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
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… Welcome to Crestmore Estates, a wealthy enclave of San Francisco. Five years ago, three of its residents went missing and have not been heard from since. Andrea Kendal is married to Eric, a prominent surgeon. They have two sons, Cameron and Ryder, her oldest from another relationship. His first wife Roxanne is one… Continue reading The Missing Ones by A. R. Torre @alessandratorre4 @moniquaplante @brilliancepublishing #TheMissing Ones
the setup… Thea manages a bookstore in Pittsburgh and Alex is a chef who once had his own restaurant but now works at his family’s place. She’s been divorced from husband Ethan for a week; his divorce from wife Jen is still fresh. When Thea and Alex find themselves on the steps of Ethan’s house… Continue reading Happy Ending by Chloe Liese @chloe_liese @jsvilinsky @jsvilinsky.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #HappyEnding
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
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