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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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Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Next of Kin in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Samantha Jayne Allen’s mesmerizing new novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster. At a gathering for her cousin’s wedding party, newly-licensed PI Annie McIntyre gets asked an age-old question, the answer…

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The Astrology House by Carinn Jade #bookreview

The Astrology House by Carinn Jade #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Astrology House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: July 16, 2024   Summary: A group of wealthy Manhattanites escapes to an astrology-themed retreat, where simmering resentments and long-held secrets lead to a shocking death. Margot needs a minute. She’s been working eighty-hour weeks as a newly minted partner at her law firm. She’s disconnected from her…

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Miles in Time by Lee Matthew Goldberg #bookreview #series

Miles in Time by Lee Matthew Goldberg #bookreview #series

Thank you to the author for the finished copy of Miles in Time in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Wise Wolf Books Published: May 2, 2025   Summary: Solve the mystery, save the future… 14-year-old Miles Hardy spends most of his time as an amateur Sherlock Holmes and running his detective agency with his good friend and loyal assistant, Kevin. However, in sleepy Frontier, Iowa, it’s been hard to…

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Last One Out by Steph Nelson #bookreview #audiobook

Last One Out by Steph Nelson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Last One Out in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: June 10, 2025   Summary: Perfect for fans of Noelle Ihli and Stacy Willingham, this chilling, riveting thriller unravels the dark secrets behind Chloe Webster’s disappearance and her shocking return twenty-five years later, as her cousin Frankie races to uncover a truth more terrifying than she could imagine.…

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The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio, #partner for the advanced listening copy of The Maid’s Secret in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published: April 8, 2025   Summary: When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the…

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All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman #bookreview

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman #bookreview

Thank you G.P. Putnam’s Sons, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of All the Other Mothers Hate Me in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Published: March 11, 2025   Summary: “The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he’s a little shit.” Florence Grimes, age thirty-one, always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her…

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The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani #bookreview #audiobook

The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and MB Communications/Dutton, #partner, for the finished copy of The View from Lake Como in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: July 8, 2025   Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” storyteller (Washington Post), and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (NYT), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her…

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Guess Again by Charlie Donlea #bookreview

Guess Again by Charlie Donlea #bookreview

Thank you Kensington Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Guess Again in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington Books Published: July 29, 2025   Summary: On the 10th anniversary of a teenage girl’s disappearance, her cold case breaks open in dangerous ways…and threatens to tear apart her small Wisconsin town all over again in the masterfully twisty new psychological suspense novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.…

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Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli #bookreview #audiobook

Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Such Quiet Girls in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: April 29, 2025   Summary: Ten children, abducted in broad daylight—and buried alive. Sage and her sister won’t make it home from school today. Neither will the other children on Bus 315. But that’s only the beginning of the nightmare. New bus driver Jessa blames herself for what…

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The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley #bookreview

The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley #bookreview

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the finished copy of The King’s Messenger in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: March 4, 2025   Summary: For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue… 1613:  King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots – has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son,…

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Iowa Mystery Series – Books 1 & 2 #minireviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Iowa Mystery Series – Books 1 & 2 #minireviews #thrillers #audiobooks

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the finished copies of To Catch a Storm & A World of Hurt in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobooks from the library.   I am loving Mindy Mejia’s new Iowa Mystery series so much and I’m not sure why I haven’t seen more people reading these!! Books 1 & 2 are now available & book 3 is due out in September…

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The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #bookseries

The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Blue Horse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: July 8, 2025   Summary: A controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with. A helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found…

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Isola by Allegra Goodman #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubread

Isola by Allegra Goodman #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubread

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: The Dial Press Published: February 4, 2025   Summary: A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this epic saga of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an…

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Mini Reviews: Debut Thrillers #bookreviews #audiobooks #debuts

Mini Reviews: Debut Thrillers #bookreviews #audiobooks #debuts

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALCs and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copies of So Happy Together & Party of Liars in exchange for my honest reviews.   Summer reading is in full effect and I’m all about the twisty, addictive, unpredictable thrillers. And if I can get them on audio, even better! These are just 2 that I think would make great additions to your summer reading…

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The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King #bookreview #audiobook

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.Fm / HarperAudio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Phoenix Pencil Company in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / HarperAudio Published: June 3, 2025   Summary: In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, and…

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Nowhere by Allison Gunn #bookreview

