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… 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… 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
the setup… Walter Nash is now Dillon Hope, a man completely transformed and bearing no likeness to his former self. He’s formidable in every way…physically and mentally…and hellbent on avenging the death of his daughter. Nash is also working as an FBI informant and when we last saw him, he had infiltrated Victoria Steer’s enterprise,… Continue reading Hope Rises by David Baldacci @davidbaldacciauthor @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #WalterNash #HopeRises
the setup… It’s the late 1980s and Michelle Carver is back home in Los Angeles for the summer from Juilliard. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate magnate and has sneaked away from her controlling parents to avoid another suffocating event. When she’s forced to stop for gas, she mistakes Scott McKallister for an… Continue reading What Lasts by J. Bengtsson @j._bengtsson @greyspromo #Cake #WhatLasts
the setup… Elena Sullivan is spending a quiet evening at home with her husband and teenage son. They tune into a new crime drama on TV an as the show progresses, Elena is shocked to see parallels of the show to a horrible event in her life from fifteen years ago. Only one other person… Continue reading The Roommate by Andrea Mara @andreamaraauthor @andreamaraauthor.bsky.social @_heatherosullivan @brilliancepublishing
the setup… Honey Beckett takes an Uber to her tech billionaire husband’s funeral instead of a fancy hired car. Barney Beckett was larger than life and widely lauded as a genius in the AI development. She can’t believe he’s gone even though he was twice her age. When she reaches the funeral, she’s in for… Continue reading The Price of Honey by Liane Moriarty @lianemoriarty_official @antheagreco @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbitionCollection #ThePriceOfHoney
the setup… It’s Valentine’s Day and Noah Evans is working the night shift at the Louisiana graveyard when he hears some moaning. He’s a gravedigger and used to finding lovers amongst the gravestones. But when the moans turn to screaming, he realizes it’s not a Valentine’s Day tryst but a woman…buried alive. And it’s coming… Continue reading Valentine’s Slay by Navessa Allen @navessa.allen @alliepnarrates @alastairhaynesbridge @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #ValentinesSlay
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