the setup… Elizabeth Zott is a chemist working for the Hastings Research Institute in California. It’s the 1960s and not only was is highly unusual for a woman to be working in this field, it was unusual for her “colleagues” who soon recognized she was brilliant. They did everything to undermine her except for one… Continue reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus @BonnieGarmus #MirandaRaison #PRHAudio
the setup… Keera Duggan is a former Seattle prosecutor who left to join her family’s criminal defense law practice after her relationship with a high profile colleague turned toxic after she broke things off. It’s not a choice she would ordinarily have made despite her father Patrick (Patsy) having a formidable reputation. Keera has a… Continue reading Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @SaskiaAudio @BrilliancePub
the setup… Kerry Tolliver is a graphic artist who recently lost her job after her company was acquired. She returned to her family home in Tarburton, North Carolina to try and figure out what was next, especially after her relationship also fizzled out. Her family runs a Fraser fir Christmas tree farm and it’s now… Continue reading Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews @mkayandrews #KathleenMcInerney @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Tilly Twomley is at a crossroad and she’s only 18-years old. The trouble is, that crossroad has a lot of intersections and she has no idea what she wants to do with her life. But Tilly knows it’s not the path her mother wants her to take, going to college and becoming a… Continue reading Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings #JustisBolding @recordedbooks
the setup… Hattie Coleman and her husband Brent took the plunge a few years ago and became the owners and managers of the Maple Sugar Inn in Vermont, a dream he had hoped to become a reality. But two years ago, he died in a freak accident and now Hattie is left to manage things… Continue reading The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan @SarahMorgan @dararosenberg27 @HarlequinBooks @librofm
the setup… Nadiya is a bestselling crime writer using the pseudonym D. G. Williams who was living alone and working at home in a three unit townhouse with her adorable bulldog Winston. That was until she discovered half brother Chase Garcia on a DNA website. After they connected, he moved in from Miami, broke and… Continue reading #CrimeTime by Jeneva Rose & Drew Pyne @jenevarosebooks #DrewPyne @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… The Fairway Players are back, this time under the direction of Sarah-Jane MacDonald, replacing the Haywards. It’s a Christmas pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk and for those of you outside of the UK, that’s a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment which was developed in England. Rehearsals… Continue reading The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett @JaniceHallett #AyshaKala @racheladedeji @SidSagar @SimonAudio
the setup… Evan Smoak is recovering from the devastating attack on his penthouse six months ago and a chance encounter with a migrant worker has him considering a new Nowhere Man mission. But Aragón Urrea is no innocent, a drug kingpin in Texas who operates outside of the cartels and supports his community in the… Continue reading Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Caroline (Caz) Sessions is a professional dog walker living in Brighton with her mother Ruth. She’s really good at it, too, and always has her own border collie rescue dog Joe with her. One morning during one of her dog outings, Joe breaks from her and leads her to a body. As horrifying… Continue reading The Perfect Date by Julia Crouch @thatjuliacrouch #SarahDurham @bookouture @NetGalley @HachetteUK
the setup… Nick Cappuano, irritated because his boss, Virginia US Senator John O’Connor is late for a major vote, enters his apartment and discovers him brutally murdered. Metro Homicide Detective Samantha (Sam) Holland is assigned the case and is stunned when she enters the scene and sees the man who captured her heart one night… Continue reading Fatal Affair by Marie Force #MarieForce @BrilliancePub
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