the setup… Evie Hamilton has the dream job she’s wanted for a long time and should be thrilled. As the acting general manager, temporarily replacing Gerald who is recovering from a heart attack, she’s focused on implementing the changes to bring The Alexandra, Cornwall back to its 5-star status. But the downside of growing up… Continue reading Five-Star Summer by Sarah Morgan @sarahmorganwrites @thatbritishactress @harlequinbooks #FiveStarSummer
the setup… Hannah Brennan is a young artist trying to breakthrough the art community in New York City. An influential friend of her late mother is willing to give her a shot but the painting she submits for review doesn’t meet the woman’s expectations. A mysterious woman she meets at an estate sale gives her… Continue reading The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown @laurenlingbrown @laurenlingbrown.bsky.social @jessnahikian @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #TheSilentMuse
the setup… DI Kim Stone is called to the scene of the latest murder victim, Ashley Reynolds, a married social worker with a seven year old daughter. After close inspection, she was killed with a knife and left on her back while the murderer stood until she died. By all accounts, she was well liked… Continue reading Wicked Women by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons @jancramervoice @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DIKimStone #WickedWomen
the setup… It’s the summer of 2000 in Gladstone, Massachusetts and seventeen year old Ashlee Jayde (AJ) Graves is bored working at a video rental store. She’s obsessed with a 1964 cult series called Astronauticals and dreams of writing for SNL. In walks Noah Drew, a member of an acting family dynasty whose Aunt Eudora… Continue reading Into the Blue by Emma Brodie @emma.c.brodie @justjuliawhelan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @reesesbookclub #IntoTheBlue
the setup… It’s an unremarkable spring afternoon in Sunset Beach, NC when three women walk into the post office to mail a package. There’s a man at the counter with the postal clerk, obviously upset. When they suggest that perhaps another agent could be called after a long wait, things get dicey as the man… Continue reading Handle With Care by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen @marybethwhalen @janesome @librofm @librofm.com @thomasnelson #HandleWithCare
the setup… Lenora Sforza is a delivery driver, an ideal job for someone who lives her life driven by order and routine. She’s meticulous about following her schedule and patterns so when she arrives at Anne Bridges home, the woman isn’t there to greet her as is her normal behavior. Lenora finds her bludgeoned to… Continue reading A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver @lauren_oliver_books @hlaserwolf @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #AFatalDelivery
the setup… Chris is a pharmacist who met Larissa two months ago when she needed a ride home from a concert. He was with his best friend Mike and she chose him. Now he’s come to her rescue when Mike had to bail on his promise to drive her and her mother to the hospital.… Continue reading The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez @authorabbyjimenez @teresapalmer @webberesque @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #SayYoullRememberMe #TheNightWeMet
the setup… For sixty years, Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has quietly lived on Kenny Lane in Melbourne. Aside from being a bit curmudgeonly, her neighbors consider her to be a good resident. She minds her own business but doesn’t hold back in speaking her mind. When the six-year old Persephone moves in next door, she’s determined… Continue reading Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth @sallyhepworth @hanfredericksen #JennySeedsman @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #MadMabel
the setup… It’s been two years since Detective Mitch Haskell’s wife Angela was found dead in their home with their infant son Andrew nearby. Her death was ruled a suicide but Mitch knows she was murdered by Roland Malone, a New Orleans restauranteur who is also the lethal henchman used by Oz, the head of… Continue reading Bloodlust by Sandra Brown @sandrabrownauthor @kyfermadness @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @grandcentralpub @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #Blood #Bloodlust
the setup… Rachel Redden is worried that husband Jake is losing his interest in her and their marriage so she devises a plan to “wake up” those dormant feelings. She stages their bedroom and bathroom to appear as if she’d been taken and then disappears. But as she waits to be “rescued,” things don’t even… Continue reading You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by A. R. Torre @alessandratorre4 @sarahbgoer @eleddielo @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #YoullMissMeWhenImGone
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