We watch as Josh Bandeaux slowly bleeds to death in his home office where at the last minute he recognizes his killer. The next morning, his estranged wife Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes to a horrifying scene. Blood is everywhere…on the bed, the walls and in her bathroom. None of it appears to be hers and… Continue reading The Night Before by Lisa Jackson
This story is directly tied to the one preceding it, Dying Truth, and I highly recommend for those who read out of order to read that one first. After the devastation of the last case where Kim was seriously injured and her team fractured, she returns to work after a six-week absence, bringing them back… Continue reading Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons
Amy Whey loves the life she’s created for herself after a very troubled time as a child and teenager. She’s married to a good man, mother to an infant son and a teenaged stepdaughter, with whom she has a strong relationship. She’s a scuba diving instructor, active within her community and best friend to her… Continue reading Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
When a parish priest discovers a newborn left on the church steps, he also discovers a locket with photojournalist Siobhan Walsh’s phone number inside. She comes to Texas to investigate and, after running into some serious trouble with Texas local law enforcement, she reaches out to her friend inside the FBI for help. FBI agents… Continue reading The Lost Girls by Allison Brennan
Allie Ross is married, a talented photographer on the path to building a successful career and the mother of five-year old Cole. She and husband Mark have just recently moved into their first home in a Bethesda, Maryland community where parenting is akin to a competitive sport. Allie doesn’t fit the mold of the typical… Continue reading I Don’t Forgive You by Aggie Blum Thompson
Eleven years ago, new mother Shelby Tebow disappeared while out for a jog one evening. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year old daughter Delilah vanished without a trace. Now suddenly Delilah has returned, having been held the entire time by two sadistic captors. The only one questioning whether she’s really the missing girl… Continue reading Blog Tour: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
DI Kim Stone and her team race to Heathcrest Academy, an elite boarding school, thinking they will be intervening in a student’s suicide attempt. When they arrive, they discover she’s already jumped from the building rooftop. As Kim examines the scene more closely, she suspects that 13-year old Sadie Winter’s death may not be what… Continue reading Dying Truth by Angela Marsons
Rachel Krall is the host of a highly successful true crime podcast, Guilty or Not Guilty, and she’s on her way to Neapolis, North Carolina to cover a contentious rape trial for her second season. She’s taken extraordinary care to keep her physical identity secret and her audience has not seen her likeness. So, she’s… Continue reading The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Since her recent return to hometown New Orleans, Olivia Benchet has experienced horrible visions of young women being brutally treated. Her attempts to alert law enforcement were met with something far less than skepticism. But when her latest appeared to her more vividly in all its horror, Olivia desperately reaches out to the detective who… Continue reading Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson
Jacob (Jake) Finch Bonner is a writer and published novelist whose first book reached critical acclaim but not the commercial success he’d dreamed about. His second book didn’t reach the level of the first and so he began teaching in an MFA program at Vermont’s Ripley College that even he knew wasn’t highly regarded. Jake… Continue reading The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
