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The Summer Party

Author: Rebecca HeathPublisher: Aria & AriesDate Published: January 5, 2023 This was a taut thriller about a woman named Lucy who returns to clean out her Nan’s house a few month’s after she passes. Coincidentally, just before she arrives, a body is found near the cliffside of her childhood friend’s house. Even after all these years,…
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The Widowmaker

Author: Hannah MorrisseyPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: December 6, 2022 I loved Hannah Morrissey’s first book, Hello, Transcriber. So, in a similar vein, The Widowmaker calls upon the author’s experience, bringing a great deal of background knowledge to the story. The Widowmaker follows two seemingly unrelated cases: a cold case going back at least 20 years…
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The Prisoner

Author: B. A. ParisPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: November 1, 2022 Thank you, B. A. Paris, for writing an intelligent thriller that that blew my mind! I would never think that a book in which half of the setting takes place in the dark could be interesting, but Paris has managed to imbue this book with…
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The Scam

Author: Evie HunterPublisher: Boldwood BooksDate Published: November 3, 2022 BLOG TOUR Summary No one can be trusted…. Amongst the wealth and glitter of St Tropez, Sky Kennedy is living her best life, with the perfect man by her side. Rich and gorgeous, Karim has shown her a world she could have barely imagined, and she doesn’t…
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What January Remembers

Author: Faith GardnerPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkDate Published: November 8, 2022 This is another great book in the Jolvix Episodes. Each can be read as a standalone. This one explores the not-so-distant future, when robots become lifelike companions, with perfectly smooth skin and anatomical correctness. For the Jagger adult kids, it’s a great surprise when their father purchases…
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Forget Me Not

Author: Miranda RijksPublisher: Inkubator BooksDate Published: October 26, 2022 Anything by Miranda Rijks is an automatic buy for me, and this one did not disappoint. Forget Me Not felt authentic – I could feel the coldness of the blustering snow in the Swiss Alps, see the skiers slaloming down the mountainside, and feel Helen’s desperation as…
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Violet is Nowhere

Author: Faith GardnerPublisher: Mirror House PressDate Published: September 22, 2022 I am thrilled that Faith Gardner followed up quickly on the first book in The Jolvix Episodes, Amen, Maxine! This time around we get to see the main character, Violet, kidnapped and left in a cabin with absolutely no technology – no cell phone, no TV,…
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The Lucky One

Author: Jessica PaynePublisher: BookoutureDate Published: September 14, 2022 The Lucky One is told in multiple timelines. The first is Norah’s memory of what happened 10 years ago, when she and her friend were kidnapped after leaving their high school prom. The second is told as it happens; Norah is called home after her father is found…
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The Woman on the Bench

Author: Eliot StevensPublisher: Inkubator BooksDate Published: August 28, 2022 It’s the stuff of romance novels: a chance encounter with a perfect stranger. A shared moment. The wish for more. So it went for Mark and Alice, who encounter each other at a party. Mark is there with his wife Cecilia and doesn’t get the chance to…
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Please Join Us

Author: Catherine McKenziePublisher: Atria BooksDate Published: August 23, 2022 Please Join Us is an intelligently written book about a group of women ostensibly gathered together to collaborate in an attempt to usurp the “old boy’s network”. When litigator Nicole is invited to join Panthera Leo at an expensive retreat where women come together to do bonding…