the setup… It’s the spring of 2014 in Pondville, Massachusetts and Paul (PJ) Halliday was reading the obituaries and saw that his old friend and rival Gene Bartlett had died. Gene married Michelle Cobb, “the one that got away,” and PJ is inspired to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in… Continue reading The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett @annie_hartnett @anniehartnett.bsky.social @mbram17 @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheRoadToTenderHearts
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… Jane Darling is working hard to make Cupid’s Arrow, her startup matchmaking business, a success so showing up in sports bars in a toga and angel wings to promote it isn’t beneath her. Running into the annoying Jasper Jannich, New York’s star quarterback and the best friend of her brother-in-law, wasn’t part of… Continue reading My Darling Jane by Ilsa Madden-Mills @ilsamaddenmills @stellahunternarrator @sebastianyork_official @brilliancepublishing #TheDarlings #My Darling Jane
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
the setup… Cora Atkin is on her way to register the name of her newborn son. Her husband Gordon wants him named after him; nine-year old daughter Maia suggests Bear, and Cora likes Julian. Whichever her choice will have a consequence, both for the child and her family. Over the next 35 years, the story… Continue reading The Names by Florence Knapp @florenceknapp_ @florenceknapp.bsky.social #dervlakirwan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheNames
the setup… Rowan Gallagher is an architect and single mother with a 16-year old daughter, Natalie. She lives in Portland, Maine and is working on a two-year contract to restore an historic mansion for the influential Wincott family. She loves the project but her personal life just hit the skids. The man she’s been dating… Continue reading Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen @sarina.bowen @sarinabowen.bsky.social @kathleenearly @caitlinkellyvo @caitlinkellyvo.bsky.social @sarahmollo @harperaudio #DyingToMeetYou
the setup… Rayna Dumont is an American expatriate living in Amsterdam and working as a freelance travel writer. Licking her wounds following a brutal and scandalous divorce, she decides to throw caution to the wind one evening and go home with Xander, her Tinder date. She wakes the next morning to find him murdered in… Continue reading The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle @kimberlybellebooks @jenniferjill.araya @jenniferjillaraya.bsky.social @theladyhamlet @theladyhamlet.bsky.social @harlequinbooks #TheExpatAffair
the setup… Bud Stanley is stuck. He’s a middle-aged obituary writer living in Brooklyn, divorced from a woman who left him for someone unremarkable. Bud is going through the motions of life and even his writing has gone stale. One night after too much to drink, he pens his own obituary and accidentally publishes it.… Continue reading I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney @johnkenneywriter @seanpatrickhopkins @zibbypublishing @librofm @libro.fm #ISeeYouveCalledInDead
the setup… Game commission officers discover two bodies while out on inspection and contact both the Lenore County Sheriff and the Denton Police Department as jurisdiction isn’t clear. Josie and Noah determine it’s theirs but coordination with Lenore County is still required depending on where the investigation leads. Valerie and Tyler Yates appear to have… Continue reading Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #ColdHeartCreek
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