Thank you to Brilliance Audio for the ALC and MBC Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of I Came Back for You in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: March 1, 2026 Summary: A mother begins to challenge everything she’s been told about her daughter’s murder in a shocking novel of suspense by a New York Times bestselling author. Ten years after her daughter, Melanie,…
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Thank you to MBC Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of We Were Never Friends in exchange for my honest review. I obtained the audiobook via my Spotify membership. Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press / Sourcebooks Audio Published: February 3, 2026 Summary: Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could b Meet the sorority sisters of Theta Gamma Mu: Roxy Callahan Gentry, the ruthless former sorority president and current…
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Thank you Harlequin Audio for the ALC and HTP Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of It’s Not Her in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row / Harlequin Audio Published: February 3, 2026 Summary: A scream shatters the silence… Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Bone Queen in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 3, 2026 Summary: A chilling horror-thriller debut where a mother’s search for her missing daughter battles against the shadows of a historic, dangerous legend. Single mother Jenna arrives on the tranquil shores of Athelsea fueled…
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Thank you Forge Books, #partner for the advanced copy of You Deserve to Know in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books Published: March 11, 2025 Summary: A brand new suspense novel from “the master of the suburban scandal” (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson. Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest…
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Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Show Girl in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: August 10, 2021 Summary: It’s 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer, it takes every…
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Thank you Harlequin Audio for the ALC and KCCPR, #partner, for the advanced copy of That’s What Friends Are For in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA / Harlequin Audio Published: February 3, 2026 Summary: In this poignant and hilarious story inspired by TV’s beloved The Golden Girls, bestselling author Wade Rouse celebrates love, aging, finding your people, and the art of impeccably timed one-liners. Theodore Copeland has created…
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I obtained this e-book through my Kindle Unlimited Subscription. Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Published: January 1, 2025 Summary: In nineteenth-century Venice, a young woman’s marriage to an illusionist hides secrets that go deeper than his spectacular acts. The stage is set for transformation in a mesmerizing short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary. In 1820s Venice, world-renowned magician Oscar Van Hoff confounds sold-out crowds…
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Thank you KCCPR and the author, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Found Object Society in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hyperion Avenue Published: February 10, 2026 Summary: An atmospheric speculative suspense novel following a mysterious society offering its members the chance to relive the death of another person whenever they want—and the self-destructive woman determined to uncover its secrets. For twenty years, Greta Davenport has lived with…
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Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Circle of Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: September 23, 2025 Summary: From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a…
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Thank you Libro.fm / HarperAudio for the ALC and Angela Books PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Fourth Princess in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: February 10, 2026 Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon comes a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: September 2, 2025 (first published 1952) Summary: In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of…
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Thank you Knopf, #partner, for the advanced copy of Yesteryear in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Published: April 7, 2026 Summary: A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is…
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Thank you Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of Postmortem in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Scribner Books / Recorded Books Published: February 17, 2026 (first published 1990) Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Postmortem, the groundbreaking thriller that introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta and redefined the crime genre. A killer is stalking the streets of…
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Thank you Atria Books #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Adrift in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: February 17, 2026 Summary: The author of the “master class in suspense” (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author) The Chamber returns with a high-tension thriller about a family’s descent into darkness that is perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Lisa Jewell. Peggy and Drew, both aspiring writers, move to an…
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Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of You’ll Never Know in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: November 18, 2025 Summary: When his wife and unborn child are abducted, Grant Wilson races against the clock in this pulse-pounding thriller packed with riddles, danger, and the desperate fight to save his family, perfect for fans of Adrian McKinty’s The Chain. They took his wife. They…
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Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of Imposter in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Published: February 3, 2026, Summary: There’s a killer inside all of us… In the remote hills of western Ireland, fear spreads as the locals struggle to make sense of a killer who is seemingly one of their own… Dr. Alexander Gregory, a psychologist recovering from the collapse of a…
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Thank you Viking Books #partner for the e-copy in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking Published: April 15, 2025 Summary: It’s the night we never talk about. It’s the story the world wants to hear. But this isn’t the story of that night. This is the story of us. Together, Edward and Isabel move to London. They are young and in love, occupied by friends, work and fun.…
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Thank you Simon Maverick, #partner, for the ALC of If You Lie in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon Maverick Audio Published: October 21, 2025 Summary: A buried past. A new-age cult. A floating prison with no way off. Seven years ago, Olivia woke up in the trunk of a stranger’s car—and barely escaped with her life. She’s been looking over her shoulder ever since. Now, Olivia is a…
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I purchased the print copy for my personal collection. Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: January 27, 2026 Summary: From bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, a thrilling and haunting story of an Indian-American woman who becomes the prime suspect when her wife goes missing. When Aliya and Samantha have a fight one night, Samantha goes for a run early the next morning—and doesn’t come back. Aliya reports her wife Samantha as missing,…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: July 8, 2025 Summary: Nola Strate, a late night call-in radio host in Portland, Oregon, listens to stories of hauntings and cryptic sightings for a living. But one foggy, wet evening, when a caller describes an eerie scene that triggers memories of Nola’s escape from a serial…
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I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Recorded Books Published: January 31, 2007 Summary: When a high school student’s body is found and her boyfriend goes missing, tough-as-nails former sheriff Cork O’Connor is forced into the center of an eerie mystery with a shocking twist in this “vivid and realistic” ( Booklist ), Anthony Award-winning novel from New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger. When the body of a…
