I’m listening to this series with one of my Goodreads groups, beginning this month. I read it over ten years ago and am rereading it via audio for the first time. In 2014, the author re-recorded the series with different narrators so there are two versions. The one my library carries is the original version.… Continue reading The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann @SuzBrockmann
The Seattle Police Department is selecting new recruits to join the force with a specific mandate to seek out a few women. Tracy Crosswhite is a chemistry teacher who has applied, along with another young woman. One detective on the selection committee is determined to help her fail before she graduates from the Academy. This… Continue reading The Academy by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @esuttonsmith @BrilliancePub
This book is comprised of two short stories, one from the Lucy Kincaid series, the other from Max Revere. Spiral (Lucy Kincaid #12.5) FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid and former fiancé Sean Rogan have finally made it to the altar and are married, on their honeymoon outside of Vail, Colorado in the new home he… Continue reading Two to Die For by Allison Brennan @Allison_Brennan
When Roxanne (Roxie) Logan met Billy Flynn seven years ago it was love at first sight. Despite everyone else who mattered to her despising him, Roxie was committed to her “misguided angel.” See, everyone else knew Billy was a criminal and it took Roxie three years into the relationship and four sudden relocations across the… Continue reading Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley @KristenAshley68 @OhSusannahJones
It’s the 25th anniversary of the day 7-year old Melody Jones was abducted and never seen again. Wealthy businessman and philanthropist Steven Harte presents himself at the police precinct of DI Kim Stone and declares he has information related to her abduction. Hours later, 8-year old Grace Lennard is abducted from her day care and… Continue reading Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
The Cooper Chase Retirement Center in Kent is home to four residents who meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss and try to solve open cold cases from the files of one of their former members. Together, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim make up The Thursday Murder Club. Until recently, the best they’d done… Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman @richardosman #LesleyManville @PRHAudio
The short stories/novellas of the Kate Burkholder series are all included in the audiobook anthology A Simple Murder. As I’m reading the series in order, I will post the reviews of each separately. Police Chief Kate Burkholder and her team have their hands full on Friday the 13th in Painter’s Mill. There’s a massive… Continue reading Only the Lucky by Linda Castillo @LindaCastillo11 #KathleenMcInerney @MacmillanAudio
Cybil Campbell is the youngest of Grant and Genviéve’s three children and has followed her father’s path. She’s the artist behind a comic strip but she’s a much lighter spirit than Grant, exuding cheer and sunshine, always seeing the best in people. That includes her new sullen neighbor, Preston McQuinn who guards his privacy with… Continue reading The Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts
Joe Talbert is a college student juggling his studies, part time work and a troublesome relationship with his bipolar mother who’s responsible for the care of his 18-year old autistic brother, Jeremy. His current class assignment is to interview someone he doesn’t know and write their biography. Joe’s bright idea is to go to a… Continue reading The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens @aeskens @ZachVilla @TantorAudio
DI Kim Stone and DS Bryant are assigned to visit the family of a woman murdered a year ago to assure them that they are just as committed to help convict Trisha Morley’s husband Nick of the crime as they were with the first trial. Unfortunately, that one resulted in a hung jury and the… Continue reading Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
Blue Mood Café 