the setup… Sloane Caraway is a nail technician living in Brooklyn with her mother. That’s her truth but most of what she shares about herself is a lie. She’s been doing it all her life, mostly to just make herself more interesting to people. During one of her lunch breaks in the park, she comes… Continue reading Count My Lies by Sophie Stava @sophiejstava @andreweiden @devonsorvaribrand @devonsorvaribrand.bsky.social @tremaineiac @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #CountMyLies
the setup… Anne is a married mother of nine-year old twins living in a tiny Manhattan apartment. She’s a ghostwriter who has dreams of becoming a writer but with all her responsibilities it feels elusive. That is until she’s hired by Melody Wells to ghostwrite her new motivational book. Melody is a mist of serenity… Continue reading The Sublet by Greer Hendricks @greerhendricks @karissavacker @brilliancepublishing #TheSublet
the setup… David Sheehan pounds on the door of Martine Dumont, a lawyer and former family friend of his wife Angie. He desperately needs her help to deal with the monstrous tragedy that’s just happened in his home. Their fourteen-year old son Nico is dead and their thirteen-year old daughter Nora called 911 and said… Continue reading Penitence by Kristin Koval @kristinkovalwriter @plummertherese @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #Penitence
the setup… Sami Kierce is now a private investigator in New York City, married to Molly and father of their infant son Henry. A former police detective forced to leave in disgrace, he’s working off debts by doing low level surveillance assignments for a law firm and teaching a criminology class to a small group… Continue reading Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben @harlancoben @harlancoben.bsky.social @vikasadam @vikasadam.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @netgalley @netgalley.bsky.social #SamiKierce #NobodysFool
the setup… Detectives Josie Quinn and Noah Fraley have dated now for a year and it’s brought out the best in both. They arrive at his mother’s house for their monthly dinner and find a horrific scene with Colette Fraley face down in her back yard and non responsive. As Josie begins CPR, she discovers… Continue reading The Bones She Buried by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn
the setup… Makayla Rossi is on a return flight from Anchorage to New York with her infant son Liam. She’s traveling alone and after a nap, decides to take a quick bathroom break while the baby is sleeping. The flight attendants are occupied with another passenger so she asks the young woman under headphones across… Continue reading Missing in Flight by Audrey J. Cole @audreyjcole @_renatafriedman_ @brilliancepublishing #MissingInFlight
the setup… Camilla (Cam) Deschamps is a literary agent married to Luke who’s a writer. She’s been out on extended maternity leave with their daughter Polly and today’s the day she returns to work and delivers their baby to daycare. She wakes to find Luke already gone, which is unusual as he knows her anxiety… Continue reading Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister @gillianmauthor @gillianmauthor.bsky.social @emiliarosefox @harperaudio @librofm #FamousLastWords
the setup… It’s 1980 Northern Ireland with all the turmoil and conflict experienced during The Troubles era. Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy, freshly promoted, heads from Belfast to his new command in Carrickfergus CID RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary). He’s a Catholic detective in a primarily Protestant force and town, a man who automatically has a target… Continue reading God’s Away on Business: Sean Duffy Year 1 by Adrian McKinty @adrianmckintyauthor #gerarddoyle @blackstonepublishing @blackstonepub.bsky.social @librofm #SeanDuffy #GodsAwayFromHome
the setup… Detectives Josie Quinn and Noah Fraley are dispatched to a murder scene where a young man is dead in the driveway of a private home. Josie recognizes the address…it belongs to Detective Gretchen Palmer, a colleague she hired and highly respects. There’s no identification on the body and it’s soon clear that Gretchen… Continue reading Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerFinalConfession
the setup… Nathan Tyler is a university professor and mathematician leading an ordinary and nondescript life, though he’s well respected for his knowledge and skill. Life changes one morning when he answers a call…from the White House. They want him to attend a math conference in Russia during a time when things are tense and… Continue reading Eleven Numbers by Lee Child #LeeChild @jamesandersonfoster @jamesandersonfoster.com @brilliancepublishing #ElevenNumbers
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