the setup… Police Chief Josie Quinn is called to a familiar site where two young boys discovered human bones buried in a trailer park. It’s the same park where Josie played growing up and her sense of unease deepens when the identity of the teen is disclosed…Belinda Rose. It’s her estranged mother’s name but the… Continue reading Her Mother’s Grave by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #HerMothersGrave
the setup… Detective Kara Quinn and the Mobile Response Team are dispatched to a crime scene in Oregon where a female college student is found murdered, her throat cut and red poppies covering her body. At the same time, Special Agent Matt Costa is in Virginia at another crime scene, this time an older man… Continue reading See How They Hide by Allison Brennan @abwrites @suzanne_t_fortin @suzannefortin.bsky.social @harlequin_audio #SeeHowTheyHide
the setup… Jasmine is a woman in a dead end job living with an abusive boyfriend in Madison, Wisconsin and is now fleeing the relationship. She’s decided to escape to Denver and start a new life. Stephanie Monroe is a divorced, successful newsroom director on her way to a business conference in San Diego with… Continue reading The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia @jessiegarcia_author @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheBusinessTrip
the setup… Claire Mason returns home from work late at night and finds an unbelievable scene. Her parents lay murdered in their bed, shot to death. Sheriff Bree Taggert arrives to find the seventeen year old traumatized and alone. What first looks like a burglary gone wrong soon morphs into so much more as she… Continue reading Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 @melindaleighbooks.bsky.social @fightingfrau @brilliance.publishing #TrackHerDown
the setup… Pharmacist Augusta Stern is about to turn eighty and is forced to retire (she’d fudged her age by ten years). She’s lived in Brooklyn her entire life and has no plan for what’s next so her beloved niece Jackie convinces her to relocate to a vibrant senior community in Rallentando Springs, Florida. On… Continue reading The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman @lloigman @gabracadabranyc @gabracadabra.bsky.social @macmillan.audio #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern
the setup… Zoe Ann Weiss is an expatriate from London living in Los Angeles. She won a writing competition that brought her worldwide attention, an agent and a two-book deal. Her debut novel failed to catch on and now she’s struggling with the second. Zoe’s dreams of being a writer seem to be fizzling as… Continue reading The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale @pipdrysdale @billiefb_voiceover @billiefulfordbrown.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheCloseUp
the setup… Margaret (Maggie) Blount is a 41-year old physician, divorced and the mother of two teens, Willa and Gemma (sixteen and fourteen, respectively). She and her romantic partner Alex are also part of Doctors on Wheels, an organization he founded and fundraises for, that responds to natural disasters. Her thriving practice allows her to… Continue reading Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @kate_rudd_reads @katerudd.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #RollingTowardClearSkies
the setup… Kyle McCray is back in town. He left Potsdam over two years ago and has returned because his father just had a stroke and needs help. Kyle is reluctant to run into the people he left behind, in particular his ex-wife Casey. They were married for sixteen years and he still loves her.… Continue reading What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange @tracey_lange @snemethparker @demeritt @macmillan.audio #WhatHappenedToTheMcCrarys
the setup… Grady Green is an author whose first book was an astonishing success. He hasn’t achieved that same level with his following books but he finally got the call that his latest is now a New York Times bestseller. When he calls his wife Abby to share the news, he hears her car come… Continue reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney @alicewriterland @alicefeeney.com @richardcarmitage @whiteboarfilms.com @twopencemiddleton @macmillan.audio #BeautifulUgly
The Audiobook Challenge is back for 2025! I’ll be joining Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About, the co-hosts for the 12th year of this challenge. I’m going for I Can’t Hear You since I achieved that in 2024 and I continue to listen to more audiobooks than I read! Challenge Details Runs January… Continue reading 2025 Audiobook Challenge @caffeinatedreviewer.com @caffeinatedreviewer @jentwimom.bsky.social @jen_twimom #2025AudiobookChallenge
Blue Mood Café 