Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Surf House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN… High on the wave-pounded cliffs, far from the bustling souks of Marrakech, sits The Surf House. A hidden gem on Morocco’s shores, the house is a sanctuary for the surfers, travellers and dreamers who wash in. But the…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Fifty-Fifty in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do you believe? From Steve Cavanagh, the “wickedly clever” (The New York Times) master of twisty psychological thrillers. “911 what’s your…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 2020 (first published 2018) Summary: The serial killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury. It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house – and to be sure the wrong man goes down for…
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Thank you HarperAudio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Black Highway in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / HarperAudio Published: June 24, 2025 Summary: Laughton Rees is back in the latest novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy—this time, with a case that hits uncomfortably close to home and threatens the thing Laughton values most: her daughter.…
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Thank you ThrillerbookloversThePulse / HTP Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of A Killer Motive in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: September 9, 2025 Summary: You never know who’s listening. To Stella Dixon, sneaking her teenage brother out of their parents’ house for a beach party was harmless fun—until Max disappeared without a trace. Six years later, Stella’s family is still broken, and she can’t let go…
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Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Ghostwriter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: June, 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend…
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Thank you HTP Audio for the ALC and HTP / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Expat Affair in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row / Harlequin Audio Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry. Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never…
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Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Our Last Wild Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: May 20, 2025 Summary: From the author of the “irresistible” (Paula Hawkin, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Where the Truth Lies, an atmospheric novel about a young woman who searches for answers after her estranged friend is found dead in the bayou of their rural Louisiana hometown. The…
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Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Death Mask in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: June 24, 2025 Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring Eve Duncan as she races against time to protect her beloved family from a merciless killer. World-renowned forensic sculptor…
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I purchased these books for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobooks from the library. I have a new obsession…Eddie Flynn! And I’m devouring this series…and loving it!!! And yes, I’m well aware that you do not need to read these books in order, I do…it’s just how I prefer to read series. So, who is Eddie Flynn? He’s an ex-con turned lawyer who surprises you…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Angela Melamud PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of Beach House Rules in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 27, 2025 Summary: “Southern bestselling sensation” (Katie Couric Media) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a delightfully moving new novel about a mother-daughter duo learning to lean on their community of women—and…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Man Made of Smoke in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 13, 2025 Summary: The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North. Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with…
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Thank you to Netgalley/Brilliance Publishing for the ALC and to the author for the advanced copy of Letters from Strangers in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Publishing Published: May 27, 2025 Summary: From the creator of the 2017 film All I Wish comes the heartbreaking story of two strangers searching for the truth about their families—and discovering a secret that will change their lives forever.…
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Thank you to Netgalley/Brilliance Publishing for the ALC and to Booksparks for the finished copy of One in Four in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Publishing Published: May 13, 2025 Summary: When a reality show about former child stars overcoming addiction culminates in murder, their therapist must take a closer look into their lives—and her own, from USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry. Dr. Laurel…
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Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and Crown Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Correspondent in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Crown Publishing / Random House Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: Throughout her life Sybil Van Antwerp has used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings around half past ten Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to…
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Thank you William Morrow, #partner for the advanced copy of The Vanishing Kind and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copies of White King & The Unlucky Ones, in exchange for my honest reviews. Thank you also to Macmillan Audio for the gifted ALC. You all know how much I love my series and these books are the latest installments in 3 series I really love! …
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Sirens in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: April 1, 2025 Summary: A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 13, 2025 Summary: The second in a witty, USA Today bestselling series following author Eleanor Dash as she goes from wedding guest to murder mystery investigator at her best friend’s wedding on Catalina…
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I purchased this book and audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Mysterious Press / Highbridge Audio Published: May 7, 2024 Summary: Rune Sarasin is about to learn just how quickly the life of a jewel thief can spiral out of control.… Seven days are all it takes for Rune Sarasin’s life to completely derail. It starts with a typical lifting a pouch of rubies from the Bangkok hotel room of…
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Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of Ask for Andrea in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: March 25, 2025 Summary: The classic blockbuster thriller about three women who refuse to let death itself stop them from seeking justice on the man who took their lives… “Hands down, one of my favorite reads of the year!” —Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid Meghan, Brecia,…
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Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the book for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley / PRH Audio Published: January 14, 2025 Summary: There’s power in a book… They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood Home in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden…
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Thank you Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Hello, Juliet in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: In a dark thriller from USA Today bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey, a TV reunion brings costars back for the drama and betrayals their viewers once craved—and this time, the stakes are…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and SimonBooksBuddy, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Bright Years in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 22, 2025 Summary: One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward…
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Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and The Future Of Agency, #partner, for the finished copy of The Missing Half in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Random House / Random House Audio Published: May 6, 2025 Summary: Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie.…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner, for the ALC of The Parisian Chapter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 27, 2025 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library and Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade comes a charming and cinematic multi-cast audiobook following a young woman from Montana who lands a job in the American Library in Paris, where she discovers the power of…
