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Faithless by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview

Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Red Queen in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 14, 2023   Summary: Introducing Antonia Scott – the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander – in the international bestselling thriller that has taken the world by storm. Red Queen is the first book in a trilogy that has sold over 2 million copies in Spain, sold…

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Indelible by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Netgalley / RB Media , for the ALC and Soho Crime, #partner for the advanced copy  of Night Flight to Paris in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books Published: March 7, 2023   Summary: It is once again up to American markswoman Kate Rees to take the shot that just might win—or lose—World War II, in the followup to national bestseller Three Hours in Paris.…

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

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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Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie #bookreview #series

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

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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Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne #bookreview #series

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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Three Widows by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #series

Three Widows by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Bookouture for the audiobook and Bookouture & Netgalley, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Guilty Girl in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Bookouture Published: February 10, 2023   Summary: She kissed her daughter, turned out the light and entered her own room. Too late to run, she stood frozen as a figure stepped out from behind the door and a hand covered her mouth. Fear was a…

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

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

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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Exiles by Jane Harper #bookreview #audiobook #series

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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Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black #bookreview #audiobook #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books Published: April 7, 2020   Summary: In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City of Light-abruptly leaving, never to return. To this day, no one knows why. The New York Times best-selling author of the Aimee Leduc investigations…

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

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

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

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

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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Force of Nature by Jane Harper #bookreview #audiobook

Force of Nature by Jane Harper #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: February 6, 2018   Summary: Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Force of Nature begs the question: How well do you really know the people you work with?  When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up…

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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, translated by Victoria Cribb #bookreview #series #translatedbook

Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, translated by Victoria Cribb #bookreview #series #translatedbook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Published: May 28, 2020   Summary: On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it… The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn’t suicide. But when the police go to…

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Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire #bookreview #series

Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire #bookreview #series

Thank you Random House Publishing Group/Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of Dead and Gondola in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Bantam Books Published: November 1, 2022   Summary: When a mysterious bookshop visitor dies under murderous circumstances, the Christie sisters and their cat Agatha call on all they’ve learned about solving mysteries from their favorite novelist in this new series debut. Ellie Christie is thrilled to begin a new…

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Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne #bookreview #series

Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne #bookreview #series

Thank you Thomas & Mercer, #partner for the finished copy of Sea Storm in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: March 29, 2022   Summary: An explosive conspiracy sets the ocean roiling for a deep-diving investigator in a riveting thriller by the author of the Amazon Charts bestseller The Girl Beneath the Sea. A distress call draws rescuers Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit to a…

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Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten, translated by Marlaine Delargy #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #series

Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten, translated by Marlaine Delargy #bookreview #audiobook #translatedbook #series

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of Hidden in Snow in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: December 1, 2022   Summary: The splendor of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for a bone-chilling crime. On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander’s personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister’s lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it’s a…

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The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor #bookreview #series

The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Drowning Sea in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 21, 2022   Summary: In The Drowning Sea, Sarah Stewart Taylor returns to the critically acclaimed world of Maggie D’arcy with another atmospheric mystery so vivid readers will smell the salt in the air and hear the wind on the cliffs. For the first time in her adult life,…

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The Kind to Kill by Shana Merchant #bookreview #series

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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Knife by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

Knife by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: June 2, 2020 (first published 2019)   Summary: Brilliant, audaciously rogue police officer Harry Hole from The Snowman and The Thirst is back and in the throes of a new, unanticipated rage–once again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel–the only woman he’s ever loved–has ended it with him, permanently.…

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A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Dutton Published: March 22, 2022 (first published 2019)   Summary: A woman is haunted by a heartwrenching decision she made as a teenager in this darkly atmospheric, deeply emotional thriller from #1 internationally bestselling global superstar Sara Blaedel. Detective Louise Rick is on a beach in Thailand when the panicked call from her father comes through. Louise′s beloved brother, Mikkel,…

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The Thirst by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

The Thirst by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: January 30, 2018 (first published 2017)   Summary: In this electrifying new thriller from the author of Police and The Snowman, Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims . . . on Tinder. The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue–fragments of rust and paint in her wounds–leaves the investigating team baffled.…

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Smoke Screen by Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger #bookreview #series

Smoke Screen by Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger #bookreview #series

I borrowed this book from the library. Publisher: Orenda Books Published: June 1, 2021 (first published 2019)   Summary: When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren’t adding up … The second instalment in the addictive, atmospheric, award-winning Blix & Ramm series. Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The…

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Police by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

Police by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: July 15, 2014 (first published 2013)   Summary: The police urgently need Harry Hole. A killer is stalking Oslo’s streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can’t help anyone. For years, detective Harry Hole…

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Dark Music by David Lagercrantz #bookreview #newseries

