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The Sister’s Curse by Nicola Solvinic #bookreview #series

The Sister’s Curse by Nicola Solvinic #bookreview #series

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Sister’s Curse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: October 21, 2025   Summary: There’s something in the water in Bayern County… When mysterious drownings plague her small town, a detective haunted by her serial killer father must uncover whether revenge, ancient legends, or something darker lurks beneath the surface. Lieutenant Anna Koray thought she’d finally found solid ground…

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The Underdog by Sagit Schwartz #bookreview #audiobook

The Underdog by Sagit Schwartz #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to the author for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The Underdog in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Jagged Edge Press / Jagged Edge Press Published: October 14, 2025   Summary: When Liz, a down-on-her-luck director stuck working as a chaperone for a reality TV music show, picks up a new contestant from a psychiatric hospital, dubbed “The Singing Patient” by…

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All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview

All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of All the Way Gone in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Dreamscape Media Published: August 13, 2024   Summary: The fourth installment in the beloved Detective Annalisa Vega series Is there such a thing as a good sociopath? Newly minted private investigator Annalisa Vega is skeptical, but her first client,…

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The Widow by John Grisham #bookreview #audiobook

The Widow by John Grisham #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Doubleday, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Widow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Doubleday / PRH Audio Published: October 21, 2025   Summary: Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of…

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The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane #bookreview #audiobook

The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Harper Audio for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, HTP Books, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of The Wife Deserved It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: October 21, 2025   Summary: Darby Kane, author of #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, delivers an unputdownable domestic thriller novella in which a man has laid the foundation for the perfect murder… or…

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Body of Water by Adam Godfrey

Body of Water by Adam Godfrey

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of Body of Water in exchange for my honest review. I got the audiobook via one of my audio subscriptions. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: September 23, 2025   Summary: For fans of Stephen King’s The Mist and the HBO hit show The Last of Us comes a wildly inventive, sinister thriller following an estranged father and daughter who find themselves trapped in a diner by a living…

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Not Good People by Audra McElyea #bookreview

Not Good People by Audra McElyea #bookreview

Thank you to the author, #partner, for an advanced copy of Not Good People in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Counterplay Press Published: October 14, 2025   Summary: When a group of strangers win a weeklong stay at a primitive-style castle in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it feels like they’ve won the lottery. But when a deadly snowstorm hits the moment they arrive, unease settles in because now they’re bound…

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The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling #bookreview #audiobook

The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Graceview Patient in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: October 14, 2025   Summary: Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence. Margaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life, leaving…

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Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Bye, Baby in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told. On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It’s her lifelong…

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Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones #bookreview #audiobook #novella

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones #bookreview #audiobook #novella

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC of Mapping the Interior in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my own collection. Publisher: Tor Nightfire / Macmillan Audio Published: April 29, 2025 / June 25, 2025   Summary: Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. Instead of the people who could be there, his mother…

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Murder by Invitation Only by Colleen Cambridge #bookreview #audiobook #series

Murder by Invitation Only by Colleen Cambridge #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Kensington Books / Highbridge Published: September 26, 2023   Summary: In this engaging historical mystery, Agatha Christie’s ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author’s English country home in tip-top shape, she excels as an amateur sleuth. But when a murder-themed game goes awry, can she outfox the guilty party? “A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .”…

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Keep This for Me by Jennifer Fawcett #bookreview

Keep This for Me by Jennifer Fawcett #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Keep This for Me in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: October 7, 2025   Summary: The acclaimed author of the “chilling, mesmerizing debut” (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return ) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer’s connection to her mother’s disappearance—for fans of I Have Some Questions for You and Notes on an…

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The Whisper Place by Mindy Mejia #bookreview #series

The Whisper Place by Mindy Mejia #bookreview #series

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Whisper Place in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atlantic Crime Published: September 16, 2025   Summary: The latest thriller in the USA Today bestselling Iowa Mysteries series starring Max Summerlin and Jonah Kendrick, an unlikely pair of private investigators who specialize in finding people who don’t want to be found. How do you find a woman who doesn’t…

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Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie #bookreview #bookseries #readingchallenge

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie #bookreview #bookseries #readingchallenge

Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the finished copy of Murder in the Vicarage in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: February 15, 2022 (first published 1930)   Summary: Now with a beautiful new series look, The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple–as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise,…

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The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware #bookreview #series

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware #bookreview #series

Thank you Gallery Books/Scout Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Woman in Suite 11 in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Gallery Books/Scout Press Published: July 8, 2025   Summary: In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Women in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.…

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The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware #bookreview #audiobook #reread

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware #bookreview #audiobook #reread

