Homecoming by Kate Morton #bookreview

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

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The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh #bookreview

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

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Fractured by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

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

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The Change by Kirsten Miller #bookreview #audiobook

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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A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

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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The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

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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Zero Days by Ruth Ware #bookreview

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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Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #bookseries

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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Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner, for the finished copy of Where Are the Children Now? in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are The Children?, featuring the…

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Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark #bookreview #audiobook #reread

I purchased this audiobook for my own collection.     Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 12, 2019   Summary: The number-one New York Times best-selling author and Queen of Suspense launched her career with this classic thriller following a woman whose past holds a terrible secret. Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against…

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Triptych by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Random House Audio Published: August 11, 2006   Summary: From Atlanta’s wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread and whose arrogance and explosive temper…

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Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins #bookfeature #upcomingrelease

Today, I’m featuring a book that is coming out this summer. I have been a fan of Megan Collins ever since reading her debut novel, The Winter Sister, and I am so excited for this upcoming book! Get ready to add this to your summer tbr!!! Thank you #Thrillerbookloverspromotions for inviting me to help spread the word about this upcoming release and thank you Atria Books for the gifted copy!!!  …

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Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Wrong Place Wrong Time in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 2, 2022   Summary: From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him, deemed “perfection, every word, every moment”…

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The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Only Survivors in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 11, 2023   Summary: A mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident—only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. Seven hours in the past. Seven…

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Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: July 31, 2007   Summary: In a stifling jail cell in a hardscrabble Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams sits in stubborn silence: bruised, angry, and the only suspect in a horrific murder that left a woman incinerated beyond recognition. One hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver has gotten the call that his young detective has been arrested. Jeffrey’s…

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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 Soulmate by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Soulmate in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 4, 2023   Summary: Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth’s The Soulmate. There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their…

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The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HTP Books & Park Row Books, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The London Seance Society in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Park Row Books / Harlequin Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art…

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Faithless by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Random House Audio Published: October 4, 2006   Summary: The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods – then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty young woman. For them, a harrowing journey begins, one that will test their own turbulent relationship and…

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What Have We Done by Alex Finlay #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Have We Done in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A…

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The Family Bones by Elle Marr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and WunderKind PR , #partner, for the advanced copy of The Family Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: What makes a psychopath? A young woman delves into her family’s shadowy legacy in a terrifying novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Strangers We Know. Psychology student Olivia Eriksen’s…

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The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewel #bookreview

I received this book from a friend. Publisher: Atria Books Published: September 7, 2021   Summary: 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah’s friends who tell her that Tallulah…

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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of A Flicker in the Dark in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 11, 2022   Summary: From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last…

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Ready or Not by Alex Lake #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you HarperCollins360, #partner, for the finished copy of Ready or Not in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Harper Collins / HarperAudio Published: January 4, 2022   Summary: A happy family… Alice and Tom Sark seem to have it all – a wonderful marriage, a gorgeous baby, a beautiful home. And now Alice, a journalist, starts investigating a story which could make…

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Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Avid Reader Press #partner, for the finished copy of Murder Your Employer in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Avider Reader Press Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: From the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of…

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The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan #bookreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Long Weekend in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 29, 2022   Summary: Three couples. Two bodies. One secret. Dark Fell Barn is a “perfectly isolated” retreat, or so says its website when Jayne books a reservation for her friends. A quiet place, far removed from the rest of the world, is exactly what they need. The…

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Indelible by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: February 10, 2015   Summary: Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors—including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton—are held hostage. In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment into more bloodletting—with…

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The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Golden Spoon in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: A killer is on the loose when someone turns up dead on the set of a hit TV baking competition in this darkly beguiling debut mystery that is perfect…

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A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: February 10, 2015   Summary: An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent “suicides” suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia – a nightmare that…

