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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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 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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She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena #bookreview #audioreview

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of She Didn’t See It Coming in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: July 29, 2025   Summary: When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late? Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in…

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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

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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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

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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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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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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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

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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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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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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Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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The Death Mask by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

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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Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey #bookreview #audiobook

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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The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North #bookreview #audiobook

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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Letters from Strangers by Susan Walter #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

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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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans #bookreview #audiobook

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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Mini Reviews – Next in Series Edition #bookreview #thrillers #series

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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The Sirens by Emilia Hart #bookreview #audiobook

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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No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding by Catherine Mack #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli #bookreview #audiobook

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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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubread

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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The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff #bookreview #audiobook

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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The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers #bookreview #audiobook

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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The Parisian Chapter by Janet Skeslien Charles #bookreview #audiobook #simonandschusteraudiooriginal

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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The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs #bookreview #audiobook

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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Such a Good Mom by Julia Spiro #bookreview #audiobook

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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Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall #bookreview #audiobook #WRC2025

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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The Antidote by Karen Russell #bookreview #audiobook

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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Audio Book Roundup #bookreviews #audiobooks #mysterythrillers #crimefiction

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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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy #bookreview #audiobook #goodreadsgiveawaywin

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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A Mother’s Love by Sara Blaedel #bookreview #audiobook #series #translatedbooks

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Dutton, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of A Mother’s Love in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton Published: March 11, 2025 (first published 2020)   Summary: Detective Louise Rick uncovers dark secrets swirling around an inn in a seemingly idyllic tourist town in this propulsive new crime novel from #1 Danish bestselling sensation Sara Blaedel. When innkeeper Dorthe Hyllested is…

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The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Queens of Crime in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 11, 2025   Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of…

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Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/ HarperAudio, partner for the ALC of Famous Last Words in exchange for my honest review. I purchased a print copy for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: February 25, 2025   Summary: From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does…

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Cross My Heart by Megan Collins #bookreview #audibook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Cross My Heart in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 14, 2025   Summary: She has his dead wife’s heart; the one she wants is his. The author of The Family Plot brings her signature prose to a twisty novel about a heart transplant patient…

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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 4, 2025   Summary: From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave—the hugely anticipated next installment in the fan-favorite Finlay Donovan series. Finlay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet . .…

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Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Nesting in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: February 18, 2025   Summary: On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is…

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The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy by Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber #bookreview #audiobook #nonfiction #truecrime

Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Mother Next Door in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 4, 2025   Summary: A groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that investigates Munchausen by Proxy from the host and creator of the award-winning true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me. No bond is more sacred…

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Blood Ties by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #series

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Knopf, #partner, for the finished copy of Blood Ties in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Published: February 11, 2025   Summary: FAMILY COMES FIRST. NO MATTER THE COST. Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os, where they’ve killed their…

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Audio Book Roundup #Bookreviews #Audiobooks #Thrillers

Thank you PRH Audio, partner for the ALC of Trust Issues & Dead Money, in exchange for my honest reviews.     I have been leaning heavily into audiobooks lately, especially for thrillers. There is something so exciting about listening to a story that’s fast-paced, thrilling & one that keeps you guessing…& both of these do just that.⁣   TRUST ISSUES by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan & Greg Wands Published: January…

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Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Mask of the Deer Woman in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books / PRH Audio Published: January 21, 2025   Summary: To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom following her daughter’s murder, ex-Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go…

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Penitence by Kristin Koval #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Celadon Books #partner for the advanced copy of Penitence in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 28, 2025   Summary: For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a poignant exploration of love and forgiveness. It’s a suspenseful, addictive page-turner filled with literary insight that compels readers to consider whether each of us is…

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Head Cases by John McMahon #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/ Macmillan Audio, partner for the ALC of Head Cases in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 28, 2025   Summary: Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying—and commercial—series debut. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on…

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The Lost House by Melissa Larsen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Lost House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 14, 2025   Summary: In Melissa Larsen’s The Lost House comes the mesmerizing story of a young woman with a haunting past who returns to her ancestral home in Iceland to investigate a gruesome murder in her family. Forty years…

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Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Something in the Walls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 25, 2025   Summary: Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she’s been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days…

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The Last Room on the Left by Leah Konen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and G. P. Putnam’s Sons, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Last Room on the Left in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons / PRH Audio Published: January 14, 2025   Summary: The caretaker at an isolated mountain hotel finds herself fighting for her life—and sanity—in this twisty, addictive thriller. Kerry’s life is in shambles: Her…

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