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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: May 3, 2022 Summary: In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white…
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Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of A Show of Faith in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Amazon Original Stories Published: April 13, 2o23 Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Wife Between Us comes a twisty short story about a chance encounter that tests the boundaries of a mother’s love. Blair Martin’s days rarely vary: she gets up, goes for a run,…
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Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Wonderland in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: April 11, 2023 Summary: From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time! After a personal tragedy and professional scandal forces homicide detective Vanessa Castro out of Seattle,…
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Thank you William Morrow Paperbacks, #partner, for the finished copy of A Pocket Full of Rye in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: April 19, 2022 (first published 1953) Summary: Now with a beautiful new series look, the bizarre death of a financial tycoon has Miss Marple investigating a very odd case of crime by rhyme. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his…
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Thank you William Morrow Paperbacks, #partner, for the finished copy of The Moving Finger in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: March 8, 2022 (first published 1942) Summary: Now with a beautiful new series look, a classic mystery from the Queen of Crime in which the indomitable Miss Marple exposes a small town’s shameful secrets. Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous…
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Thank you Scout Press / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of Zero Days in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery / Scout Press Published: June 20, 2023 Summary: The New York Times bestselling “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer. Hired by…
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I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 19, 2022 Summary: Friday Night Lights meets Mare of Easttown in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private investigator searching for a missing waitress. Pay Dirt Road is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen. Annie McIntyre has a love/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas. Recently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition…
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