Here are my reading stats for May! Books read: 12 Books I read: Lost Among the Living — Simone St. James (audio book) No One Knows — J.T. Ellison The Winter Girl — Matt Marinovich (audio book) The Other Girl — Lauren Willig (audio book) Don’t You Cry — Mary Kubica Fool Me Once — Harlan Coben (audio book) The Girl in the Ice — Robert Bryndza (audio book) Saving…
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Title: The Winter Girl Author:Matt Marinovich Narrator:Quincy Dunn-Baker Published:January 2016, Recorded Books Length:6 hours 26 minutes Source:Publisher A scathing and exhilarating thriller that begins with a husband’s obsession with the seemingly vacant house next door. It’s wintertime in the Hamptons, where Scott and his wife, Elise, have come to be with her terminally ill father, Victor, to await the inevitable. As weeks turn to months, their daily routine—Elise at the…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I seem to have gotten off track with my yoga and need to fix that…while I haven’t actually made it to classes in a while, I had been doing some yoga at home and was feeling good about it – and could actually start to feel the difference. I found some really great yoga flows on…
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Title:Appetite Author:Sheila Grinell Published:May 2017, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 328 pages When Jenn Adler returns from a year in India, she has a surprise for her parents: a young guru from Bangalore whom she intends to marry. Her father, Paul, is wary of this beggar Jenn has brought home who, he suspects, is conning his much-loved daughter while her mother, Maggie, is frightened that this alien stranger will steal away…
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Title: No One Knows Author:J.T. Ellison Published:March 2016, Gallery Books Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher In an obsessive mystery as thrilling as The Girl on the Train and The Husband’s Secret, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison will make you question every twist in her page-turning novel—and wonder which of her vividly drawn characters you should trust. The day Aubrey Hamilton’s husband is declared dead by the…
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Title:Sweet Forgiveness Author:Lori Nelson Spielman Narrator:Tavia Gilbert Published:June 2015, Blackstone Audio / Plume Length:9 hours 50 minutes / 336 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley #1 international bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman follows The Life List with Sweet Forgiveness, in which a woman’s receipt of two “forgiveness stones” sends her searching for atonement The Forgiveness Stones craze is sweeping the nation—instantly recognizable pouches of stones that come with a…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This week was a little calmer than last week…that’s for sure! I ended up spending the day on Friday at the elementary school I used to teach at many years ago – they were having their “Mini-Marathon Day” where all the kids do a “fun” run, the distance dependent on the age of the kids.…
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Title: The Assistants Author:Camille Perri Published:May 2016, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format:Hardcover, 288 pages A wry and astute debut about a young Manhattanite whose embezzlement scam turns her into an unlikely advocate for the leagues of overeducated and underpaid assistants across the city. Tina Fontana is the hapless but brazen thirty-year-old executive assistant to Robert Barlow, the all-powerful and commanding CEO of Titan Corp., a multinational media conglomerate. She’s excellent at…
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Title: A Perfumer’s Secret Author:Adria J. Cimino Published:May 2016, Velvet Morning Press Format:Paperback, 258 pages The quest for a stolen perfume formula awakens passion, rivalry and family secrets in the fragrant flower fields of the South of France… Perfumer Zoe Flore travels to Grasse, perfume capital of the world, to collect a formula: her inheritance from the family she never knew existed. The scent matches the one worn by her…
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Title:Don’t You Cry Author:Mary Kubica Published:May 2016, MIRA Format:Hardcover, 320 pages Source:Publisher New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica returns with an electrifying and addictive tale of deceit and obsession In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this was a pretty crazy week, work-wise. We had our first-ever fundraiser, and while it was a success – YAY!!! – it was crazy right up til the start of the event with all the running around and last minute to-do’s that needed doing. But, as I said, the event was a success and…
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Title:The House of Bradbury Author:Nicole Meier Published:May 2016, Sparkpress Format:Paperback, 280 pages Mia Gladwell s life is going nowhere. The media has skewered her debut novel, her fiance Carson, a successful Hollywood producer, has jumped ship, and now she s living in her sister s carriage house unattached, unemployed, and uninspired. Then she learns that the Los Angeles estate of iconic author Ray Bradbury is up for sale, and she…
