the setup… Ian Curley is a renowned chef and restaurateur with a thriving restaurant in Melbourne. His three ex-wives, Anita, Mary-Jane (MJ) and Rosie, meet there every Friday in the same corner booth to share their past marital woes (he foots the bill). His two children, Max and Daisy, work for him. When Ian is… Continue reading The Ex-Wives Club by Sally Hepworth @sallyhepworth @antheagreco @brilliancepublishing #AlibisCollection #TheExWivesClub
the setup… Despite having an airtight alibi, Talia Kemper was convicted of murdering her husband Noel and sits on death row, awaiting execution now that her appeals are exhausted. But Talia is adamant that she didn’t kill her husband. When her lawyer comes for his last visit, she sees a man in the visiting area… Continue reading Death Row by Freida McFadden @fmcfaddenauthor @lauryn.allman @brilliancepublishing #AlibisCollection #DeathRow
the setup… TV news reporter Trinity Payne is sidelined by her network because of an awkward on air comment she made and she’s hiding out at her sister Detective Josie Quinn’s home. Determined to win her job back, Trinity is working on what she calls her next big story and is secretive and tight lipped… Continue reading Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #FindHerAlive
the setup… It begins with the death of restauranteur Paddy Swann, a man with a lust for life and a loving family who died after being pushed into the path of a commuter train. Soon after his funeral, his wife Nina receives a note and a package from Nick Ratcliffe who claims to be an… Continue reading Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell @lisajewelluk @richardcarmitage @jofroggatt @tamarynpayne88 @gemwhelan @mslouisebrealey #patiencetomlinson @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #DontLetHimIn
the setup… Dinah Marino is a Los Angeles homicide detective married to Joe, a psychiatrist with his own clinic. She loves her husband who makes her feel special every day of their marriage, unlike her own family. When she gets a call to the scene of Reese Bishop, a woman found dead in her home,… Continue reading A Happy Marriage by A. R. Torre @alessandratorre4 @paigevoice_official @maytheforcebewithjonno @chardiary @brilliancepublishing @netgalley #AHappyMarriage
the setup… Elizabeth May is a traveling nurse now living in Santa Cruz. It’s a job that perfectly suits her lifestyle as she normally never stays anywhere long enough to form roots, long term friends or connections. Even here she compartmentalizes her life, using different versions of her name…Eliza, Beth, Betsy, etc…as her identity with… Continue reading Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone @victoriahelenstone @victoriadahl.bsky.social @soneela @brilliancepublishing #BaldFacedLiar
the setup… It’s 1984 Seattle and the city is rocked by what appears to be a serial killer called the Green River Killer because of where the bodies are found. Holly Sparks is a journalist with a personal interest in these cases. Her sister Meg was murdered and suspicions are that she was one of… Continue reading The First Hunt by Audrey J. Cole @audreyjcole #AdelaideFernport #PeteCross @spotify @netgalley #TheFinalHunt #TheFirstHunt
the setup… Detective Sergeant Stilwell works for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, assigned to Catalina Island, where all the misfits are sent for penitence. He was with the Homicide Division before he found himself ensnared in department politics. While he’s investigating a poaching incident on a protected reserve, he gets a report of a… Continue reading Nightshade by Michael Connelly @michaelconnellybooks@michaelconnelly.bsky.social @jwdamron @jwdamron.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #DetectiveStilwell #Nightshade
the setup… Noelle Marshall is a Deschutes County Sheriff’s detective living and working in Bend, Oregon. But thirteen years ago, she was the wife of Sacramento Assemblyman Derrick Bell who was murdered in their home. Noelle was there, too, apparently left for dead. The killer was never identified or found and she couldn’t remember what… Continue reading Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot @kendraelliot @snemethparker @snemethparkerbsky.social @brilliancepublishing #NoelleMarshall #HerFirstMistake
the setup… Jack and Jill Tingley (yes, it’s cute) have been married since they met in college. To their Southern California world, their marriage is enviable and rock solid. But behind closed doors, they’ve grown apart, especially now that their daughter is off at college. Jill decides that a road trip to Utah will be… Continue reading Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda @kairarouda @kairarouda.bsky.social @marnyeyoung @highbridgeaudio @highbridgeaudio.bsky.social #JillIsNotHappy
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