the setup… It’s been a year since Jess Baxter’s mother died and she’s decided now is the time to finally tackle her childhood home to empty its contents. Despite offers from her friends and boyfriend Guy, Jess knows this is something she must do on her own. It was much more difficult than she’d anticipated,… Continue reading The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle @mikegayle #WitneyWhite @HachetteAudio
the setup… In late 1975, ten-year old Miranda Larkin returns home from school as she normally does but this time is different. The house is empty, her mother who typically greets her is nowhere to be found. Her purse is there and everything else seems to be in place. As the day progresses, it become… Continue reading All That is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay @WilliamLanday #DaviddeVries #JoyceBean @PLawlorAudio #ScottMerriman @BrilliancePub
the setup… Finley McGowan is a subcontractor who specializes in flipping houses and is guardian to her eight-year old niece Aubrey. They live with her mother Molly because three years ago her sister Sloane was the cause of her financial ruin and turned her daughter over to Finlay, establishing her as legal guardian. Sloane’s been… Continue reading The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery @SusanMallery @Blunder_Woman @HarlequinBooks
the setup… DI Kim Stone and DS Bryant are called to the grounds of a church where the body of Sandra Deakin lay. She was brutally stabbed and mutilated, found by one of the church’s bell ringers. When they discover that she’s a psychic as a profession, the field of suspects grows, including competition, disgruntled… Continue reading Deadly Fate by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
the setup… Morgan Albright is finally living her best life. She’s put down roots in a small, friendly town outside of Baltimore and that’s extremely important given the vagabond life she led as an Army brat. Her best friend Nina Ramos is also her roommate, helping with the mortgage, and Morgan loves both of her… Continue reading Identity by Nora Roberts #NoraRoberts @justjanuary @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Evan Smoak (Orphan X) is reassessing his life now that he’s eliminated all of those within the government who were hunting him down. There is only one possibility remaining of him receiving a request for help as The Nowhere Man and he may end it there. When he receives the call, it’s from… Continue reading Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @BrilliancePub
the setup… Matthew (Matt) Brooks and Vanessa Lyons are associates at one of the most prestigious law firms in New York City and are secretly having an affair (she’s married). He makes partner and later she’s put on partner track for the next year. Still okay, that is until she’s placed on one of his… Continue reading Love Betrayal Murder by Adam Mitzner @adammitzner #BrianHutchinson @BronsonAP #ElizabethEvans @BlackstoneAudio @librofm
the setup… Wren Elmont is an architect and was born in Arizona but moved to England with her mother when her parents divorced. Her father’s affair resulted in a pregnancy and he chose the new family. She visits from time to time but her relationships with her father, stepmother Sheryl and half sister Bailey have… Continue reading Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon @PaigeToonAuthor @WhelanGemma #JaredZeus @PRHAudio
the setup… Malcolm and Jessica (Jess) Gephardt’s marriage is in trouble but he doesn’t seem to know it, that is until the day he comes home and her bags are packed. Jess describes it as a need for some time away to think on her own. And that’s part of their problem…neither of them able… Continue reading The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane @Mary_Beth_Keane @NorbertLButz #RebeccaLowman @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Detective Beau Hebert is trying to investigate the latest in an alarming series of unexplained deaths of young women in St. Augustine, Louisiana the last three years. But with a corrupt police department and legal system thwarting his every move, he’s worse than nowhere. He reaches out to his friend Michael Harris, an… Continue reading Seven Girls Gone by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan #SuzanneTFortin @HarlequinBooks
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