2025 Beat the Backlist Challenge – Page 3

The Bones She Buried by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn

the setup… Detectives Josie Quinn and Noah Fraley have dated now for a year and it’s brought out the best in both. They arrive at his mother’s house for their monthly dinner and find a horrific scene with Colette Fraley face down in her back yard and non responsive. As Josie begins CPR, she discovers… Continue reading The Bones She Buried by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn

the setup… Detectives Josie Quinn and Noah Fraley are dispatched to a murder scene where a young man is dead in the driveway of a private home. Josie recognizes the address…it belongs to Detective Gretchen Palmer, a colleague she hired and highly respects. There’s no identification on the body and it’s soon clear that Gretchen… Continue reading Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerFinalConfession

the setup… Emily Evans is obsessed with Wordle, playing everyday with a 300+-day streak going on. She’s 27-years old and landed in the small town of Waldon, Prince Edward Island when a friend of her mother had a rental available for free. She’s a receptionist at an auto shop and is trying to figure out… Continue reading A Five-Letter Word for Love by Amy James @amyjamesbooks @amyjamesbooks.bsky.social @harlequin_audio @beatthebacklist.com #AFiveLetterWordForLove

the setup… Travis Devine is a former Army Ranger Captain who inexplicably left a brilliant military career and then joined Cowl and Comely, a prestigious New York investment bank. At 32-years old, he’s older than his other entry level analysts and an anomaly. He shares an apartment with three others, taking the 6:20 train from… Continue reading The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci @davidbaldacciauthor @davidbaldacci.bsky.social @webberesque @yolakin @themelalee @themelalee.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #The620Man

the setup… Homicide Detective Vincent Ruiz suddenly gains consciousness, finding himself in the Thames, at night with a bullet in his leg, hanging onto a buoy. He has no memory of how he got there or what happened to him. He’s rescued, taken to the hospital and grilled by colleagues who don’t believe his amnesia.… Continue reading Lost by Michael Robotham @michaelrobotham @michaelrobotham.bsky.social #raylonnen @recordedbooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #Lost #JosephOLoughlin

the setup… Eddie Winston finds joy in almost every aspect of his life. He volunteers at a charity shop in Birmingham, England, sorting through the donations brought in by the living and from those who’ve passed on. He’s highly perceptive, knowing when he needs to put something aside until the original donator returns to see… Continue reading Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin @itsmariannecronin @cccorbett_11 @harperaudio #EddieWinstonIsLookingForLove

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

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