k2reader April 2, 2025

The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview #series

Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of The Spy Coast in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: November 1, 2023   Summary: A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Former spy Maggie Bird…

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k2reader March 17, 2025

Mini Reviews – Thrillerstyle #thrillers #debuts

Thank you Random House, #partner for the advanced e-copy of You Are Fatally Invited and Gallery/Scout Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Count My Lies, in exchange for my honest reviews.   The countdown is on…⁣ ⁣ The weekend of April 10-13th, I’ll be attending one of my favorite bookish events of the year – the @hamptonswhodunit out in East Hampton, NY. ⁣ ⁣ In preparation, I read these 3…

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k2reader March 13, 2025

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: October 3, 2011 (first published 1934)   Summary: Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he…

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k2reader March 12, 2025

Remote: The Six by Eric Rickstad #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you to  Netgalley/Blackstone Publishing for the ALC and to the author for the advanced copy of Remote: The Six in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: April 8, 2025   Summary: A serial killer is rampaging across the country, tying families to chairs–arranged in puzzling tableaus–then murdering them, without leaving a trace of evidence. FBI Special Agent Lukas Stark has been hunting the Tableau Killer for eighteen…

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k2reader March 10, 2025

A Mother’s Love by Sara Blaedel #bookreview #audiobook #series #translatedbooks

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Dutton, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of A Mother’s Love in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton Published: March 11, 2025 (first published 2020)   Summary: Detective Louise Rick uncovers dark secrets swirling around an inn in a seemingly idyllic tourist town in this propulsive new crime novel from #1 Danish bestselling sensation Sara Blaedel. When innkeeper Dorthe Hyllested is…

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k2reader March 3, 2025

The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Queens of Crime in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 11, 2025   Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of…

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k2reader March 2, 2025

A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh #bookreview #series

A friend gifted me this book. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see. Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won’t just be eliminated – they’ll be exposed…

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k2reader March 1, 2025

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #reread #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: October 3, 2026 (first published 1969)   Summary: When a Halloween Party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirots to unmask a murderer in Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, Hallowe’en Party. At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found,…

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k2reader February 17, 2025

Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb #bookreview #series

Thank you St. Martin’s Press #partner, for the finished copy of Bonded in Death in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: February 4, 2025   Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war… His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called…

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k2reader February 13, 2025

Blood Ties by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #series

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Knopf, #partner, for the finished copy of Blood Ties in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Published: February 11, 2025   Summary: FAMILY COMES FIRST. NO MATTER THE COST. Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os, where they’ve killed their…

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k2reader February 8, 2025

Audio Book Roundup #Bookreviews #Audiobooks #Thrillers

Thank you PRH Audio, partner for the ALC of Trust Issues & Dead Money, in exchange for my honest reviews.     I have been leaning heavily into audiobooks lately, especially for thrillers. There is something so exciting about listening to a story that’s fast-paced, thrilling & one that keeps you guessing…& both of these do just that.⁣   TRUST ISSUES by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan & Greg Wands Published: January…

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k2reader February 4, 2025

River of Lies by James L’Etoile #bookreview #series

Thank you to the author for the advanced copy of River of Lies in exchange for my honest opinion. Publisher: Oceanview Publishing Published: January 7, 2025   Summary: Detective Emily Hunter must be the voice for the voiceless The homeless camps spread throughout the city of Sacramento are a topic of heated debate among residents. They’ re considered undesirable— a nuisance— an eyesore. But when the camps fall victim to a…

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k2reader January 30, 2025

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio for the ALC and Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Mask of the Deer Woman in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Books / PRH Audio Published: January 21, 2025   Summary: To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom following her daughter’s murder, ex-Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go…

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k2reader January 29, 2025

Penitence by Kristin Koval #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Celadon Books #partner for the advanced copy of Penitence in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 28, 2025   Summary: For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a poignant exploration of love and forgiveness. It’s a suspenseful, addictive page-turner filled with literary insight that compels readers to consider whether each of us is…

