the setup… Homicide Detective Sam Holland and her team are investigating another tough and politically charged case. Victoria Kavanaugh, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Derek Kavanaugh, was found by him, brutally murdered in their home. To add to the trauma, their 13-month old daughter Maeve is missing. Derek is a good… Continue reading Fatal Deception by Marie Force #MarieForce #EvaKaminsky
the setup… John had only job to do as his brother Frank’s wingman…place his X-rated Valentine’s Day card on his fiancée’s windshield. What he actually does is place it on the wrong car, that belonging to hospice nurse Holly who is there to care for her grandmother. Worst wingman ever? Yes but his later effort… Continue reading Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez @AuthorAbbyJim #AndiArndt @ZacharyWebber
the setup… The year is 1990 and the town is Dalton, Maine, the epitome of small town America. Trudy Haskell is the town librarian, married to Richard, the only doctor. Her best friend is Bev Theroux who’s married to Bill and they’re parents of one son, Nate. But Trudy and Bev are more than just… Continue reading The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring #ShannonBowring #PatriciaShade @TantorAudio
the setup… Eli North is a former US Fish and Wildlife Services investigator who is now a deputy sheriff in Shaky Lakes, Wisconsin, working for his mother Marge after his return from Afghanistan. He’s suffering from PTSD and his cure is alcohol…and he’s not winning. His marriage is over, his relationship with his son Andy… Continue reading Northwoods by Amy Pease @AmyPeaseWrites @ChrisHCoffey @ZacAlemanVO @SimonAudio
the setup… Niamh Turley is awakened early one morning to find the Garda knocking on her door, asking if she’d heard anything that night. After telling him she hadn’t, he soon returns and asks to see her roommate Maya whose door is closed and locked. Yes, you guessed it. She wasn’t there and was the… Continue reading The Roommate by Dervla McTiernan @DervlaMcTiernan #AoifeMcMahon
the setup… Frank Hayes lives a very lonely and solitary life, never leaving his home since the death of his beloved wife Marcie who “visits” him regularly. He’s estranged from his only son, Michael, with no hope of reunion. Then his new neighbors move in. How does he know? Because the six-year old boy everyone… Continue reading Frank and Red by Matt Coyne #MattCoyne @jameskilleen47 @Wildfirebks
the setup… It begins with the brutal murder of a slumlord in Minneapolis who targets the Native American community. The next is an Oklahoma City judge followed by a New York agency head with a brilliant political career path. All were murdered in the same way, their throats slashed. Since it started in Minneapolis, they… Continue reading Shadow Prey by John Sandford @J_Sandford #RichardFerrone @recordedbooks
the setup… 56 days ago, Oliver Kennedy and Ciara Murphy bumped into each other in a Dublin grocery line and struck up a conversation that led to coffee and a date. It also happened to be when the first news of the start of Covid 19 preparations was released on Irish shores. Three weeks later… Continue reading 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard @catherineryanhoward @AlanaKCollins @BlackstoneAudio
the setup… Sam and Nick return from their Bora Bora honeymoon and minutes after she’s back on the clock she’s called to a puzzling crime scene. The victims were well liked and there’s no sign of robbery. After the third similar crime where the victims didn’t seem to have any enemies, it’s clear they have… Continue reading Fatal Flaw by Marie Force #MarieForce #EvaKaminsky
the setup… Marni McGuire is a highly successful, long-term host of cooking show who’s pretty satisfied with her life now that she’s in her mid-fifties. Her only daughter Bella is pregnant with her first child and somehow thinks her mother needs love in her life, though she’s struggling in her own marriage because her hormonal… Continue reading The Friendship Club by Robyn Carr @RCarrWriter @tplummer76 @HarlequinBooks
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