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The Girl in the Lake
A Holmes, Margaret & Poe Mystery By: James Patterson and Brian Sitts Narrator: Christine Lakin ISBN: 9780316600026 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 10/27/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS An icy thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. At a frozen lakeside crime scene, a corpse carries an accusatory note: “If anything happens to me, arrest Brendan Holmes.” Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Marg
Judith D Collins
Oct 135 min read
Look What The Cat Dragged In
By: Jason Rekulak Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker ISBN: 9781250451477 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret. Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a
Judith D Collins
Oct 125 min read
You Let Me In
By: Lucy Clarke Narrator: Laura Kirman Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN:9780802168016 Publisher: Atlantic Crime | Grove Atlantic Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format:Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR “Utterly compulsive! Twisty, atmospheric, and beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down.”—Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Wrong Sister Lock Every Door meets Rear Window in this white-knuckle t
Judith D Collins
Oct 125 min read
Warm Bodies
A Short Story By: John Marrs Narrators: Elizabeth Knowelden, Lucy Rayner ISBN: 978-1662536366 Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Publication Date: 11/01/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the multimillion-copy bestselling author comes a chilling tale about Brenda: they watched her, judged her, and talked. They should have left her alone. Brenda lives quietly in a picture-perfect English village. She looks after her grandchildren, restores old fur
Judith D Collins
Oct 112 min read
The Witch
By: Freida McFadden Narrators: Saskia Maarleveld, Marin Ireland Dreamscape Media ISBN: 978-1464249648 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! Some secrets don't die―they wait. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling sev
Judith D Collins
Oct 94 min read
Trust No One
By: Mary Burton Narrators: Megan Tusing, Eric G. Dove, Amy Landon Brilliance Audiio ISBN: 9781662530333 Publisher: Montlake Publication Date: 10/01/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A woman’s unexpected return to her isolated family estate puts her in a killer’s path in this shocking suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton. After seventeen years away, public defender Raine Hale returns to her family’s crumbling Vi
Judith D Collins
Oct 95 min read
Bark Humbug
Andy Carpenter #34 By: David Rosenfelt Narrator: Grover Gardner ISBN: 9781250446596 Publisher: Minotaur Books Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars (ALC) (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter helps a desperate sister investigate the widely publicized murder of a gubernatorial candidate in Bark Humbug, the latest Christmas mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. "Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a D
Judith D Collins
Oct 95 min read
It Ends Here
By: Heidi Perks ISBN: 9781464270208 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/.06/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Someone inside is a killer. Someone outside knows why. One quiet morning in a small seaside town, a single gunshot brings everything to a standstill. Trapped inside the café where the shot was fired are five strangers. Outside is a growing crowd—and five loved ones desperate for answers. As the police scramble to i
Judith D Collins
Oct 85 min read
Monster in the Mirror
By: Janasha Prabhu Narrator: Awni Abdi-Bahri ISBN: 9781464290336 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 10/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Dark, twisty, and atmospheric debut thriller for readers of The Quiet Tenant and The Butcher. Her uncle was a serial killer. The town whispers, could she be a killer too? On the night Jiah Rai was found cradling her girlfriend Georgia's dead body at the bottom of Wailing Cliff, everyone su
Judith D Collins
Oct 76 min read
Where the Road Ends
The Jonathan Stride Series #12 By: Brian Freeman Narrator: January LaVoy ISBN:9798228368439 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Hardcover & Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) ALC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The murder of a judge and his wife turns Jonathan Stride’s world upside down and leaves him facing a shocking crossroad in this electrifying mystery from New York Times bestselling author Brian Freeman. Jonathan Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is
Judith D Collins
Oct 66 min read
The Paris Files
By: Eva Jurczyk Narrators: Sarah Reny, Helen Laser, Nick Trengove, Louisa Zhu, Mark Bramhall, Xavier Casals, Mozhan Navabi, Suzanne Toren, Steve West, Lynnette R. Freeman Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217060641 Publisher: Viking | Pamela Dorman Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Staggeringly good . . . Eva Jurczyk is a dazzling talent, and her dark and beguiling Paris is unforgettable.” —Rosie Walsh A sophisticated, charact
Judith D Collins
Oct 67 min read
Friends and Family
By: Natalie Baszile Narrator: Karen Murray Penguin Audio ISBN: 9780593492161 Publisher: Viking/Pameal Dorman Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of Queen Sugar, a piercing examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends find themselves at odds over their beliefs on race, identity and allyship, especially when it comes to their teenage children Babs and Nora became friends thanks to their kids.