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k2reader January 28, 2025

Head Cases by John McMahon #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm/ Macmillan Audio, partner for the ALC of Head Cases in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 28, 2025   Summary: Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying—and commercial—series debut. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on…

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k2reader January 27, 2025

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series #readingchallenge

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: August 27, 2024 (first published 1940)   Summary: In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who…

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k2reader January 27, 2025

Cross Down by James Patterson, Brendan DuBois #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: June 5, 2023   Summary: Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe . . . and get justice. For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC’s, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven Detective Alex Cross makes his…

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k2reader January 24, 2025

Backlist Review & Sneak Peak at Upcoming Read: Stolen & Punished by Ann-Helen Laestadius #bookreview #upcomingread #translatedbooks #series

Thank you Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of Stolen and the advanced copy of Punished in exchange for my honest reviews.  One of my reading goals this year is to fit in some backlist books throughout the year & with the upcoming release of Punished by Ann Helen Laestadius, I figured it was the perfect time to finally read Stolen.     STOLEN by Ann Helen Laestadius Published:…

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k2reader January 21, 2025

Dark Pines by Will Dean #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I purchased the audiobook via my Audible subscription. Publisher: One World Publications / Audible Audio Published:  Print – July 5, 2018 (Originally Published January 4, 2018) / Audio – February 18, 2018   Summary: An isolated Swedish town. A deaf reporter terrified of nature. A dense spruce forest overdue for harvest. A pair of eyeless hunters found murdered in the woods.…

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k2reader January 10, 2025

Ghost Island by Max Seeck #bookreview #series #translatedbook

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Ghost Island in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: February 27, 2024   Summary: On a secluded island, homicide detective Jessica Niemi must investigate a drowning that is tied to a frightening ghostly legend in this riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of THE WITCH HUNTER. Jessica Niemi is put on leave after…

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k2reader December 29, 2024

Mini Reviews – #NordicNoir Edition #bookreviews #audiobook #translatedbooks

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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k2reader December 6, 2024

The Silent Watcher by Victor Methos #bookreview #newseries

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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k2reader December 4, 2024

Mini Reviews – #IndigenousReads Edition #bookreviews #audiobooks

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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k2reader November 17, 2024

Murder Town by Shelley Burr #bookreview #series

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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k2reader November 16, 2024

Mini Reviews: Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #minireviews

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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k2reader October 24, 2024

Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold #bookreview #series

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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k2reader October 11, 2024

Red River Road by Anna Downes #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Red River Road in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: August 27, 2024   Summary: Anna Downes’s extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback. Katy Sweeney is looking for…

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k2reader October 9, 2024

Triple Cross by James Patterson #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: October 31, 2022   Summary: Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next be coming for Cross. A methodical killer is targeting multigenerational families in and around Washington, DC—striking under cover of darkness, triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence of any kind. Alex isn’t the only one investigating. Also…

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k2reader September 16, 2024

The Examiner by Janice Hallett #bookreview

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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k2reader September 13, 2024

Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview #translatedbook

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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k2reader September 8, 2024

Flashback by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of Flashback in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: June 25, 2024   Summary: Kendra Michaels uses her heightened powers of deduction to draw out a serial killer who has not been seen or heard from in over fifteen years. Chloe and Sloane Morgan were only children when…

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k2reader September 6, 2024

Dangerous Play by Elise Hart Kipness #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Dangerous Play in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: September 17, 2024   Summary: After a tumultuous murder case that almost cost more than her job, sports reporter Kate Green is back on assignment covering women’s Olympic soccer. Between her experience with athletic stardom and days playing with Savannah Baker, head…

