Talking to Strangers by Fiona Barton #bookreview #audiobook #blogtour #bookseries

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Talking to Strangers in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley Books / Penguin Audio Published: August 27, 2024   Summary: Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who insists on doing her own investigation in this nail-biting mystery from the author of Local Gone Missing.…

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The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White #bookreview

Thank you to MB Communications, Montlake, #partner, for the finished copy of The Unquiet Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Montlake Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of friends—in a riveting novel by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary. When human bones are…

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Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita #bookreview #blogtour #bookseries

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of Village in the Dark in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: February 13, 2023   Summary: Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder–and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One…

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A Truth for a Truth by Carol Wyer #blogtour #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and #ZooloosBooktours, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Truth for a Truth in exchange for my honest review.      Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Truth for a Truth. Thank you ZooloosBooktours for inviting me to participate. I have long been a fan of Carol Wyer’s books and this is the latest…

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The Last Grudge by Max Seeck #bookreview #series #translatedbook #blogtour

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Last Grudge in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: February 7, 2023   Summary: While her colleagues investigate the brutal murder of a prominent businessman, Jessica Niemi must battle demons from her past in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Hunter. Powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg has been found murdered in his…

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City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of City Under One Roof in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: January 10, 2023   Summary: A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter. When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed…

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The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable #blogtour #bookreview

Thank you HTP Books / Graydon House, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Lipstick Bureau in exchange for my honest review.    Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lipstick Bureas by Michelle Gable. Thank you HTP Books for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Graydon House Published: December 27, 2022   Summary: Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention…

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The Kind to Kill by Shana Merchant #bookreview #series

Thank you #SuzyApprovedBookTours  #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kind to Kill in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Severn House Published: December 6, 2022   Summary: A missing tourist spells trouble for Senior Investigator Shana Merchant in this page-turning twisty mystery set in an atmospheric island community with a small-town vibe. Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant is a skilled Senior Investigator keeping New York’s beautiful Thousands Islands community safe.…

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Behind Closed Doors by Carol Wyer #blogtour #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you  Brilliance Audio for the ALC and #ZooloosBooktours & the author, #partner, for the finished copy of Behind Closed Doors in exchange for my honest review.      Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Behind Closed Doors. Thank you ZooloosBooktours for inviting me to participate. I have long been a fan of Carol Wyer’s books – she has written quite a…

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The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews #BlogTour #BookFeature

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Belle of Belgrave Square. Thank you Austen Prose for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight and excerpt for you today. Publisher: Berkley Romance Published: October 11, 2022   Summary: A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenience with a mysterious and reclusive…

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The Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception by Katherine Cowley #BlogTour #BookFeature

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception. Thank you Austen Prose for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight and excerpt for you today.   Publisher: Tule Publishing Published: September 22, 2022   Summary: What is a spy willing to do when both her heart and her country are at risk? Life changes…

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Broken Summer by J.M. Lee, translated by An Seon Jae #blogtour #bookfeature

Thank you  @OTRPR & Amazon Crossing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Broken Summer in exchange for my honest review.  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Broken Summer. Thank you OTRPR for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight today — see what the book is about and what others have to say about it. I love translated books and…

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All the Lies They Did Not Tell by Pablo Trincia #blogtour #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and @OTRPR & Amazon Crossing, #partner, for the advanced copy of All the Lies They Did Not Tell in exchange for my honest review.      Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for All the Lies They Did Not Tell. Thank you OTRPR for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Amazon Crossing / Brilliance Audio Published:…

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You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Berkley Books / Netgalley , #partner, for the advanced copy of You’re Invited in exchange for my honest review. I also purchased a copy of this for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: August 9, 2022   Summary: What could be worse than your ex-boyfriend marrying your childhood best friend? Getting accused of her murder… From the author of My Sweet Girl comes a dangerously addictive new thriller…

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The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman #blogtour #bookspotlight #excerpt

Thank you MIRA/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Codebreaker’s Secret in exchange for my honest review.  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA. Publisher: MIRA Published: August 2, 2022   Summary: A brilliant female codebreaker. An “unbreakable” Japanese naval code. A pilot on a top-secret mission that…

