the setup… Riley Fletcher is out on her morning run, just starting to enjoy the sensation of her body kicking in and the lovely atmosphere. Suddenly she’s struck in the head from behind and her next memory is waking and finding herself bound, gagged and bleeding in a cabin in the woods. Her abductor is… Continue reading Run for Your Life by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #ElenaRey @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #RunForYourLife
the setup… Ellen McKenna is struggling to keep their Texas family farm operating since the recent death of husband in an accident. It’s a tough job even with the help of their four children. The threats come not only from Mother Nature but a certain local businessman who had already pressured others in the county… Continue reading Whisper Creek by Allison Brennan @abwrites @striblingamanda @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WhisperCreek
the setup… Detective Sergeant Stilwell and two of his deputies have set up a sting to catch a drug drop at a remote mountain airstrip based on a tip from a confidential informant. When the plane arrives and drops the bag, Stilwell and his team move in but things go terribly wrong with one deputy… Continue reading Ironwood by Michael Connelly @michaelconnellybooks @jwilldamron @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #Catalina #Ironwood
the setup… Holly Sinclair returns to Beauport, Massachusetts, her family coastal home where she had her fondest and most awful childhood memories. Broke and grieving the recent loss of her mother, Holly is hoping to write her next bestseller and resurrect the investigation of her older sister Anna’s death. It’s been more than twenty years… Continue reading Beach Thriller by Jamie Day @jamiedaybooks @itsemilyshaffer @janesome @jenwrenpickens @megantusing @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #BeachThriller
the setup… Simone Seaborn and her husband Damien operate a posh London restaurant. Their daughter Lucy spent the summer at a camp near Fort Davis, Texas before starting university in the fall. Simone flies in to meet her for a week of camping and alone time and they stay at a lodge that night. The… Continue reading Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister @gillianmauthor @williammorrowbooks @wmmorrowbooks @readwithjenna #CallerUnknown
the setup… Harvey Jason is the unit publicist assigned to the movie set for Bloodrock, a Western on location in Tucson, Arizona. He’s awakened by a phone call from studio brass informing him that Arthur McDougall, the screenwriter, was found dead down the hall in his motel room. Jason (no one uses his first name)… Continue reading A Murder in Hollywood by Michael Crichton @michaelchrichton_official @the.ray.porter @realrayporter.bsky.social @blackstonepublishing @blackstonepub.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #AMurderInHollywood
the setup… Hollywood icon Veronica Van Arden is putting everything into her latest film. She’s counting on it to be her comeback after a series of box office failures and problems with drugs and alcohol. Her young costar is Sienna Vale who is an adoring fan and Veronica decides to take her under her wing,… Continue reading The Replacement by Liv Constantine @livconstantine2 @suzanneefreeman @racheljnarrates @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #TheReplacement
the setup… Palmer is a nurse, married with twin four-year old daughters but her husband just left her for a much younger woman. Her best friend Beth wants her to agree to the getaway on a luxury sailing cruise with two former high school friends, Emma and Gigi. It’s to commemorate the twenty year anniversary… Continue reading The Trip by Audrey J. Cole @audreyjcole #VanessaJohansson @brilliancepublishing #TheTrip
the setup… It’s been three years since true crime writer Olivia Cruz was abducted and later rescued by Lincoln Sharp. She hasn’t been able to write since and decides to face the anniversary by allowing Zoe March, her friend and host of a successful true crime podcast, to interview her at the site of the… Continue reading You Can Tell Me by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 @melindaleighbooks.bsky.social @itsmandyfigueroa @brilliancepublishing #OliviaCruz #YouCanTellMe
the setup… It’s May 1, 1992 in Monarch, Nebraska and seventeen year old Jules Delaney, a popular high school star is not deterred about it being the anniversary of the May Day Killer. It’s the moniker given to the predator who appears on this day annually, strikes and then disappears until the next year. Quinn… Continue reading The Anniversary by Alex Finlay @alexfinlayauthor @acflea @britpressley @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheAnniversary
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