the setup… Aifric Ryan is a new barrister, fighting to get a foothold in a system that’s hard for a young woman to penetrate. She gets an opening when the chief barrister is a no show and she takes on one of his cases that requires a court appearance that day. Robert Collins is charged… Continue reading The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan @DervlaMcTiernan #AoifeMcMahon
the setup… Over 40 years ago, three young girls ventured into the woods near their homes in Leech Lake, Minnesota and only one emerged…traumatized, in shock and with no memory of what happened. It’s now the summer of 2022 and cold case Detective Evangeline (Van) Reed is called to a scene where a woman was… Continue reading The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey @jesslourey @robins_carly @BrilliancePub
the setup… Arden Ward is a highly successful crisis management expert working for a top tier company. That is until her boss and mentor finds her expendable when he has to choose between a client’s misguided accusation and supporting her. As if that’s not bad enough, he forces her to take on a client or… Continue reading One Wrong Word by Hank Phillippi Ryan @HankPRyan @grshalan @MacmillanAudio
the setup… It started ten years ago when C. accidentally sent T. an email meant for his calculus teacher on Valentine’s Day. They got a little chatty about it with T. admitting that the email was the only one she’d received from a guy. One year later on February 14, C. sent T. a Happy… Continue reading The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren @ChristinaLauren @marli_vo
the setup… Things are working out exactly as Evie Porter planned. She’s in a relationship with Ryan Sumner, has moved in and most of his circle of friends has accepted that she’s now important in his life. The problem? Evie Porter isn’t her name and one of his former friends has shown up with a… Continue reading First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston @ashley_elston @SaskiaAudio @PRHAudio @ReesesBookClub
the setup… It’s the spring of 2020 and also the early rages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lara’s three daughters, Maisie, Emily and Nell, have returned to their family cherry orchard and home in Northern Michigan to shelter in place. While the four of them are picking cherries, the girls beg Lara to tell them about… Continue reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett #AnnPatchett #MerylStreep @HarperAudio @ReesesBookClub
the setup… There’s a serial killer at large in Minneapolis who calls himself maddog. He preys on attractive women with dark hair, the “Chosen,” and after brutally murdering them, leaves a note with one of his “rules” for eluding capture. Lieutenant Lucas Davenport, a seasoned investigator with unorthodox methods, is brought in to work with… Continue reading Rules of Prey by John Sandford @J_Sandford #RichardFerrone @recordedbooks
the setup… Beckett Porter, the co-owner and farm operations manager for Lovelight Farms, is at a business conference in Maine when he stops in a bar that first night and encounters a beautiful woman sitting alone. Atypical of his normal behavior, he approaches her, signaling his interest. Soon they spent the next two nights together… Continue reading In the Weeds by B. K. Borison
the setup… Sam and Nick are focused on their wedding plans now that it’s a week away but of course she is also drawn into two cold cases that are pretty dangerous. And, both she and Nick are coping with a loss they hadn’t seen coming. Thankfully, the wedding planner Nick hired is turning out… Continue reading Fatal Destiny by Marie Force #MarieForce #EvaKaminsky @Dreamscapemedia
the setup… Five years ago, Megan O’Sullivan left her fiancé Isaac Quinn waiting at the altar and ran away to Dublin. Now her brother who lives in New Zealand is coming home for Christmas and her mother wants her there, too. Christian Fitzpatrick is dreading going home for the holidays, too, as his three siblings… Continue reading Snowed In by Catherine Walsh @CatWalshWriter @colm_gleeson #RoisonRankin @HachetteUK @bookouture
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