end and I have to say it was a really good reading month filled with some excellent books. I was able to not only read some books from my shelves, but also read some stellar review books and I have a feeling that this year we are in store for another great year…
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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…
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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…
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