#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Another good week and I even got in 2 really good training walks! I’m so grateful that I have a really good gym and a nice mall by me – winter is making it’s way to us sooner rather than later, so I’ll be making good use of the mall for my long walks…
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Title:The Marrige Lie Author:Kimberly Belle Published:December 2016, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source:Netgalley Even the perfect marriage has its dark side… Iris and Will’s marriage is as close to perfect as it can be: a large house in a nice Atlanta neighborhood, rewarding careers and the excitement of trying for their first baby. But on the morning Will leaves for a business trip to Orlando, Iris’s happy world comes…
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Title:Echo Lake Author:Carla Neggers Series:Swift River Valley, #4 Narrator:Susan Boyce Published:January 2015, Blackstone Audio Inc / MIRA Length:9 hours 25 minutes / 352 pages Source:Library / Netgalley In snowy Swift River Valley, unexpected romance is just around the corner… Heather Sloan has landed her dream job—the renovation of Vic Scarlatti’s stately 1912 country home overlooking the icy waters of Echo Lake in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. It’s the perfect project…
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Title:Seized Author:Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #3 Published:December 2015, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley Danger is all around her… What should have been a routine investigation for FBI profiler Evelyn Baine turns ominous when she’s kidnapped by a dangerous cult of survivalists. As her worst nightmares become a reality, she begins to question what she’s seeing. Because the longer she’s inside their compound, the more she realizes this group…
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Title:Avenged Author:Elizabeth Heiter Series:The Profiler, #2.5 Published:January 2016, Harlequin.com Format:Free E-book Source:Publisher Love and vengeance FBI profiler Evelyn Baine and fellow agent Kyle McKenzie are—secretly—on vacation together, visiting an island off the coast of Georgia. Evelyn has recently solved a notorious cold case, so she considers their holiday a reward of sorts. More than that, it’s a cautious acknowledgment of her growing feelings for Kyle. One day a body washes…
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Title:The 4th Man Author:Lisa Gardner Series:Quincy & Rainie, #6.5 Published:January 2017, Dutton Format:ARC E-copy, 47 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy and Officer Rainie Conner return in a baffling cold case in this exclusive eBook short story by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library, only her sneakers missing. With no physical evidence, no…
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Title:Egg Drop Dead Author:Laura Childs Series:Cackleberry Club, #7 Published:December 2016, Berkley Format:ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source:Author In Laura Childs’s New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni—co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café—are back to track down another bad egg… Maintaining good personal relationships with their suppliers is one of the secrets of the Cackleberry Club Café’s success, so Suzanne doesn’t mind going out to Mike Mullen’s…
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Title:The Christmas Gate Author:T.A. Cline Published:December 2016, Tate Publishing Format:Paperback, 102 pages Source:Author via Friend Robert Robinson is a renowned author of two best-selling mystery novels. As his prestige begins to affect his work ethics, he becomes detached from his writing obligations. Because of his failure to fulfill a three-book contract that was already long overdue, his editor gives him an ultimatum. He could either face legal action, or…
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Title:Silent Scream Author:Angela Marsons Series:DI Kim Stone, #1 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:April 2015, Bookouture Length:8 hours 18 minutes Source:Publisher Even the darkest secrets can’t stay buried forever… Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood ……
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I had a great week, if I do say so myself, and it feels so good to be back to exercising regularly!!! I just focused on getting back to where I was before I got sick and while I will continue to do that, I will also start to do one or two…
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Title:Size Matters Author:Cathryn Novak Published:November 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 200 pages John Frederick is a man of considerable substance, in every sense of the word. Rich, intelligent, reclusive, and very large, John Frederick lives to eat. His everyday needs are tended to by Mrs. Floyd, his house manager, and by a never-ending parade of personal chefs. Enter Lexie Alexander, the latest applicant for that once-again vacant position. A…
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Here are my reading stats for November! Books read: 14 Books I read: Night Watch — Iris Johansen/Roy Johansen (audio book) The Girl Before — Rena Olsen Missing, Presumed — Susie Steiner (audio book) The Candidate — Lis Wiehl (audio book) The Stranger — Camilla Lackberg (audio book) Where the Light Gets In — Kimbery Williams-Paisley (audio book) The Waiting Room — Leah Kaminsky Winter Storms — Elin…
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Title:The Girl Before Author:Rena Olsen Published:August 2016, G.P Putnam’s Sons Format:Paperback, 314 pages Source:Personal copy In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman’s life is shattered, she is faced with a devastating question: What if everything she thought was normal and good and true . . . wasn’t? Clara Lawson is torn from her life in an instant. Without warning, her home is invaded by armed men, and she…
