the setup… Elizabeth May is a traveling nurse now living in Santa Cruz. It’s a job that perfectly suits her lifestyle as she normally never stays anywhere long enough to form roots, long term friends or connections. Even here she compartmentalizes her life, using different versions of her name…Eliza, Beth, Betsy, etc…as her identity with… Continue reading Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone @victoriahelenstone @victoriadahl.bsky.social @soneela @brilliancepublishing #BaldFacedLiar
the setup… It’s 1984 Seattle and the city is rocked by what appears to be a serial killer called the Green River Killer because of where the bodies are found. Holly Sparks is a journalist with a personal interest in these cases. Her sister Meg was murdered and suspicions are that she was one of… Continue reading The First Hunt by Audrey J. Cole @audreyjcole #AdelaideFernport #PeteCross @spotify @netgalley #TheFinalHunt #TheFirstHunt
the setup… Detective Sergeant Stilwell works for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, assigned to Catalina Island, where all the misfits are sent for penitence. He was with the Homicide Division before he found himself ensnared in department politics. While he’s investigating a poaching incident on a protected reserve, he gets a report of a… Continue reading Nightshade by Michael Connelly @michaelconnellybooks@michaelconnelly.bsky.social @jwdamron @jwdamron.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #DetectiveStilwell #Nightshade
the setup… Noelle Marshall is a Deschutes County Sheriff’s detective living and working in Bend, Oregon. But thirteen years ago, she was the wife of Sacramento Assemblyman Derrick Bell who was murdered in their home. Noelle was there, too, apparently left for dead. The killer was never identified or found and she couldn’t remember what… Continue reading Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot @kendraelliot @snemethparker @snemethparkerbsky.social @brilliancepublishing #NoelleMarshall #HerFirstMistake
the setup… Jack and Jill Tingley (yes, it’s cute) have been married since they met in college. To their Southern California world, their marriage is enviable and rock solid. But behind closed doors, they’ve grown apart, especially now that their daughter is off at college. Jill decides that a road trip to Utah will be… Continue reading Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda @kairarouda @kairarouda.bsky.social @marnyeyoung @highbridgeaudio @highbridgeaudio.bsky.social #JillIsNotHappy
the setup… Rowan Gallagher is an architect and single mother with a 16-year old daughter, Natalie. She lives in Portland, Maine and is working on a two-year contract to restore an historic mansion for the influential Wincott family. She loves the project but her personal life just hit the skids. The man she’s been dating… Continue reading Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen @sarina.bowen @sarinabowen.bsky.social @kathleenearly @caitlinkellyvo @caitlinkellyvo.bsky.social @sarahmollo @harperaudio #DyingToMeetYou
the setup… Rayna Dumont is an American expatriate living in Amsterdam and working as a freelance travel writer. Licking her wounds following a brutal and scandalous divorce, she decides to throw caution to the wind one evening and go home with Xander, her Tinder date. She wakes the next morning to find him murdered in… Continue reading The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle @kimberlybellebooks @jenniferjill.araya @jenniferjillaraya.bsky.social @theladyhamlet @theladyhamlet.bsky.social @harlequinbooks #TheExpatAffair
the setup… Game commission officers discover two bodies while out on inspection and contact both the Lenore County Sheriff and the Denton Police Department as jurisdiction isn’t clear. Josie and Noah determine it’s theirs but coordination with Lenore County is still required depending on where the investigation leads. Valerie and Tyler Yates appear to have… Continue reading Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #ColdHeartCreek
the setup… Detective Tracy Crosswhite is known for her professionalism, maintaining her cool under pressure and her championship shooting skills. It’s when she’s interviewing murder suspect Erik Schmidt that it all comes to a crashing head. See, Schmidt was a close friend in prison of the man who murdered her sister. When he viciously taunts… Continue reading A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @emilysuttonsmith @brilliance.publishing #TracyCrosswhite #ADeadDraw
the setup… It’s been six months since bestselling mystery writer Serena Winters’ partner died in a freak accident and has yet to write a single word towards her next novel. Thinking a change of scenery might help, she rents a cliffside home in Seaton Park, located on the California coast. Serena learns upon arrival that… Continue reading Dead of Night by Lisa Gray @lisagraywriter @audiobookbrenda @audiobookbrenda.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #DeadOfNight
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