Always With a Book

k2reader June 10, 2025

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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k2reader June 9, 2025

One in Four by Lucinda Berry #bookreview #audiobook

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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k2reader June 8, 2025

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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k2reader June 7, 2025

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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k2reader June 5, 2025

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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k2reader May 29, 2025

The Last Ferry Out by Andi Bartz #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Ballantine Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Last Ferry Out in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Ballantine Books / Random House Audio Published: May 20, 2025 Summary: On a trip to the tropical paradise where her fiancée died, a young woman begins to suspect the death was no accident—and the killer’s still on the island—in this twisty…

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k2reader May 29, 2025

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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k2reader May 29, 2025

Blood Rubies by Mailan Doquang #bookreview #audiobook #debut #series

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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k2reader May 28, 2025

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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k2reader May 28, 2025

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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k2reader May 28, 2025

Hello, Juliet by Samantha M. Bailey #bookreview #audiobook

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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k2reader May 26, 2025

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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k2reader May 22, 2025

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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k2reader May 16, 2025

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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k2reader May 12, 2025

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough #bookreview

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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k2reader May 12, 2025

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

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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k2reader May 10, 2025

In the Woods by Tana French #bookreview #audiobook #series #reread

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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k2reader May 6, 2025

The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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k2reader May 6, 2025

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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k2reader May 5, 2025

A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner #bookreview #audiobook

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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k2reader May 5, 2025

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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k2reader April 29, 2025

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng #bookreview #audiobook

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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k2reader April 29, 2025

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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k2reader April 29, 2025

Jill Is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda #bookreview

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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k2reader April 28, 2025

Follow Me by Elizabeth Rose Quinn #bookreview #audiobook

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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k2reader April 28, 2025

Karma Never Sleeps by R. John Dingle #bookreview #series

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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k2reader April 27, 2025

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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k2reader April 23, 2025

The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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k2reader April 21, 2025

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight #bookreview #debut #bookclubread

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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k2reader April 19, 2025

Chase Harlem by Elise Burke Brown #bookreview

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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k2reader April 19, 2025

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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k2reader April 15, 2025

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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k2reader April 10, 2025

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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k2reader April 10, 2025

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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k2reader April 2, 2025

The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview #series

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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k2reader March 31, 2025

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice to Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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k2reader March 30, 2025

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica #bookreview

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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k2reader March 17, 2025

My Friends by Fredrik Backman #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of My Friends in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: May 6, 2025 Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later. Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at…

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k2reader March 17, 2025

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne by Emily Critchley #bookreview #audibook

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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k2reader March 17, 2025

Mini Reviews – Thrillerstyle #thrillers #debuts

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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k2reader March 13, 2025

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: October 3, 2011 (first published 1934) Summary: Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he…

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k2reader March 12, 2025

Remote: The Six by Eric Rickstad #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you to Netgalley/Blackstone Publishing for the ALC and to the author for the advanced copy of Remote: The Six in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: April 8, 2025 Summary: A serial killer is rampaging across the country, tying families to chairs–arranged in puzzling tableaus–then murdering them, without leaving a trace of evidence. FBI Special Agent Lukas Stark has been hunting the Tableau Killer for eighteen…

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k2reader March 10, 2025

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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k2reader March 6, 2025

Follow Me to Africa by Penny Haw #bookreview

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark #partner for the finished copy of Follow Me to Africa in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: February 25, 2025 Summary: Historical fiction inspired by the story of groundbreaking paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, FOLLOW ME TO AFRICA is a sweeping, dual-timeline story of intergenerational friendship, a meditation on the beauty of the natural world, and a celebration of the women who pave the…

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k2reader March 3, 2025

Month in Review: February 2025

February has come and gone in the blink of an eye! But for a short month, it sure was productive! I have managed to keep up with my goal of staying somewhat up-to-date with reviews – it’s still early on in the year, but I’m hopeful I can manage this all year long. March is a busy month with tons of new releases and me going away at the…

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k2reader March 3, 2025

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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k2reader March 2, 2025

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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k2reader March 2, 2025

A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #series

A friend gifted me this book. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: April 23, 2024 Summary: They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see. Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won’t just be eliminated – they’ll be exposed…

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k2reader March 1, 2025

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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k2reader March 1, 2025

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #reread #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: October 3, 2026 (first published 1969) Summary: When a Halloween Party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirots to unmask a murderer in Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, Hallowe’en Party. At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found,…

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