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Judith D Collins
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Lies That Bind
By: C.J. Stone Narrators: Gail Shalan, Chris Devon ISBN: 9781666627824 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 01/26/2023 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars 🎧 JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS In the aftermath of her father’s death and the crash that killed her mother and five-year-old sister, Jess is determined to take care of her surviving brothers, teenage Frankie and nine-year-old Tom. But as the three siblings struggle through grief, ever-present questions loom: Why did
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
Every Missing Girl
Series: A Kendall Beck Thriller #2 By: Leanne Kale Sparks Narrated by Erin DeWard ISBN: 9781666628968 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 02/07/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS The stunning landscape of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains are among our greatest natural treasures. But there are deadly secrets lurking in the craggy heights, and FBI Special Agent Kendall Beck and Denver Homicide Detective Adam
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
A Quiet Retreat
By: Kiersten Modglin Narrator: Carly Robins ISBN: 9781666628241 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 01/17/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book 5 hrs. 50 min. Book Rating: 3 Stars 📖 Narrator: 4 Stars 🎧 Overall Rating: 3.5 Stars You are cordially invited to visit the new Black Hills Manor Writing Retreat. It all begins with a simple invitation. For five authors, it’s meant to be the start of a restful week, filled with free food, drinks, and like-minded company. But shor
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Judith D Collins
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Never Lie
By: Freida McFadden Narrator: Leslie Howard ISBN: 9781666626063 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 11/08/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4.5 Stars 🎧 (ARC) NOV 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance
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Judith D Collins
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
Book of Knives
By: Lise Haines Narrator: Eve Passeltiner ISBN:9 781666614183 Publisher: Dreamscape Media 9 Hours, 20 Minutes Publication Date: 10/04/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) There are thirteen knives. One by one they begin to disappear. Nora didn't expect Hidden Lake Camp to be in a state of ruin―dock full of rotten boards, smashed windows, cabins falling apart. To her new husband, Paul, the camp is the past he'd just as soon bury. Nora agreed to drive north with him
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 25, 2022
- 4 min
The Secrets You Hide
By: Kate Helm Narrator: Emma Powell 10 Hours, 45 Minutes ISBN: 9781666615012 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 09/06/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) SEPT 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Georgia Sage has a gift: she can see evil in people. As a courtroom artist, she uses her skills to help condemn those who commit terrible crimes. After all, her own brutal past means she knows innocence is even rarer than justice. But when she is drawn back into the trial th
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Long Gone
A Detective Annalisa Vega By: Joanna Schaffhausen ISBN: 9781666580907 Series: Detective Annalisa Vega (2 of #2) Publisher: Dreamscape Media Minotaur Books Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Publication Date: 08/09/2022 Format: e-book & Audiobook 🎧 My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC/DRC) AUG 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS LIST Long Gone, the next installment of Joanna Schaffhausen's critically acclaimed Detective Annalisa Vega series. Chicago detective Annalisa Vega shattered her life, personally and
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 23, 2022
- 4 min
The House Share
By: Kate Helm ASIN: B0B6256STR Publisher: Dreamscape Media Narrators: Jonathan Andrew Hume and Imogen Wilde Publication Date: 08/16/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3 Stars 🎧 Immi thinks she has found the perfect new home in central London: a shared warehouse with luxury accommodation, a rooftop terrace, and daily yoga, all with a surprisingly affordable price tag. The Dye Factory is a co-living community, designed to combat the loneliness of big city life. But soon after
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 17, 2022
- 5 min
Other People's Secrets
By: Meredith Hambrock ISBN: 9781666614213 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Narrator: Frankie Corzo Publication Date: 09/06/2022 Format: Audiobook 9 Hours, 58 Minutes My Rating: 3 Stars 🎧 (ARC) SEP 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Baby’s down—and could be out for good—when she faces off with forces bent on turning her lakeside paradise into a living hell, for fans of Alissa Nutting and Amy Engel. Baby’s heart is in the right place, but she’s got problems—namely, a fierce taste for booze and a
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 17, 2022
- 5 min
After We Were Stolen
