the setup… Courtney Gray is on a family vacation at a quiet lake resort in Northwoods Wisconsin with husband Elliott and 10-year old daughter Cass. Her brother Nolan and his family (wife Emily, 17-year old daughter Reese, 14-year old son Wyatt and 10-year daughter Mae) are also vacationing with them at a nearby cabin. When… Continue reading It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica @marykubica @jenniferjill.araya @brittpressley @gary_tiedemann @harlequinbooks #ItsNotHer
the setup… Tess DeWater and Allie Merritt are best friends, almost like sisters but live very different lives. Tess is working and in law school; Allie is an extremely successful travel influencer with a dare devil spirit who finally convinces her risk-averse friend to go caving with her. As they go deeper in that cave,… Continue reading Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams @taylor.adams.author @sophie_amoss_vo_actor @williammorrowbooks @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #HerLastBreath
the setup… Peggy and Drew Jenkins live in a narrow canal boat with their fourteen-year old son Samson. They moved their from her mother’s bungalow after her death. He’s an aspiring writer with a manual labor side job and will only allow Peggy to volunteer at the library. Just a normal family living unconventionally right?… Continue reading Adrift by Will Dean @willrdean @emmawilkes_ @lukerfrancis @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #Adrift
the setup… Camille Bayliss is married to Ben, a top criminal defense lawyer in Baton Rouge. Theirs is a picture perfect marriage to the outside world, except it isn’t for Camille. Looking for a way out, she sets up a plan where she can sneak back into the house and uncover the secrets she knows… Continue reading Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston @ashleyelston @macleodandrewsactor @saskiaaudio @striblingamanda @alaskadan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @librofm #AnatomyOfAnAlibi
the setup… Debbie Mullen is an unassuming suburban housewife who writes an advice column called Dear Debbie for the local newspaper. She’s married to Cooper, an accountant, and they have two daughters, teenager Lexi and pre-teen Izzy. All was working fine…until it fell apart. Debbie lost her job, Lexi is in trouble and husband Cooper… Continue reading Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden @fmcfaddenauthor @justjuliawhelan @januarylavoy @thescottbrick @dreamscape_media @dreamscape-media.bsky.social #DearDebbie
the setup… Four months ago, Austin lawyer Jerry Dawson died in a boating accident. His sons all have mixed emotions about the man who abandoned them years ago. Dean is an investigative reporter for an online news outlet who refused to attend his funeral; oldest son Eric is an FBI Special Agent who had a… Continue reading In His Wake by Chad Zunker @chadzunkerauthor @austin_rising @brilliancepublishing #InHisWake
the setup… Lieutenant Eve Dallas is dispatched in the middle of the night to the home of corporate CEO and multibillionaire Nathan Barrister where he is lying dead on the floor of his office. He was bludgeoned with a large amethyst but even more astonishing are the contents of the open vault tucked away in… Continue reading Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb @jdrobbauthor @stmartinspress #InDeath #StolenInDeath
the setup… Defense attorney Keera Duggan is asked by JP Harrison, her investigator, to take on the case of Michael Westbrook who is accused of murdering a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend. It’s personal because Michael is JP’s nephew. While the evidence is circumstantial, the lead prosecutor is Anh Tran who is as formidable… Continue reading Her Cold Justice by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @saskiaaudio @brilliancepublishing #KeeraDuggan #Her Cold Justice
the setup… Kayla Mousavi is a recent Harvard Business School graduate at a panel interview for a job with General Recycling, along with other candidates. She really wants the job, not because she’s interested in the company but the handsome financial package she needs to pay her father’s legal expenses. During the interview, she gets… Continue reading The Garbage Man by Tessa Pacelli @tessa.pacelli @caitlindaviesny @netgalley
the setup… Detective Josie Quinn and the team are called to a high school prom where the body of a young girl is found. She’s dressed for the occasion except for the stab wound. But, she’s not a student and though she looks familiar, they can’t identify her. A few days later, they find another… Continue reading Watch Her Disappear by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #WatchHerDisappear
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