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: July 19, 2016   Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of the “twisty-mystery” (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware—this time, set at sea. In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine,…

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The Killer Question by Janice Hallett #bookreview

The Killer Question by Janice Hallett #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Killer Question in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: August 5, 2025   Summary: Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly trivia night, revealed through quiz categories, phone messages, and email correspondence. Sue and Mal Eastwood run an isolated rural pub called…

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The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens #bookreview #audiobook

The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Hitchhikers in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: October 7, 2025   Summary: The open road beckons. A chance for them to reconnect. Then they make a fatal mistake. It’s the summer of 1976 and Alice and Tom set out on the remote Canadian highways…

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The Making of Jackson Parrish by Liv Constantine #bookreview #audiobook

The Making of Jackson Parrish by Liv Constantine #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of The Making of Jackson Parrish in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Random House Audio Published: September 16, 2025   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish comes a gripping, original audiobook set in the intoxicating world of the Parrish universe— The Making of Jackson Parrish. Every villain has an origin story, and Jackson Parrish is no exception. A single scandalous…

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: September 9, 2025   Summary: One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before…

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Other People’s Houses by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #audiobook #series

Other People’s Houses by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fm / Highbride Audio for the ALC of Other People’s Houses in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my collection. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark / Highbridge Audio Published: September 16, 2025   Summary: New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh is back with another unputdownable installment in the DC Morgan series. You want what they have, but what price would you pay? The Hill is the kind…

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Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter #bookreview #earlybuzz

Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter #bookreview #earlybuzz

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse and the author, #partner, for an advanced copy of Murder at 30,000 Feet in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: February 17, 2026   Summary: Under the cover of turbulence, a killer strikes. With nowhere to land and nowhere to hide, who will save the passengers from this nightmare at 30,000 feet? It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 with nonstop service…

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Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of  Kiss Her Goodbye in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: August 12, 2025   Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner returns with the 4th installment in her bestselling Frankie Elkin series, in which Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose…

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The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan #bookreview #audiobook #debut

The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Witch’s Orchard in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: August 12, 2025   Summary: A ninth generation Appalachian herself, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, a wonderfully atmospheric novel that introduces private investigator Annie Gore. Former Air Force Special Investigator…

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The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill #bookreview #audiobook #debut

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill #bookreview #audiobook #debut

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Henry Holt Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Irish Goodbye in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Henry Holt Books / Macmillan Audio Published: September 30, 2025   Summary: In this debut, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Mary Beth Keane, three adult sisters grapple with a shared tragedy over a Thanksgiving weekend spent in their childhood home, navigating…

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Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham #bookreview

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Forget Me Not in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: August 26, 2025   Summary: Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell’s older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and the case was swiftly closed. In the decades since, Claire has attempted to forget…

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The House of Cross by James Patterson #bookreview #series

The House of Cross by James Patterson #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: November 25, 2024   Summary: There are no silent nights for Alex Cross, star of the Prime series, this Christmas. Someone is targeting Supreme Court justices, and Cross—and his family—are in the crosshairs too. It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you.…

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Alex Cross Must Die by James Patterson #bookreview #series

Alex Cross Must Die by James Patterson #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: November 20, 2023   Summary: Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who’s fatally ambushing young men in the “Dead Hours” murders. They don’t hear the machine gun fire. At first. “Drop whatever you’re doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A plane just crashed and exploded on the…

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Too Close to Home by Seraphina Nova Glass #bookreview

Too Close to Home by Seraphina Nova Glass #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, HTP Books, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Too Close to Home in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row Books Published: April 14, 2026   Summary: Nothing in this idyllic community is quite what it seems… Those lucky enough to live in the elite lakefront community of Cloverhill Lakes are drawn to it for its safety and top-notch school district. The moms…

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The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler #bookreview #audiobook

The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / PRH Audio for the ALC of The Gatsby Gambit in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my collection. Publisher: Viking / Penguin Audio Published: April 1, 2025   Summary: A clever, transporting murder mystery, The Gatsby Gambit explores a world of class, money, glamour, and foul play—and reimagines some of America’s most beloved literary characters Greta Gatsby has at last graduated from her…

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The Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic #bookreview #backlistreview #series

The Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic #bookreview #backlistreview #series

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Hunter’s Daughter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: May 14, 2024   Summary: A hypnotic, sinister debut mystery about a seemingly good cop who is secretly the daughter of a notorious serial killer. Anna Koray escaped her father’s darkness long ago. When she was a girl, her childhood memories were sealed away from her conscious mind by a…

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The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin #bookreview

The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin #bookreview

Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Vanishing Place  in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: September 16, 2025   Summary: A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller. A child who ran from the forest. A woman who…

