the setup… Cynthie Taylor’s career is in serious trouble. She’s a well-regarded, famous actress now caught up in a scandal that may just level her career. Her agent and her best friend approach her with a project that just might be the solution…if she can bear having Jack Turner-Jones be the leading man in the… Continue reading Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood @lauracwood #HeatherLong @sam_m_stafford @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheoAndCynthie #LetsMakeAScene
the setup… Annie Blunt is a children’s book author, famous for her Pierce the Penguin series. She’s had an awful year beginning with the death of her husband John from a hit and run accident on the streets of New York City. Then came a heartbreaking tragedy tied back to her book series. Her agent… Continue reading Whistle by Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay @evakaminskyaudiobooks @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whistle
the setup… College student Casey Caldwell is one of the bridesmaids in her friend’s upcoming wedding. She’s suddenly paired with the groom’s rock star brother, Jake McKallister and is a little thrown by it. While she’s well known for being direct and outspoken, the extremely famous and talented Jake has a reputation of being quite… Continue reading Cake by J. Bengtsson @j_bengtsson @offmicandi @therealjoearden @hambright_pr #Cake
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’s 1980 and Joan Goodwin is a Rice University professor of physics and astronomy. She’s always dreamed of being in the midst of the stars and when she learns that NASA is opening up to accept women scientists into the Space Shuttle Program, she throws her hat into the ring and is accepted.… Continue reading Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid @tjenkinsreid @justjuliawhelan @kdimerc @kdimerc.bsky.social @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #Atmosphere
the setup… Mia Crawford is a successful financial planner at a crossroads in her life as she approaches her thirtieth birthday. Facing a serious promotion, she takes time off for an extended stay at the exclusive St. Claire island in the Caribbean, actually forced upon her by her well-meaning boss. He and her friends recognize… Continue reading Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds by Allison Brennan @abwrites #vanessajohansson @harlequinbooks #BeachReadsAndDeadlyDeeds
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
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