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Next week, Don’t You Cry, Mary Kubica’s latest book comes out and I am so excited…I’m reading it now and it’s so good…twisty,crazy good! My review will be posted the date the book releases, May 17th. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mary twice and I just adore her…she’s delightful and I have absolutely loved her previous books – The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. In anticipation of release day,…
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Title:I Let You Go Author:Clare Mackintosh Published:May 2016, Berkley Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher In a split second, Jenna Gray’s world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a pretty good week. I ended up working from home because I had to keep an eye on my dog after her surgery – she’s ok, but has to wear a cone for 2 weeks. Boy is that getting old! But, we’ve been taking lots of walks – long walks just around…
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Title:First Comes Love Author:Emily Giffin Published:June 2016, Ballantine Books Format:Hardcover, 400 pages In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful,…
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Title:Lost Among the Living Author:Simone St. James Narrator:Justine Eyre Published:April 2016, Blackstone Audio / NAL Length:10 hours 23 minutes / 336 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex’s wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family’s estate in the Sussex countryside.…
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Title:Best of My Love Author:Susan Mallery Series:Fool‘s Gold, #20 Narrator:Tanya Eby Published:April 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:8 hours 28 minutes Source:Publisher An irresistible new love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool’s Gold series, set in a town Library Journal calls “so appealing, readers will want to start scoping out real estate.” To overcome her painful past, baker Shelby Gilmore goes on the hunt for…
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Here are my reading stats for April! Books read: 14 Books I read: Career of Evil — Robert Galbraith (audio book) Lies and Other Acts of Love — Kristy Woodson Harvey What We Find — Robyn Carr (e-book) Crooked Little Lies — Barbara Taylor Sissel (audio book) You — Caroline Kepnes (audio book) Sister Dear — Laura McNeill (e-book) Ana of California — Andi Teran (audio book) Sweet Forgiveness —…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, not only did I get in 1 10K in for April…I did 5 this past week…I just decided that I would do one every day and you know what, I felt great doing them, plus I was able to finish 2 audio books this week because of the extended walking time!!! On the food…
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A few weeks ago, the gals at She Reads announced the three ‘Books of Spring’ selections. I’m sorry for my delay in posting this, life has just gotten in the way, but better late than never, right? So without further ado…here are the Books of Spring: Title:No One Knows Author:J.T. Ellison Published:March 2016, Gallery Books In an obsessive mystery as thrilling as The Girl on the Train and The Husband’s…
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Title:Career of Evil Author:Robert Galbraith Series:Cormoran Strike, #3 Narrator:Robert Glenister Published:October 2015, Hachette Audio Length:17 hours 58 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Cormoran Strike is back, with his assistant Robin Ellacott, in a mystery based around soldiers returning from war. When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised…
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Title:The Goodbye Year Author:Kaira Rouda Published:May 2016, Sparkpress Format:Paperback, 312 pages Melanie, a perfectionist mom who views the approaching end of parenting as a type of death, can t believe she has only one more year to live vicariously through her slacker senior son, Dane. Gorgeous mom Sarah has just begun to realize that her only daughter, Ashley, has been serving as a stand-in for her traveling husband, and the…
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Title:The Silkworm Author:Robert Galbraith Series:Cormoran Strike, #2 Narrator:Robert Glenister Published:June 2014, Hachette Audio Length:17 hours 22 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Private investigator Cormoran Strike returns in a new mystery from Robert Galbraith, author of the #1 international bestseller The Cuckoo’s Calling. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for…
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Title:Meternity Author:Meghann Foye Published:April 2016, MIRA Format:Paperback, 368 pages Not quite knocked up… Like everyone in New York media, editor Liz Buckley runs on cupcakes, caffeine and cocktails. But at thirty-one, she’s plateaued at Paddy Cakes, a glossy baby magazine that flogs thousand-dollar strollers to entitled, hypercompetitive spawn-havers. Liz has spent years working a gazillion hours a week picking up the slack for coworkers with kids, and she’s tired of…
