Thank you to the author for the print copy of The Prey in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook of The Night Guest for my collection. Both these books were readalong picks for the #NordicNoir bookclub I’m part of and I am so glad we chose them! One was by a beloved author–Yrsa Sigurdardottir– and one was by a new-to-me to–Hildur Knutsdottir. THE PREY…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of I Need You to Read This in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: August 13, 2024 Summary: The author of the “clever, atmospheric, and creepy” (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon returns with a sly and addictive new mystery about an advice columnist searching…
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Thank you HTP Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Why We Read in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: February 6, 2024 Summary: A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber Prize finalist We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to…
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Thank you Grove Atlantic #partner, for the finished copy of Brightly Shining in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grove Press Published: November 19, 2024 Summary: Brightly Shining is a ‘heartbreaking, funny and philosophical tale about the reality of addiction, the power of dreams and the kindness of strangers’. Christmas is around the corner, and Ronja’s father is out of work again, but it seems that their luck has…
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Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Mirror in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: November 19, 2024 Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride Trilogy with book two, The Mirror. When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at…
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Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of Guilt and Ginataan in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: November 12, 2024 Summary: Autumn is in full swing for the town of Shady Palms—the perfect time for warm drinks, cozy cardigans, and…dead bodies? The annual Shady Palms Corn Festival is one of the town’s biggest moneymakers, drawing crowds from all over the Midwest looking to partake in…
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Thank you to the author for the advanced copy of Broken Threads in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Jagged Edge Press Published: December 10, 2024 Summary: When Clare loses her job as a technical writer at a pharmaceutical company due to AI, she has one month’s rent saved and a historical fiction novel she’s been unable to get published. Desperate, she turns to Amber, a young influencer in her…
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Thank you Uplit Reads / William Morrow Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Author’s Guide to Murder in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Books Published: November 5, 2024 Summary: Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote meets #MeToo in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. There’s been a sensational murder at historic Castle…
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Thank you to the author for the advanced copy of The Coldest Case in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Severn House Published: November 5, 2024 Summary: News of a missing Instagram celebrity brings Senior Investigator Shana Merchant to a frozen island community of just eight people. When the visit turns deadly, her hunt for a killer collides with a cold case she’ll never forget . . . It’s February in…
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Thank you Park Row/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Couple in 5B in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Park Row / Harlequin Audio Published: March 5, 2024 Summary: A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this binge-worthy thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends…
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Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Perfect Storm in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: December 3, 2024 Summary: The next installment in the Alaska Wild series a gripping, atmospheric, traditional mystery series with a great wilderness hook. Beth Rivers needs to disappear. Her one-time kidnapper, Travis, is on his way to her town in Alaska, and she’s losing time to get out…
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Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Silent Watcher in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: December 1, 2024 Summary: The bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife delivers a haunting legal thriller, plunging the reader headlong into the search for a deadly stalker—and a quest to bring a young victim peace. Far from the neon glare of the Vegas strip,…
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Thank you Libro.fm / PRH Audio, for the ALC of First Lie Wins in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the print copy for my collection. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books / Penguin Audio Published: January 2, 2024 Summary: Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only…
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I obtained this e-book through my Kindle Unlimited Subscription. Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Published: December 1, 2024 Summary: In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control. Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Recorded Books, partner for the ALC of Exposure and Berkley /PRH Audio, partner for the e-copy and ALC of Indian Burial Ground in exchange for my honest reviews. I purchased a print copy of Indian Burial Ground for my collection. As I mentioned in an earlier post, November was Native American Heritage Month. I shared a stack of books I was hoping to get…
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Thank you MB Communications & Gallery Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Close-Up in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery Books Published: December 3, 2024 Summary: A struggling author discovers the dark side of fame when a stalker begins reenacting violent events from her thriller in this electrifying and twisty new novel. When Zoe Ann Weiss moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming…
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Thank you Penguin Random House Audio, #partner for the advanced listening copy of Everybody is a Liar in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published: November 12, 2024 Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish delivers another spellbinding story of betrayal and deceit in this audiobook original, Everybody Is a Liar. When Julie Buckley, a successful mystery writer, suspects her husband of cheating, she…
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Thank you Libro.fm / DreamscapeMedia, for the ALC of The Lake of Lost Girls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dreamscape Media Published: November 5, 2024 Summary: Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark. Using suspenseful podcast clips to weave a twisty tale of a missing student and her…
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I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: September 24, 2024 (Originally Published 2023) Summary: Special Agent Alexandra Martel has put her days on the battlefield behind her. Charming and disarming, relentless and lethal, she earned a reputation as one of the most renowned and decorated Army snipers in the service before stepping away. But when Alex, now an FBI special agent on loan…
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Thank you William Morrow Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Murder Town in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: November 5, 2024 Summary: Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. That three innocent people died. That the last stop on the Rainier Ripper’s trail of death seventeen years ago was her innocuous little teashop. She knows…
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Thank you Viking Books, partner for the finished copy of Someone in the Attic and William Morrow Books, partner for the finished copy of This is Why We Lied in exchange for my honest reviews. I purchased the audiobook of This is Why We Lied for my collection. These are two thrillers that I reviewed on my Instagram page the week they came out but realized I never shared…
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Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Fortune Seller in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 13, 2024 Summary: Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team, but when she comes back from her junior year abroad…
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Thank you Over The River PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Very Bad Thing in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: November 1, 2024 Summary: From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has—and everyone she knows. A great writer knows when to deliver a…
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Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Drop Dead Sisters in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mindy’s Book Studio Published: November 1, 2024 Summary: “Compulsively readable, Drop Dead Sisters is perfect for readers who love shows like Bad Sisters and Dead to Me. A mystery about three estranged sisters who accidentally kill someone? Yes, please.” —Mindy Kaling Three sisters reunite on a family vacation and…
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Thank you to Kathleen Carter Communications, Park Row Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Stone Witch of Florence in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row Books Published: October 8, 2024 Summary: Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins… 1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile.…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Split in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: February 13, 2024 Summary: Jane Connor is resigned to being the “plain Jane” of her family—pragmatic and dependable—so unlike her beautiful and impetuous younger sister Esme. When Esme calls Jane during a flash summer storm,…
