Title: Best Day Ever Author: Kaira Rouda Published: September 2017, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher I glance at my wife as she climbs into the passenger seat, and I am bursting with confidence. Today will be everything I’ve promised her…and more… Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in…
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Title:The Child Finder Author:Rene Denfeld Published:September 2017, Harper Format:ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source:Publisher Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing.…
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Title:The Good Widow Author:Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke Narrator:Dara Rosenberg Published:June 2017, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 35 minutes Source:Publisher Bestselling authors Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke make their suspense debut in this twisty, emotional thriller. Elementary school teacher Jacqueline “Jacks” Morales’s marriage was far from perfect, but even in its ups and downs it was predictable, familiar. Or at least she thought it was…until two police officers showed up at…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a good week. One thing I’ve been really conscious of since coming back from my injury is trying to change things up in regards to my workouts. Since I’m still on a restricted workout regiment, and will be for another week or two, I can’t go too crazy, but still I am…
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I am so excited to help Kristy Woodsen Harvey spread the news today about her newest book – and share the cover!!! I have adored Kristy’s previous books and will be anxiously waiting until I can get my hands on this next one…Kristy writes from the heart and that definitely comes across in her writing! This is the second book in her Peachtree Bluff series, and let me just tell…
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Title:The Scarred Woman Author:Jussi Adler-Olsen Series:Department Q, #7 Published:September 2017, Dutton Books Format:ARC Paperback, 486 pages Source:Publisher The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet—perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen’s cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of…
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Title:Mrs. Saint and the Defectives Author:Julie Lawson Timmer Narrator:Elizabeth Wiley Published:August 2017, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:10 hours 31 minutes / 366 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Paperback via Publisher Critically acclaimed author Julie Lawson Timmer returns with a tale of how community can heal the brokenness in all of us. Markie, a fortysomething divorcée who has suffered a humiliating and very…
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Title:Undertow Author:Elizabeth Heathcote Published:June 2017, Park Row Books Format:ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source:Netgalley An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman’s hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed them…until now. Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she’ll always live in the shadow of another woman—the mistress who ended his first…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Hello everyone…I’m back! This injury (a stress fracture in my foot) really has been most annoying…and now that I’ve been given clearance to start exercising again, I am slowly getting back to my regular routines. Boy is it hard to follow doctor’s orders – for now, I am only allowed to do fitness…
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Title:Everything We Lost Author:Valerie Geary Published:August 2017, William Morrow Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 480 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours Lucy Durant was only fourteen-years-old when she lost her older brother. First to his paranoid delusions as he became increasingly obsessed with UFOs and government conspiracies. Then, permanently, when he walked into the desert outside Bishop, California, and never returned. Now on the tenth anniversary of Nolan’s mysterious disappearance, Lucy is…
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Title:The Silent Girls Author:Eric Rickstad Series:Canaan Crime Series, #2 Narrator:R.C. Bray Published:May 2015, Tantor Audio Length:9 hours 33 minutes Source:Library With the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well … Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective’s badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of…
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Title:The Walls Author:Hollie Overton Published:August 2017, Redhook Format:ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source:Publisher A heart-stopping psychological suspense novel about a Texas prison official driven to commit the perfect crime, by the author of the international bestselling thriller Baby Doll. WOULD YOU KILL TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? Working on death row is far from Kristy Tucker’s dream, but she is grateful for a job that allows her to support her son and…
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Title:The Good Daughter Author:Karin Slaughter Published:August 2017, William Morrow Format:Hardcover, 528 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author — a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense. Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind… Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn’s happy small-town family life was torn apart by a…
