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Judith D Collins
- 2 days ago
- 5 min
The Revenge List
By: Hannah Mary McKinnon ISBN: 978-0778333463 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: 05/23/2023 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) TOP BOOK OF 2023 LIST MAY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS MAY FEATURED ELEVATOR INTERVIEW “This twisty, original thriller through the dark side of self-help is a breath of fresh air that ends with a jaw-dropping gasp.” —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest “The Revenge List checks all the boxes of what a thrill
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 15
- 12 min
The Last Carolina Girl
By: Meagan Church Narrator: Susan Bennett ISBN: 9781705094518 RB Media, Recorded Books Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 03/28/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS MARCH FEATURED AUTHOR INTERVIEW TOP BOOKS OF 2023 A searing book club novel for fans of Where the Crawdad's Sing and The Girls in the Stilt House following one girl fighting for her family, her body, and her right to create a future all her own Some
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 15
- 8 min
The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
By: Colleen Oakley ISBN: 9780593200803 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 03/28/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST MARCH AUTHOR ELEVATOR INTERVIEW MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A “wildly surprising, entertaining” (Jodi Picoult) novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twen
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 8
- 9 min
The Greedy Three
A THRILLER | COVER REVEAL By: Karen Katchur Narrator: Scott Aiello 🎧 8 hrs. and 52 mins Podium Audio Cover Artist: Amanda Shaffer ISBN: 978-1039416291 Publisher: Podium Publishing Publication Date: 02/28/2023 Format: Paperback, e-book, audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB 2023 FEATURED AUTHOR QA FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS When a kidnapping goes awry, three desperate characters find themselves trapped inside a remote cabin with a baby and a bag full
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 7
- 10 min
Just the Nicest Couple
By: Mary Kubica ISBN: 9780778333111 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 01/10/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST JAN AUTHOR ELEVATOR INTERVIEW A husband’s disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica MARY Kubica’s Just the Nicest Couple is a masterfully written thriller about deception where we least expect it and the danger of a lie tumbling out of control. "Taut and incred
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 6
- 16 min
The House Guest
By: Hank Phillippi Ryan ISBN: 978-1250849564 Publisher: Forge Books Narrator: Stephanie Willing Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 02/07/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB AUTHOR ELEVATOR INTERVIEW FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which character is the cat, and which character is the mouse? After every divorce, one spouse gets all
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 5
- 11 min
And There He Kept Her
Series: Ben Packard #1 By: Joshua Moehling ISBN: 978-1728247892 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars +++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST BEST DEBUT FEATURED JUNE AUTHOR QA JUNE 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS A dark and complex mystery that will consume you, starring a protagonist who is equal parts quirky Milhone and steady Gamache."―Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight They thought he was a helpless
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 2
- 9 min
Wonderland
By Jennifer Hillier Narrator: Eunice Wong Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781501115189 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books Publication Date: 04/11/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 5 Stars + TOP BOOKS OF 2015 APRIL 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time! After a personal tragedy and professio
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 2
- 2 min
This Is How We End Things
By: R. J. Jacobs ISBN: 978-1728254104 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 09/12/2023 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) SEPT 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS FEATURED SEPT AUTHOR Q&A Riley Sager meets If We Were Villains in a compelling new psychological thriller by RJ Jacobs, following a tight-knit group of graduate students studying the psychology of lying. When one of them is discovered dead after an experiment, everything the group thought they knew about deception crum
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 27
- 3 min
With My Little Eye
By: Joshilyn Jackson Narrators: Joshilyn Jackson, Maisy Jane, Graham Halstead, Jeremy Arthur, Jesse Vilinsky, Michael Crouch Publisher: 🎧 Harper Audio ISBN: 9780063158658 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 04/25/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST APRIL 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS APRIL FEATURED AUTHOR Q&A From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes the hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughte
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 25
- 3 min
The Last Word
By: Taylor Adams Narrators: Carlotta Brentan, Jim Meskimen HarperAudio ISBN: 9780063222892 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 04/25/2023 My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST APRIL 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS APRIL FEATURED AUTHOR Q&A After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy—or very, very dangerous—in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critica
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 17
- 2 min
Dreaming of Water
By: A. J. Banner ISBN: 978-1662505614 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 10/10/2023 Format: Other My Rating: TBR OCT 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS OCT FEATURED AUTHOR Q&A A woman’s investigation into her past reveals family secrets and lies in this novel of discovery, redemption, and the mutability of memory by the bestselling author of The Good Neighbor and In Another Light. Astrid Johansen swore she would never return to Heron Bay, Washington. In that idyllic coastal town, her
