Broken by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: June 23, 2020 (Originally published 2010)   Summary: Broken features the return of New York Times best-selling author Karin Slaughter’s most compelling characters and introduces memorable new ones in a tale of corruption, murder, and confrontation that will leave more than one life destroyed…. When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own…

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The Good Doctor by Jessica Payne #bookreview

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

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Drowning by T.J. Newman #bookreview #audiobook

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

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The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

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

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I Will Find You by Harlan Coben #bookreview

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

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Identity by Nora Roberts #bookreview #audiobook

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

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Undone by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: July 16, 2019   Summary: In the trauma center of Atlanta’s busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city’s poor, wounded, and unlucky – and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation, coming face-to-face with a tall driven detective and his quiet…

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The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis #bookreview #audiobook

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

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The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Family Remains in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: August 9, 2022   Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this standalone sequel to…

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Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas #bookreview #audiobook

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

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The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

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

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Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Ecco / Harper Audio Published: August 25, 2020   Summary: A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx.  Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.  When justice is…

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The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone #bookreview #audiobook

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

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Fractured by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 28, 2018 (Originally published 2008)   Summary: With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare…

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I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Scarlet, #partner, for an advanced copy of I Didn’t Do It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Published: May 23, 2023   Summary: A murder at a suspense writer convention makes everyone a suspect—especially the victim’s literary rivals. Murderpalooza, the premier thriller writers conference, is meant to be an exciting celebration of the genre and its preeminent writers. But when bestselling author and…

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The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of The Girls Who Disappeared in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: A journalist’s life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls. A car accident. Three…

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A Show of Faith by Greer Hendricks #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of A Show of Faith in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Amazon Original Stories Published: April 13, 2o23   Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Wife Between Us comes a twisty short story about a chance encounter that tests the boundaries of a mother’s love. Blair Martin’s days rarely vary: she gets up, goes for a run,…

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Wonderland by Jennifer Hiller #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Wonderland in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time! After a personal tragedy and professional scandal forces homicide detective Vanessa Castro out of Seattle,…

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Zero Days by Ruth Ware #bookreview

Thank you Scout Press / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of Zero Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery / Scout Press Published: June 20, 2023   Summary: The New York Times bestselling “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer. Hired by…

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Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #bookseries

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 19, 2022   Summary: Friday Night Lights meets Mare of Easttown in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private investigator searching for a missing waitress. Pay Dirt Road is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen. Annie McIntyre has a love/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas. Recently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition…

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The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out next month. I have been a fan of Victoria Helen Stone ever since reading her novel, Jane Doe, and this one sounds just as twisty and crazy! Get ready to add this to your summer tbr!!! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this upcoming release!!!     The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone Publisher –…

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A Nest of Snakes by Deborah Levison #bookfeature

Today, I’m featuring a book that came out last fall…this is a story taken right from the headlines, though it is fictional! Thank you to the author for inviting me to help spread the word about her fiction debut!!!  A Nest of Snakes by Deborah Levison Publisher – Wildblue Press Release Date – 10/11/2022 ⁣⁣ Summary: In her fiction debut, Deborah Levison, author of the acclaimed, multi award-winning true crime…

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Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner, for the finished copy of Where Are the Children Now? in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are The Children?, featuring the…

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Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark #bookreview #audiobook #reread

I purchased this audiobook for my own collection.     Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 12, 2019   Summary: The number-one New York Times best-selling author and Queen of Suspense launched her career with this classic thriller following a woman whose past holds a terrible secret. Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against…

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Triptych by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Random House Audio Published: August 11, 2006   Summary: From Atlanta’s wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread and whose arrogance and explosive temper…

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Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out this summer. I have been a fan of Megan Collins ever since reading her debut novel, The Winter Sister, and I am so excited for this upcoming book! Get ready to add this to your summer tbr!!! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this upcoming release and thank you Atria Books for the gifted copy!!!  …

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Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Wrong Place Wrong Time in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 2, 2022   Summary: From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him, deemed “perfection, every word, every moment”…

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The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Only Survivors in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: A mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident—only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. Seven hours in the past. Seven…

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Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: July 31, 2007   Summary: In a stifling jail cell in a hardscrabble Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams sits in stubborn silence: bruised, angry, and the only suspect in a horrific murder that left a woman incinerated beyond recognition. One hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver has gotten the call that his young detective has been arrested. Jeffrey’s…

