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
the setup… It’s 1985 Los Angeles and Hallie Pitney’s dreams of being a journalist with a major byline seem to be fading fast. She’s barely subsisting on tired stories sold to gossip rags, facing eviction from her apartment. Then she receives a tip about a legendary Hollywood actor, one that could put her into the… Continue reading The Line by Tim Weaver @timweaverbooks @kristin_athers @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #TheLine
the setup… Kendal (Ken) Carter is an ex-spy who’s been out of the game for five years. She and her four-year old daughter Rosie are living safely under an obscure identity in Dübendorf, Switzerland, the “normal” life she craved and wants for her child. But she’s not lost her skills so when danger descends on… Continue reading I, Spy by L. M. Kemp @lm_kemp @potterell @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #ISpy
the setup… Hannah Brennan is a young artist trying to breakthrough the art community in New York City. An influential friend of her late mother is willing to give her a shot but the painting she submits for review doesn’t meet the woman’s expectations. A mysterious woman she meets at an estate sale gives her… Continue reading The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown @laurenlingbrown @laurenlingbrown.bsky.social @jessnahikian @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #TheSilentMuse
the setup… DI Kim Stone is called to the scene of the latest murder victim, Ashley Reynolds, a married social worker with a seven year old daughter. After close inspection, she was killed with a knife and left on her back while the murderer stood until she died. By all accounts, she was well liked… Continue reading Wicked Women by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons @jancramervoice @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DIKimStone #WickedWomen
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