2021 release – Page 4 – Always With a Book

k2reader July 21, 2021

Review: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: July 20, 2021 Source: Audio: Netgalley via Macmillan Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: From “a master of historical fiction” (NPR), Karin Tanabe’s A Woman of Intelligence is an exhilarating tale of post-war New York City, and one remarkable woman’s journey from the United Nations, to the cloistered drawing rooms of Manhattan society, to the secretive ranks of the…

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k2reader July 20, 2021

Review: Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig (audio)

Publisher: William Morrow/ Harper Audio Published: March 2, 2021 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher / Audio via library Summary: A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story—a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network—from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig. A scholarship…

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k2reader July 19, 2021

Review: False Witness by Karin Slaughter (print/audio)

Publisher: William Morrow / Blackstone Publishing Published: July 20, 2021 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via William Morrow / Audio: ALC via Blackstone Publishing Summary: AN ORDINARY LIFE Leigh Coulton has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She has a good job as a defence attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilised – her life is just…

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k2reader July 18, 2021

Review: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Publisher: Berkley Books Published: June 29, 2021 Source: Netgalley Summary: The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian–who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired…

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k2reader July 17, 2021

Book Spotlight: A House Full of Windsor by Kristin Contino

This book was published earlier this week and I’m excited to share it with you. I love all things having to do with the royal family, so of course I’m excited to read this one! Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing Published: July 13, 2021 Source: Netgalley via GetRed PR Summary: Spanning from 1980s London and the royal wedding of a century to a present-day reality TV show, A HOUSE FULL…

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k2reader July 14, 2021

Review: The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs (audio)

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kathy Reichs returns with her 20th gripping novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations, 15 years apart, of unidentified bodies ignite a terrifying series of events. On the way to hurricane-ravaged Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, Tempe receives a call from the Charleston coroner. The storm…

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k2reader July 11, 2021

Review: The Therapist by B.A. Paris (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: July 13, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: The multimillion-copy New York Times best-selling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in The Therapist – a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret. When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community…

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k2reader July 9, 2021

Review: The Summer Sisters by Sara Richardson

Publisher: Forever Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Fans of Lori Foster and Maisey Yates won’t be able to put down this heartwarming, multi-generational story about three sisters’ search to reunite their family and the love they find along the way. The Buchanan sisters share everything—including their inherited Juniper Inn. But when their mother won’t let go of a decades-long feud with their Aunt Sassy to…

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k2reader July 8, 2021

Most Anticipated Releases of the Month: July 2021

Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. With so many releases this month, it was hard to select just five books, but these are the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or it’s a debut novel and sounds amazing. As I’ve done before, if I’ve already read the book,…

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k2reader July 8, 2021

Blog Tour & Review: Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

Publisher: Berkley Books Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher/GetRedPr Summary: When a student disappears and is presumed dead, her professor passes off her manuscript as his own—only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Request. After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his…

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k2reader July 7, 2021

Review: The Forest of Vanishing Stars (audio)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / Gallery Books Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio / Print: Netgalley Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything. After…

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k2reader July 6, 2021

Review: Falling by T.J. Newman (audio)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / Avid Reader Press Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Libro.fm/Simon & Schuster Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via Avid Reader Press Summary: You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone…

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k2reader July 5, 2021

Review: Silver Tears by Camilla Lackberg

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A spine-tingling novel of revenge, betrayal, and sisterhood from the internationally celebrated author of The Golden Cage. She’s had to fight for it every step of the way, but Faye finally has the life she believes she deserves: she is rich, the business she built has become a global brand, and she has carefully hidden away her…

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k2reader July 2, 2021

Blog Tour & Review: Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / Flatiron Books Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to…

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k2reader July 1, 2021

Review: The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine

Publisher: Harper Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Publisher via Suzy Approved BookTours Summary: A diabolically twisty, psychologically unsettling novel about a woman with no recollection of her past from the authors of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Wife Stalker. “Liv Constantine plants her flag squarely in land staked out by the likes of Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter.”—Providence Journal Addison’s about to get married, but…

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k2reader June 30, 2021

Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Audio via Netgalley / Print: ARC via St. Martin’s Press Summary: A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose – and gain – when we leave home. Once in a lifetime, you can have the time of your life. The…

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k2reader June 30, 2021

Blog Tour & Review: A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer (print/audio)

