Category: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy @charlottemcconaghy @coopmortlockva @littrelly.speaking @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WildDarkShore

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Shearwater is a small (fictional) island near Antarctica used to house the world’s largest seed bank because of climate change. Its only residents are Dominic Salt as caretaker and his three children, Raff, Fen and Orly. It once included researchers but the island is now at risk itself due to rising sea levels.… Continue reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy @charlottemcconaghy @coopmortlockva @littrelly.speaking @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WildDarkShore

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Her Deadly Touch by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerDeadlyTouch

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Two years ago, five children were killed in a school bus accident, the driver Virgil Lesko impaired by drugs and alcohol. He’s currently awaiting trial and the families are still grieving the senseless loss. Detective Josie Quinn is on the last day of suspension resulting from her last case and visits the cemetery… Continue reading Her Deadly Touch by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerDeadlyTouch

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Short Stories

The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane @hkdimon @mrjmcclain @evakaminskyaudioboos @harperaudio @harperaudio.bsky.social #TheWifeDeservedIt

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… A man walks into a bar while away for business, meets a beautiful woman there and proceeds to rant about his soon-to-be-ex wife. Reid Cavanagh wants out but wants his kids and all the money. She has to die and he’s done the research. Tonight’s the night and his plan is solid. But,… Continue reading The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane @hkdimon @mrjmcclain @evakaminskyaudioboos @harperaudio @harperaudio.bsky.social #TheWifeDeservedIt

Audiobook, Legal Thriller, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Short Stories

The Cross by Steve Cavanagh @sscav @stevecavanagh.bsky.social #AdamSims @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #EddieFlynn #TheCross

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Eddie Flynn is a defense attorney with a struggling law practice he and his partner Jack Halloran are trying to keep afloat. Eddie’s marriage his also shaky because of the long hours that keep him away from wife Christine and daughter Amy. He takes on a politically unpopular case where he’s representing the… Continue reading The Cross by Steve Cavanagh @sscav @stevecavanagh.bsky.social #AdamSims @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #EddieFlynn #TheCross

Audiobook, Legal Thriller, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Widow by John Grisham @johngrisham #MichaelBeck @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheWidow

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Simon Latch is a small town lawyer with a modest practice in Braxton, Virginia. He specializes in the simple stuff like bankruptcies and wills, barely enough to pay the bills. Simon’s marriage is crumbling and he has a slight gambling habit. Everything changes when Eleanor Barnett walks into his office. She’s an elderly… Continue reading The Widow by John Grisham @johngrisham #MichaelBeck @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheWidow

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Lines by Matt Brolly @mattbrollyuk @roukinofficial @brilliancepublishing #DSLiamKilshaw #TheLines

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Liam Kilshaw was once a marine with the UK Royal Navy Special Forces, assigned to Special Boat Services (SBS) until he almost died during a dive that went terribly wrong. He’s now a Detective Sergeant with the St. Ives police force and is dealing with his PTSD by going out with the volunteer… Continue reading The Lines by Matt Brolly @mattbrollyuk @roukinofficial @brilliancepublishing #DSLiamKilshaw #TheLines

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Out of the Shadows by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinbooks #AngelhartInvestigations #OutOfTheShadows

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… We met Logan Monroe in the last book and he now has Angelhart Investigations on retainer. Alarms go off for him when his sister Laura Barrett and her two children, Sydney and Cody, are deliberately struck on the highway by a truck, totaling their car. They later discover their home had been burglarized… Continue reading Out of the Shadows by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinbooks #AngelhartInvestigations #OutOfTheShadows

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

You’ll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinpublishing #AngelhartInvestigations #YoullNeverFindMe

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… I learned in the prequel how important family is to Private Investigator Margo Angelhart but in the ensuing years, a lot has changed. She’s estranged from the family private investigation practice she helped create and her beloved father is in prison. Margo is still solo but her practice is doing well enough that… Continue reading You’ll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan @abwrites @hillaryoutloud @harlequinpublishing #AngelhartInvestigations #YoullNeverFindMe

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Short Stories

This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #FullCast @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #ThisIsASafeSpace

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Jenna has a thriving private therapy practice and is married to Colten, a man she loves and who loves her back. He’s never given her a reason to mistrust him but she brought trust baggage to the relationship. Despite promising to stop secretly checking his phone, she falls off the wagon and sees… Continue reading This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #FullCast @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #ThisIsASafeSpace

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen @tess.gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @hillaryoutloud @britpressley @brilliancepublishing #TheMartiniClub #TheSpyCoast

Jonetta | Blue Mood Café

the setup… Where do spies go when they decide to retire? Apparently to Purity, Maine. Maggie Bird is a former CIA operative now running a chicken farm there, joining a group of former colleagues who like the peace and solitude. They meet regularly for book club and martinis. But that life is disrupted when Maggie… Continue reading The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen @tess.gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @hillaryoutloud @britpressley @brilliancepublishing #TheMartiniClub #TheSpyCoast