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Title: The Candidate Author:Lis Wiehl Series:Newsmakers, #2 Narrator:Devon O’Day Published:October, 2016, Thomas Nelson Publishers Length:9 hours 19 minutes Source:Publisher How far would a candidate go to become President of the United States? In covering the presidential election campaign, star newsmaker Erica Sparks notices that favored candidate Senator Mike Ortiz seems dependent on his wife to an unnatural degree. Celeste Ortiz is a brilliant and glamorous billionaire who—along with her best…
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Title: Missing, Presumed Author:Susie Steiner Series:DS Mannon, #1 Narrator:Juanita McMahon Published:June 2016, Random House Audio Length:12 hours, 57 minutes Source:Library Mid-December, and Cambridgeshire is blanketed with snow. Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw tries to sleep after yet another soul-destroying Internet date – the low murmuring of her police radio her only solace. Over the airwaves come reports of a missing woman – door ajar, keys and phone left behind, a…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This was not really a good week…not because I was sick again, but because I was dealing with another health issue. As some of you know, I get frequent headaches and boy oh boy, did I have some crazy headaches this past week! Bad enough that I didn’t want or feel like doing anything.…
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Title:Hindsight Author:Mindy Tarquini Published:November 2016, Sparkpress Format:Paperback, 319 pages EUGENIA PANISPORCHI LIVES WITH HER MOTHER, TEACHES CHAUCER, AND REMEMBERS ALL HER PAST LIVES. SHE IS DESPERATE TO CHANGE HER FUTURE Born this time around into a South Philadelphia Italian-American family so traditional, she and her siblings are expected to marry in birth order, Eugenia lives a simple life―no love connection, no controversy, no complications. Her hope is that the Blessed…
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Please join me in welcoming Kerry Wilkinson to Always With a Book. The latest book in Kerry‘s Detective Jessica Daniel’s series, The Woman in Black, is being published today in the US – it has already been published in the UK. This is the 3rd book in the series of what is already a 10-book series. Title:The Woman in Black Author:Kerry Wilkinson Series:Detective Jessica Daniels, #3 Published:November 2016, Bookouture Format:E-book,…
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Title:The Stranger Author:Camilla Lackberg Series:Patrik Hedstrom /Fjallbacka, #4 Narrator:Simon Vance Published:April 2013, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Length:11 hours 24 minutes Source:Library A string of suspicious deaths points to a potential serial killer who has turned his eye toward Fjällbacka and her dark forests, where two children vanished decades before. A local woman is killed in a tragic car crash, but it isn’t a clear-cut drunk driving case. The…
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Title:Night Watch Author:Iris Johasen & Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #4 Narrator:Elisabeth Rodgers Published:October 2016, Recorded Books Length:12 hours 4 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible The #1 New York Times bestselling author and the Edgar Award winning author are back with a new a new novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. Born blind, Kendra Michaels spent the first twenty years of her life living…
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Title:Dark Water Author:Robert Bryndza Series:DCI Erika Foster, #3 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:October 2016, Bookouture Length:8 hours 55 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Beneath the water the body sank rapidly. She would lie still and undisturbed for many years but above her on dry land, the nightmare was just beginning. When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I had another good week – I took it easy, got lots of rest and am ready to get back to my training. I’m not going to go crazy, but I am anxious to take it up a notch! And since I’m not working, I don’t need to do it first thing in the…
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Title: In the Heart of Texas Author:Ginger McKnight Chavers Published:October 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 328 pages Pitched as “a poor man’s Halle Berry,” forty-one-year-old soap star Jo Randolph, has successfully avoided waiting tables since she left Midland, Texas at eighteen. But then, in the span of twenty-four hours, Jo manages to lose her job, burn her bridges in Hollywood, and accidentally burn down her lover/director’s beach house—after which…
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Title:North of Here Author:Laurel Saville Narrator:Pete Simonelli Published:March 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 29 minutes Source:Publisher The sounds of unexpected tragedies—a roll of thunder, the crash of metal on metal—leave Miranda in shock amid the ruins of her broken family. As she searches for new meaning in her life, Miranda finds quiet refuge with her family’s handyman, Dix, in his cabin in the dark forests of the Adirondack Mountains.…
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Title:Crepe Factor Author:Laura Childs Series:A Scrapbooking Mystery, #14 Published:October 2016, Berkley Format:ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source:Author The Winter Market in the French Quarter is in full swing, but murder isn’t taking a holiday in the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Parchment and Old Lace… The holidays are a busy time for scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand—but not so hectic that she doesn’t have time to…