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer. Thank you #ZooloosBookTours for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: June 29, 2021 Source: Print via Author / Audio via Brilliance Audio Summary: DI Kate Young can’t trust anybody. Not even herself. In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a…

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k2reader June 29, 2021

Review: Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Publisher: Dutton Books Published: June 29, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: It’s November 1991. George H. W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana’s in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to…

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k2reader June 27, 2021

Review: The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner (audio)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: May 4, 2021 (First published 2001) Source: Publisher Summary: The past isn’t over…. An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty. Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide investigation, stands at the center of the controversy.…

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k2reader June 25, 2021

Review: Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells (print/audio)

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks / Harper Audio Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Print: Paperback via Publisher / Audio via Library Summary: Two sisters join the Paris Resistance in this pause-resisting new novel inspired by the real-life bravery of Catherine Dior, sister of the fashion designer and a heroine of World War II France – perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Jennifer Chiaverini. “As dazzling as a Dior gown! With…

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k2reader June 25, 2021

Review: A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: March 23, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: Hardcover via St. Martin’s Press Summary: Jessica Strawser’s A Million Reasons Why is “a fascinating foray into the questions we are most afraid to ask” (Jodi Picoult, number-one New York Times best-selling author) – the story of two women who discover a bond between them that will change both their lives forever. When two…

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k2reader June 24, 2021

Review: The Bullet by Iris Johansen (audio)

Publisher: Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Libro.fm / Print: Hardcover via Publisher Summary: Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn must protect the life of a brilliant scientist so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world, in this fast-paced thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Diane Connors is a dedicated doctor with…

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k2reader June 23, 2021

Review: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

Publisher: Sourcebooks Published: June 22, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is…

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k2reader June 22, 2021

Review: The North Face of Heart by Dolores Redondo (audio)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Amazon Crossing Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via MB Communications Summary: In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztán Trilogy, a female detective follows a psychopathic killer into the eye of a storm. Amaia Salazar, a young detective from the north of Spain, has joined a group of trainees at the FBI Academy in…

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k2reader June 20, 2021

Review: What’s Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh

Publisher: Random House Published: June 22, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of The Wolf Wants In. “Laura McHugh expertly delivers a harrowing tale of a world where little is what it first appears to be.”–Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become…

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k2reader June 17, 2021

Review: The Accidental Suffragist by Galia Gichon

Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Author via Suzy Approved Booktours Summary: It’s 1912, and protagonist Helen Fox is a factory worker living in New York’s tenements. When tragedy strikes in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Helen is seduced by the Suffragist cause and is soon immersed, working alongside famous activists. As Helen’s involvement with the cause deepens, she encounters myriad sources of tension that test her…

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k2reader June 16, 2021

Review: One Year Gone by Avery Bishop

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Published: August 10, 2021 Source: ARC Paperback via Author / ARC E-copy via Let’s Talk Books Promo Summary: A mother will risk everything to find her missing daughter in this twisty thriller from the author of Girl Gone Mad. “Sometimes teenagers run away…Give her a few days. She’ll be back.” That’s what the police tell Jessica Moore when her seventeen-year-old daughter, Wyn, vanishes. All signs point…

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k2reader June 15, 2021

Review: Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Scene of the Crime/Publisher Summary: From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine. Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the…

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k2reader June 15, 2021

Review: Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 2, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: “They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears. After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly…

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k2reader June 14, 2021

Review: The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley

Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: May 27, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Social Butter PR Summary: The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them…

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k2reader June 11, 2021

Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / Celadon Books Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Librofm / Print: ARC Paperback via Celadon Books Summary: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.…

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k2reader June 10, 2021

Review: Far Gone by Danielle Girard

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of White Out comes a story of two heroines with shattered pasts and a town with blood on its hands. When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But…

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k2reader June 7, 2021

Most Anticipated Releases of the Month: June 2021

Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. With so many releases this month, it was hard to select just five books, but these are the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or it’s a debut novel and sounds amazing. As I’ve done before, if I’ve already read the book,…

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k2reader June 7, 2021

Review: A Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: For readers of Jane Harper and Rachel Caine comes a chilling thriller from award-winning author Jen Williams about a woman who discovers her late mother had been secretly corresponding with a serial killer for decades. When prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home after her mother’s baffling suicide, she makes an alarming discovery–stacks and stacks of…

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k2reader June 4, 2021

Blog Tour & Excerpt: The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA Books. I had the opportunity to read this book already – and spoiler alert…it’s really good! You can find my review here. Publisher: Harlequin Audio / MIRA Published: May 25, 2021 SUMMARY: #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a…