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The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Serial Killer Guide to San Franciso in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: September 24, 2024   Summary: In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter of a serial killer shows readers another side of the beloved city. Welcome to San Francisco,…

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Play Nice by Rachel Harrison #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Play Nice in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / PRH Audio Published: September 9, 2025   Summary: A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house. Clio Louise Barnes leads a…

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This Is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry #bookreview #audiobook

This Is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC of This Is a Safe Space in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Originals Published: October 21, 2025   Summary: A therapist discovers an unnerving connection between one of her patients and her own family in this gripping audio thriller by the bestselling author of The Perfect Child and One of Our Own . Jenna, who runs a successful…

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I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones #bookreview #audiobook

I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of I Would Die for You in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 25, 2025   Summary: Now: Nicole Forbes lives a quiet life in a small seaside Californian town with her husband and daughter. She is not expecting a writer to knock on her door asking for…

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Hunter’s Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor #bookreview #series

Hunter’s Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Hunter’s Heart Ridge in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: August 5, 2025   Summary: In this sequel to Taylor’s lyrical series debut, Agony Hill, Detective Frank Warren and his formerly CIA-connected neighbor Alice Bellows return to investigate the death of a diplomat. It’s November of 1965 and the second weekend of Vermont’s regular deer season. Vermont State…

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We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #series

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #series

Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the advanced copy of We Are All Guilty Here in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: August 12, 2025   Summary: The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent series. Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage…

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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie #bookreview #readingchallenge

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie #bookreview #readingchallenge

Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the finished copy of And Then There Were None in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: May 6, 2014 (first published 1939)   Summary: First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All…

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Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Mad Mabel in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 21, 2026   Summary: There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She’s lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years–longer than anyone else.…

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The Lake Escape by Jamie Day #bookreview #audiobook

The Lake Escape by Jamie Day #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Lake Escape in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: July 15, 2025   Summary: The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY and ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, Jamie Day. WILL THIS BE THE BEST WEEK OF THEIR LIVES… OR THE LAST? JULIA,…

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Last Seen by J.T. Ellison #bookreview

Last Seen by J.T. Ellison #bookreview

Thank you Over the River PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of Last Seen in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: August 1, 2025   Summary: From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a twisted psychological thriller about the bonds of family and the disconnect between memory and the truth. Come here. Come closer. Halley James knows her marriage is over. But she’s not prepared for the…

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Spider to the Fly by J.H. Markert #bookreview

Spider to the Fly by J.H. Markert #bookreview

Thank you Crooked Lane Book, #partner, for the advanced copy of Spider to The Fly in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Published: September 2, 2025   Summary: A true crime author helps in a desperate hunt for a killer in this dark and twisted thriller from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the “clear heir to Stephen King.” Perfect for fans of cat and mouse…

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Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: September 27, 2011 (first published 1936)   Summary: It is clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister is going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of “Lovely Louise,” wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. In a few days’ time Hercule Poirot is due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise…

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The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you LibroFm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Devil’s Advocate in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: August 5, 2025   Summary: This high-octane legal thriller from the international bestselling author of Kill for Me, Kill for You will “make your palms sweat and your blood run cold” (The Times, London) as…

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The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan #bookreview

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan #bookreview

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the finished copy of The Treasure Hunters Club in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Published: October 24, 2024   Summary: A murder mystery set in a seaside town filled with pirate lore, family secrets, unforgiveable grudges, secret societies, and of course, a treasure lost to time. WELCOME TO MAPLE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA For nearly a century, people have ventured to the idyllic…

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What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski #bookreview

What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski #bookreview

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of What About the Bodies in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atlantic Crime Published: September 2, 2025   Summary: In this propulsive crime novel from Edgar Award nominee Ken Jaworowski, three lives collide in a gritty rust-belt town—a single mother covering up a deadly mistake, a young man on a mission to honor a dying wish, and a musician racing to escape…

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The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen #bookreview #audiobook

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Locked Ward in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: August 5, 2025   Summary: Was it… Bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity? Whatever the cause—and everyone has a theory—it’s the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a…

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Vantage Point by Sara Sligar #bookreview #audiobook

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, #partner, for the ALC of Vantage Point in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the physical copy for own my copy. Publisher: MCD / Macmillan Audio Published: January 14, 2025   Summary: Succession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive Gothic suspense novel about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families. The old-money Wieland family has it all—wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed.…

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Too Old for This by Samantha Downing #bookreview #audiobook

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Kathleen Carter Communications/Berkley, #partner, for the finished copy of Too Old for This in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: August 12, 2025   Summary: A retired serial killer’s quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there’s only one option left—what’s another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing. Lottie Jones thought her crimes were…

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