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The In-Laws

Author: Laura WolfePublisher: BookoutureDate Published: January 26, 2023 Camping in the remote woods with your in-laws-to-be. What could go wrong? Abigail and her parents have only met once, and it didn’t go so well. As a participant in many “required” bonding events, I cringed when bride-to-be Abigail suggests a 3-day guided camping trip with organized exercises.…
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The Fear of Winter

Author: S. C. SterlingPublisher: No Bueno PublishingDate Published: January 18, 2023 This book starts out as a search for a missing daughter but turns into so much more. It’s the story of what happens to a married couple when tragedy strikes, the desperation of lives marred by drugs and alcohol, and the splinter between children and…
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The Neighbour

Author: Gemma RogersPublisher: Boldwood BooksDate Published: January 5, 2023 You know what they say – if it seems too good…. When Shelley’s mom dies after a long bout with dementia, Shelley is so happy to find a 6-month lease on a decent house on Beech Close in a great school catchment area. But when she gets…
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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,…