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Thank you HarperAudio for the ALC and William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of Paper Cut in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / William Morrow Published: January 27, 2026 Summary: A compelling suspense debut about a woman infamous for escaping a cult as a teenager, whose future is threatened when dangerous secrets come back to haunt her—perfect for fans of Jessica Knoll and The Girls . Lucy…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Good Intentions in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 3, 2026 Summary: A deft and immersive psychological suspense debut about a luxury party planner who becomes obsessed with a woman she encounters in a hospital waiting room. Cady has worked hard to have…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: Zaffre Published: January 11, 2024 Summary: The tenth thrilling installment in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series— acclaimed for “smart psychological suspense,” “explosive conclusions,” and “gritty portrayals of human evil” (Booklist)—is tense and terrifying. An emergency call comes in the middle of the night. There is an ongoing burglary at a closed campsite in Bredäng, outside Stockholm. When the police respond to…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: December 3, 2024 (first published 1929) Summary: A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Titan Books / Blackstone Publishing Published: November 10, 2020 Summary: A compulsive debut thriller about motherhood, obsession and how far we’d go to protect the ones we love. Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There have been no leads, no arrests, no witnesses. The only suspect was quiet, middle-aged Leland Ernest.…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of The First Time I Saw Him in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: January 6, 2026 Summary: Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall’s pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Apple TV+ show, The…
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Thank you Scribner Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Punished in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books Published: February 4, 2025 (first published January 2023) Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of the “extraordinary” (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story—inspired by true events—of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry thirty years later. In…
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Thank you William Morrow Books, #partner, for the finished copy of Darkrooms in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Books Published: January 13, 2026 Summary: Two unforgettable women investigate the disappearance of a missing girl in a small Irish town brimming with secrets—in this haunting debut from a new crime writing talent, perfect for fans of Tana French and Flynn Berry. What secrets lurk in the Hanging…
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Thank you PRH Audio for the ALCs and Viking Books #partner for the physical copies in exchange for my honest reviews. The new year is off to an amazing start when it comes to thrilling, twisted reads. And these authors, both of who I have read before have solidified their place on my must-read list! While I listened to both, print would work just as well. ANATOMY OF AN…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Briars in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 13, 2026 Summary: The USA TODAY bestselling author of Middletide returns with a lush and atmospheric novel of suspense following a young woman whose job as a game warden puts her in the path of a…
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Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books, #partner for the finished copy of Workhorse in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: October 14, 2025 Summary: A richly drawn, unsettling, and wickedly funny story of envy and ambition set against the glamor and privilege of media and high society in New York City at its height. At the turn of the…
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Thank you LibroFm / Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Future Saints in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 20, 2026 Summary: Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years—a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Inside Man in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 13, 2026 Summary: In this sequel to McMahon’s electrifying series debut, Head Cases, Gardner Camden and the PAR team return to investigate potentially connected cases. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles.…
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Thank you Sourcebooks Audio for the ALC and Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for the advanced copy of All the Little Houses in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: January 20, 2026 Summary: Adults can behave badly too… It’s the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What…
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I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Recorded Books Published: March 28, 2011 Summary: Winner of the prestigious Loft-McKnight Fiction Award and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, William Kent Krueger has established himself as a startlingly original voice in thriller fiction. With Purgatory Ridge he cements his standing as a suspense writer of the highest caliber. Not far from the small town of Aurora (population 3,752) lies…
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I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: September 29, 2020 (first published 1937) Summary: Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile. The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl…
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Thank you Libro.fm/Recorded Books, #partner for the ALC of The Mad Wife in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my personal collection. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark / Recorded Books Published: September 30, 2025 Summary: From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build―and the lies we…
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Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the finished copy of Ralph’s Party in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: January 6, 2026 (reprint–originally released in 1999) Summary: Discover the debut novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell in which the residents of an apartment building confront one another’s attractions, distrust, secrets, and lies. Perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton and Jojo Moyes. Meet the residents of 31…
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Thank you Atlantic Crime, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Castaways in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atlantic Crime Published: January 6, 2026 Summary: A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN… It should be like any other holiday. Beautiful beaches. Golden sunsets. Nothing for miles. You’ll never want to leave. Until you can’t… My thoughts: This is only my 2nd time…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Wreck Your Heart in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 6, 2026 Summary: Dahlia “Doll” Devine had the kind of hardscrabble beginning that could launch a thousand broken-hearted country songs, but now she’s the star of her own stage at McPhee’s Tavern. As part of Chicago’s—yes, Chicago’s—country…
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I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Mulholland Books Published: August 25, 2020 (Paperback release) Summary: In this “captivating” crime novel ( People ), Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is on the hunt for a missing child — but it’s the boy’s family of white supremacists who are his real target. 9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he’s alone in the darkness of…
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Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Wildwood in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: January 6, 2026 Summary: From the acclaimed author of the “riveting debut” (People) Northwoods, a mother-son law enforcement team confront buried secrets in their small town as they work to expose a conspiracy that goes far beyond the tight-knit community. Deputy Sheriff Eli North has spent the last year…
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Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio, #partner for the ALC of My Husband’s Wife in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 20, 2026 Summary: The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Storm in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: January 6, 2026 Summary: St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books / Pine and Cedar Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Goldens in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Pine and Cedar / Macmillan Audio Published: July 15, 2025 Summary: A dark, intoxicating and unputdownable thriller, simmering with atmosphere Chloe has always dreamed of becoming a bestselling writer. Then she meets enigmatic influencer Clara Holland, and at last, Chloe…
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I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: June 3, 2025 Summary: Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women…
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Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and BookSparks, #partner, for the advanced copy of What’s Yours Is Mine in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: August 5, 2025 Summary: Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams. Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do…
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Thank you Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Henry Holt, #partner for the advanced copy of The Accidental Favorite in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Henry Holt / Macmillan Audio Published: June 24, 2025 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace Adams comes a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite? Vivienne…
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