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Beneath the Surface
By: Kaira Rouda ISBN: 978-1662511929 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 09/05/2023 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) #CoverReveal SEP 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS On a weekend voyage, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions in a novel about ruthless family ambition by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda. You are cordially invited to an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas. An invitation to Catalina Island from billi
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 29
- 18 min
The Wedding Veil
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey ISBN: 978-1982180713 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 03/29/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +++ TOP BOOKS OF 2022 Now in paperback! MAR 7TH 2023 FEATURED MARCH AUTHOR QA The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series brings “her signature wit, charm, and heart” (Woman’s World) to this sweeping new novel following four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 25
- 4 min
Where The Dead Sleep
Series: Ben Packard (Book #2 ) By: Joshua Moehling ISBN: 9781728247922 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 08/15/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) AUG 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 "A dark and complex mystery that will consume you." –Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight, for And There He Kept Her A small town's dark secrets turn deadly... When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 18
- 5 min
All the Dangerous Things
By: Stacy Willingham Narrator: Karissa Vacker Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250803856 Publisher: St. Martin's Press/ Minotaur Books Publication Date: 01/10/2023 Format: e-book and audio 🎧 My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Following up on her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. One year ag
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 27, 2022
- 11 min
The Widow
By: Kaira Rouda ISBN: 978-1542039215 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 12/01/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST DEC 2022 MUST READ BOOKS FEATURED DEC AUTHOR Q&A A husband with secrets. A wife with no limits. A riveting novel of marriage, privilege, and lies by Kaira Rouda, the USA Today bestselling author of The Next Wife. Jody Asher had a plan. Her charismatic husband, Martin, would be a political icon. She, the charming wife, woul
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 27, 2022
- 12 min
The Personal Assistant
By: Kimberly Belle ISBN: 978-0778333630 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 11/29/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST NOV AUTHOR ELEVATOR SERIES NOV 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing. When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, sh
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 25, 2022
- 13 min
The Concierge
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 978-1837560509 Publisher: Inkubator Books Pub Date: 12/13/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS DEC AUTHOR QA INTERVIEW Their new assistant is friendly, attractive— and hell-bent on revenge. High-flying duo Goldie and Braun Delucci run a major film production company. But recently their gilded lives were touched by tragedy when one of their leading actors, Ally, died in a car crash. What the Deluccis don’t realise is tha
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 21, 2022
- 6 min
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
By: Lisa Unger ISBN: 978-0778333234 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 11/08/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST NOV 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS "A deliciously tense ride." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of One By One Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. What could be more restful, more restorative,
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
Dark Corners
By: Megan Goldin Series: Rachel Krall #2 ISBN: 978-1250280688 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 08/08/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST Rachel Krall, the true crime podcaster star of Megan Goldin’s acclaimed Night Swim returns to search for a popular social media influencer who disappeared after visiting a suspected serial killer. Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 2, 2022
- 14 min
Forsaken Country
Series: Max Rupert By: Allen Eskens ISBN: 978-0316703543 Publisher: Mulholland Books Publication Date: 09/20/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST SEPT MUST-READ BOOKS LIST SEPT #AuthorElevatorSeries INTERVIEW Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this breathtaking new thriller from the bestselling and beloved author of The Stolen Hours and The Life We Bury. Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis h
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
The Other Year
By: Rea Frey ISBN: 978-1400243105 Pub Date: 08/15/2023 Publisher: HarperMuse Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR TOP BOOKS OF 2023 #CoverReveal In parallel timelines, mother Kate Baker lives a life where her 9-year-old daughter drowns and another life in which she survives. Can the entire course of our lives be traced back to a single moment? On a coveted two-week beach vacation, working mom Kate Baker’s nine-year-old daughter, Olivia, vanishes suddenly among the waves—a heart-d
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
These Still Black Waters
By: Christina McDonald Series: Jess Lambert Thriller #1 ISBN: 978-1662511615 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 08/08/2023 Format: Other My Rating: TBR #COVERREVEAL TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST AUG AUTHOR INTERVIEW Two women struggle toward a dark truth as a killer avenges the sins of the past in a twisting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and The Night Olivia Fell. Some secrets are best left buried… After a violent ho
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