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Judith D Collins
- 4 days ago
- 6 min
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
Series: The Finlay Donovan (#3) By: Ellie Cosimano Narrator: Angela Dawe Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250846037 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: Hardcover, e-book, audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 🎧 JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun―the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Author and single
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Judith D Collins
- 6 days ago
- 5 min
I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai ISBN: 9780593490143 Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, The Seattle Times, Good Housekeeping, Today.com, Southern Living, and CrimeReads The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 24
- 7 min
I'm Going to have a Good Day!
DAILY AFFIRMATIONS WITH SCARLETT By: Tiania Haneline with Scarlett Gray Illustrator: Stephanie Dehennin Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt and the author ISBN: 9780310771296 Publisher: Zonderkidz Publication Date: 01/24/2023 Format: Hardcover, e-book, audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) I am beautiful. I am kind. I am loved. In this uplifting picture book, young readers will discover how they can use daily affirmations to remind them of who they are and what makes them special. Join
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 20
- 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
- Jan 19
- 7 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
- 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
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Night Letter
By: Sterling Watson Narrator: Nick Walther ISBN: 978-1636140636 Publisher: Recorded Books Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: Audiobook 🎧 My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST A taut thriller set in Florida's desolate panhandle, part coming-of-age story, all hard-boiled noir. Eighteen-year-old Travis Hollister is always the stranger who comes to town. As a twelve-year-old escaping a disordered and unhappy home and parents who loved hard bu
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 15
- 4 min
The Doctor's Wife
By: Daniel Hurst Narrators: Sarah Durham, David Wayman ISBN: 9781803149400 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: e-book & audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS He thinks his secret is safe. But she knows the truth… My husband is a doctor. He’s smart and charming and everybody trusts him. Except me. On the surface, it looks like I have it all – the perfect marriage, the perfect husband, the perfect life. But it’s far from the truth. D
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 8
- 4 min
One Day With You
By: Shari Low ISBN: 9781804268605 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 01/20/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS #24HrReadALong The BRAND NEW uplifting read of love, family and friendship from Shari Low for 2023. One day, five lives, but whose heart will be broken by nightfall? It started like any other day in the picturesque village of Weirbridge. Tress Walker waved her perfect husband Max off to work, with no idea that she was about
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 5
- 6 min
Maame
By: Jessica George Narrator: Heather Agyepong Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250282521 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: e-book and audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars 🎧 (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS DEBUT NOVEL "An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys––and the guilt––of trying to find your own way in life." ––Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting MAAME feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward,
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 2
- 4 min
Margot
By: Wendell Steavenson Narrator: Karissa Vacker ISBN: 9798765078204 Publisher: Tantor Audio Publication Date: 01/03/2023 Format: Audiobook 🔉 My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS A moving portrait of a young woman's struggle to break free of her upper-class upbringing amid the whirlwind years of the sexual revolution. It's the mid-1950s and Margot Thornsen is growing up between a Park Avenue apartment in New York and her family's sumptuous Oyster Bay estate as th
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 2
- 5 min
Murder Book
By: Thomas Perry Narrator: Peter Berkrot ISBN: 9781696607995 Publisher: HighBridge Audio Mysterious Press Publication Date: 01/17/2023 Format: Audiobook 🎧 My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS An ex-cop takes on a widespread criminal organization targeting midwestern towns in this new thriller from the author of The Old Man. When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the US Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop
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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
- Jan 1
- 4 min
The Suspect
By: Kathryn Croft Narrator: Tamsin Kennard ISBN: 9781837903894 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Publication Date: 02/08/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS My family said he killed my mother. They lied… I was just a little girl, fast asleep in my stroller, the day my mother was killed. I don’t remember anything about the sunny day that turned so dark. She’d be so happy for me now, twenty years later, with my dream job as a photographer
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 1
- 3 min
The Angel Maker
By: Alex North Narrator: Rosalie Craig Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250757869 Publisher: Celadon Books Publication Date: 02/28/2023 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 3 Stars (ARC) From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future. Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Kati
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
Exiles
Series: Aaron Falk #3 By: Jane Harper Narrator: Stephen Shanahan ISBN: 978-1250235350 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: Audio 🎧 My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JANE HARPER COMES EXILES, A CAPTIVATING MYSTERY ABOUT A MISSING MOTHER “Once again Harper proves that she is peerless in creating an avalanche of suspense with intimate, character-driven set pieces...Harper’s legio
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Judith D Collins
- Dec 29, 2022
- 7 min
The Trophy Wife
By: Valerie Keogh ISBN: 9781804835548 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 01/02/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS Keogh is the queen of compelling narratives and twisty plots’ Jenny O'Brien The brilliant new psychological thriller from bestseller Valerie Keogh. His prized possession....his greatest mistake? From the moment I saw Anne, I knew she was perfect for me. Her beauty and her social connections would make my miserable life
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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 24, 2022
- 5 min
All the Dark Places
By: Terri Parlato ISBN: 978-1496738561 Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: 12/27/2022 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) DEC 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS For fans of Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena, this stylish debut thriller from a skillful new voice in suspense, Terri Parlato, introduces seasoned Boston detective Rita Myers investigating the murder of a seemingly perfect husband. Filled with unexpected twists and well-drawn characters, this modern whodunit is set against t
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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 18, 2022
- 4 min
Devil's Way
Series: Kate Marshall #4 By: Robert Bryndza Narrator: Jan Cramer ISBN: 9781914547997 Publisher: Raven Street Publishing Publication Date: 01/12/2023 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars 🎧 (ARC) JAN 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK An addictive crime thriller packed with jaw-dropping twists! (Kate Marshall 4) Kate Marshall’s investigation into a young boy’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bests
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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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