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McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thriller Book 4 Author: Robert Bailey Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (April 23, 2019) Paperback: 416 pages Kindle: 404 pages Synopsis: His last challenge: live long enough to save the lives of those he loves. Cold-blooded killer JimBone Wheeler blames Tom McMurtrie for putting him on death row. He once vowed that he’d bring “a reckoning” on Tom and every one the southern lawyer holds dear. When Wheeler escapes from prison, heRead More →

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Just When You Think Things Can’t Get Worse . . . Synopsis For those who are claustrophobic, the setting of The Escape Room won’t be too hard to imagine. While the story flashes from present to past, it opens with a prologue regarding Miguel, a security guard who works the night shift at a construction site. The site is a luxury office tower in the final stages of construction. When Miguel thinks he hears aRead More →

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    Author:  Sara Lövestam Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press (August 27, 2019) Hardback: 288 Kindle: 288 pages   When a six year old girl disappears and calling the police isn’t an option, her desperate mother Pernilla turns to an unlikely source for help. She finds a cryptic ad online for a private investigator: “Need help, but can’t contact the police?” Kouplan responds to a young woman who is looking for PI help in locating her six-year-oldRead More →

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An Unusual Proposition   Author: Margot HuntPublisher: IRA; Original edition (December 11, 2018) Excerpt Paperback: 336 pages While many times I write my own synopsis, this time I’m taking it from the publisher, Harlequin MIRA: On their first date back in law school, Natalie and Will Clarke bonded over drinks, dinner and whether they could get away with murder. Now married, they’ll put the latter to the test when an unchecked danger in their communityRead More →

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– Ready To Stroll Through The Bartholemew? – Click To Read An Excerpt Author: Rodney SagerPublisher: Dutton (July 2, 2019) Hardcover: 384 pages When you’re at a low point in your life, just lost your job and your boyfriend is caught cheating on you, it might be best to watch out for deals that sound too good to be true. Jules finds herself in just such a position. When she applies for the job ofRead More →

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What Can You Learn From Silence? Click To Read An Excerpt Author: Alex Michaelides Publisher: Celadon Books (February 5, 2019) Hardback: 336 pages Audio Book: 8 hours and 43 minutes CD Book: 8 hours and 44 minutes Kindle: 304 pages Alicia Berenson is residing in the Grove where she’s been housed since being convicted of shooting her fashion photographer husband, Gabriel. But the Grove hasn’t been able to help her very much, if at all,Read More →

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Twisty and Addictive Click To Read A Sample   Author: T J StimsonPublisher: Avon (April 18, 2019) Paperback: 416 pages Kindle: 292 pages Click To Read A Sample Description My name is Lydia. I’m 12 years old. I’m not an evil person, but I did something bad. My name is Maddie. I’d never hurt my son. But can I be sure if I don’t remember? With three children under ten, Maddie is struggling. On theRead More →

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Click To Read An Excerpt Author: Joseph Finder Publisher:  Dutton (July 2016 and May 2017) and Penguin Paperback: 480 pages Hardback:   400 pages Audio Book: 9 hours and 39 minutes Kindle:  395 pages Nick Heller is an investigator hired by top-notch attorney Gideon Parnell. He needs Heller to clear his friend Chief Justice Jeremiah Claflin from a false report that Slander Sheet, a gossip website, is about to post. They are threatening to print aRead More →

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A Harper McClain Mystery (Book 2)   Author: Christi Daugherty Publisher:  Minotaur Books (March 12, 2019) Paperback: 336 pages Audio Book: 11 hours and 43 minutes Kindle:  332 pages This is the second book in the Harper McClain series, the first being The Echo Killing. Naomi Scott, a law student who works part-time as a bartender to help make ends meet, is found dead in the heart of an affluent district. One of the main peopleRead More →

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– A DI Amy Winter Thriller, Book 2 –   Author: Caroline MitchellPublisher: Thomas & Mercer (April 18, 2019) Paperback: 335 pages (Available April 18, 2019) Audio Book: 9 hours and 43 minutes Kindle:  330 pages (Available March 7, 2019)   DI Amy Winter is still dealing with the information she learned about her deranged birth mother when she is drawn into attempting to solve the kidnapping of  Ellen, a four-year-old child. After Ellen disappears,Read More →

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Did He . . . Or Did He Not?   My Thoughts When a body is discovered near a popular ski trail, Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation quickly locate a prime suspect, Mick Durocher, thanks to a security camera. Mick, a small-time crook, was caught on the footage disposing of the woman’s body. But there is one problem. Durocher confesses almost too quickly, with only partial details. In Mayor’s 29thRead More →

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– SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE –   *** A copy of this book was provided to me by #NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***  Book Available April  2019 When Lauren reports having a visit in the night from a sinister looking character who is carrying a basket of twins that she plans to replace Lauren’s twins with, the story is dismissed as ludicrous. Hospital staff,Read More →

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Can You Imagine Learning Your Parent Are Serial Killers!   This is the first book in a new series featuring DI Amy Winter. As if the unexpected death of Amy’s father, who she has loved and tried to emulate by going into law enforcement, isn’t enough, she receives a letter that is even more upsetting. The letter is from a notorious serial killer named Lillian Grimes. Both Lillian and her husband, Jack, were sent toRead More →

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  Detective Eve West is suspended from duties after it appears her recklessness has caused her colleague’s death. Soon afterward, a killer who she put in prison years ago, contacts her with information about her suspension. He claims Eve was set up and he has proof. But before he gives her the information, he wants her to investigate an inmate who says he is innocent of murdering a stable-girl. But why is a criminal interested inRead More →

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– An Open and Shut Case…Maybe – WHAT IT’S ABOUT Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama’s history. Now he’s tackling his greatest challenge. McMurtrie’s old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer. At the urgingRead More →

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– Prepare For A Roller Coaster Ride! – #NetGalley #UntilTheDayIDie Available For Purchase March 12, 2019 Shorie and her mom, Erin, are grieving the loss of husband and father. Nerves are frayed as they try to continue a very successful tech company and also get Shorie ready for her first year of college. Erin seems to fall apart over Shorie starting college and her business buddies intervene and send her off to relax a luxurious spaRead More →

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– This Whodunit Will Keep You Guessing! –   Veronica and Micah are trying desperately to have more children. Her latest round of fertility treatments not only failed but left her feeling unbalanced and depressed. Since her husband is out-of-town so much on flying assignments, she is the main caretaker for their three-year-old Elizabella, who has recently developed an imaginary friend named Nini. This development is worrisome to Veronica, yet her husband doesn’t seem tooRead More →

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– A Court Room Drama – My Thoughts After a few years in prison, Edward Hall, a disbarred lawyer, is released, however, he has no intention of returning to his days as an attorney. But when he gets a desperate call from his sister Amy, a physician, he is forced to rethink everything. Amy has been to visit her husband, who she is currently separated from, and found him shot and bleeding. She immediately performs CPR thenRead More →