Always With a Book

k2reader July 7, 2023

The Clearing by Simon Toyne #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of The Clearing in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: July 11, 2023 Summary: In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean–where she uncovers a dark…

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k2reader July 6, 2023

Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Thicker Than Water in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: July 11, 2023 Summary: Two sisters-in-law find themselves at painful odds when the man who connects them—the brother of one, the husband of the other—is accused of a brutal crime in this twisty thriller from…

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k2reader July 6, 2023

Dark Objects by Simon Toyne #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: July 12, 2022 Summary: Forensics expert Laughton Rees hunts an unusually clever killer who appears to be staging murder scenes just for her in this twisty new psychological thriller by the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy. How do you catch a killer if the victim doesn’t exist? A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion and…

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k2reader July 6, 2023

Snatched by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Published: July 1, 2013 Summary: While in an airport restroom in Atlanta, Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, overhears a girl pleading to go home and knows something is wrong. But he waits too long to act, and now the girl and the angry man she’s with have disappeared into the crowds at the busiest…

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k2reader July 4, 2023

Month in Review: June 2023

And just like that, half the year has gone by…how is that possible? Summer is finally here, weather-wise and I am loving it!!! I’ve been out paddle boarding in the mornings and then reading outside whenever I have the chance. I also started working one or two days a week at the cutest independent bookstore on the north fork of Long Island, called A Book Place, located in Riverhead. I…

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k2reader June 30, 2023

The Hidden Hours by Sara Foster #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: November 3, 2020 Summary: Keeping her secret may save her family. But telling it may save her life. Arabella Lane, senior executive at a children’s publisher, is found dead in the Thames on a frosty winter’s morning after the office Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The one person who may…

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k2reader June 28, 2023

The Quiet Tenant #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Knopf #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Quiet Tenant in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf / Random House Audio Published: June 20, 2023 Summary: A pulse-pounding psychological thriller about a serial killer narrated by those closest to him: His 13-year-old daughter, his girlfriend—and the one victim he has spared Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a…

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k2reader June 28, 2023

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave #bookreview #audiobook #reread

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 4, 2021 Summary: The instant #1 New York Times bestselling mystery and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick that’s captivated more than a million readers about a woman searching for the truth about her husband’s disappearance…at any cost. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion…

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k2reader June 24, 2023

Fallen by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 28, 2018 (Originally published 2011) Summary: There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window…

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k2reader June 23, 2023

The Last Word by Taylor Adams #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: April 25, 2023 Summary: After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy—or very, very dangerous—in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge. Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden…

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k2reader June 22, 2023

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to HarperAudio/Netgalley for the ALC and Thoughts From a Page, Mariner Books, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of Banyan Moon in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books / Harper Audio Published: June 27, 2023 Summary: A sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family’s inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories.…

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k2reader June 22, 2023

The New Mother by Nora Murphy #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Mother in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: May 30, 2023 Summary: A relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling story — a fresh new twist on motherhood and murder in suburbia. Isolated. Lonely. Tired. It’s hard being The New Mother. Sometimes it’s murder.…

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k2reader June 20, 2023

Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of Lay Your Body Down in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 27, 2023 Summary: A young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown, where a radical evangelical pastor has poisoned everyone’s minds—and may be covering up a murder. After Del Walker fled her small hometown and its cult-like church, she vowed to…

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k2reader June 14, 2023

The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Long Way Back in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 13, 2023 Summary: When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller—from the author of the “poignant, riveting” (Wendy Walker, author of Don’t…

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k2reader June 14, 2023

Between Two Strangers by Kate White #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this audiobook for my own personal collection. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: May 16, 2023 Summary: A woman receives a bewildering inheritance that may have something to do with her past in this twisty and addictive psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Entertainment Weekly calls “impossible to outwit.” Struggling artist Skyler Moore is flabbergasted when she receives a suspicious phone call from a lawyer she’s never met regarding a “private matter.”…

