k2reader August 18, 2023

The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Great Transition in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: August 15, 2023   Summary: For fans of Station Eleven and The Ministry for the Future, this richly imaginative, immersive, and electrifyingly relevant climate utopia novel follows a family navigating a crisis both personal and…

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k2reader August 17, 2023

Beneath the Surface by Kaira Rouda #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Beneath the Surface in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: September 5, 2023   Summary: On a weekend voyage, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions in a novel about ruthless family ambition by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda. You are cordially invited to an…

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k2reader August 16, 2023

After That Night by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Netgalley / Blackstone Audio, for the ALC and William Morrow Books, #partner for the advanced copy of After That Night in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Books / Blackstone Audio Published: August 22, 2020   Summary: After that night, nothing was ever the same again Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton’s life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her…

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k2reader August 16, 2023

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Atria/Emily Bestler Books #partner,  for the finished copy of The Writing Retreat in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: The Plot meets Please Join Us in this psychological suspense debut about a young author at an exclusive writer’s retreat that descends into a nightmare. Alex has all…

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k2reader August 14, 2023

The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman #bookreview

Thank you to Thoughts from a Page, William Morrow Books, #partner, for an advanced  e-copy of The Bones of the Story in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Books Published: July 11, 2023   Summary: The twisty locked-room mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author Carol Goodman, about a group of former classmates trapped on their college campus—with a murderer among them. It’s been twenty-five years since…

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k2reader August 12, 2023

The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Bone Hacker in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-second high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which…

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k2reader August 11, 2023

Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski #bookreview

Thank you to Henry Holt Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of Small Town Sins in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Henry Holt & Co Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: Ken Jaworowski’s Small Town Sins is a gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives. In Locksburg, Pennsylvania, a former coal and…

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k2reader August 7, 2023

Dark Corners by Megan Goldin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Netgalley / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Dark Corners in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: August 8, 2023   Summary: Rachel Krall, the true crime podcaster star of Megan Goldin’s acclaimed The Night Swim, returns to search for a popular influencer who disappears after visiting a suspected serial killer. Terence Bailey is about…

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k2reader August 4, 2023

Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: New York in the Roaring Twenties—a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious unsolved murders of the era, where power, politics, and secrets conspire to bury the truth. Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune…

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k2reader August 4, 2023

The Game She Plays by Siena Sterling #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Bibliolifestyle, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of The Game She Plays in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: June 6, 2023   Summary: From the author of Tell Us No Secrets comes a twisty new novel. A young American woman is thrust into the closed social circle of English aristocrats, but beneath their charm…

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k2reader August 3, 2023

Just Another Missing Person by Gillan McAllister #bookreview

Thank you to William Morrow, #partner, for an advanced copy of Just Another Missing Person in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice. 22-year-old Olivia has…

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k2reader July 25, 2023

The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A. Sherbrooke #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Dreamscape Media/Netgalley for the ALC and MB Communications & Pegasus Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Pegasus Books / Dreamscape Media Published: April 4, 2023 / June 26 2023   Summary: When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decision intended to protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets that threatens to…

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k2reader July 24, 2023

Searching for Savanna by Mona Gable #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Searching for Savanna in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 25, 2023   Summary: A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native American women in America and…

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k2reader July 21, 2023

A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Berkley #partner,  for the finished copy of A Twisted Love Story in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher:  Berkley / Random House Audio Published: July 18, 2023   Summary: From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller about a young couple that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating. Wes and Ivy are madly in…

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k2reader July 21, 2023

Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Night Will Find You in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: June 20, 2023   Summary: A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp’s nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed…

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k2reader July 20, 2023

One Night by Georgina Cross #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Penguin Random House, #partner, for an advanced copy of One Night in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bantam Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: One night. That’s all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or take justice into their own hands? An electrifying novel by the author of Nanny…

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k2reader July 17, 2023

The Expat Wife by Courtney Hargrove #bookreview

Thank you to the author, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Expat Wife in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: One Moment Books Published: July 11, 2023   Summary: Welcome to Switzerland in winter: Snow upon snow, everywhere to disappear, nowhere to hide… When newlyweds Rose and Wesley Blackwood move from New York City to Lucerne, Switzerland for his new job, they quickly take to expatriate life. What’s not…