Dark Music by David Lagercrantz #bookreview #newseries

Thank you Knopf Publishing Group, #partner, for the advanced copy of Dark Music in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Published: August 23, 2022   Summary: Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, an exhilarating new thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web–a murder investigation in which two unlikely allies race to uncover a shadowy international conspiracy. Professor Hans Rekke is a world authority on interrogation techniques,…

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The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson, Brian Sitts #bookreview #audiobook

The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson, Brian Sitts #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Perfect Assassin in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: November 15, 2022   Summary: Prof. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary action hero—is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling…as the perfect assassin. Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from…

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The Harbor by Katrine Engberg #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Harbor by Katrine Engberg #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Gallery/Scout Press / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of The Harbor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: February 22, 2022   Summary: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Butterfly House, called “brazen and original” by The Toronto Star, comes a timely, suspenseful, and darkly original new novel about a missing child…

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The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Dreamscape Media/Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of The Collector in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dreamscape Media Published: November 8, 2022   Summary: When ten-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia: a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone, posted just hours before his disappearance, shows an old barn…

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Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan #bookreview #series

Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Blackwater Falls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: November 8, 2022   Summary: From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and powerful crime series, introducing Detective Inaya Rahman. Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act…

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The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates #bookreview #series

The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates #bookreview #series

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, #partner for the advanced copy of The Ravenous Dead in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Published: March 15, 2022 Summary: He’ll never let go…. Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on—and only Keira can hear them. But…

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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes #bookreview #audiobook #series

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Inheritance Games in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: September 1, 2020   Summary: Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea…

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Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Kensington Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Murder at Mallowan Hall in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington Books Published: October 26, 2021   Summary: The first in an exciting new historical mystery series set in the home of Agatha Christie! Colleen Cambridge’s charming and inventive new historical series introduces an unforgettable heroine in Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeeper for none other than famed mystery novelist Agatha…

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Kisscut by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter #bookreview #audiobook #series

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HarperAudio Published: February 10, 2015   Summary: Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton – the town’s pediatrician and medical examiner – finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy. What seemed at…

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Phantom by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

Phantom by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: April 23, 2013 (first published 2012)   Summary: When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong—fleeing the traumas of life as a cop—he thought he was there for good. But then the unthinkable happened. The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn’t…

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Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen #bookreview #audiobook #series

Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of Listen to Me in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: July 5, 2022   Summary: Rizzoli & Isles are back! From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen, this “shocking and fast-paced” (Karin Slaughter) thriller has Jane and Maura investigating a brutal murder with dire implications, and this time, with Jane’s intrepid mother, Angela, looking into a mystery of her own.…

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Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala #bookreview #audiobook #series

Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you @GetRedPrBooks & Berkley Books, #partner, for the finished copy of  Blackmail and Bibingka in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley Books / Penguin Audio Published: October 4, 2022   Summary: When her long-lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can’t be far behind in this new mystery by…

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

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 Leopard by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #shortandsweetreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: June 26, 2012 (first published 2009)   Summary: In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of…

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The Retreat by Sarah Pearse #bookreview #series

The Retreat by Sarah Pearse #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own collection. Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Published: July 19, 2022   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, detective Elin Warner’s second outing, as she uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway. Most are here to recharge and refresh. But someone’s here for revenge. . . An eco-wellness retreat has opened on an…

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Stolen Remains by Christine Trent #bookreview #series #backlistbook

Stolen Remains by Christine Trent #bookreview #series #backlistbook

Thank you Kensington Books, #partner for the advanced of Stolen Remains in exchange for my honest review. I got the audiobook from Scribd. Publisher: Kensington Books / Tantor Audio Published: April 29, 2014 / November 30, 2021   Summary: After establishing her reputation as one of London’s most highly regarded undertakers, Violet Harper decided to take her practice to the wilds of the American West. But when her mother falls…

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

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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Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #series

Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Finlay Donovan Knocks “Em Dead in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: February 1, 2022   Summary: Finlay Donovan is―once again―struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to…

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The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Key to Deceit in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 21, 2022   Summary: The second in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, The Key to Deceit, is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit. London, 1940. After years of stealing from the rich and giving to the…

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Long Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview

Long Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Long Gone in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: August 9, 2022   Summary: Long Gone, the next installment of Joanna Schaffhausen’s critically acclaimed Detective Annalisa Vega series. Chicago detective Annalisa Vega shattered her life, personally and professionally, when she turned in her ex-cop father for his role in a murder. Her family can’t forgive her. Her fellow…

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The Heist by C.W. Gortner & M.J. Rose #bookreview #bookseries

The Heist by C.W. Gortner & M.J. Rose #bookreview #bookseries

Thank you to GetRedPR, #partner, for the finished copy of The Heist in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: August 2, 2022   Summary: To catch a leopard wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Throne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that…

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