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Follow Her Down by Helen Victoria Stone #bookreview #audiobook

Follow Her Down by Helen Victoria Stone #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio/Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Follow Her Down in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: June 4, 2024   Summary: Decades of doubt, fear, and suspicion won’t let a woman overcome her trauma in a riveting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook. The murder of Elise Rockwood’s sister shattered her family. Their mother’s anxiety kept…

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Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack #bookreview #audiobook #series

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 30, 2024   Summary: Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is…

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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth #bookreview #audiobook

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Darling Girls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER… Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are.…

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The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini #bookreview #audiobook

The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Perennial, #partner, for the finished copy of The Woman on the Ledge in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Harper Perennial / Harper Audio Published: January 16, 2024   Summary: Obsession. Intrigue. Revenge. Whose secrets are you keeping? And why? A woman falls to her death from a London bank’s twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You’re arrested for her murder. You tell…

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The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson #bookreview #audiobook

The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Recorded Books, for the ALC and Kensington Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Flower Sisters in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington Books /Recorded Books Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author’s Missouri hometown at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through twin…

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Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #bookpurchases

Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #bookpurchases

This month I attended Hamptonswhodunit, a Mystery and crime festival, and in prepping for it, I picked a few books from my shelves by some of the authors I knew would be attending. Not only did this help me get to know some of these authors better but it also allowed me to read some books that had been sitting on my shelf for a while. And now I’m quite…

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You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen #bookreview

You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen #bookreview

Thank you Dutton / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of You Know What You Did in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton Published: April 16, 2024   Summary: In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present… Annie “Anh Le” Shaw grew up poor but seems to have it all now: a dream…

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The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton #bookreview #audiobook

The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of The House on Biscayne Bay in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: April 2, 2024   Summary: As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s atmospheric new novel. With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls…

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow by Mary Keliikoa #bookreview

Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow by Mary Keliikoa #bookreview

Thank you ThrillerBookLoversThePulse & Oceanview Publishing #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Oceanview Publishing Published: June 4, 2024   Summary: Murder, dark family secrets, and the unwavering bond of sisterhood— regardless of the cost Beth Ralston, a paralegal in Portland, Oregon, would rather be racking up billable hours than mingling at an office party— especially when her sister Lindsay, aka…

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The Winners by Fredrik Backman #bookreview #series

The Winners by Fredrik Backman #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Atria Books Published: September 12, 2023   Summary: Over the course of two weeks, everything in Beartown will change. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry…

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Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas #bookreview

Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas #bookreview

Thank you to the author, MB Communications & Thomas Mercer #partner, for the advanced copy of Lost to Dune Road in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: April 16, 2024   Summary: For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption in a powerful novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Out of the Ashes. Reporter Lee Ellerin’s investigation into a young woman’s…

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Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Daughter of Mine in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Marysue Rucci Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 9, 2024   Summary: The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors. When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror…

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Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale #bookreview #audiobook

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Grover Press, #partner, for the finished copy of Slenderman in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Grover Press Published: August 16, 2022   Summary: The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet The Slenderman stabbing of May 31, 2014, in the…

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She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica #bookreview

She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica #bookreview

Thank you HTP Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of She’s Not Sorry in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row Books Published: April 2, 2024   Summary: An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at…

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Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Hard Rain in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as…

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Month in Review: March 2024

Month in Review: March 2024

  How is it a quarter of the year has gone by? It seems like March went by in a blink of the eye, but at least it was filled with some amazing reads! And somehow I managed to stay on top of my reviews for once!!! I still have some from February and January to get to, but I’ll take the wins where I can get them. April is…

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The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin #bookreview #audiobook

The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you SimonBooksBuddies / Simon and Schuster, #partner, for the finished copy of The Many Lives of Mama Love in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 27, 2024 / August 1, 2023   Summary: New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller…

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A Man Downstairs by Nicole Lundrigan #bookreview #audiobook

A Man Downstairs by Nicole Lundrigan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Canada for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Viking, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of A Man Downstairs in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking / Penguin Canada Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: What if the childhood you remember isn’t really what happened at all? From the acclaimed author of An Unthinkable Thing and Hideaway, a breath-stopping novel of suspense about a woman tormented…

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This Isn’t Going to End Well by Daniel Wallace #bookreview #audiobook

This Isn’t Going to End Well by Daniel Wallace #bookreview #audiobook

Thank Algonquin Books, #partner for the finished copy of This Isn’t Going to End Well in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: March 26, 2024 – Paperback Release   Summary: In this powerful memoir, the bestselling author of Big Fish tries to come to terms with the life and death of his multi-talented longtime friend and brother-in-law, who…

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Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle #bookreview #audiobook

Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the finished copy of Expiration Dates in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all. From the New York Times bestselling author of In…

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Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview #series

Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Black Wolf in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes…

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Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of Kill for Me, Kill for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening…

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The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan #bookreview #audiobook

The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon and Schuster Audio, for the ALC and Mary Sue Rucci Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Storm We Made in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: S&S/Mary Sue Rucci Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: January 2, 2024   Summary: A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that…

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Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, MIRA, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of Only One Survives in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: July 16, 2024   Summary: Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead… All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she’d take it—as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the…

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Lilith by Eric Rickstad #bookreview

Lilith by Eric Rickstad #bookreview

Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Lilith in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am—a New York Times Thriller of the Year—comes Lilith, an incendiary powerhouse of a novel that strikes straight at the wounded heart of America. After her son…

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The Stranger at Black Lake by Christina McDonald #bookreview #series

The Stranger at Black Lake by Christina McDonald #bookreview #series

Thank you Intrigue Ink Publishing / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Stranger at Black Lake in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Intrigue Ink Publishing Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: Secrets, murder and revenge converge in this gripping prequel to Amazon charts bestselling thriller, These Still Black Waters, about a young Jess Lambert drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. Because old ghosts often have old scores…