Judith D Collins
Oct 59 min read
The Day She Disappeared
By: Caleb Crowe ISBN: 9781837568116 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 11/15/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A missing woman. A sister who won’t stop looking. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I just needed to get away. That’s the text Mary Harper receives while she waits in a café to celebrate her younger sister's birthday. But Lucy never appears. Not then, not any day after. The police believe Lucy planned to disappear. Her husb
Judith D Collins
Oct 22 min read
Private Monaco
Series: Privatre #19 By: James Patterson and Adam Hamdy ISBN: 9780316600200 Publisher: LIttle Brown & Company Publication Date: 12/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) DEC 2026-MUST-READ BOOKS From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Private series travels to Monaco, where elite investigator Jack Morgan must risk big—or lose it all. "Breathtaking twists and turns.” —Anthony Horowitz, author of Magpie Murders Monte Carlo, Monaco, is home to high-end casinos, the mo
Judith D Collins
Oct 21 min read
What Mother Knows
By: Chad Zunker Narrator: Austin Rising Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662529924 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 11/03/3026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS An attorney’s defense of his own mother in a murder trial exposes a dark world of deception in a gripping thriller by Chad Zunker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Not Our Daughter and Family Money. Twenty-six-year-old Denver attorney Josh King returns to Austin after his est
Judith D Collins
Oct 22 min read
Certainty
A Short Story By: Laura Dave ISBN: 9781662517938 Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Publication Date: 12/01/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR (ARC) DEC 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A woman serving on a high-profile jury finds that doubt casts a long shadow in this suspenseful short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me. Recently unemployed, struggling in a marriage rocked by infertility, Cora is desperately clinging to her desire to see the bes
Judith D Collins
Oct 22 min read
The French Illusion
By: John Grisham Narrator: Michael Beck Random House Audio ISBN: 978-0385550543 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 09/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong—and the nightmare that follows. After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris t
Judith D Collins
Sep 296 min read
Trad Wife
By: Sarah Langan Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668229651 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 09/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “A genre beast—menacing, claustrophobic, and wholly unexpected.” —Mariana Enriquez, New York Times bestselling author of Our Share of Night From the three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Good Neighbors comes a chilling tale of a journalist's descent into horro
Judith D Collins
Sep 287 min read
Never Tell A Secret
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 978183756796 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 10/25/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Having secrets is dangerous. Confessing them can be fatal. Emma’s family is coming apart at the seams. Her marriage to Hayden is crumbling. Their 21-year-old daughter Willow is unraveling after a breakup. Their teenage son Fred is isolated and unhappy. So when they are offered the chance to test ClarityU—a revolutionary
Judith D Collins
Sep 265 min read
A Killer for Christmas
By: Kim Harrington Narrator: Shaina Summerville ISBN: 9798892425032 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS SEP Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat Wrapped in red has a bloody new meaning in this contemporary holiday romance with a murderous twist, perfect for readers who enjoyed The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year. Christmasville, Maine, is the only place where Kelsey Hendricks has ever felt happ
Judith D Collins
Sep 229 min read
The Munich Affair
By: James Patterson & David Ellis Narrators: Sam Claflin, Lorelei King ISBN: 9780316404099 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 09/21/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "The Munich Affair is a master class in tension and a perfect historical thriller.” —Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls “This World War II-era thriller feels startlingly modern and essential. As you watch a detective, a journali
Judith D Collins
Sep 214 min read
Deadly Secrets
Dean Lincoln Legal Thriller #4 By Peter O'Mahoney Narrator: Troy Duran ISBN: 9781522616764 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Secrets. Lies. Explosions. The truth is about to turn deadly. When a teenager is killed at a remote doomsday prepper compound outside Beaufort, South Carolina, attorney Dean Lincoln finds himself defending a young man the law is eager to condemn. The evidence looks
Judith D Collins
Sep 214 min read
Call Off The Dark
By: Hallie Shepherd Narrator: Brittany Pressley ISBN:9780063489486 Publisher: HarperAudio Adult William Morrow Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Call Off the Dark is my favorite kind of thriller: so moving about true love and the aftermath of loss, and at the same time, twisty, confounding and impossible to put down.” —Clare Leslie Hall, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country A haunting, atmos
Judith D Collins
Sep 217 min read
Come And Behold Him
25 Days of Drawing Near to Jesus This Christmas By: Joyce Meyer and Ginger Stache ISBN: 9781546009320 Publisher: FaithWords Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ DOOKS This beautiful, full-color Advent devotional from #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer and Ginger Stache invites you to savor the joy of the season. Long ago, on a silent night in Bethlehem, a Child came into the world who would change it forever. It was
Judith D Collins
Sep 182 min read
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