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The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson #blogtour #bookspotlight #excerpt

Thank you Mobius Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Three Dahlias in exchange for my honest review.     Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Three Dahlias – I have a spotlight & excerpt for you to read. Thank you Mobius Books for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Mobius Books Published: July 26, 2022   Summary: Three rival actresses team…

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The Lover by Helene Flood #blogtour #bookreview

Thank you Mobius Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Lover in exchange for my honest review.     Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lover. Thank you Mobius Books for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Mobius Books Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: How can you hide your affair when your lover’s been murdered? From the mind of a psychologist, and…

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Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you MIRA/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Out of Her Depth in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Out of Her Depth. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: There are summers that will change your life. There are summers that may end it. In…

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The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you Hanover Square Press/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Binding Room in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Binding Room. Thank you Hanover Square Press for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller…

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The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and Graydon House/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of  The German Wife in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The German Wife. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Graydon House / Harper Audio Published: June 28, 2022   Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns…

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Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Jackie and Me in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: Master storyteller Louis Bayard delivers a surprising portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy as we’ve never seen her before. In 1951, former debutante Jacqueline Bouvier is hard at work as the Inquiring Camera Girl for a Washington newspaper. Her mission in life is…

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She Wouldn’t Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha #bookreview #paperbackrelease

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and Forge Books, #partner,  for the paperback copy of She Wouldn’t Change a Thing in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Forge Books Published: June 7, 2022 (first published August 2021)   Summary: Sliding Doors meets Life After Life in Sarah Adlakha’s story about a wife and mother who is given the chance to start over at the risk of losing everything she loves. A second chance is the last…

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Blog Tour & Review: Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Published: May 24, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   SUMMARY: First comes love. Then comes murder. Lucas Forester didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits and that petty attitude, a…

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Blog Tour & Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner. Thank you Austen Prose PR for inviting me to participate.     Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: May 17, 2022 Source: ALC via Macmillan Audio   SUMMARY: Natalie Jenner, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray. Thank you Austen Prose PR for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Vintage Anchor Books Published: May 3, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via AustenProse PR   Summary: A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious villains, meets a sudden and suspicious…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA.   Publisher: MIRA Published: April 26, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and kills everyone on board. Now this fishing and boating…

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Review: Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough

Publisher: William Morrow Published: April 12, 2022 Source: Print copy via Publisher   Summary: IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, MADNESS LIES . . . Emma can’t sleep. CHECK THE WINDOWS. It’s been like this since her big 4-0 started getting closer. LOCK THE DOORS. Her mother stopped sleeping just before her own fortieth birthday. She went mad and did the unthinkable because of it. LOOK IN ON THE CHILDREN. Is…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: Summer at the Cape by RaeAnne Thayne

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Summer at the Cape by RaeAnne Thayne – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to HQN. Publisher: HQN Published: April 12, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: From the beloved bestselling author of Season of Wonder and The Cliff House  comes a poignant and uplifting novel about forgiveness, family and all the complications—and joy — that come with it As the…

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Blog Tour & Review: Mrs. England by Stacey Halls (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Mrs. England by Stacey Hall. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA / Harper Audio Published: April 12, 2022 Source: Print – Paperback via HTP Books / Audio – ALC via Harper Audio   SUMMARY: Simmering with slow-burning menace,  Mrs. England  is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, an enthralling tale of men and…

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Blog Tour & Review: A Family Affair by Robyn Carr (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Family Affair  by Robyn Carr. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA / Harper Audio Published: April 5, 2022 Source: Print: Netgalley via HTP Books / Audio: ALC via Harper Audio   SUMMARY: Life’s biggest dilemmas can provide its sweetest rewards Anna McNichol knows how to take charge. Raised by a single…

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Blog Tour & Review: Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Fool Me Once  by Ashley Winstead. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Graydon House Published: April 5, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: In this fierce and funny battle of the exes, Ashley Winstead’s FOOL ME ONCE explores the chaos of wanting what you already had. Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA.   Publisher: MIRA Published: April 5, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: A summer of healing, friendship, love…and a secret that could change everything. After the death of her US senator father, Marlow Madsen travels to the small…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: Crimson Summer by Heather Graham