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k2reader June 13, 2023

The Survivor by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Survivor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 6, 2023 Summary: Eve Duncan and Riley Smith must solve their most exciting puzzle since A Face to Die For when asked to uncover the mysterious secret hidden on a remote island. When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no.…

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k2reader June 8, 2023

What Remains by Wendy Walker #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Blackstone Publishing, for the ALC and Blackstone Publishing, #partner for the advanced copy of What Remains in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing Published: June 13, 2023 Summary: She saved his life. Now he‘ll never let her go. Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for…

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k2reader June 6, 2023

Look Closer by David Ellis #bookfeature #paperbackrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that out in paperback today. This book has been on my tbr since it first came out in hardcover last year and you better believe that I made a special trip to the bookstore today to grab a copy! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this paperback release!!! Look Closer by David Ellis Publisher – G.P. Putnam’s Sons…

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k2reader June 6, 2023

Broken by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: June 23, 2020 (Originally published 2010) Summary: Broken features the return of New York Times best-selling author Karin Slaughter’s most compelling characters and introduces memorable new ones in a tale of corruption, murder, and confrontation that will leave more than one life destroyed…. When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own…

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k2reader June 5, 2023

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber #partner, for the advanced copy of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 6, 2023 Summary: The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See’s…

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k2reader June 5, 2023

Month in Review: May 2023

How is it June? May seemed to fly by! Fortunately, the weather has turned warm enough that I’ve had some quality outdoor reading days and I just love that. I had a pretty good reading month – lots of fantastic books, some that were quite large in length but that never deters me as long as I am invested in the story. I also participated in a review-a-thon, which…

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k2reader May 31, 2023

The Good Doctor by Jessica Payne #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Bookouture, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Good Doctor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: June 14, 2023 Summary: I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted: a career saving lives, my dream home among the pines, and my caring fiancé, Elton. He doesn’t know about my past. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way… I’m so excited for…

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k2reader May 29, 2023

Drowning by T.J. Newman #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC of Drowning in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 30, 2o23 Summary: Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside—and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them. Six minutes after…

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k2reader May 26, 2023

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to GetRedPR, Blue Box Press, #partner, for the finished copy of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: May 11, 2023 Summary: Co-authored by her son, Harry Whittaker, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley’s multimillion copy sensation, to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion. Over 35 million copies of the Seven Sisters books…

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k2reader May 26, 2023

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Atria Books, #partner for the finished copy of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: August 2, 2022 Summary: Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into…

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k2reader May 25, 2023

The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Drowning Woman in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 13, 2o23 Summary: From the bestselling author of The Party comes a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal following a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past—and the wealthy society wife she saves. Lee Gulliver never thought she’d find herself living on the streets—no one ever does—but…

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k2reader May 25, 2023

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark #bookreview

Thank you to TLC BookTours, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, #partner, for a finished copy of Fellowship Point in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Marysue Rucci Books/ Scribner / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: July 5, 2022 Summary: Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written…

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k2reader May 24, 2023

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: March 14, 2023 Summary: An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive, and must break out of prison to find out the truth in #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben’s latest breathtaking thriller. David and Cheryl Burroughs were living the dream life when…

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k2reader May 23, 2023

Identity by Nora Roberts #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Netgalley / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Identity in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: May 23, 2023 Summary: A new thriller about one man’s ice-cold malice, and one woman’s fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore.…

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k2reader May 23, 2023

Undone by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: July 16, 2019 Summary: In the trauma center of Atlanta’s busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city’s poor, wounded, and unlucky – and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation, coming face-to-face with a tall driven detective and his quiet…

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k2reader May 22, 2023

The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Chateau in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 23, 2023 Summary: A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder in this stylish, twisty thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and…

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k2reader May 21, 2023

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Riverhead Books Published: November 1, 2022 Summary: Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion. Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. By day she teaches at a parochial school; at night she…

