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Judith D Collins
- Jun 26, 2022
- 4 min
Sparring Partners
By: John Grisham ISBN: 978-0385549325 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 05/31/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS LIST #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 25, 2022
- 9 min
Major Crimes
Series: Nicole Long #1 By: Aime Austin ASIN: B09MDRCM26 Publisher: Moore Digital Media Publication Date: 06/29/2022 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars +++ TOP BOOKS OF 2022 JUNE MUST-READ BOOKS Cleveland’s top prosecutor is playing 4-D chess. Nicole Long is just a pawn in the game. Nicole Long’s promotion to head of the Major Crimes prosecution unit comes with only one caveat, she has to give up drinking once and for all. Nicole knows she can hide her bourbon habit as long as
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 24, 2022
- 4 min
The Deepest Black
By: Randall Silvis ISBN: 978-1728223612 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Publication Date: 08/02/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) A crime novel unlike any you've ever read—based on true events Where does the line blur between fact and fiction? Acclaimed author Randall Silvis is looking for a story—any story to follow up the series of gripping mystery novels that catapulted him to success. And then, out of nowhere, a story appears. A mysterious stranger named Thomas Kennada
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
The Second Husband
By: Kate White ISBN: 978-0062945457 Publisher: Harper Publication Date: 06/28/2022 Format: Audiobook Narrator: Leslie Howard Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins My Rating: 4 Stars A woman’s seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first husband in this twisty psychological thriller from Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author whom Entertainment Weekly called “impossible to outwit.” After losing her husband, Derrick, in what appears to
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
The Secret Wife
By: Emily Shiner Narrators: Natalie Duke & Wayne Mitchell ISBN: 9781666609356 Publisher: Dreamscape Media 7 Hours, 13 Minutes Publication Date: 07/05/2022 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JULY 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS LIST Cara is a devoted mother to two little girls. She loves her hectic life, but she looks forward to a relaxing weekend alone while her husband, Michael, takes the kids on a camping trip. But their dream trip turns into a nightmare when their daughters a
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
Local Gone Missing
By: Fiona Barton ISBN: 978-1984803047 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 06/14/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) Detective Elise King investigates a man’s disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective—or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 21, 2022
- 6 min
Outcry Witness
The Nicole Long Legal Thriller Series Book #.05 Prequel By: Aime Austin ISBN: B09LFKVXRY Publisher: Moore Digital Media Inc Publication Date: 06/22/2022 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST NOVELLA | Prequel Outcry Witness is the first story in the new Nicole Long legal thriller series from the bestselling author, Aime Austin of the popular Casey Cort series. You may remember Nicole Long from Caged, Contained, Unarmed & Abused. A long-time prosecu
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Lies I Tell
By: Julie Clark ISBN: 978-1728247595 Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication Date: 06/21/2022 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars "A mindbender." –Jessica Knoll "Riveting...a winner." –Laura Dave "A knockout." –Mary Kubica From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge—or is it justice? Two women. Many aliases. Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, dependin
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Hotel Nantucket
By: Elin Hilderbrand ISBN: 978-0316258678 Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: 06/14/2022 Format: Other Narrator: Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUNE 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS “The queen of beach reads” (New York Magazine) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s n
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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 17, 2022
- 4 min
The New Neighbour
By: Miranda Rijks Narrators: Danielle Cohen, Chris Devon ISBN: 9781666609035 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 06/30/2022 Format: Audio 8 hrs. 7 min. My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) Until recently, Isobel has always loved The Close. A quiet road of large houses tucked away in the beautiful English countryside, it seemed like the perfect place to live. Then, six months ago, a young man was killed in a mysterious hit-and-run incident. The police investigated, but no one wa
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 16, 2022
- 5 min
The Gatekeeper
By: James Byrne ISBN: 978-1250805768 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 06/07/2022 Format: Audiobook Narrator: John Keating Macmillan Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP 2022 AUDIO BOOKS James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years. A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
The Finalists
By: David Bell ISBN: 978-0593198698 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 07/05/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) The competitive selection process for a prized college scholarship turns deadly in the latest thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship. Milo—The front-runner Natalia—The
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Beach Trap
By: Ali Brady Narrators: Brittany Pressley and Imani Jade Powers Penguin Audio Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins ISBN: 978-0593440155 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 06/14/2022 Format: Audio & e-book (ARC) My Rating: 4 Stars Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret. One summer to set the record straight. When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they’re not
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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
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Bodyguard
By: Katherine Center ISBN: 978-1250219398 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 07/19/2022 Format: Audiobook Narrator: Patti Murin Macmillan Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer listen. She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen.
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 10, 2022
- 11 min
Watch Out For Her
By: Samantha M. Bailey ISBN: 978-1982155193 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 04/26/2022 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars +++ (ARC) APRIL AUTHOR QA TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST A tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe—from USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey. Wherever you go… she’ll be watching. Sarah Goldman, mother to six-year-old Jacob, is relieved to move acro
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 8, 2022
- 13 min
Never Coming Home
By: Hannah Mary McKinnon ISBN: 978-0778386100 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: 05/24/2021 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST MAY AUTHOR QA "A diabolical tour de force." —P.J. Vernon, author of Bath Haus "Impossible to stop reading.” —Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of For Your Own Good “Don’t miss this propulsive, hypnotic thrill ride.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted First comes love. Then comes mu
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 7, 2022
- 7 min
It All Comes Down to This
By: Therese Anne Fowler ISBN: 978-1250278074 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/07/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST A warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point, for fans of Ann Patchett and Emma Straub. Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Memory Box
A beautiful, timeless and heartrending story of love in a time of war By: Kathryn Hughes Narrator: Rachel Atkins ISBN: 978-147226595 Publisher: Headline Publication Date: 12/07/2021 Format: e-book and audio Narrator: Rachel Atkins My Rating: 5 Stars +++ TOP BOOKS OF 2021 BLOG TOUR DEC 2022 A heartbreakingly beautiful novel, The Memory Box unlocks an unforgettable epic story of love and war from the million-copy-selling author of The Letter, Kathryn Hughes. If you adored The N
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 1, 2022
- 5 min
The Book Woman's Daughter
By: Kim Michele Richardson ISBN: 9781728242590 Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication Date: 05/3/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek! Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Mary Angeline Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
The Homewreckers
By: Mary Kay Andrews ISBN: 978-1250278364 Publisher: St Martin's Press Publication Date: 05/03/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 LIST COVER REVEAL Summer begins with MKA, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss’s son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was kil
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Judith D Collins
- Jun 1, 2022
- 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 +++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2022 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 a connection to the famou
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Judith D Collins
- May 31, 2022
- 5 min
At the Quiet Edge
By: Victoria Helen Stone ISBN: 978-1542037327 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 05/01/2022 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) Top Books of 2022 List MAY 2022 Must-Read Books A young mother has done everything possible to put the past behind her, but it might not be enough in a gripping novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Jane Doe novels. Abandoned by her fugitive ex-husband, Lily Brown is rebuilding her life on the edge of a Kansas t
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