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
the setup… Eleven years ago, Eliza Ramsey and her older sister Bea were the only survivors of a plane crash piloted by her father with their mother also on board. They were raised by their maternal Aunt Margaret, though the relationship was a little rocky. Now on the anniversary of that day, Eliza has her… Continue reading Mother Daughter Sister Stranger by Hank Phillippi Ryan @hankpryan @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social @stevi.incremona @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #MotherDaughterSisterStranger
the setup… Brooklyn Locke writes articles for a food magazine and is married to Trey, an investment manger. They live outside of Nashville with their two children, 9-year old son “Four” and 7-year old daughter Neve. It’s two weeks before Christmas and Trey suddenly decides they’re going to Italy the next day for business and… Continue reading You Know Why by J. T. Ellison @thrillerchick @britpressley @samaranaeymi @macleodandrewsactor @saskiaaudio @hillaryoutloud @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #YouKnowWhy
the setup… Ingrid Slocum is helping to facilitate the annual Stone Coast Conference at the Cod Cove Resort in Purity. Things go smoothly until one of conference headliners, a former Russian defector, is found unconscious in his hotel room. When one of the resort staff is later found murdered, Ingrid recognizes a link to her… Continue reading The Shadow Friends by Tess Gerritsen @tess.gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @hillaryoutloud @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #TheMartiniClub #TheShadowFriends
the setup… Joe, Cathy and Frannie Plant come from a family of veterinarians and all work at the family practice, Frannie working reception as she’s the only one of her siblings not practicing. They’re vacationing at their villa in Verona, Italy when Joe and Cathy each get a desperate call in the middle of the… Continue reading That Night by Gillian McAllister @gillianmauthor @librofm @libro.fm @williammorrowbooks @williammorrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #ThatNight
the setup… Ashley Bowers is married to Elliott and they have two children, twelve-year old Luna and four-year old Maddox. Their peaceful family life is interrupted when she gets a call that her estranged younger sister Courtney has died in an accident. Her thirteen-year old daughter Serena, who she’s never met, must come live with… Continue reading My Sister’s Daughter by Liv Constantine @livconstantine2 @livconstantine.bsky.social @suzanneefreeman @podiumentertainment #BookSky #MySistersDaughter
the setup… Eight years ago, Tuesday Hendrickson suffered a horrendous tragedy when her younger sister Trixie was murdered by her boyfriend Arsen Bauer who was shot and killed in the melee. Tuesday was able to escape and save infant daughter Julia but was also convinced the man identified as Arsen was someone else. Since he’d… Continue reading The Crying Killer by Jess Lourey @jesslourey @megantusing @brilliancepublishing #TheCryingKiller
the setup… Jill and Ted Westcott love their Brooklyn Heights brownstone and she has lavishly decorated it. He comes from wealth with an hefty inheritance and has a well paying job but, unknown to her, they are now almost broke due to some bad and risky investments. Mortgaging their home isn’t an option so of… Continue reading Getting Away With Murder by Shari Lapena @sharilapena @januarylavoy @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #GettingAwayWithMurder
the setup… The Conover family is gathering at their Maiden Pond summer home in Purity, Maine to scatter the remains of their patriarch, George, who recently died. It’s been years since youngest son Ethan has returned to that place and the first time for his wife Susan and her sixteen-year old daughter Zoe. He doesn’t… Continue reading The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen @tess.gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @hillaryoutloud @brilliancepublishing #TheMartiniClub #TheSummerGuests
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