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k2reader July 16, 2023

Strange Sally Diamond #bookreview

Thank you to the author & Gallery/Scout Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of  Strange Sally Diamond in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press Published: July 18, 2023   Summary: The internationally bestselling author of Lying in Wait returns with a wickedly dark, twisted, and brilliantly observed new novel about an enigmatic woman confronting her unknown past. Reclusive Sally Diamond causes outrage by trying to incinerate her dead father. Now…

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k2reader July 13, 2023

Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Next month, Sarah Pekkanen’s solo thriller, Gone Tonight, 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 the thrillers so co-wrote with Greer Henricks and this one sounds just as good! But just take note…the giveaway is happening on my Instagram page – head here…

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k2reader July 13, 2023

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Netgalley / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of Hello Stranger in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: July 11, 2023   Summary: Love isn’t blind, it’s just little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist…

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k2reader July 7, 2023

The Clearing by Simon Toyne #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of The Clearing in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: July 11, 2023   Summary: In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean–where she uncovers a dark…

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k2reader July 6, 2023

Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of Thicker Than Water in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: July 11, 2023   Summary: Two sisters-in-law find themselves at painful odds when the man who connects them—the brother of one, the husband of the other—is accused of a brutal crime in this twisty thriller from…

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k2reader June 28, 2023

The Quiet Tenant #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and  Knopf #partner,  for the advanced e-copy of The Quiet Tenant in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Knopf / Random House Audio Published: June 20, 2023   Summary: A pulse-pounding psychological thriller about a serial killer narrated by those closest to him: His 13-year-old daughter, his girlfriend—and the one victim he has spared Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a…

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k2reader June 23, 2023

The Last Word by Taylor Adams #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: April 25, 2023   Summary: After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy—or very, very dangerous—in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge. Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden…

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k2reader June 22, 2023

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to  HarperAudio/Netgalley for the ALC and Thoughts From a Page, Mariner Books, #partner, for an advanced  e-copy of Banyan Moon in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books / Harper Audio Published: June 27, 2023   Summary: A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family’s inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories.…

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k2reader June 22, 2023

The New Mother by Nora Murphy #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Mother in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 30, 2023   Summary: A relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling story — a fresh new twist on motherhood and murder in suburbia. Isolated. Lonely. Tired. It’s hard being The New Mother. Sometimes it’s murder.…

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k2reader June 20, 2023

Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of Lay Your Body Down in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 27, 2023   Summary: A young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown, where a radical evangelical pastor has poisoned everyone’s minds—and may be covering up a murder. After Del Walker fled her small hometown and its cult-like church, she vowed to…

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k2reader June 14, 2023

The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Long Way Back in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 13, 2023   Summary: When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller—from the author of the “poignant, riveting” (Wendy Walker, author of Don’t…

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k2reader June 14, 2023

Between Two Strangers by Kate White #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this audiobook for my own personal collection. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: May 16, 2023   Summary: A woman receives a bewildering inheritance that may have something to do with her past in this twisty and addictive psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Entertainment Weekly calls “impossible to outwit.” Struggling artist Skyler Moore is flabbergasted when she receives a suspicious phone call from a lawyer she’s never met regarding a “private matter.”…

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k2reader June 13, 2023

The Survivor by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Survivor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 6, 2023   Summary: Eve Duncan and Riley Smith must solve their most exciting puzzle since  A Face to Die For when asked to uncover the mysterious secret hidden on a remote island. When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no.…

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k2reader June 8, 2023

What Remains by Wendy Walker #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Blackstone Publishing, for the ALC and Blackstone Publishing, #partner for the advanced copy of What Remains in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing Published: June 13, 2023   Summary: She saved his life. Now he‘ll never let her go. Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for…

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k2reader June 6, 2023

Look Closer by David Ellis #bookfeature #paperbackrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that out in paperback today. This book has been on my tbr since it first came out in hardcover last year and you better believe that I made a special trip to the bookstore today to grab a copy! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this paperback release!!!      Look Closer by David Ellis Publisher – G.P. Putnam’s Sons…

