the setup… What would you do if you received a letter with nothing on it but the names of nine people you don’t know, yours included? You’d probably ignore it as most on that list did…until two of those people are murdered. FBI Agent Jessica Winslow begins to investigate as her name is also on… Continue reading Nine Lives by Peter Swanson @PeterSwanson3 #JacquesRoy @mark_bramhall @HarperAudio @librofm
the setup… Detective Tracy Crosswhite returns from extended leave to discover she’s been reassigned to the cold case unit. After consideration, she decides to begin with the unsolved abduction of little Elle Chin who disappeared from a corn maze while out with her father five years ago on Halloween. Elle’s parents were in the middle… Continue reading In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @esuttonsmith @BrilliancePub
the setup… The narrator and his wife Millicent have been married for fifteen years and the parents of two teenaged children, Jenna and Rory. They live in an affluent neighborhood; she’s a successful realtor and he’s a tennis pro. To their friends and outsiders, they appear to be a normal suburban family. But he and… Continue reading My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing @smariedowning @DavidPittu @PRHAudio
the setup… Detective Tracy Crosswhite and attorney husband Dan O’Leary have returned to their hometown of Cedar Grove, Washington for a couple of months. She’s on leave and he’s representing one of the town’s long time merchants who’s being forced to give up his property as part of a revitalization plan. The former sheriff has… Continue reading A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @esuttonsmith @BrilliancePub
the setup… Sean Rogan returns home to find two police cars stationed in front of his house and immediately thinks something’s happened to his wife, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid. He soon discovers they’re detectives from Houston waiting to arrest him for murder. Next, Lucy’s partner Nate Dunning exits the courthouse after testifying for one of… Continue reading Cold as Ice by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @amleestories @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Is there any worse call for law enforcement than a missing child? Police Chief Kate Burkholder gets one for a two-year old before dawn in the middle of a raging thunderstorm. Everyone is dispatched to find this little Amish boy. the heart of the story… It’s a race to find little Joe Klein… Continue reading Disappeared by Linda Castillo @LindaCastillo11 #KathleenMcInerney @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and her partner Detective Barry Frost are called to the home of critical care nurse Sofia Suarez whose murder was discovered by her neighbor. Sofia’s husband had recently died and it appeared she’d returned home and interrupted a robbery. But something about it seems off and when Jane later… Continue reading Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen @tessgerritsen @Blunder_Woman @BrilliancePub
the setup… Let me start by saying this is not a standalone! If you don’t read The Family Upstairs first…prepare to be lost. The Lamb siblings are back, this time adjusting to their reunion with each other and Lucy’s return to London. She and her oldest daughter, Libby Jones, are beginning to bond as they… Continue reading The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell @lisajewelluk #DominicThorburn @bea_holland @HughQuarshie #JoshDylan #ThomasJudd @ETomlinson @SimonAudio
the setup… Amish widower Adam Lengacher is out for a sleigh ride in the middle of a snowstorm with his three young children (Sammy, Annie and Lizzie) when he comes across a car in a ditch covered in snow. He finds the driver nearby, a woman with some kind of serious injury and close to… Continue reading Outsider by Linda Castillo @LindaCastillo11 #KathleenMcInerney @MacmillanAudio
the setup… FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid and her husband Sean Rogan are in Hildago, Texas because his brother Kane is finally marrying his fiancée Siobhan Walsh. In typical Kane style, the ceremony is last minute, the only other guest is Siobhan’s sister Andie and it's taking place at the RCK ranch. But while Lucy and… Continue reading No Way Out by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @amleestories @MacmillanAudio
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