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Thank you Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Murder Road in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley / PRH Audio Published: March 5, 2024 Summary: A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re…
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I obtained this audiobook through my Kindle Unlimited Subscription. Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Published: September 1, 2024 Summary: When her boyfriend bails at the last minute, a New York woman embarks on their couples’ cruise alone to find that maybe the person she was supposed to fall in love with was herself. After a string of bad dates and no prospects, Sophia Othonos has finally hit the jackpot: an actual…
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Thank you Shelf Awareness/Sourcebooks #partner, for the advanced copy of The Clinic in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: January 23, 2024 Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth.…
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Thank you to Bookouture, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Twelve Secrets in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: August 2, 2024 Summary: I should hate you. I should want you dead for what you did to my sweet, blue-eyed boy. But you’re the only person who can give me the answers I need. What really happened the night you killed him? It’s twenty years since my…
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Thank you Mariner Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Blue Hour in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books Published: October 29, 2024 Summary: The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared after visiting her…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press #partner for the finished copy of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: October 8, 2024 Summary: It’s never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs—an active senior community…
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Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Bookouture, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of What the Nanny Saw in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: November 13, 2024 Summary: I keep all her secrets. She thinks she can trust me… Cecilia has it all. The house on the beach. The cute figure. The beautiful baby. But she’s a long way from perfect. She’s let me into her gorgeous house…
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Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and MB Communications & Random House, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Puzzle Box in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Random House / PRH Audio Published: October 8, 2024 Summary: It is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan to open the legendary Dragon Box, a mysterious nineteenth-century…
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Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @carriereadsthem_all & Mulholland Books, #partner, for the finished copy of Dearest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mulholland Books / Hachette Audio Published: September 17, 2024 Summary: A new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much darker inside—in this “fast-paced and frightening debut” (Rachel Harrison) about the long shadows cast by family…
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Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Briar Club in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: William Morrow/Harper Audio Published: July 9, 2024 Summary: A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, D.C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the…
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Thank you Libro.fm / HarperAudio, for the ALC and Lavender Public Relations & Ecco Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Book and Dagger in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Ecco Books / HarperAudio Published: September 24, 2024 Summary: The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruited as spies during WWII and helped turn the tide of the war At the start…
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Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Midnight Feast in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 18, 2024 Summary: Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin… It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests’ healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor…
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I obtained this e-book through my Kindle Unlimited Subscription. Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Published: September 12, 2024 Summary: A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with her teenage daughter. But as they try to build a future together, the past refuses to let go in this haunting short story from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. When Jules first meets the handsome…
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Thank you Penguin Random House Audio,#partner for the advanced listening copy of The Mistletoe Mystery in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Published: October 1, 2024 Summary: Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest. Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child,…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Celadon Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Sequel in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: October 1, 2024 Summary: After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new novel: The Sequel. Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business—that is to say, she’s taken…
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Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Marysue Rucci Books #partner, for the advanced copy of The Night We Lost Him in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Marysue Rucci Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: September 17, 2024 Summary: Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that may have been fatal… Liam Noone was many things…
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Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Pub, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Hitchcock Hotel in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / PRH Audio Published: September 24, 2024 Summary: A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed hotel in this fiendishly clever, suspenseful new novel. Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan.…
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Thank you to Mariner Books, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of Once More from the Top in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mariner Books Published: September 10, 2024 Summary: A propulsive, layered novel about the meteoric rise of a legendary pop star and the secret she’s kept hidden for fifteen years, for fans of Megan Abbott and Daisy Jones & the Six. Everyone in America knows Dylan Read,…
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Thank you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Christmas Countdown in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Published: October 22, 2024 Summary: From the author of The Christmas Wager comes a charming holiday rom-com about a young, recently heartbroken woman who is tasked by her sister to complete Advent calendar challenges in the lead up to Christmas to reignite her belief in herself, the…
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Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Blackstone Publishing, #partner, for an ALC of Enemy of the State in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: August 20, 2024 Summary: From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes Enemy of the State, the propulsive, thrilling, and much anticipated follow-up to The Killing Room … The world believed Daniel Burke was dead. At least, the few people in the…
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Thank you to the author for the gifted copy. Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out next week. I met Traci back in May at Thrillerfest and then had the opportunity to actually spend some time with her last month at Bouchercon. I am thrilled to have this opportunity not only to have my hands on her latest book, but to help spread the word!!! This is the…
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Thank you to the author for the gifted copy. Please join me in welcoming Marcy McCreary to Always With a Book. Marcy’s latest book, The Summer of Love and Death, came out last month. I hope to read it soon, but for now, please enjoy this guest post where she discusses how she came up with the title – something she is often asked at book events. Publisher: CamCat Books…
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Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Examiner in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: September 10, 2024 Summary: Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling “new queen of crime” (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett. Gela Nathaniel, head of Royal Hastings University’s new…
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Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Death at the Sanatorium in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: September 10, 2024 Summary: Fresh off his career-changing standalone co-written with Icelandic PM, Reykjavík, #1 Icelandic bestseller Jonasson presents a riveting new thriller spinoff from The Darkness, soon to be a TV series. 1983 At a former sanatorium in the north of Iceland, now a hospital ward,…
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