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k2reader June 5, 2023

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber #partner,  for the advanced copy of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Scribner / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 6, 2023   Summary: The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See’s…

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k2reader May 31, 2023

The Good Doctor by Jessica Payne #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Bookouture, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Good Doctor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: June 14, 2023   Summary: I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted: a career saving lives, my dream home among the pines, and my caring fiancé, Elton. He doesn’t know about my past. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way… I’m so excited for…

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k2reader May 29, 2023

Drowning by T.J. Newman #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC of Drowning in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 30, 2o23   Summary: Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside—and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them. Six minutes after…

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k2reader May 26, 2023

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to GetRedPR, Blue Box Press, #partner, for the finished copy of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: May 11, 2023   Summary: Co-authored by her son, Harry Whittaker, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley’s multimillion copy sensation, to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion. Over 35 million copies of the Seven Sisters books…

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k2reader May 25, 2023

The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Drowning Woman in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 13, 2o23   Summary: From the bestselling author of The Party comes a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal following a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past—and the wealthy society wife she saves. Lee Gulliver never thought she’d find herself living on the streets—no one ever does—but…

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k2reader May 24, 2023

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive, and must break out of prison to find out the truth in #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben’s latest breathtaking thriller. David and Cheryl Burroughs were living the dream life when…

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k2reader May 23, 2023

Identity by Nora Roberts #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Netgalley / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Identity in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: May 23, 2023   Summary: A new thriller about one man’s ice-cold malice, and one woman’s fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore.…

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k2reader May 22, 2023

The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Chateau in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 23, 2023   Summary: A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder in this stylish, twisty thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and…

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k2reader May 21, 2023

The Half of It by Juliette Fay #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Half of It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: One perfect night. Forty years of buried hurt. One chance to make it right. Can the past ever be fixed? With humor, heart, and grace, USA Today bestselling author Juliette Fay delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner, perfect for fans of Josie…

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k2reader May 19, 2023

Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and MB Communications & Thomas Mercer #partner, for the finished copy of Out of the Ashes in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2023   Summary: A woman’s investigation into her family’s murders uncovers lies, secrets, and dangerous truths in a heart-wrenching novel of suspense. When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom’s family was…

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k2reader May 18, 2023

The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Thank you MIRA, #partner, for the finished copy of The Revenge List in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: MIRA Published: May 23, 2023   Summary: They say life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die. But all she could see was regret. The people in Frankie Morgan’s life say she’s angry. Emotionally stunted. Combative. But really, who can blame her? It’s hard being nice when your clients…

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k2reader May 17, 2023

Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner #bookreview

Thank you UpLitReads & Berkley Books #partner, for the finished copy of Only the Beautiful in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the…

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k2reader May 17, 2023

Playing It Safe by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Playing It Safe in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 9, 2023   Summary: As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell—formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country—is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an…

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k2reader May 12, 2023

Homecoming by Kate Morton #bookreview

Thank you to TandemCollectiveGlobal, Mariner Books, #partner, for a finished copy of Homecoming in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books Published: April 4, 2023   Summary: Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of the grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town…

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k2reader May 11, 2023

The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Hook in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: May 23, 2o23   Summary: Three betrayed women with revenge in common channel their fury in a twisting novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and False Step. A women’s boxing class is the perfect place for betrayed wife Katherine to work out her aggressions. Ideal…

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k2reader May 9, 2023

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Half Moon in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Scribner / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 2, 2023   Summary: From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who must navigate the complexities of marriage, family, and longing. Malcolm Gephardt,…

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k2reader May 7, 2023

Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Algonquin Books, #partner for the finished copy  of Dust Child in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. In…

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k2reader May 5, 2023

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Connellys of County Down in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Celadon Books Published: August 1, 2023   Summary: From Tracey Lange, the New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans, comes The Connellys of County Down: a story about fierce family loyalty, good intentions gone awry, and the consequences of improbable love. When Tara Connelly is released from prison after…

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