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When She Disappeared by Steph Mullin, Nicole Mabry #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HarperCollins360, #partner, for the advanced copy of When She Disappeared in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Avon Published: September 20, 2022   Summary: ‘On May 26, 2004, Jessie Germaine went to school as normal and cheered at the end of year rally. That evening, she rode her bike into the forest and disappeared…into thin air.’ Margo hasn’t been back to Lake…

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I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Random House Audio, for the ALC and Viking Books, #partner for the finished copy  of I Have Some Questions for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Viking Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film professor and podcaster,…

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Cold-Blooded Liar by Karen Rose #blogtour #bookfeature

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Cold-Blooded Liar. Thank you Berkley Books for inviting me to participate. I have a book spotlight and excerpt for you today. Publisher: Berkley Books Published: February 28, 2023   Summary: Brace yourself for a scorching new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose, where San Diego means sun, surf, sand…and serial killers. Sam Reeves is…

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The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Forge Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The House Guest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 7, 2023   Summary: The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends.…

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Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: April 17, 2012 (first published 1929)   Summary: Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over…

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Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: William Morrow Published: August 30, 2011 (first published 1940)   Summary: In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence…

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None of This is True by Lisa Jewell #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner for the advanced copy of None of This is True in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: August 8, 2023   Summary: Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an…

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Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton #review #backlistreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Local Gone Missing in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Berkley Books Published: July 14, 2022   Summary: Detective Elise King investigates a man’s disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious…

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The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle #bookreview

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Personal Assistant in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Park Row Published: November 29, 2022   Summary: USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing. When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, she had no intention of becoming…

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Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne #bookreview #series

Thank you Thomas & Mercer, #partner for the finished copy of Sea Castle in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 21, 2023   Summary: When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan’s instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen…

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The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Scribner Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Blackhouse in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Scriber Books Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: From the author of the “dark and devious…beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes a richly atmospheric thriller set on an isolated Scottish island where nothing is as it seems and shocking twists lie around every corner. A remote village. A deadly secret. An…

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The Cloisters by Katy Hays #bookreview

Thank you BookClubFavorites & Atria Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Cloisters in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: November 1, 2022   Summary: When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its…

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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Hawthorne Legacy in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: September 7, 2021   Summary: Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times best-selling The Inheritance Games. The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of…

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Exiles by Jane Harper #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Exiles in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 31, 2023   Summary: Federal Investigator Aaron Falk is on his way to a small town deep in Southern Australian wine country for the christening of an old friend’s baby. But mystery follows him, even on vacation. This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Kim Gillespie’s disappearance. One year…

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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: January 31, 2023   Summary: Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she’s a pro at removing bloodstains for various unexpected reasons―but none quite like this. When Finlay and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero accidentally destroyed a…

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A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne #bookreview #audiobook #bookclub

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Get Red PR , #partner, for the advanced copy of A Light in the Forest in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: December 13, 2022   Summary: From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspenseful novel about the weight of secrets and the healing power of friends and…

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22 Seconds by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published: May 2, 2022   Summary: 22 seconds… until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge—or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a…

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The Science of Murder by Carla Valentine #bookreview #nonfiction

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Sourcebooks Published: May 31, 2022   Summary: Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie’s novels Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one―or, more commonly, several―dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind violent crimes, the clues that inevitably are left behind, and the people who put…

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Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley #series

Thank you Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Devil’s Way in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Raven Street Publishing Published: January 12, 2023   Summary: THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK Kate Marshall’s investigation into a young boy’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bestselling author, Robert Bryndza.  When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into…

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Hide in Place by Emilya Naymark #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Crooked Lane Books / Dreamscape Media Published: February 9, 2021 / February 25, 2021   Summary: She left the NYPD in the firestorm of a high-profile case gone horribly wrong. Three years later, the ghosts of her past roar back to terrifying life. When NYPD undercover cop Laney Bird’s cover is blown in…

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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Macmillan Audio /Netgalley for the ALC and Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Lies in the Woods in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 17, 2023   Summary: They were eleven when they sent a killer to prison . . . They were heroes . . . but they were liars. Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two…

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