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Title:Rare Objects Author:Kathleen Tessaro Published:April 2016; Harper Format:ARC Paperback; 400 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston’s North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she’s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression. However, Maeve also has a dangerous…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got 2 5K’s in this week – one at the gym and one outside…now if I can only get in a 10K this month, I’ll be happy. I also started doing yoga at home…I found some yoga flows that I’ve been trying to do a few times each morning, depending on how much time…
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Title:Sister Dear Author:Laura McNeill Published:April 2016, Thomas Nelson Format:Paperback, 400 pages Source:Author / Netgalley All Allie Marshall wants is a fresh start. But when dark secrets refuse to stay buried, will her chance at a new life be shattered forever? Convicted of a crime she didn’t commit, Allie watched a decade of her life vanish – time that can never be recovered. Now, out on parole, Allie is determined to…
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Title:Parting Gifts Author:Katrina Anne Willis Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 288 pages Broken by their unorthodox Midwestern childhood, sisters Catherine, Anne, and Jessica Mathers search for love, acceptance, and worth often in the most unlikely places. Catherine, the oldest of the Mathers sisters, is an English professor battling breast cancer with Cytoxan, red wine, and profanity. Anne is a wife and stay-at-home mother of two struggling to make ends…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About While I did pretty well getting my steps in, it was more of just being super busy this past week. I only made it to the gym one day and never really did anything else other than taking the dogs for their usual walks – though due to the nicer weather towards the end…
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Title:Ana of California Author:Andi Teran Narrator:Andi Teran Published:July 2015, Dreamscape Media, LLC / Penguin Books Length:8 hours 46 minutes / ARC e-copy, 368 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley A modern take on the classic coming-of-age novel, inspired by Anne of Green Gables In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran’s captivating debut novel offers a contemporary…
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Title:No One Needs to Know Author:Kevin O’Brien Narrator:Jonathan Yen Published:July 2015, Tantor Audio / Kensington Books Length:16 hours 25 minutes / ARC E-copy 416 pages Source:Personal Copy via Audible / Netgalley A SECRET WORTH KILLING FOR… In July 1970, actress Elaina Styles was slain in her rented Seattle mansion along with her husband and their son’s nanny. When the baby’s remains were found buried in a shallow grave close to…
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Title:After the Crash Author:Michel Bussi Published:January 2016, Hachette Books Format:ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source:Publisher Hailed as “a novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time” (Sunday Times, UK), a near-million copy bestseller in Europe–centered on a tragic plane crash in the Alps and the mystery surrounding its only survivor, an infant girl. A night flight from Istanbul bound for Paris, filled with…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I really wish the weather would stay consistent…we’ve had some really nice, warm weather and then it gets cold again! This weekend it’s cold with the potential for snow – I’m so done with snow! And we have frost warnings for both days this weekend. My poor plants are never going to bloom…
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Title:What We Find Author:Robyn Carr Series:Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 Published:April 2016, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman’s journey to finding the happiness she’s long been missing Between the…
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Title:Lies and Other Acts of Love Author:Kristy Woodson Harvey Published:April 2016, Berkley Format:ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source:Author Dear Carolina was praised as “Southern fiction at its best.” Now author Kristy Woodson Harvey presents a new novel about what it really means to tell the truth . . . After sixty years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn “Lovey” White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to…
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Title:A Girl Like You Author:Michelle Cox Series:The Henrietta & Inspector Howard series, #1 Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 288 pages Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago s northwest side. It s 1935, but things still aren t looking up since the big crash and her father s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings.…
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Title:Try Not to Breathe Author:Holly Seddon Narrator:Elizabeth Knowelden, Katharine McEwan Published:February 2016, Random House Audio / Ballantine Books Length:11 Hours 22 minutes / ARC E-copy 369 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley For fans of Gillian Flynn, Laura Lippman, and Paula Hawkins comes Holly Seddon’s arresting fiction debut—an engrossing thriller full of page-turning twists and turns, richly imagined characters, and gripping psychological suspense. Some secrets never die. They’re…