Nowhere by Allison Gunn #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Nowhere in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 25, 2025   Summary: Mare of Easttown meets The Outsider in this spine-tingling and twisty debut about a series of disappearances in a small, fundamentalist town and what one broken family must do to remain together as dark forces close in. After losing her young son in an accident, Rachel Kennan throws…

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Holy City by Henry Wise #bookreview

Holy City by Henry Wise #bookreview

Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the finished copy of Holy City in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grove Press Published: June 10, 2025   Summary: No one innocent. No one free. Nothing sacred. Holy City is the captivating debut from Henry Wise about a deputy sheriff who must work alongside an unpredictable private detective after he finds himself on the outs from his sheriff’s department over his unwillingness to look the…

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Close Call by Elise Hart Kipness #bookreview #bookseries

Close Call by Elise Hart Kipness #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Close Call in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: August 19, 2025   Summary: In a hard-hitting thriller from the author of Lights Out and Dangerous Play, reporter Kate Green courts danger once again when the famous subject of her next story is kidnapped during the US Open. With a hard-won Emmy now gracing…

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The White Crow by Michael Robotham #bookreview

The White Crow by Michael Robotham #bookreview

Thank you Scribner, #partner, for the advanced copy of The White Crow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Published: July 1, 2025   Summary: Ambitious young police officer Philomena McCarthy, the daughter of London’s most notorious mob boss, returns in the latest propulsive thriller by author Michael Robotham. Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds to become a young officer with the Metropolitan Police because her father and her uncles are…

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One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of One Final Turn in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 3, 2025   Summary: The fifth and final installment in the Electra McDonnell series brings safecracker Ellie on a mission across World War II-era Europe to Lisbon, Portugal to rescue a key group of escaped POWs. Ellie McDonnell is about to embark on her most perilous mission…

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The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha #bookreview #bookclubread

The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha #bookreview #bookclubread

Thank you Viking Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Inheritance in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking/Pamela Dorman Books Published: January 21, 2025   Summary: Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and a business…

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Our Last Resort by Clemence Michallon #bookreview

Our Last Resort by Clemence Michallon #bookreview

Thank you Knopf, #partner, for the advanced copy of Our Last Resort in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Published: July 8, 2025   Summary: From the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant comes an immersive new suspense novel: Fifteen years ago, Frida and her brother escaped a cult. Now her brother is the prime suspect in a murder investigation—and it isn’t the first time. Innocence doesn’t bail you out;…

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A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena #bookreview #audiobook

A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena #bookreview #audiobook

I found this book in my Little Free Library. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Penguin Books / Penguin Audio Published: May 29, 2018   Summary: In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home…

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The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: February 22, 2022 (first published 1942)   Summary: Now with a beautiful new series look, the iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery. It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy…

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Coram House by Bailey Seybolt #bookreview

Coram House by Bailey Seybolt #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Coram House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: April 15, 2025   Summary: A haunting novel—inspired by a true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates the mystery of two deaths, decades apart, at a crumbling Vermont orphanage. On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace…

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King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby #bookreview #audiobook

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books / Pine and Cedar Books, #partner for the advanced copy of King of Ashes in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Pine and Cedar / Macmillan Audio Published: June 10, 2025   Summary: A son returning home. A dangerous debt. Secrets about to ignite . . . and a family consumed by flames. Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire…

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The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan #bookreview

The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan #bookreview

Thank you HTP / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Dark Hours in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: January 28, 2025   Summary: For fans of Tana French and Jane Harper, this debut crime thriller follows a retired police detective who must face down a vicious killer and the memories that haunt her—thirty years after bringing down one of Ireland’s most prolific serial killers. Julia…

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The Twisted Women’s Book Club by Karin Slaughter & multiple authors #audioreview #audibleoriginal

The Twisted Women’s Book Club by Karin Slaughter & multiple authors #audioreview #audibleoriginal

I purchased this audiobook for my own personal collection. Publisher: Audible Originals Published:  April 10, 2025   Summary: A seemingly ordinary book group holds deadly secrets in this collection of connected stories from Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, B. A. Paris, and more of the world’s leading thriller writers. Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking…

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Blonde Dust by Tatiana de Rosnay #bookreview #audiobook

Blonde Dust by Tatiana de Rosnay #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Tandem Collective Global / Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Blonde Dust in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: June 3, 2025   Summary: “A lovely portrait of female friendship, loss, and the unexpected ways in which a life can change. Haunting.”— Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women…

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The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: December 24, 2018 (first published 1936)   Summary: Agatha Christie’s beloved classic novel sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer—now a limited streaming series starring John Malkovich, Rupert Grint, and Tara Fitzgerald. “Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.” There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet…

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