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Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild #bookfeature #paperbackrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out in paperback next week. This book has been on my tbr since it first came out in hardcover last year and you better believe that I will be high-tailing it to the bookstore on Tuesday to grab a copy of it when the paperback copy hits the shelves! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this…

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A Truth for a Truth by Carol Wyer #blogtour #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and #ZooloosBooktours, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Truth for a Truth in exchange for my honest review.      Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Truth for a Truth. Thank you ZooloosBooktours for inviting me to participate. I have long been a fan of Carol Wyer’s books and this is the latest…

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The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Soulmate in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 4, 2023   Summary: Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth’s The Soulmate. There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their…

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Faithless by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Random House Audio Published: October 4, 2006   Summary: The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods – then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty young woman. For them, a harrowing journey begins, one that will test their own turbulent relationship and…

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What Have We Done by Alex Finlay #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Have We Done in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A…

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The Family Bones by Elle Marr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and WunderKind PR , #partner, for the advanced copy of The Family Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: What makes a psychopath? A young woman delves into her family’s shadowy legacy in a terrifying novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Strangers We Know. Psychology student Olivia Eriksen’s…

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The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewel #bookreview

I received this book from a friend. Publisher: Atria Books Published: September 7, 2021   Summary: 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah’s friends who tell her that Tallulah…

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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Flicker in the Dark in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 11, 2022   Summary: From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last…

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Ready or Not by Alex Lake #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you HarperCollins360, #partner, for the finished copy of Ready or Not in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Collins / HarperAudio Published: January 4, 2022   Summary: A happy family… Alice and Tom Sark seem to have it all – a wonderful marriage, a gorgeous baby, a beautiful home. And now Alice, a journalist, starts investigating a story which could make…

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How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano #bookreview

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of How I’ll Kill You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: March 21, 2023   Summary: Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark. Make him want you. Make him love you.…

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Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Avid Reader Press #partner, for the finished copy of Murder Your Employer in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Avider Reader Press Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: From the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of…

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Hostage by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark / Penguin Random House Audio Published: June 22, 2021   Summary: You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most. A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural…

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Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Red Queen in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: Introducing Antonia Scott – the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander – in the international bestselling thriller that has taken the world by storm. Red Queen is the first book in a trilogy that has sold over 2 million copies in Spain, sold…

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The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan #bookreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Long Weekend in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 29, 2022   Summary: Three couples. Two bodies. One secret. Dark Fell Barn is a “perfectly isolated” retreat, or so says its website when Jayne books a reservation for her friends. A quiet place, far removed from the rest of the world, is exactly what they need. The…

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Indelible by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: February 10, 2015   Summary: Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors—including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton—are held hostage. In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment into more bloodletting—with…

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The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson #bookreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kind Worth Saving in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 7, 2023     Summary: In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson—featuring the smart and complex Lily Kintner from his acclaimed novel, The Kind Worth Killing—a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted…

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Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley / RB Media , for the ALC and Soho Crime, #partner for the advanced copy  of Night Flight to Paris in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: It is once again up to American markswoman Kate Rees to take the shot that just might win—or lose—World War II, in the followup to national bestseller Three Hours in Paris.…

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A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: February 10, 2015   Summary: An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent “suicides” suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia – a nightmare that…

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When She Disappeared by Steph Mullin, Nicole Mabry #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HarperCollins360, #partner, for the advanced copy of When She Disappeared in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Avon Published: September 20, 2022   Summary: ‘On May 26, 2004, Jessie Germaine went to school as normal and cheered at the end of year rally. That evening, she rode her bike into the forest and disappeared…into thin air.’ Margo hasn’t been back to Lake…

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Cold-Blooded Liar by Karen Rose #blogtour #bookfeature

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Cold-Blooded Liar. Thank you Berkley Books for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight and excerpt for you today. Publisher: Berkley Books Published: February 28, 2023   Summary: Brace yourself for a scorching new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose, where San Diego means sun, surf, sand…and serial killers. Sam Reeves is…

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The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Forge Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The House Guest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 7, 2023   Summary: The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends.…

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