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What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan #bookreview

What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Happened to Nina? in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 26, 2024   Summary: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other—one seeking justice in the disappearance of their daughter, the other desperate to clear their son’s name. Nina and…

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Don’t Forget Me by Rea Frey #bookreview #audiobook

Don’t Forget Me by Rea Frey #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Netgalley, #partner, for an advanced ALC of Don’t Forget Me in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: March 1, 2024   Summary: When a body is presumed to be her missing husband’s, a woman must unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all. All Ruby wanted…

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Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray #bookreview #audiobook

Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Berkley #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Becoming Madam Secretary in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins. Raised…

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Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Still See You Everywhere in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world…

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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera #bookreview #audiobook

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Listen for the Lie in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered…

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Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour

Thank Algonquin Books, #partner for the finished copy of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: February 27, 2024 – Paperback Release   Summary: A moving, heartbreaking, and lyrical true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—and the survival skills that led to her freedom. My family prepared…

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No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall #bookreview #audiobook

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of No One Can Know in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 23, 2024   Summary: The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn’t told her husband much about her past. He knows…

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The Gimlet Slip by Fiona Davis and Greg Wands #bookreview #audiobook

The Gimlet Slip by Fiona Davis and Greg Wands #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of The Gimlet Slip in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: A headstrong, fast-driving young woman gets pulled into a dangerous bootlegging scheme in this thrilling novella set in glamorous and gritty Prohibition-era New York City, written in an exciting collaboration between bestselling and critically acclaimed authors Fiona Davis and Greg Wands. New…

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The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg #bookreview #series

The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Harper Collins Published: March 10, 2016   Summary: SEE NO EVIL It’s January in the peaceful seaside resort of Fjällbacka. A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in freezing cold weather. When she finally reaches the road, a car comes out of nowhere. It doesn’t manage to stop. HEAR NO EVIL The victim, a girl who went missing four months ago,…

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Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice 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 Rolls the Dice in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: From New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano comes Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice―the fiercely anticipated next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend…

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The Hunting Wives by May Cobb #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubbook

The Hunting Wives by May Cobb #bookreview #audiobook #bookclubbook

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: May 18, 2021   Summary: The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder. Sophie O’Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect…

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The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White #bookreview

The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White #bookreview

Thank you to MB Communications, Montlake, #partner, for the finished copy of The Unquiet Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Montlake Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of friends—in a riveting novel by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary. When human bones are…

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Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa #bookreview

Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa #bookreview

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Island Witch in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: February 20, 2023   Summary: Inspired by Sri Lankan folklore, award-winning author Amanda Jayatissa turns her feverish, Gothic-tinged talents to late 19th century Sri Lanka where the daughter of a traditional demon-priest—relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself—tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been…

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The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl #bookreview

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl #bookreview

Thank you @thoughtsfromapage/Random House #partner, for the advanced copy of The Paris Novel in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Random House Published: April 30, 2024   Summary: Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Paris in this dazzling, heartfelt novel Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so…

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Month in Review: February 2024

Month in Review: February 2024

  Well, here we are again! Even with the extra day, February seemed to go by in a snap…but at least it was a month filled with some great reads and I cannot complain about that! I’m still behind in my reviews as I was out of town a few times, but I’m hoping this month is a little quieter and I can catch up…we’ll see how that plays out.…

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The Resort by Sara Ochs #bookreview

The Resort by Sara Ochs #bookreview

Thank you @ScaredStraightReads/Sourcebooks Landmark #partner,  for the finished copy of The Resort in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: February 6, 2024   Summary: A searing vacation thriller set on a remote island in Thailand following two mysterious women, a charismatic group of expats, and the one murder poised to bring their paradise crashing down. Welcome to paradise. We hope you survive your stay… There are three rules…

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Lethal Vengeance by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #series

Lethal Vengeance by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Lethal Vengeance in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Raven Street Publishing / Raven Street Publishing Published: February 8, 2024   Summary: The man lay on his front, his arms and legs bound and pulled up with a rope connecting the two. His head was arched back, so he faced the curtains, and…

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The Guest by B.A. Paris #bookreview #audiobook

The Guest by B.A. Paris #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Guest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 20, 2024   Summary: New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another home full of heart-pounding secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets…

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Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander #bookreview #audiobook

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 6, 2024   Summary: What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true? Nine years ago, with the world’s eyes on her, Charlie…

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Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook

Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Only If You’re Lucky in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 16, 2024   SUMMARY: Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in…

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A Lovely Lie by Jaime Lynn Hendricks #bookreview

A Lovely Lie by Jaime Lynn Hendricks #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Scarlet, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of A Lovely Lie in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Published: May 28, 2024   Summary: Is it better to believe a lovely lie or to know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior picnic, Scarlett Russo and her best friend Pepper were involved in a car accident that left two of their classmates dead. Afterward,…

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What Is Mine by Lyn Liao Butler #bookreview

What Is Mine by Lyn Liao Butler #bookreview

Thank you @GetRedPrBooks/Thomas & Mercer #partner,  for the advanced copy of What Is Mine in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 6, 2024   Summary: The search for a missing boy entwines the lives of two desperate women. One seeks redemption for her sister; the other will do anything for the love of her life. Hope Chen and her husband are raising her nine-year-old nephew,…

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The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill #bookreview

The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill #bookreview

Thank you Harper Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Turtle House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Published: February 20, 2024   Summary: Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.”—Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, an…

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The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson #bookreview #audiobook

The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Woman Insider in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: June 13, 2023   Summary: A wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town in this compulsively readable, page-turning thriller from M. T. Edvardsson, The Woman Inside. Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide…

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