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BOOK REVIEW: The Undertakers Daughter by Debra Webb

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Publication Date:  December 27, 2018 Publisher:  Pink House Press Format:  ebook Pages:   115 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  | Synopsis: Dr. Rowan DuPont and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department are hunting a serial killer. All the victims have one thing in common--they could be Rowan's twin, except her twin sister is dead. Rowan grew up in a funeral home, surrounded by death, so her keen insights into homicide cases seldom fall short of the mark. Though growing up as the undertaker's daughter made her acutely aware of life and all its frailties, she is only human. Will her one mistake in this shocking case be her last one? Review:  This is a prequel novella to the Undertaker Daughters Series.  It really introduces Rowan Dupont, a psychiatrist working with the Metro Nashville Police.  Currently they are trying to track down the killer of several women.  The way the women are being killed seems to...

ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian

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Publication Date:  March 17, 2020 Publisher:  Doubleday Books Format:  ebook Pages:   367 Pages Genre:   Fiction Buy:  Paperback  |  Audible Synopsis: The first time Alexis saw Austin, it was a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but in the emergency room where Alexis sutured a bullet wound in Austin's arm. Six months later, on the brink of falling in love, they travel to Vietnam on a bike tour so that Austin can show her his passion for cycling and he can pay his respects to the place where his father and uncle fought in the war. But as Alexis sips white wine and waits at the hotel for him to return from his solo ride, two men emerge from the tall grass and Austin vanishes into thin air. The only clue he leaves behind is a bright yellow energy gel dropped on the road. As Alexis grapples with this bewildering loss, and deals with the FBI, Austin's prickly family, and her colleagues at the hospital, Alexis uncovers a series of strange lies that ...

AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Dregs (William Wisting Mystery #1) by Jørn Lier Horst

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Release Date:  August 7, 2014 Publisher:  Jammer Audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 55 minutes Narrator:  Saul Reichlin Genre: Scandi  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  A severed left foot in a training shoe washes up on the shore in Stavern. Then another, and yet another: four left feet in a single week. Neither police Inspector William Wisting nor his journalist daughter Line have ever seen anything like this. Review: I stumbled upon Wisting the TV series on Sundance the other day and really got hooked and decided to locate the books the series is based on.  I feel the book version of Wisting is slightly different than the tv character it still felt familiar.  This is the first of the Wisting books that was translated into English although it is 6th in his series. I really enjoy these Scandi mysteries and haven't read one in a while so it was a nice change.  Things move a bit slower and more...

BOOK BLITZ: Screwed & Satisfied by Em Petrova

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Screwed and Satisfied Em Petrova (Moon Ranch #2) Publication date: March 23rd 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense Second chance at romance? Like hell, and definitely not with the girl next door. Dane Moon is the troublemaker of the family, and his latest screw-up was marrying a Vegas stripper. Or was it that she married the male dancer? Either way, that chapter of his life’s over, along with the marriage. He’s back in Colorado on the family homestead, attempting to pick up the broken pieces of his past, present and future. When vet assistant Brennah Peterson finds a drunk guy passed out in her hay bale, she isn’t surprised it’s Dane Moon. The panty-melting bad boy next door always had a reputation for being the life of the party. Any torch Brennah used to carry for the rough and tumble cowboy has been long extinguished—at least until he throws that crooked smile her way again. Wanting Brennah and wanting to be a better man go together like boots and hats, and maybe it’s t...

BOOK REVIEW: The Sleeper Lies by Andrea Mara

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Publication Date:  February 6, 2020 Publisher:  Poolbeg Press Format:  ebook Pages:  418 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback |  Synopsis: One window, three lies, 24 days is all it takes . It’s March 2018, and the country is covered in snow. Roads are impassable, shops are running out of food, and official advice is to stay indoors. Marianne lives on her own and works from home, so this isn’t a problem. Until she wakes one morning in her house in the middle of nowhere and finds footprints trailing all across her garden. Half-asleep, she is at first curious. Then she realises the footprints stop at her bedroom window, and curiosity gives way to unease. Who was looking in at her, while she was asleep? As the big freeze worsens and the stalker begins to leave disturbing mementoes, Marianne’s thoughts go back two decades to the schoolyard outburst that tore her childhood apart. Old feuds resurface, and the myste...

AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain #2) by Christi Daugherty

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Release Date:  March 13, 2018 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Sophie Amoss Genre:  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  For a woman, being killed by someone who claims to love her is the most ordinary murder of all. With its antebellum houses and ancient oak trees draped in a veil of Spanish moss, Savannah’s graceful downtown is famous around the world. When a woman is killed in the heart of that affluent district, the shock is felt throughout the city. But for crime reporter Harper McClain, this story is personal. The corpse has a familiar face. Only twenty-four years old, Naomi Scott was just getting started. A law student, tending bar to make ends meet, she wanted to change the world. Instead, her life ended in the dead of night at the hands of an unseen gunman. There are no witnesses to the crime. The police have three suspects: Scott’s boyfriend, who has a cri...

AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Echo Killing (Harper McClain #1) by Christi Daugherty

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Release Date:  March 13, 2018 Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Sophie Amoss Genre:  Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  A city of antebellum architecture, picturesque parks, and cobblestone streets, Savannah moves at a graceful pace. But for Harper McClain, the timeless beauty and culture that distinguishes her home’s Southern heritage vanishes during the dark and dangerous nights. She wouldn’t have it any other way. Not even finding her mother brutally murdered in their home when she was twelve has made her love Savannah any less. Her mother’s killer was never found, and that unsolved murder left Harper with an obsession that drove her to become one of the best crime reporters in the state of Georgia. She spends her nights with the police, searching for criminals. Her latest investigation takes her to the scene of a homicide where the details are hauntingly familiar...