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Title:The Waiting Room Author:Leah Kaminsky Published:November 2016, Harper Perennial Format:ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source:Publisher Leah Kaminsky’s powerful fiction debut—a multi-generational novel perfect for fans of The Tiger’s Wife and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena—unfolds over a day in the life of a young physician in contemporary Israel, who must cope with modern threats in the shadow of her parents’ horrific wartime pasts. A young doctor in Haifa, Israel, must…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I had a pretty good week – even made it to the gym this week 😉 I got in 2 5k’s and I think I may finally have turned the corner with my sickness – yay!!! I’m slowly easing back into things – it’s amazing how tired I still am, even though I’ve basically…
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Title:Found Author:Emily Brett Published:October 2016, SparkPress Format:Paperback, 308 pages Twenty-seven-year-old ICU nurse Natalie Ulster has a desire to see the world, in case she dies young like her mother, and a need to heal, which is compensation for her own damaged heart. Armed with an independence and self-reliance that stems from her father s emotional abandonment and wanting to separate herself from a deranged nurse whose husband just died…
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Title:Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes Author:Karin Slaughter Published:August 2015, Cornerstone Digital Format:E-Copy, 115 pages Source:Library A missing girl in the news reminds Julia Carroll of herself: nineteen, beautiful, blonde hair, blue eyes. Julia begins to dig deeper and plans an article for her college paper. She becomes gradually more obsessed with the case, never imagining how close she herself is to danger. ***Short & Sweet Reviews are short, quick reviews. These…
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Title:Pretty Girls Author:Karin Slaughter Narrator:Kathleen Early Published:September 2015, Blackstone Audio Length:19 hours 59 minutes Source:Library #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives. Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s…
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Title:The Off Season Author:Colleen Thompson Narrator:Hillary Huber Published:September 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:12 hours 5 minutes Source:Publisher Winter winds off the Atlantic have turned the tourist mecca of Seaside Creek, New Jersey, into a ghost town. Dr. Christina Paxton, however, is growing accustomed to living with ghosts. Recently widowed, the emergency room physician has returned to the shore with her young daughter, house-sitting a sprawling beachside Victorian home. One night,…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Ok…so, I think I might actually be on the mend…finally! I have not been sick this long in forever and every time I think I am getting better, the cough/cold seems to come back. Luckily I’m not working right now (quit my job after realizing the stress/aggravation just wasn’t worth it!) so I’ve been able…
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Title:Unexpected Love Author:Kristy Kryszczak Published:October 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 218 pages As a young woman living in the wondrous city of New York, Inez Champlain has always aspired to be like Carrie from Sex and the City, sans the tulle skirts and poor financial decisions, of course. Inez has it all: great friends, her dream job as a notable beauty writer, a studio loft on the Upper East…
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Title: The Woman in Cabin 10 Author:Ruth Ware Published:July 2016, Gallery/Scout Press Format:ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source:Netgalley From New York Times bestselling author of the “twisty-mystery” (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful novel from Ruth Ware—this time, set at sea. In this tightly wound story, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the…
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Title:Fool Me Once Author:Harlan Coben Narrator:January LaVoy Published:March 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 6 minutes Source:Publisher In the course of eight consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, millions of readers have discovered Harlan Coben’s page-turning thrillers, filled with his trademark edge-of-your-seat suspense and gut-wrenching emotion. In Fool Me Once, Coben once again outdoes himself. Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her…
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Here are my reading stats for October! Books read: 15 Books I read: The Things We Wish Were True — Marybeth Mayhew Whalen (audio book) Little Blue Blue — M.J. Arlidge (e-book) The Girl in the Castle — Santa Montefiore (audio book) Field of Graves — J.T. Ellison (audio book) In the Woods — Tana French A Kiss in the Snow — Susan Mallery (e-book) Summit Lake — Charlie Donlea…
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Title:The Stonecutter Author:Camilla Lackberg Series:Patrik Hedstrom /Fjallbacka, #3 Narrator:David Thorn Published:May 2012, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Length:16 hours 58 minutes Source:Library The remote resort of Fjällbacka has seen its share of tragedy, though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman’s net. But the post-mortem reveals that this is no case of accidental drowning… Local detective Patrik Hedström has just become a father.…
