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Title: In the Vines Author: Shannon Kirk Published: July 2018, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 284 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Family ties so strong you can’t escape…   Mary Olivia Pentecost, known as Mop, was born into one of the wealthiest families in the country—and one of the most guarded. Now, two years after her mother’s mysterious death, Mop is seeking closure on the disquieting tragedy by returning to…

Title: The Subway Girls Author: Susie Orman Schnall Published: July 2018, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In 1949, dutiful and ambitious Charlotte’s dream of a career in advertising is shattered when her father demands she help out with the family business. Meanwhile, Charlotte is swept into the glamorous world of the Miss Subways beauty contest, which promises irresistible opportunities with its Park Avenue luster and…

Title: Somebody’s Daughter Author: David Bell Published: July 2018, Berkley Books Format: Hardcover, 432 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: In the pulse-racing new suspense novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of Bring Her Home and Since She Went Away, the life of a little girl rests in the hands of the father who never even knew she existed… When Michael Frazier’s ex-wife, Erica, shows up on his…

Title: The Summer Wives Author: Beatriz Williams Published: July 2018, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—a spellbinding novel of romance, murder, class, power, and dark secrets set in the 1950s and ’60s among the rarified world of a resort island in the Long Island Sound . . . In the summer…

Title: The Night Visitor Author: Lucy Atkins Published: July 2018, Quercus Format: Paperback, 356 pages Source: Publisher Summary: How far would you go to save your reputation? The stunning new noir thriller from the author of the bestselling The Missing One and The Other Child. Perfect for fans of I Let You Go and The Ice Twins. Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with…

Title: The Banker’s Wife Author: Cristina Alger Published: July 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Get Red PR Summary: On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Lerner, a banking insider at…

Title: The Last Time I Lied Author: Riley Sager Published: July 2018, Dutton Books Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In the new novel from the bestselling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied follows a young woman as she returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there fifteen years ago. Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played…

Title: The Summer Sail Author: Wendy Francis Published: May 2018, Touchstone Format: Paperback, 307 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: A trio of college friends who reunite aboard a cruise ship experience an unforgettable vacation in this compelling novel from the author of The Summer of Good Intentions, which was hailed as “everything a summer read should be” by Elin Hilderbrand. Three college roommates are celebrating a twentieth wedding…

Title: See her Run Author: Peggy Townsend Series: Aloa Snow, #1 Published: June 2018, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 268 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Running for her life could leave her breathless. A former reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Aloa Snow knows what it means to be down and out. Once highly respected, she’s now blackballed, in debt, and dealing with the echoes of an eating disorder. Until…

Title: The Real Michael Swann Author: Bryan Reardon Published: June 2018, Dutton Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In a new novel from New York Times bestselling author Bryan Reardon, a suburban family is rocked in the wake of a terrorist attack on American soil.    On a typical late summer day, Julia Swann is on the phone with her husband, Michael, when the call abruptly goes dead. Then…

Title: Bring Me Back Author: B.A. Paris Published: June 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be…

Title: The Chosen Ones Author: Carol Wyer Series: DI Robyn Carter, #5 Published: May 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 374 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: They had not been forgiven. And they would never be forgotten ….   When a doting young father is murdered and his body discovered in a cornfield for his family to see, it’s a harrowing new case for Detective Robyn Carter. But just as Robyn starts to…

Title: Find You In the Dark Author: Nathan Ripley Published: June 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Martin Reese is obsessed with murder. For years, he has been illegally buying police files on serial killers and using them to locate long-lost victims. Then he calls the police anonymously and taunts them with his finds. Martin sees his work as a public service, a righting of…

Title: Jar of Hearts Author: Jennifer Hillier Published: June 2018, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . .When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever…

Title: What Happened That Night Author: Sandra Block Published: June 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Author Summary: She doesn’t remember that night. But she will never be the same. One moment, Dahlia is a successful Harvard student; the next, she wakes up from a party, the victim of a brutal assault. Her life veers into a tailspin, and what’s worse – her memory of…

Title: Private India: City on Fire Author: James Patterson Series: Private #8 Published: November 2014, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  When Santosh Wagh isn’t struggling out of a bottle of whisky he’s head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world’s finest PI agency. In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But…

Title: The Party Author: Robyn Harding Published: June 2017, Gallery/Scout Press Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds their picture-perfect life unraveling, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies. One invitation. A lifetime of regrets. Sweet sixteen. It’s an exciting coming of…

Title: The Summer I Met Jack Author: Michelle Gable Published: May 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between JFK and Alicia Corning Clark – and the child they may have had. Based on a real story – in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of…

Title: The Death of Mrs. Westaway Author: Ruth Ware Published: May 2018, Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fourth novel.  On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a…

Title: Dead Girl Running Author: Christina Dodd Series: Cape Charade, #1 Published: April 2018, HQN Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Harlequin Publicity Team Summary: I have three confessions to make: 1. I’ve got the scar of gunshot on my forehead. 2. I don’t remember an entire year of my life. 3. My name is Kellen Adams…and that’s half a lie.  Girl running…from a year she can’t remember, from a husband…

Title: The Good Twin Author: Marti Green Published: May 2018, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC E-copy, 263 pages Source: Netgalley via Publicist Summary:  In Marti Green’s twisting novel of psychological suspense, twin sisters become engaged in a dangerous deception… Mallory Holcolm is an unfulfilled waitress and aspiring artist living in a Queens boardinghouse when she learns something astonishing about her past: she has an identical twin sister named Charly she…

Title: Then She Was Gone Author: Lisa Jewell Published: April 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Ten years after her teenage daughter goes missing, a woman connects with a charming single father, but she is still haunted by her child’s disappearance in this “deeply emotional and incredibly clever” (Mail Online) thriller from the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of I Found You. Ellie Mack was…

Title: Wicked River Author: Jenny Milchman Published: May 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-copy, 464 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated, back country honeymoon seems ideal: a chance to start their lives together with an adventure, on their own.  But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own…

Title: Our Kind of Cruelty Author: Araminta Hall Published: May 2018, MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary: This is a love story. Mike’s love story. Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely life, before he met Verity Metcalf. V taught him about love, and in return, Mike has dedicated his life to making her happy.…

Title: The Girl I Used to Be Author: Mary Torjussen Published: April 2018, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The acclaimed author of Gone Without a Trace returns with a new novel of twisting psychological suspense in which a woman is forced to face down her blackmailer. Someone’s been sending Gemma compromising photos. Photos she doesn’t remember. She can’t recall much about that night during a work…