the setup… Evan Smoak is The Nowhere Man, literally. He’s the product of a mysterious elite training program where young orphans are selected to leave their lives, undergo rigorous development for life and emerge as lethal assassins. It purportedly is part of a secret government initiative but Evan later had reason to question its mission.… Continue reading Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz @GreggHurwitz @ScottBrick @BrilliancePub
the setup… It’s been three years since Lady Merritt Sterling was widowed when her husband Joshua was lost at sea. She took over management of his shipping company, assisted by her brother Luke Marsden. The company has thrived but now is threatened because of one very angry customer. Keir MacRae, a whisky distiller from Islay… Continue reading Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas #LisaKleypas @heroinetheplay @HarperAudio
the setup… Beauregard (Bug) Montage owns an auto repair shop with his cousin, Kelvin. He’s married to Kia and has two sons. He also has a daughter from his youth by another mother. He’s a good provider for his family and has put a lot of distance between the man he is today and who… Continue reading Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby @blacklionking73 @alazarrewhite @MacmillanAudio
the setup… Rachael Schwartz was excommunicated from the Amish community over fourteen years ago when she was only 17-years old. She had a reputation as a free spirit and couldn’t abide the confines of the Amish lifestyle. However, she returns to Painter’s Mill only to be brutally murdered in her motel room. When Police Chief… Continue reading Fallen by Linda Castillo @LindaCastillo11 #KathleenMcInerney @MacmillanAudio
the setup… It’s been a month since Sean Rogan’s horrifying experience where he was falsely accused, arrested, abducted and tortured. His wife, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid, is hoping her law enforcement conference in Sacramento will help move him out of the dark place he seems to be in. He’ll be around family and friends and… Continue reading A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan @MinotaurBooks
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… Lady Cassandra Ravenel is at loose ends now that her twin has married. She’s disillusioned about her own prospects to find a suitable husband among the current crop of men during the season and fears she’ll never find love like her sisters now experience. As she’s sharing her sorrow with West, her cousin,… Continue reading Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas #LisaKleypas @heroinetheplay @HarperAudio
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
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