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Title:The Couple Next Door Author:Shari Lapena Published:August 2016, Pamela Dorman Books Format:ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source:Netalley It all started at a dinner party. . . A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors—a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives. . . Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I feel like a broken record over here…I’m still sick with bronchitis – I can’t remember the last time I was this sick. I’ve been on so many different meds that now I just want to be off them all! The only good thing is that I am drinking so much water because of…
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Title:In the Woods Author:Tana French Series:Dublin Murder Squad, #1 Published:May 2008, Penguin Books Format:Paperback, 429 Source:Personal copy A gorgeously written novel that marks the debut of an astonishing new voice in psychological suspense. 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…
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Title:The Next Author:Stephanie Gangi Published:October 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format:Hardcover, 320 pages Is there a right way to die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She’s consumed by betrayal, spending her numbered days obsessing over Ned McGowan, her much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone new, while she wastes away. She’s every woman scorned, fantasizing about revenge … except she’s out of time.…
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Title:The Girl in the Castle Author:Santa Montefiore Series:The Deverill Chronicles, #1 Narrator:Genevieve Swallow Published:September 2016, HarperAudio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length:17 hours 25 minutes / 576 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publisher International sensation Santa Montefiore presents the first book in a trilogy that follows three Irish women through the decades of the 20th century – perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Hazel Gaynor. Born on the ninth…
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Title:The Preacher Author:Camilla Lackberg Series:Patrik Hedstrom (Fjallbacka), #2 Narrator:David Thorn Published:June 2011, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Length:15 hour 46 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible In the fishing community of Fjällbacka, life is remote, peaceful, and for some, tragically short. Foul play was always suspected in the disappearance twenty years ago of two young campers, but their bodies were never found. But now, a young boy out playing has…
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Title:Night & Day Author:Iris Johansen Series:Eve Duncan, #21 Narrator:Elisabeth Rodgers Published:July 2016, Recorded Books Length:12 hours 3 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the explosive third book in the latest Eve Duncan trilogy. Iris Johansen’s third book in her latest explosive trilogy starring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan takes readers on a high-energy adventure with Eve fighting to overcome the odds. Protecting…
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Title:Only Daughter Author:Anna Snoekstra Published:September 2016, MIRA Format:Paperback, 288 pages Source:Publisher In 2003, sixteen-year-old Rebecca Winter disappeared. She’d been enjoying her teenage summer break: working at a fast-food restaurant, crushing on an older boy and shoplifting with her best friend. Mysteriously ominous things began to happen—blood in the bed, periods of blackouts, a feeling of being watched—though Bec remained oblivious of what was to come. Eleven years later she…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So I thought I was feeling better…boy was I wrong! I ended up at the doctor’s – twice and it turns out I have asthmatic bronchitis. Needless to say, while I did meet my step goals – it was from being home and walking the dogs. The one day I was feeling a little…
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Title:Nowhere Girl Author:Susan Strecker Published:March 2016, Thomas Dunne Books Format:ARC e-book, 304 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher “The day Savannah was killed she was fifteen minutes late to meet me.” So begins bookseller favorite Susan Strecker’s second novel of twin sisters and the murder that left one twin behind. Savannah was the popular bad girl skipping school and moving quickly from one boyfriend to the next, so when she didn’t…
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Title:The Witch House of Persimmon Point Author:Suzanne Palmieri Published:October 2016, St. Martin’s Griffin Format:Paperback, 400 pages When Byrd Whalen returns to her family’s ancestral home to uncover secrets threating to destroy a legacy she holds dear, she gets more than she bargained for. Over the course of one harrowing weekend, the dark haunted histories of the Amore women reveal themselves, leading Byrd to question everything she’s ever believed about herself.…
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Title:Field of Graves Author:J.T. Ellison Series:Taylor Jackson, #8 Narrator:Joyce Bean Published:August 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 7 minutes Source:Publisher With FIELD OF GRAVES, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison goes back to where it all began… All of Nashville is on edge with a serial killer on the loose. A madman is trying to create his own end-of-days apocalypse and the cops trying to catch him are almost as…
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Title:Dear Amy Author:Helen Callaghan Published:October 2016, Harper Paperbacks Format:Paperback, 352 pages Source:Publisher Fans of Jennifer McMahon, Mary Kubica, and early Gillian Flynn will love this chilling, tightly-spun debut novel of psychological suspense about an abduction that stirs memories of a twenty-year-old cold case. As a thirty-something Classics and English literature teacher, working at a school in Cambridge, Margot Lewis leads a quiet life. In her spare time, she writes…
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