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k2reader May 21, 2023

The Half of It by Juliette Fay #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Half of It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: April 11, 2023 Summary: One perfect night. Forty years of buried hurt. One chance to make it right. Can the past ever be fixed? With humor, heart, and grace, USA Today bestselling author Juliette Fay delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner, perfect for fans of Josie…

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k2reader May 20, 2023

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Family Remains in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: August 9, 2022 Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this standalone sequel to…

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k2reader May 19, 2023

Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and MB Communications & Thomas Mercer #partner, for the finished copy of Out of the Ashes in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2023 Summary: A woman’s investigation into her family’s murders uncovers lies, secrets, and dangerous truths in a heart-wrenching novel of suspense. When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom’s family was…

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k2reader May 18, 2023

The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Thank you MIRA, #partner, for the finished copy of The Revenge List in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: May 23, 2023 Summary: They say life flashes before your eyes when you’re about to die. But all she could see was regret. The people in Frankie Morgan’s life say she’s angry. Emotionally stunted. Combative. But really, who can blame her? It’s hard being nice when your clients…

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k2reader May 17, 2023

Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner #bookreview

Thank you UpLitReads & Berkley Books #partner, for the finished copy of Only the Beautiful in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books Published: April 18, 2023 Summary: A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the…

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k2reader May 17, 2023

Playing It Safe by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Playing It Safe in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 9, 2023 Summary: As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell—formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country—is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an…

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k2reader May 13, 2023

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Ecco / Harper Audio Published: August 25, 2020 Summary: A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx. Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is…

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k2reader May 12, 2023

Homecoming by Kate Morton #bookreview

Thank you to TandemCollectiveGlobal, Mariner Books, #partner, for a finished copy of Homecoming in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books Published: April 4, 2023 Summary: Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of the grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town…

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k2reader May 11, 2023

The Hook by Victoria Helen Stone #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Hook in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: May 23, 2o23 Summary: Three betrayed women with revenge in common channel their fury in a twisting novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and False Step. A women’s boxing class is the perfect place for betrayed wife Katherine to work out her aggressions. Ideal…

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k2reader May 11, 2023

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin #bookreview #bookclub #reread

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: December 2014 (first published April 2014) Summary: A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the…

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k2reader May 9, 2023

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber #partner, for the advanced copy of The Half Moon in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 2, 2023 Summary: From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who must navigate the complexities of marriage, family, and longing. Malcolm Gephardt,…

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k2reader May 8, 2023

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Published: March 1, 2022 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an up-all-night page-turner with a dark secret at its core I have held you at night for ten years and I didn’t even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house. Who are you? Emma…

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k2reader May 7, 2023

Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Algonquin Books, #partner for the finished copy of Dust Child in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: March 14, 2023 Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. In…

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k2reader May 6, 2023

Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of Tell Us No Secrets in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks / Harper Audio Published: June 7, 2022 Summary: This stunning debut thriller, set in a girls’ boarding school, will leave you breathless until the final minute. Sometimes girls are the meanest of them all… Female friendship is intense…

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k2reader May 5, 2023

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Connellys of County Down in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: August 1, 2023 Summary: From Tracey Lange, the New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans, comes The Connellys of County Down: a story about fierce family loyalty, good intentions gone awry, and the consequences of improbable love. When Tara Connelly is released from prison after…

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k2reader May 5, 2023

Fractured by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 28, 2018 (Originally published 2008) Summary: With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare…

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k2reader May 4, 2023

I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Scarlet, #partner, for an advanced copy of I Didn’t Do It in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Published: May 23, 2023 Summary: A murder at a suspense writer convention makes everyone a suspect—especially the victim’s literary rivals. Murderpalooza, the premier thriller writers conference, is meant to be an exciting celebration of the genre and its preeminent writers. But when bestselling author and…

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k2reader May 4, 2023

The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of The Girls Who Disappeared in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: January 10, 2023 Summary: A journalist’s life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls. A car accident. Three…

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