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I’m so pleased to be helping Kristy Woodson Harvey spread the word on her sophomore book, Lies and Other Acts of Love, which releases tomorrow, April 5th! I absolutely loved her debut novel, Dear Carolina, and this one is just as amazing! Look for my review later in the week. In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight, some reader endorsements and if you pre-order a copy of the book today…
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Title:All Dressed in White Author:Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke Series:Under Suspicion, #2 Narrator:Jan Maxwell Published:November 2015, Simon & Schuster Audio Length:7 hours 16 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible The second thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series following The Cinderella Murder, featuring intrepid television producer Laurie Moran as she investigates the case of a missing bride. Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to…
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Title:Willow Brook Road Author:Sherryl Woods Series:Chesapeake Shores, #13 Narrator:Christina Traister Published:September 2015, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 7 minutes Source:Publisher #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweeps readers away with the story of a beloved member of the O’Brien family as she claims the life she’s always dreamed of… Spirited, spontaneous Carrie Winters has grown up under the watchful eyes of not only her grandfather Mick O’Brien, but the…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I ended up getting the new Fitbit Alta – and I am really liking it so far! It’s a little weird having it on my wrist – I had the Fitbit One, so I was used to just clipping it on my bra and not seeing it all day – but it fits…
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Title:Once a Rancher Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #1 Published:March 2016, HQN Books Format:ARC E-book, 320 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity The Carsons of Mustang Creek: three men who embody the West and define what it means to be a rancher, a cowboy and a hero in this brand-new series from the queen of Western romance. Slater Carson might be a businessman by trade, but he’s…
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Here are my reading stats for March! Books read: 10 Books I read: The Bitter Season — Tami Hoag (audio book) Try Not to Breathe — Holly Seddon (audio book) The Two-Family House — Lynda Cohen Loigman (e-book) Find Her — Lisa Gardner (audio book) Somewhere Out There — Amy Hatvany (e-book) The Killing Forest — Sara Blaedel (e-book) Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte (audio book) Pretty Girls — Karin…
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Title:Start With the Backbeat: A Musical Novel Author:Garine B. Isassi Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 273 pages It is the spring of 1989 in New York City when Jill Dodge, a post-punk rocker from Texas, finally gets her big promotion at Mega Big Records. She is thrust into a race to find a gritty, urban rapper before the Gangsta trend passes their label by. As Jill and her mostly…
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Title:Stars Over Sunset Boulevard Author:Susan Meissner Published:January 2016, NAL Format:Paperback, 400 pages In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Hollywood during its Golden Age discover the joy and heartbreak of true friendship. Los Angeles, Present Day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister’s vintage clothing boutique by mistake,…
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Title:The Bitter Season Author:Tami Hoag Series:Kovac & Liska, #5 Narrator:David Colacci Published:January 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:13 hours 47 minutes Source:Publisher EVERY FAMILY HAS A SECRET. THEIRS WILL CHILL YOU TO THE CORE. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will delight fans and new readers alike. A murder from the past. A murder from…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this past week was all about taking it easy – light, easy walks because I was still sick with that nasty cold that turned into a sinus infection. Luckily I got some good meds from the doc and am feeling much better! I think between the meds and just taking it easy,…
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Title:Swamp Bones Author:Kathy Reichs Series:Temperance Brennan, #16.5 Narrator:Katherine Borowitz Published:August 2014, Penguin Random House Audio Length:2 hours 54 minutes Source:Library Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a chilling original short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs. In the prequel to Reichs’s upcoming thriller Bones Never Lie, Tempe takes a much-needed vacation—but murder follows wherever she goes. Although a trip to Florida is supposed to be about…
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Title:The Widow Author:Fiona Barton Published:February 2016, NAL Format:ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source:Netgalley For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began…
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