the setup… Eight years ago, Hattie Conlee left her home in Pennsylvania and escaped to Lantern Cove, Maine, legally becoming Mary Whittaker. Her son Tommy had been convicted of being the notorious Bedfellow serial killer and later escaped from prison. She escaped from her own private hell and is living somewhat peacefully until investigative reporter… Continue reading Night Calls by Joe Hart @joe_hart_author @emilysuttonsmith @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #NightCalls
the setup… Paul and Chelsea Tanner thought a Paris honeymoon would be the perfect finish to the magic of their wedding. But it ended up being the beginning of a nightmare with no end in sight when they get abducted by persons unknown. Authorities are baffled but soon the search includes agents from the FBI,… Continue reading The French Illusion by John Grisham @johngrisham #michaelbeck @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #thefrenchillusion
the setup… It’s only been a few months since Acting Sheriff Emmy Clifton buried her father and now she’s putting her mother Myrna to rest. As she, her son Cole and her estranged sister Jude Archer, a retired former FBI agent, drive to the reception, they hear sounds of gunshots coming from the home of… Continue reading The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter @karinslaughterauthor @karinslaughter.com @kathleenreadsoutloud @williammorrowbooks @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #NorthFalls #TheSecretsWeHide
the setup… Jessica and Zac have been married and living contently for six years. That is until a new neighbor moves in across the street. She can’t explain why Scott Collins immediately fills her with trepidation and fear at first sight. But Zac ignores her feelings and goes so far as to begin a friendship… Continue reading Compulsion to Kill by Darcia Helle @darciahelle @darciahelle.bsky.social #Booksky #CompulsionToKill
the setup… Klickitat County Sheriff Jenny Almond gets a distress call from Anthony Alvarez on a stormy night and responds alone. In a split second moment, she returns fire, killing him, only to find the veteran was unarmed. Jenny is charged with first-degree murder and Detective Tracy Crosswhite comes to the aid of her old… Continue reading One Split Second by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @emilysuttonsmith @brilliancepublishing #TracyCrosswhite #OneSplitSecond
the setup… Thirty years ago, the Dixon family inexplicably disappeared from their family lodge situated upon a ledge in the mountains of Shereford, New Hampshire. Police Chief Ian Grady was led to the scene by the stray dog they’d taken in, obvious from the bloody footprints that something violent had occurred. How could Janet and… Continue reading You’ll Be Sorry by Lisa Gardner @lisagardnerbks @hillaryoutloud @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #YoullBeSorry
the setup… After finishing up one case, NYSPD homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas is soon called to the scene of a ghastly murder at the home of Larry Chu, director of bioengineering at Banner-Wyst, a major scientific research and development global enterprise. He was literally destroyed by someone with brute force and without a weapon,… Continue reading Fury in Death by J. D. Robb @jdrobbauthor @stmartinspress @stmartinspress.bsky.social #Booksky #InDeath #FuryInDeath
the setup… Savannah is the assistant for hire-powered New York book agent Marion Sutton who also represents bestselling horror novelist Bennett Bryson. His debut novel Promise Me Never was a bestselling hit he’s also Savannah’s idol. She joins him and Marion for dinner and he becomes instantly smitten with her. A few weeks later, the two… Continue reading Promise Me Never by Liv Constantine @livconstantine2 @livconstantine.bsky.social @suzanneefreeman @snemethparker @thescottbrick @maxmagpie @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #PromiseMeNever
the setup… Septuagenerian Frances DeLuca is recently widowed and her adult son doesn’t live close. She longs for something challenging to do in this phase of her life but soon learns that her time is limited. Fran decides to reach out to the women of her youth, her best friends who she hasn’t seen in… Continue reading Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London @julia_f_london @ladychristinamoore @recordedbooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
the setup… The Fairway Players in Lower Lockwood are back again, this time with Sarah-Jane and Kevin MacDonald as committee co-chairs. This year’s production is Agatha Christie’s The Hollow and there’s the typical jockeying for coveted roles but with a shortage of male performers, they’ve taken on three new Players, a married couple and the… Continue reading The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett @janice.hallett @eyre.joe #JamesGoode @aysha.kala #DeborahMcBride #DamiOlukoya #DanielPhilpott @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #TheSilentAppeal