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Crimson Summer by Heather Graham – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA.   Publisher: MIRA Published: April 5, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: From New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham, suspense following agents from the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement as they investigate a series of murders linked to…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Lying Club by Annie Ward

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lying Club by Annie Ward. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Park Row Books Published: March 22, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A tangled web of lies draws together three women in this explosive thriller of revenge, murder and shocking secrets At an elite private school nestled in…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery. Thank you HQN Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: HQN Books / Harper Audio Published: March 15, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Harper Audio   Summary:  One woman discovers the beauty in chaos in this poignant and heartwarming story about…

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Blog Tour & Review: A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer (Print/Audio)

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer. Thank you #ZooloosBookTours for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: March 15, 2022 Source: E-galley via Publicist / Audio via Brilliance Audio   Summary: Nobody can get into the mind of an erratic killer – except an unpredictable detective. When a young man is found…

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Review: Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Published: March 1, 2022 (e-book) Source: ARC E-copy via Suzy Approved Book Tours   Summary: Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she’s to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant,…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Heights by Louise Candlish

Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 1, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren’t standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that’s when you see a man up there—a man you’d recognize anywhere. He may be older now, but it’s…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for  Beach Ledwidge  by Michael Ledwidge – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Hanover Square Press.   Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: February 15, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A high-society wedding party stirs up new evidence in an unsolved murder in this thrilling stand-alone from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of James…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbull

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbull. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Published: February 8, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: This sweeping new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Woman Before Wallis takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of…

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Blog Tour & Review: Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron

Publisher: Soho Crime Published: February 8, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via AustenProse PR   Summary: May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript–about a baronet’s daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain–cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a trial of…

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Blog Tour & Review: Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks. Thank you MIRA Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Books Published: February 1, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: HAPPY. MARRIED. MISSING. Leigh Fletcher: happily married stepmum to two gorgeous boys goes missing on Monday. Her husband Mark says he knows nothing of her whereabouts. She simply…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Graydon House Published: February 1, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: Three siblings. A priceless family ring. One legendary love story. In 1978, Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider embark on a whirlwind romance on the bright beaches and glamorous…

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Blog Tour & Review: A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Graydon House Published: February 1, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: Two women. A history of witchcraft. And a deep-rooted female power that sings across the centuries. Once there was a young woman from a well-to-do…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Park Row Books Published: January 25, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf She thought she was alone… True…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Appeal by Janice Hallett

Publisher: Atria Books Published: January 25, 2022 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: This murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect. The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals for an Arthur Miller play, when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Haywood and his wife Helen, the play’s…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: The Ex-Husband by Karen Hamilton

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Ex-Husband by Karen Hamilton – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Graydon House Books.   Publisher: Graydon House Published: January 18, 2022   Summary: From international bestselling author Karen Hamilton comes another pulse-pounding domestic thriller set against a lush, tropical backdrop as a woman fleeing her past as a con artist…

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Blog Tour & Spotlight: Legends of the North Cascades by Jonathan Evison

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Legends of the North Cascades by Jonathan Evison . This is out in paperback today and I’m happy to help the publisher get the word out. Read about the book and see what everyone has to say about it. Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: January 11, 2022 (Paperback Release)   Summary: “A beautifully rendered and cinematic portrait of…

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Blog Tour & Excerpt: The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA books.   Publisher: MIRA Published: December 28, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A popular sorority girl. An unsolved murder. A campus podcast with chilling repercussions. Lucas Vega is obsessed with the death of Candace Swain, who left a…

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Blog Tour & Book Spotlight: Honor by Thrity Umrigar

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Honor by Thrity Umrigar. Thank you Algonquin Books for inviting me to participate. ***  Reese Witherspoon has selected Thrity Umrigar’s HONOR as her January Book Club Pick! I’ve really come to enjoy Reese’s picks and will definitely be reading along this month!   Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: January 4, 2022   Summary: In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity…

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