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Title:Something Like Happy Author:Eva Woods Published:September 2017, Graydon House Format:ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source:Publisher via Little Bird Publicity With wry wit and boundless heart, Eva Woods delivers an unforgettable tale of celebrating triumphs great and small, seizing the day, and always remembering to live in the moment. “It’s simple, really. You’re just meant to do one thing every day that makes you happy. Could be little things. Could be big.…
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Title:Lie to Me Author:J.T. Ellison Published:September 2017, Mira Books Format:ARC Paperback, 426 pages Source:Author They built a life on lies Sutton and Ethan Montclair’s idyllic life is not as it appears. The couple seems made for each other, but the truth is ugly. Consumed by professional and personal betrayals and financial woes, the two both love and hate each other. As tensions mount, Sutton disappears, leaving behind a note…
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Goodbye August …Hello September!!! So, this was a funny month – between being on vacation at the beach for a week and then coming home only to realize I had a stress fracture in my foot and needed to stay off it for 2 weeks, I suddenly found myself with tons of reading time on my hands 🙂 Not that I’m complaining – those piles of books aren’t going to…
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Title: The Daughters of Ireland Author:Santa Montefiore Series:The Deverill Chronicles, #2 Narrator:Genevieve Swallow Published:August 2017, HarperAudio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length:18 hours 33 minutes / 576 pages Source: Audio – personal copy via Audible / ARC Paperback – Publisher via TLC Book Tours Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same… In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the…
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Title:Emma in the Night Author:Wendy Walker Published:August 2017, St. Martin’s Press Format:ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source:Publisher From the bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten comes a thriller about two missing sisters, a twisted family, and what happens when one girl comes back… One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her sister Emma. Her story is…
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Title: A Beautiful Poison Author:Lydia Kang Published:August 2017, Lake Union Publishing Format:ARC Paperback, 350 pages Source:Publisher Just beyond the Gilded Age, in the mist-covered streets of New York, the deadly Spanish influenza ripples through the city. But with so many victims in her close circle, young socialite Allene questions if the flu is really to blame. All appear to have been poisoned—and every death was accompanied by a mysterious note.…
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Title:Everything We Left Behind Author:Kerry Lonsdale Series:Everything We Keep, #2 Narrator:Timothy Andres Pabon Published:July 2017, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:9 hours 14 minutes / 348 pages Source:Audio -Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes the highly anticipated sequel. Told from one man’s two perspectives, Everything We Left Behind effortlessly blends suspense, mystery, and romance…
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Title:The Goddesses Author:Swan Huntley Narrator:Hillary Huber Published:July 2017, Random House Audio / Doubleday Books Length:11 hours 38 minutes / 320 pages Source:Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley The Descendants meets Single White Female in this captivating novel about a woman who moves her family to Hawaii, only to find herself wrapped up in a dangerous friendship, from the celebrated author of We Could…
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Title:The People at Number 9 Author:Felicity Everett Published:August 2017, HQ Format:ARC Paperback, 315 pages Source:Publisher Have you met them yet, the new couple? When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara’s street seem dull by comparison. When the hand of friendship is extended,…
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Title:The End of Temperance Dare Author:Wendy Webb Published:June 2017, Lake Union Publishing Format:Paperback, 336 pages Source:Publisher Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the author reviewers are calling the Queen of the Northern Gothic. When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death.” After years…
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Title:The Other Girl Author:Erica Spindler Published:August 2017, St. Martin’s Press Format:ARC E-copy, 256 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher From the New York Times bestselling author of Justice for Sara and The First Wife comes a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought she’d put behind her. A horrific crime. One witness—a fifteen year old…
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Title:Unraveling Oliver Author:Liz Nugent Published:August 2017, Gallery/Scout Press Format:ARC Paperback, 272 pages Source:Publisher “I expected more of a reaction the first time I hit her.” So begins Liz Nugent’s astonishing debut novel—a chilling, elegantly crafted, and psychologically astute exploration of the nature of evil. Oliver Ryan, handsome, charismatic, and successful, has long been married to his devoted wife, Alice. Together they write and illustrate award-winning children’s books; their life together…