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Thank you to Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar for the advanced copy of We Live Here Now in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar Published: May 20, 2025 Summary: After an accident that nearly kills her, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a beautiful Dartmoor country house called Larkin Lodge. The house is gorgeous, striking—and to Emily, something about it feels…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: December 28, 2021 (first published 1926) Summary: The official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the “Best Crime Novel of all Time,” now featuring a new introduction by Louise Penny, a foreword from Agatha Christie’s great grandson, and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Penguin Books / Penguin Audio Published: May 27. 2008 Summary: As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of…
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Thank you to Blackstone Publishing for the advanced copy of The Perfect Divorce in exchange for my honest opinion. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: April 15, 2025 Summary: Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Harper Audio for the ALC of The Retirement Plan in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: May 6, 2025 Summary: Three middle-aged best friends turn to murder in order to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies…but are unaware that their husbands have a devious plan of their own, in this darkly funny debut—perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Everyone in My…
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Thank you UpLitReads & Berkley Pub, #partner, for the finished copy of A Map to Paradise in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: March 18, 2025 Summary: 1956, Malibu, Something is not right on Paradise Circle. With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Netgalley/St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of Such a Good Mom in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: Bestselling author Julia Spiro’s Such a Good Mom is a brilliant standalone mystery that’s the perfect beach read. In the heat of summer, a murder on Martha’s Vineyard rocks one new mom to…
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Thank you HTP Audio for the ALC and HTP / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA / Harlequin Audio Published: April 29, 2025 Summary: Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner—but the bloody messes don’t bother her, not when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in…
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Thank you Libro/Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books / PRH Audio Published: April 1, 2025 Summary: Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.… Ever since a man was found…
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Thank you MB Communications/ThrillerbookloversThePulse, #partner, for the advanced copy of Jill Is Not Happy in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Suspense Published: June 10, 2025 Summary: Some secrets keep a couple together. If you ask Jill Tingley, she’ll tell you she and her husband Jack are college sweethearts living the dream in Southern California. Wealthy, popular and genetically blessed, theirs is an enviable life, though they’ve grown…
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Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Follow Me in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Publishing Published: April 1, 2025 Summary: Heathers meets The Stepford Wives in this creepy and frighteningly funny dark thriller about a woman who will do anything to find her missing sister. Even pretend to be one of them. After…
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Thank you to the author for the advanced e-copy of Karma Never Sleeps in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Tule Publishing Published: April 14, 2025 Summary: In a small town, the truth can’t always set you free… When a second woman from a group of friends known as “the posse” is murdered in the woods near the New England enclave of Kendalton, FBI agent and profiler Gus Wheeler…
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Thank you BookSparks #partner, for the finished copy of Broken Country in exchange for my honest review. Back with the final book in the @booksparks Winter Reading Challenge. I have loved being an ambassador this season…& I hope you enjoyed the books I shared with you! Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: March 4, 2025 Summary: “The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants…
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Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Summer Guests in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Publishing Published: March 18, 2025 Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a chilling follow-up to The Spy Coast, plunging the Martini Club into the search for a missing teen—with a startling connection…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Published: January 7, 2025 Summary: A witty, atmospheric, and brilliantly told novel that offers compelling portraits of womanhood, motherhood and female friendship, along with the irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she’ll…
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Thank you ThrillerBookLoversThePulse #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Chase Harlem in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Rising Action Publishing Published: June 17, 2025 Summary: In the colorful chaos of New Orleans, Chase Harlem has three essentials for happiness: her trusted red Converse, a reliable taser, and a good sense of humor to survive it all. All she wants is a simple life – morning jogs in cemeteries,…
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Thank you Libro.fm/PRH Audio for the ALC and Knopf, #partner, for the finished copy of The Antidote in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf / Random House Audio Published: March 11, 2025 Summary: From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town The Antidote opens on…
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I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: November 26, 2024 Summary: Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress? Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio, partner for the ALCs of The Dollhouse Academy & Girl Falling, in exchange for my honest reviews. I enjoyed the previous books of both these authors & have been quite eager for their new releases…& I was not disappointed. THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY by Margarita Montimore Published: February 11, 2025, Macmillan Audio Summary: From the national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order, a…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Goodreads/Flatiron, #partner for the advanced copy of Wild Dark Shore in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 4, 2025 Summary: A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from…
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Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Spy Coast in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: November 1, 2023 Summary: A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Former spy Maggie Bird…
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I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: March 14, 2023 Summary: A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s…
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Thank you Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Unworthy in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books Published: March 4, 2025 Summary: The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent,…
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Thank you Libro.fm/Recorded Books for the ALC and Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Undoing of Violet Claybourne in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark / Recorded Books Published: March 4, 2025 Summary: 1938. Gillian Larkin is used to going unnoticed, until she is sent away to school and befriended by her roommate, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly…
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Thank you Random House, #partner for the advanced e-copy of You Are Fatally Invited and Gallery/Scout Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Count My Lies, in exchange for my honest reviews. The countdown is on… The weekend of April 10-13th, I’ll be attending one of my favorite bookish events of the year – the @hamptonswhodunit out in East Hampton, NY. In preparation, I read these 3…
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