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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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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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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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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Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Random House Audio, #partner for the ALC  of Age of Vice in exchange for my honest review. I purchased a print copy for my own collection. Publisher: Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Audio Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m.…

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Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler #bookreview #bookclub

Thank you  Get Red PR , #partner, for the finished copy of Someone Else’s Life in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 1, 2023   Summary: A new life in paradise should have healed her wounds. But for a woman struggling to hold on to her family and her sanity, one stormy night could change everything. Blow by blow, Annie Lin’s life crumbles. Her dance…

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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 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 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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Stay Awake by Megan Goldin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Stay Awake in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: August 9, 2022   Summary: A murder she doesn’t remember committing. A killer she doesn’t remember meeting. Megan Goldin’s Stay Awake is an electrifying novel that proves memory can be deadly. Liv Reese wakes up in the back…

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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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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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The Fires by Sigridur Hagalin Bjornsdottir #bookreview #translatedbook

Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Crossing #partner, for the advanced copy of The Fires in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Amazon Crossing Published: February 1, 2023   Summary: From Icelandic author Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir comes a heart-wrenching thriller about a woman’s desperate quest to save the people she loves from a natural disaster. After an eight-hundred-year slumber, the volcanoes in Iceland’s most populated region are showing signs of…

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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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Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica #bookreview

Thank you to Thoughts From a Page, Park Row Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of Just the Nicest Couple in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row Books Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: Two couples, two close friends, one missing husband… Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated…

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City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita #bookreview #blogtour

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

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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan, #partner for the ALC  of All the Dangerous Things in exchange for my honest review. I purchased a print copy for my own collection. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things.…

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Regrets Only by Kieran Scott #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Gallery Books #partner,  for the finished copy of Regrets Only in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: In a fast-paced new novel in the vein of Big Little Lies, a single mom goes undercover to investigate a host of disturbing secrets held by the leaders of…

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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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The Nowhere Child by Christian White #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 22, 2019 (first published June 2018)   Summary: Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White’s internationally bestselling debut thriller of psychological suspense about a woman uncovering devastating secrets about her family–and her very identity… Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in…

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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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The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Librofm/Penguin Audio for the ALC and Dutton/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-galley of The House in the Pines in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she…

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No One Knows Us Here by Rebecca Kelley #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and MB Communications & Lake Union Publishing #partner, for the advanced copy of No One Knows Us Here in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: January 1, 2023   Summary: In this gripping novel about obsession, control, and self-preservation, a woman desperate to provide a new life for her sister enters a compromising arrangement with an…

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The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly #bookreview

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Published: September 1, 2022   Summary: THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART… Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family’s insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over…

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Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Locust Lane in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: January 17, 2023     Summary: For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon’s Locust Lane is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town. Can anyone be trusted? On the…

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The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley #bookreview

Thank you to GetRedPR, Blue Box Press, #partner, for the finished copy of The Murders at Fleat House in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: April 19, 2022   Summary: The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen’s – a small English private boarding school in deepest Norfolk – is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic…

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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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The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Unknown Beloved in exchange for my honest review.  I purchased the print copy. Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Published: April 19, 2022   Summary: From the bestselling author of Where the Lost Wander and What the Wind Knows comes the evocative story of two people whose paths collide against the backdrop of mystery, murder, and the Great Depression.…

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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 Den by Cara Reinhard #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you  Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Booksparks, #partner for the advanced copy of The Den in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: December 13, 2022   Summary: A family estate is to die for in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by the author of Into the Sound. Nothing brings the four Fox siblings together like their detestable father’s heart attack—and a…

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The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Widowmaker in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: December 6, 2022   Summary: A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case; and a woman with a dark past collide in Hannah Morrissey’s stunning new Black Harbor mystery, The Widowmaker. Ever since business mogul Clive Reynolds disappeared twenty years ago, the name “Reynolds” has become…

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The Kind to Kill by Shana Merchant #bookreview #series

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

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

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

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The Widow by Kaira Rouda #bookreview

Thank you Booksparks, #partner for the advanced copy of The Widow in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Thomas and Mercer Published: December 1, 2022   Summary: A husband with secrets. A wife with no limits. A riveting novel of marriage, privilege, and lies by Kaira Rouda, the USA Today bestselling author of The Next Wife. Jody Asher had a plan. Her charismatic husband, Martin, would be a political icon.…

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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Villa in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond…

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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

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

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

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

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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The Angel Maker by Alex North #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Angel Maker in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: February 28, 2023   Summary: A dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future. Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life.…

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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

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

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 Resemblance by Lauren Nossett #bookreview

Thank you Flatiron Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Resemblance in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Flatiron Books Published: November 8, 2022   Summary: Never betray the brotherhood. On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: The driver looked identical…

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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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