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Title:Cockroaches Author:Jo Nesbo Series:Harry Hole, #2 Published:February 2014, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Format:Paperback, 368 pages Source:Personal copy When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind…
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Title:Girl in Snow Author:Danya Kukafka Published:August 2017, Simon & Schuster Format:ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source:Publisher Who Are You When No One Is Watching? When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her sleepy Colorado suburb is untouched—not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of…
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Title:In the Shadow of Lakecrest Author:Elizabeth Blackwell Narrator:Teri Clark Linden Published:February 2017, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:9 hours 48 minutes / 282 pages Source:Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Paperback via Publisher The year is 1928. Kate Moore is looking for a way out of the poverty and violence of her childhood. When a chance encounter on a transatlantic ocean liner brings her face-to-face with…
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Title:The Salt House Author:Lisa Duffy Published:June 2017, Touchstone Format:Paperback, 304 pages Source:Publisher In the tradition of Jodi Picoult and Lisa Genova, this gorgeously written, heartbreaking, yet hopeful debut set during a Maine summer traces the lives of a young family in the aftermath of tragedy. In the coastal town of Alden, Maine, Hope and Jack Kelly have settled down to a life of wedded bliss. They have a beautiful family,…
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Title:Last Breath Author:Karin Slaughter Published:July 2017, Witness Impulse (HarperCollins Imprint) Format:E-book, 176 pages Source:Personal copy Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of thirteen, Charlie Quinn’s childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home – and after that shocking night, Charlie’s world was never the same. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it…
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Title:The Sleepwalker Author:Chris Bohjalian Series:Sleepwalker, #1 Narrator:Cady McClain, Grace Experience Published:January 2017, Random House Audio Length:9 hours 35 minutes Source:Library From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room comes a spine-tingling novel of lies, loss, and buried desire–the mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night. When Annalee Ahlberg goes missing, her children fear the worst. Annalee is a…
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Title:The Perfect Stranger Author:Megan Miranda Published:April 2017, Simon & Schuster Format:ARC E-book, 352 pages Source:Netgalley In the masterful follow-up to the New York Times bestseller All the Missing Girls—“think: Luckiest Girl Alive, The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl” (TheSkimm)—a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist…
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Title: The Guineveres Author:Sarah Domet Published:July 2017, Flatiron Books Format:Paperback, 352 pages To four girls who have nothing, their friendship is everything: they are each other’s confidants, teachers, and family. The girls are all named Guinevere–Vere, Gwen, Ginny, and Win–and it is the surprise of finding another Guinevere in their midst that first brings them together. They come to The Sisters of the Supreme Adoration convent by different paths,…
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Title:Ginny Moon Author:Benjamin Ludwig Narrator:Em Eldridge Published:May 2017, Harlequin Audio Length:9 hours 1 minute Source:Library Told in an extraordinary and wholly unique voice that will candidly take you into the mind of a curious and deeply human character. For the first time in her life, Ginny Moon has found her “forever home”—a place where she’ll be safe and protected, with a family that will love and nurture her. It’s exactly…
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Title:Secrets of the Dead Author:Carol E. Wyer Series:DI Robyn Carter, #2 Published:May 2017, Bookouture Format:ARC E-book, 316 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher Three murders. Three innocent victims. What secrets did they share with their killer? A bottle of bubble bath and colourful, plastic boats were scattered in small puddles on the floor. In the bathtub lay Linda Upton, fully-clothed, her lips a shade of blue, and her bloodshot eyes wide open.…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About We are back from our week at the beach…boy did that week go fast! I took the week to just recharge…and it was heavenly!!! Sure I still wore my Fitbit – I have just gotten into the habit of putting it on first thing in the morning and I like the clock feature,…
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Title:Stealing Snow Author:Danielle Paige Series:Stealing Snow, #1 Published:September 2016, Bloomsbury USA Childrens Format:Hardcover, 375 pages First kisses sometimes wake slumbering princesses, undo spells, and spark happily ever afters. Mine broke Bale. Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent. Despite Snow knowing that Bale…
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Title:The Separatists Author:Lis Wiehl Series:Newsmakers, #3 Narrator:Devon O’Day Published:June 2017, Thomas Nelson Length:9 hours 10 minutes Source:Publisher Journalist and newscaster Erica Sparks is planning only to report on an explosive story – until she gets caught in the middle of it. After getting the green light from her network to launch an investigative news show, Erica flies to Bismarck, North Dakota, to investigate Take Back Our Homeland, the largest…