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k2reader August 9, 2024

The Kill List by Nadine Matheson #bookreview #series

Thank you Hanover Square Press/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kill List in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: August 6, 2024   Summary: He will come for them, one by one…Five shocking murders Twenty-five years ago, DCI Harry Rhimes arrested Andrew Streeter for the brutal murders of five young people. Streeter’s ‘kill list’ of victims was found in his home, and he was convicted…

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k2reader August 3, 2024

Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of Fire and Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: August 6, 2024   Summary: It’s never easy working fire scenes. Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysterious arson attack, Tempe quickly finds her misgivings justified. The fire site is in…

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k2reader July 30, 2024

Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Shades of Mercy in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Recorded Books Published: July 16, 2024   Summary: In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenges—a series of unlikely, disturbing and increasingly deadly events of unknown origins. Porter Beck is the…

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k2reader July 25, 2024

Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner for both the ALC and advanced copy of Shadowheart in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing Published: June 18, 2024   Summary: What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other? From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Gardiner comes a new high-octane thriller in the acclaimed UNSUB series. FBI Special Agent Caitlin Hendrix faces a case from…

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k2reader July 23, 2024

The Lost Victim by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Lost Victim in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection.  Publisher: Raven Street Publishing / Raven Street Publishing Published: July 11, 2024   Summary: When school girl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective…

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k2reader July 18, 2024

The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Bookouture Published: November 9, 2023   Summary: The little girl looked like an angel in her thin white robe, her long black hair spread around her head like a dark halo on the snow. Her hands rested on her chest, fingers interlaced as if she had fallen asleep while praying. But she would never wake up again… When Detective Lottie Parker receives…

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k2reader July 14, 2024

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: January 14, 2020 (first published 1920)   Summary: Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary—from the heiress’s fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. With impeccable…

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k2reader July 11, 2024

The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Recorded Books Published: July 18, 2023   Summary: In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos’s The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck… Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where…

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k2reader June 24, 2024

Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you BookSparks, #partner for the advanced copy of Anna Bright is Hiding Something in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my personal collection. Publisher: Spark Press / Dreamscape Media Published: June 4, 2024   Summary: The Dropout meets Inventing Anna in this cinematic and page-turning summer read! A ripped-from-the-headlines story set in the glossy offices of Silicon Valley startups and NYC new media, Anna Bright Is Hiding Something explores our…

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k2reader May 9, 2024

Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #series

Thank you Knopf #partner, for the finished copy of Killing Moon in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: April 30, 2024 (first published 2022)   Summary: THE HUNT IS ON AND THE POLICE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police…

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k2reader April 26, 2024

Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #bookpurchases

This month I attended Hamptonswhodunit, a Mystery and crime festival, and in prepping for it, I picked a few books from my shelves by some of the authors I knew would be attending. Not only did this help me get to know some of these authors better but it also allowed me to read some books that had been sitting on my shelf for a while. And now I’m quite…

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k2reader April 8, 2024

Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas #bookreview

Thank you to the author, MB Communications & Thomas Mercer #partner, for the advanced copy of Lost to Dune Road in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: April 16, 2024   Summary: For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption in a powerful novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Out of the Ashes. Reporter Lee Ellerin’s investigation into a young woman’s…

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k2reader April 4, 2024

Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Hard Rain in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as…

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k2reader March 26, 2024

Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Black Wolf in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes…

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k2reader March 23, 2024

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of Kill for Me, Kill for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening…

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k2reader March 15, 2024

What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Happened to Nina? in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 26, 2024   Summary: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other—one seeking justice in the disappearance of their daughter, the other desperate to clear their son’s name. Nina and…

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k2reader March 13, 2024

Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Still See You Everywhere in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world…

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k2reader March 10, 2024

The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Harper Collins Published: March 10, 2016   Summary: SEE NO EVIL It’s January in the peaceful seaside resort of Fjällbacka. A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in freezing cold weather. When she finally reaches the road, a car comes out of nowhere. It doesn’t manage to stop. HEAR NO EVIL The victim, a girl who went missing four months ago,…

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