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k2reader June 4, 2021

Review: The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery (audio)

Publisher: Harlequin Audio / MIRA Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio via library / Print via TLC BookTours Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfelt tale of friendship between two women who used to be sisters. Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But…

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k2reader June 3, 2021

Review: Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion. In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the family’s sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service?…

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k2reader June 2, 2021

Review: Beneath Devil’s Bridge by Loreth Anne White

Publisher: Montlake Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A true crime podcast yields new revelations about a shocking murder in a riveting novel of suspense by Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White. True crime podcaster Trinity Scott is chasing breakout success, and her brand-new serial may get her there. Her subject is Clayton Jay Pelley. More than two decades ago, the respected family man…

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k2reader May 31, 2021

Review: Dear Seraphina by Avery Bisphop (audio)

Publisher: Audible Original Stories Published: May 20, 2021 Source: Personal copy Summary: For fans of Pretty Things and The Guest List comes a shocking novella of psychological suspense following a glamorous young actress and an obsessed fan. Dear Seraphina, I hope you’ll write back someday soon. I know I might be asking too much: you, a Hollywood star; me, a cashier at this small-town grocery store. But the thing…

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k2reader May 31, 2021

Review: The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Published: March 30, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A razor-sharp novel of suspense about the lies families tell—and those we choose to believe—by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe. Lauren Abrams wants nothing to do with her damaged mother, whose spurious testimony sent Lauren’s father to prison for murder years ago. After a serial killer’s confession to the crime restored justice, Lauren chose to live…

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k2reader May 28, 2021

Review: It Had To Be You by Georgia Clark (audio)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / Atria/Emily Bestler Books Published: May 4, 2021 Source: Audio via Simon & Schuster Audio / Print: ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: The author of the novel The Bucket List returns with a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy featuring a wedding planner, her unexpected business partner, and their coworkers in a series of linked love stories—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Casey…

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k2reader May 27, 2021

Review: Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 23, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A bride’s dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she’s had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this psychological thriller from the author of Eight Perfect Murders. Abigail Baskin never thought she’d fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken one-night stand on…

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k2reader May 26, 2021

Book Feature & Review: Amazon Original Stories: House of Crows by Lisa Unger

Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, is pleased to present House of Crows, a four-part serial collection from master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. Decades ago, four friends came face-to-face with dark events that they couldn’t explain as children and can’t bear to remember as haunted adults. The secrets they’ve tried to repress have lingered, shaping who they’ve become. Now, they’ll return to…

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k2reader May 25, 2021

Review: Legacy by Nora Roberts (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: Number one New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts presents Legacy, a new novel of a mother and a daughter, of ambition and romance, and of a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat…. Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father…

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k2reader May 25, 2021

Review: Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 4, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: The brutal murder of a young woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing–but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim. Lu Fei is a graduate of China’s top police college but he’s been assigned to a sleepy backwater town…

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k2reader May 24, 2021

Review: The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter (audio)

Publisher: Macmillan Audio via Netgalley / Minotaur Books Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via Minotaur Books Summary: Mary Dixie Carter’s The Photographer is a slyly observed, suspenseful story of envy and obsession, told in the mesmerizing, irresistible voice of a character who will make you doubt that seeing is ever believing. WHEN PERFECT IMAGES As a photographer, Delta Dawn…

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k2reader May 24, 2021

Blog Tour & Excerpt: You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA Books. I had the opportunity to read this book already – and spoiler alert…it’s fantastic! You can find my review here. Publisher: MIRA Books Published: May 25, 2021 Summary: Forget the truth. Remember the lies.…

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k2reader May 3, 2021

Review: The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jonasson

Title: The Girl Who Died Author: Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Victoria Cribb Published: May 2021, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Teacher Wanted At the Edge of the WorldUna wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavík. Her savings are depleted, her love life is nonexistent, and she cannot face another winter staring at…

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k2reader March 11, 2021

Blog Tour & Review: The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson. Thank you Hanover Square Press for inviting me to participate. Title: The Jigsaw Man Author: Nadine Matheson Published: March 2021, Hanover Square Press Format: ARC E-copy, 413 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… When body parts are found on the banks…

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k2reader January 7, 2021

Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Title: The Plot Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Published: May 2021, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Hailed as “breathtakingly suspenseful,” Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program…

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