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Title:Truly Madly Guilty Author:Liane Moriarty Published:July 2017, Flatiron Books Format:Paperback, 512 pages Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty turns her unique, razor-sharp eye towards three seemingly happy families. Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job,…
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Title:The Book of Summer Author:Michelle Gable Narrator:Cassandra Campbell Published:May 2017, Brilliance Audio Length:12 hours 56 minutes Source:Publisher Physician Bess Codman has returned to her family’s Nantucket compound, Cliff House, for the first time in four years. Her great-grandparents built Cliff House almost a century before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall into the sea. Though she s purposefully avoided the island, Bess must now pack up…
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Title: Sour Heart Author: Jenny Zheng Published: August 2017, Lenny Books Format: Hardcover, 320 pages A debut story collection that plunges readers into the hearts of adolescent girls growing up in New York City, from poet and National Magazine Award nominee Jenny Zhang. Centered on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty…
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Title:The Alice Network Author:Kate Quinn Published:June 2017, William Morrow Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 503 pages Source:Publisher In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. 1947. In the chaotic aftermath of…
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Title:The Lost Ones Author:Sheena Kamal Series:Nora Watts, #1 Published:July 2017, William Morrow Format:Hardcover, 352 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours A dark, compulsively readable psychological suspense debut, the first in a new series featuring the brilliant, fearless, chaotic, and deeply flawed Nora Watts—a character as heartbreakingly troubled, emotionally complex, and irresistibly compelling as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander and Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole. It begins with a phone call that Nora…
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Goodbye July…Hello August!!! This was one of the best reading months for me in a long time…both in print books and with audio books. If the rest of the year can go this way, I just may make a good dent in all those books piling up around my house! There are some really good books coming up, so I have some good reads coming my way 🙂 Here are…
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Title:The Address Author:Fiona Davis Published:August 2017, Dutton Books Format:ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source:Publisher Fiona Davis, author of The Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of The Dakota, New York City’s most famous residence. After a failed apprenticeship, working her way up to head housekeeper of a posh London hotel is more…
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Title:Come Sundown Author:Nora Roberts Narrator:Elisabeth Rodgers Published:May 2017, Brilliance Audio Length:17 hours 17 minutes Source:Publisher A saga of love, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession… The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it’s kept running by Bodine Longbow with…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So I challenged myself to walk a minimum of 100 miles this month – and while the month isn’t quite over, I’m psyched that I already hit the goal as of Friday!!! And to think, I wasn’t even training for a race 😉 I think this is something that I will definitely do again,…
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Title:Shadow Girl Author:Gerry Schmitt Series:Afton Tangler Thriller, #2 Published:August 2017, Berkley Books Format:ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source:Author The brutal murder of a business tycoon leaves Afton Tangler and the Twin Cities reeling, but that s just the beginning of a gruesome crime spree… Leland Odin made his fortune launching a home shopping network, but his millions can t save his life. On the list for a transplant, the ailing…
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Title:The Captain’s Daughter Author:Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator:Coleen Marlo Published:July 2017, Random House Audio / Doubleday Books Length:11 hours 11 minutes / 304 pages Source:Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher For fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emma Straub comes an emotionally gripping novel about a woman who returns to her hometown in coastal Maine and finds herself pondering the age-old question of what could…
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Title:The Weight of Lies Author:Emily Carpenter Narrator:Kate Orsini Published:June 2017, Brilliance Audio Length:11 hours 58 minutes Source:Publisher In this gripping, atmospheric family drama, a young woman investigates the forty-year-old murder that inspired her mother’s bestselling novel, and uncovers devastating truths—and dangerous lies. Reformed party girl Meg Ashley leads a life of privilege, thanks to a bestselling horror novel her mother wrote decades ago. But Meg knows that the glow of…
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