the setup… Ellen Brooke is a saturation diver and her current job is aboard the Deep Topaz, 28 days in the depths of the North Sea with five other divers in a small pressurized chamber. She’s the only woman on the dive, one of the few in this business, and she’s gained the respect in… Continue reading The Chamber by Will Dean @willrdean @KeeleyHelen @SimonAudio
the setup… Chloe Cooper is a 40-year old bartender living in a modest apartment, caring for her ailing mother. She’s socially awkward and her world doesn’t extend much beyond work, caretaking and daily walks of her mother’s aging dog Brodie. When new neighbors Dr. Adam and Jemma Spengler move into the “Gloom House” across the… Continue reading The Swimmer by Loreth Anne White @loreth @rebabuhr @BrilliancePub
the setup… Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Agent Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton have finally married and he’s surprised her with their honeymoon site. It’s the McAlpine Family Lodge, located about two hours from Atlanta on a beautiful mountaintop that offers isolation and serenity. That is until late one night when they’re in… Continue reading This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter @SlaughterKarin #KathleenEarly @HarperAudio
the setup… Erin Albright and Shauna Hunnicut are celebrating their upcoming wedding at the Down and Dirty Club. Erin steps away in the middle of the excitement and joyous partying to prepare for her secret surprise she’s arranged for Shauna. She steps into the privacy room to meet the friend who’s her co-conspirator in presenting… Continue reading Passions in Death by J. D. Robb #JDRobb @StMartinsPress
the setup… Leewood Folcrum is an inmate at a California prison, jailed twenty-three years ago for murdering two young girls at a birthday party. About an hour away lives Perla Wultz who seems to be obsessed with him, the crime and setting things up to maybe get him free. She and her husband Grant and… Continue reading The Last Party by A. R. Torre @ReadAlessandra #AmyBentley @jwdamron @NeilHellegers @EllenQuay @BrilliancePub
the setup… The pilot of commercial airliner Delta Flight 224 suddenly has a widow-maker heart attack at 35,000 feet while his first officer is out of the cockpit. The plane plunges to the ground, crashing into a nuclear power plant in Waketa, Minnesota. That small town becomes the epicenter for the most catastrophic event the… Continue reading Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman @T_J_Newman @JOEtheMORTON @HachetteAudio
the setup… Charley Kelley is a nineteen-year old chambermaid at The Precipice Hotel in Jonesport, Maine and she’s really good at her job. She lives there but still struggles to make ends meet as she’s also supporting her grandmother who has dementia and stays at an assisted living facility. The owner of the hotel, George… Continue reading One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day #JamieDay @SaskiaAudio @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Keaton Smith is a highly successful marketing guru for an infamous lifestyle writer and personality. She loves her job and New York but when things suddenly hit the ditch, she’s given a lifeline by her mother Virginia. She wants Keaton to prepare her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina to be put on… Continue reading A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @campbell_cass @DevonSorvari #FredSanders @SimonAudio
the setup… Stella Hudson is attorney who serves as an advocate for children in custody cases. She’s recently divorced (amicably) and her latest assignment is nine-year old Rose Barclay. Though she as a rule only accepts cases for children thirteen or older, Stella’s mentor recommended she take on Rose because of her special circumstances. See,… Continue reading House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen @sarapekkanen #LauraBenanti @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Ellen and Tanya are childhood friends who seemed to drift apart after a pivotal encounter right before Ellen married her fiancé Troy. Tanya met them for drinks, accompanied by a man that was quite appealing, at least on the surface. Though Ellen thought she and Tanya were as close as sisters, there was… Continue reading The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes @CarolineKepnes @justjuliawhelan @BrilliancePub #NeverTellCollection
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