By: Brook Beyfuss ISBN: 9781666609240 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Dreamscape Media Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Publication Date: 07/19/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) DEBUT NOVEL JULY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS "Not a typical cult novel...Despite Avery's clear trauma and struggle for closure, her voice is strong and clear." – Booklist An emotionally wrought, psychologically twisty coming-of-age story perfect for book clubs about a girl who escapes from a cult after
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 14, 2022
- 5 min
What She Knew
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781666609332 Publisher: Dreamscape 8 Hours, 7 Minutes Narrator: Ella Lynch Publication Date: 07/21/2022 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JULY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Life has been good for Stephanie. Married to college professor, Oliver, with two adorable children, she lives in a lovely house, surrounded by beautiful things. But it hasn’t always been like this. Nine years ago, Stephanie’s flatmate Alison vanished, presumed murdered. It
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 4, 2022
- 5 min
The Visitors
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781666610024 Publisher: Dreamscape Media 8 Hours, 34 Minutes Publication Date: 08/02/2022 Narrator: Penelope Rawlins Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) Hannah’s life is almost perfect. She’s a full-time mother to two young children and married to successful cardiologist Daniel. The only thing missing is a project of her own. So she poured heart and soul into converting their stone barn into a beautiful holiday rental. Things take a
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Arrangement
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781666611083 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 08/16/2022 Format: Audiobook Narrated by Jilly Bond My Rating: 4 Stars 🎧 (ALC) AUG 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation—and was murdered. Overwhelmed by grief and fighting off old demons that have resurfaced, Grace tries to make sense of it—who would want to kill her beautiful girl? But as she learn
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Some Maintenance Required
By: Marie-Renée Lavoie Narrator: Hillary Huber ISBN: 9781666609370 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 07/05/2022 5 hrs. 25 min. Format: Audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JULY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS LIST It is 1993, the last year of school, and Laurie’s final spring before adulthood. She works part-time at a restaurant and looks after Cindy, her neglected potty-mouthed little neighbor. Like her mother, Laurie devours books and dreams big. Her father works at a garage
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Judith D Collins
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Rough Country
By: T. J. Brearton Narrator: George Newbern ISBN: 9781666615654 8 hrs. 27 minutes Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 10/04/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3 Stars 🎧 (ARC) A young girl, Kasey, is murdered in the woods of northern New York, a strange symbol carved into her stomach. Investigator Reed Raleigh, Major Crimes, is tasked with finding the killer. Reed has his own troubles. He’s in therapy, divorced, and estranged from his son. But he desperately needs to
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 18, 2022
- 4 min
With Friends Like These
By: Keri Beevis Narrated by Joshua Manning ISBN: 9781666611762 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 06/21/2022 Format: Audiobook 8 hrs. 50 min My Rating: 4 Stars ARC) Billy Maguire, on his way to Scotland for a reunion with his university friends, stops for a few drinks en route. Then, on the deserted roads leading to the remote location, he manages to run over a pedestrian. The man is alive, and Billy puts him in the back seat of his car, planning to leave him outsi
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Stepson
By: Jane Renshaw ISBN: 9781666611090 9 Hours, 6 Minutes Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 08/09/2022 Format: Audiobook 🎧 Narrators: Mhairi Morrison; Katherine Littrell; Joshua Manning My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) Psychotherapist Lulu is sure she’s the luckiest woman alive. She has a wonderful job and is married to the love of her life, Nick—who also happens to be ridiculously handsome and fabulously wealthy. But now a shadow has fallen on her perfect life. She can s
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Judith D Collins
- Mar 11, 2022
- 7 min
Ocean State
By: Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 9781666534986 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 03/15/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3.5 Stars (ARC) In the first line of Ocean State, we learn that a high-school student was murdered, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. The murderer Angel, her mother Car
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
Don't Get Close
By: Matt Miksa ASIN: B09S1ZWW9Y Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 03/08/2022 Narrator: Kristin Price Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3.5 Stars Special Agent Vera Taggart walked away from a promising career as an artist to join the FBI, and she impresses her new colleagues with her eerie ability to divine conclusions from the grisliest crime scenes. Taggart’s first assignment is a decades-old cold case centered on a cult of suicide bombers known as the Sons of Elijah
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