the setup… After the young woman found beneath the ice in a South London park is identified as the daughter of a prominent politician, Chief Superintendent Marsh calls in Detective Erika Foster to lead the investigation as she’s had more experience with high profile murders of this type. Erika is coming off of leave following… Continue reading The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza #RobertBryndza @JanCramervoice @bookouture
This reading challenge, hosted by Austine @ Austine Decker.com, is designed to help you tackle all the books you keep meaning to read and still haven’t. Last year, I read 72 books for this challenge so I pledged to read 70 books again in 2022. I came up 5 books short but I’m still pleased…close… Continue reading 2022 Beat the Backlist Challenge Update
the setup… Evan Smoak, formerly known as Orphan X when he was part of the Orphan program and now operating as the Nowhere Man, responds to his latest client’s plea for help. She’s fallen into the clutches of human traffickers and after he “resolves” the issue, it occurs to him he may have left other… Continue reading The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @BrilliancePub
the setup… Bree Taggert has accepted the position of sheriff in Randolph County since she’s moved to Grey’s Hollow to raise her niece and nephew. She’s called to a campground where a shooting was reported, only to find no evidence of a victim, shooter or the witness. Soon after, however, they locate the witness, homeless… Continue reading See Her Die by Melinda Leigh @MelindaLeigh1 #ChristinaTraister @BrilliancePub
the setup… It’s been two years since Maggie Flynn lost her husband Art who died from a terminal illness. She was his primary caretaker during that time, devoting herself entirely to the man she loved dearly. Now her 40th year high school reunion is coming up and she’ll be returning to her hometown in Wyndham… Continue reading An Invincible Summer by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @KateMarcinVO @BrilliancePub
the setup… Tiffany (Tiffy) Moore, a craft book editor, desperately needs a cheap place to stay. She and her boyfriend Justin have broken things off and he’s forcing her to leave his apartment. Leon Twomey, a hospice nurse, needs some extra cash flow and places an ad for a flatshare at an attractive rate. There’s… Continue reading The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary #BethOLeary @CarrieHFletcher #KawkuFortune @MacmillanAudio
the setup… It’s Christmas Eve and Harper Thompson is desperately trying to get to the megabus that will take her to her parents home in Houston for the holidays. It’s pouring down rain in Austin and she’s smushed into a crowded Lyft van driven by Amal who is direction challenged. The man next to her,… Continue reading It Started with a Dog by Julia London @JuliaFLondon @copatter @TantorAudio
the setup… Evan Smoak is on his way back to Los Angeles and stops in a Palo Alto coffee shop. He notices a beautiful woman in the grasp of a man that looks unnatural. Further observation has him believing she shows all the signs of being in an abusive situation. After a little internet searching,… Continue reading Buy a Bullet by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @BrilliancePub
the setup… On the morning of June 12, 2013, 12-year old Eddie Adler, his parents Bruce and Jane and 15-year old brother Jordan board a plane in Newark going to Los Angeles to their new home. Somewhere over Colorado, the plane crashes leaving only one survivor. There were 191 souls who lost their lives that… Continue reading Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano @napolitanoann @campbell_cass @PRHAudio
the setup… Sawyer Brooks is a news and human interest reporter with the Sacramento Independent newspaper with aspirations to join the crime beat. She gets her opportunity when their top crime reporter needs a photographer for a homicide where he’s on scene without one due to unforeseen circumstances. Sawyer finds a way into the actual… Continue reading Don’t Make a Sound by T. R. Ragan @TRRaganAuthor #JennicaDamon @BrillancePub
Blue Mood Café 