the setup… Fact. Anthony Horowitz is a bestselling author of several successful series, one of which was adapted into an award winning television series. Fiction. He’s on the cusp of adapting a book to screen with Steven Spielberg as the director when he’s approached by former police detective Daniel Hawthorne to write a book about… Continue reading The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz @AnthonyHorowitz #RoryKinnear @HarperAudio
the setup… Ashley Smith is an American art student from Sacramento who is studying in London. It’s 1989 and a junior year where she’s facing spending the Christmas holiday alone as her mother recently died and there’s no one left behind in California. When she gets a sudden invitation from another student, Emma Chapman, she’s… Continue reading The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson @PeterSwanson3 @estherwane @HarperAudio
the setup… DI Kim Stone and her team are called to a crime scene only to learn that the man everyone believed was dead (including coroner Keats), was still alive and was transported to the hospital. But he died on the way and all Kim has are the pictures taken of the scene before she… Continue reading Bad Blood by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
the setup… DI Caius Beauchamp is on an early morning jog, part of his self improvement journey following his breakup with his French girlfriend Heloise, when he discovers the body of a dead woman in the park. He’d just stumbled into the world of “the other half” as the woman was later identified as Clemency… Continue reading The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell @CharlotteVass17 @ImogenWilde_ @PRHAudio @librofm
the setup… Sonya MacTavish is a graphic artist who was living in Boston with her fiancé, planning her wedding and working at a company she loved. When she came home early and unexpectedly one afternoon, catching him “in flagrante delecto” with another woman, her life changed overnight. Not long after, Sonya is contacted by the… Continue reading Inheritance by Nora Roberts #NoraRoberts @brit_pressley @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Caroline (Caz) Ripley boards the RMS Atlantica, a luxury cruise liner, along with her boyfriend Pete Davenport, ready for the ultimate vacation. Their first night is a delightful exploration of the ship and connection to other passengers. When she wakes the next morning, Pete’s gone from their cabin. Caz walks out into the… Continue reading The Last One by Will Dean @willrdean @JennyFunnell @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Keera Duggan is a former Seattle prosecutor who left to join her family’s criminal defense law practice after her relationship with a high profile colleague turned toxic after she broke things off. It’s not a choice she would ordinarily have made despite her father Patrick (Patsy) having a formidable reputation. Keera has a… Continue reading Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @SaskiaAudio @BrilliancePub
the setup… Nadiya is a bestselling crime writer using the pseudonym D. G. Williams who was living alone and working at home in a three unit townhouse with her adorable bulldog Winston. That was until she discovered half brother Chase Garcia on a DNA website. After they connected, he moved in from Miami, broke and… Continue reading #CrimeTime by Jeneva Rose & Drew Pyne @jenevarosebooks #DrewPyne @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… The Fairway Players are back, this time under the direction of Sarah-Jane MacDonald, replacing the Haywards. It’s a Christmas pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk and for those of you outside of the UK, that’s a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment which was developed in England. Rehearsals… Continue reading The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett @JaniceHallett #AyshaKala @racheladedeji @SidSagar @SimonAudio
the setup… Evan Smoak is recovering from the devastating attack on his penthouse six months ago and a chance encounter with a migrant worker has him considering a new Nowhere Man mission. But Aragón Urrea is no innocent, a drug kingpin in Texas who operates outside of the cartels and supports his community in the… Continue reading Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @MacmillanAudio
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