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Under The Falls
By: Maggie Blum Thompson ISBN: 9781250412553 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous, twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind
Judith D Collins
Jan 12 min read
Murder Will Out
By: Jennifer K. Breedlove Narrator: Gail Shalan ISBN: 9781250436016 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Minatour Books Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: TBR FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner Jennifer K. Breedlove brings coastal Maine to life in Murder Will Out, a lighter, modern gothic mystery that's as atmospheric as it is heart-warming. Come for the memories. Stay for the murder... Little North Isla
Judith D Collins
Jan 13 min read
The Doctor
The Doctor's Wife #5 Prequel By: Daniel Hurst ISBN: 9781807220426 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 01/23/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Is he the perfect man or the perfect liar? From the moment I first see Doctor Drew Devlin, I want him to be mine. Drew is the perfect man – he’s charming, handsome and wealthy. And I need the security that comes from being with someone like him. I’m at my lowest point and I have nothing to lose;
Judith D Collins
Dec 27, 20254 min read
Skylark
By: Paula McLain Narrators: Paula McLain, Alexa Davalos, Michiel Huisman Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668028155 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 01/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below—where a woman’s quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor’s dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s
Judith D Collins
Dec 26, 20257 min read
The frenzy
Stories By: Joyce Carol Oates ISBN: 9780593978115 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 06/16.2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (AR) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine) “A genius in the truest sense of the word.”—Rebecca Makkai “One of the greatest writers among us today.”—
Judith D Collins
Dec 26, 20252 min read
The Unknown
By: Riley Sager ISBN: 979-8217044092 Publisher: Dutton Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again. Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns tha
Judith D Collins
Dec 25, 20252 min read
Both Can Be True
By: Jessica Guerrieri ISBN: 9781400345984 Publisher: Harper Muse Publictaion Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When a local mother goes missing, two estranged sisters are pulled back into each other’s lives and forced to confront old wounds, fractured trust, and the many ways a woman can disappear in plain sight. Frankie is the funny one, full of restless energy and sharp edges, the sister who got sober, opened a bookstore, and s
Judith D Collins
Dec 25, 20252 min read
Summer State Of Mind
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey ISBN: 978-1668074886 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Current Reading (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina. After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On
Judith D Collins
Dec 24, 20252 min read
The Delivery
By: Gregg Hurwitz ISBN: 9781662539343 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve—with terrifying consequences. Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She’s healing from the pain of a miscarriage, h
Judith D Collins
Dec 21, 20252 min read
take Hart
Corey in Los Angeles #2 By: Jaime Parker Stickle ISBN: 978-1662531750 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Between her LAPD consulting gig, fledgling indie news blog, and postpartum panic disorder, former TV journalist Corey Tracey-Lieberman is barely keeping it together. Then a mother named Sonja Hart vanishes in her Highland Park neighborhood, and the case is all but ignored. Sparked by maternal fury,
Judith D Collins
Dec 21, 20251 min read
The Housewife
By: Natalie Barelli ISBN: 9781464247552 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From bestselling indie thriller writer Natalie Barelli comes a new deliciously dark novel about a woman who married the man of her dreams, only for him to become her worst nightmare. Jodie always dreamed of being a housewife. And after a whirlwind romance, she marries renowned psychologist Dr. Roy Davies and moves i
Judith D Collins
Dec 21, 20252 min read
The Amateur
By: Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 9780385551298 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When a young woman, a golf prodigy, kills a caddy with a stray ball at the country club, the investigation of this freak accident reveals a dark and shocking tale of secret affairs and predatory men, and suddenly a teenager is on trial in this spellbinding novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight
Judith D Collins
Dec 21, 20252 min read
Brimstone Hollow
By: Archer Sullivan ISBN: 9781250338716 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 08/11/1026 Format: Hardcoer My Rating: TBR (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Following her powerful debut in The Witch’s Orchard, private investigator Annie Gore returns in Brimstone Hollow, bringing readers back to the mountains that author Archer Sullivan, a ninth-generation Appalachian, knows so well. There isn’t much that happens in the Appalachian Mountains that Priva
Judith D Collins
Dec 19, 20252 min read
Road Trip
By: Mary Kay Andrews Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250372895 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #CoverReveal Rolling hills, hot men with accents, and a trip to Ireland two sisters might not survive. The queen of summer beach reads and New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Kay Andrews is crossing the pond! Road Trip marks Andrews’ first novel in two years, the book w
Judith D Collins
Dec 18, 20253 min read
Come Back to the World
By: Catherine Ryan Hyde ISBN: 9781662522406 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A single mother strives to understand the enigma of a reclusive novelist in a poignant novel about belonging, secret lives, and the desire to disappear by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Amelia Booker, a journalist and expert in American literature, receives a photograph leading to the
Judith D Collins
Dec 14, 20252 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body
By: Jennifer Holdich ISBN: 9781464229817 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 07/212026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath ("wickedly funny and darkly compelling") comes a twisted new thriller following one couple who will do anything to get away with murder, even frame each other. Daisy Dixon lives in a stately home, but the grandeur on the outside hides a leaking roof, dusty rooms a
Judith D Collins
Dec 12, 20252 min read
It Could Have Been Her
By: Lisa Jewell ISBN: 9781668033906 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 06/23/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell brings her signature dark, atmospheric suspense and sharp acuity to this new psychological thriller about a lost dog, a missing woman, and a mysterious house. Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate one May afternoon when a small white dog appears. The teenaged
Judith D Collins
Dec 10, 20252 min read
The Place Between Our Pains
A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive By: K. J. Ramsey ISBN: 9780593727393 Publisher: Convergent | Convergent Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts. After over a decade of fighting chronic illness, trauma therapist and beloved author K.J. Ramsey was
Judith D Collins
Dec 7, 20253 min read
The Second Chance Trailer Park
By: Katie Powner ISBN: 9798892425742 Publisher: Alcove Press Publication Date: 07/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From award-winning author Katie Powner comes a funny feel-good novel about a woman discovering her second chance at life. This charming and heartfelt story is perfect for readers who loved Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame. Fifty-two-year-old Meredith McGillicutty is not having a midlife crisis. She’s just ready for a change of pace
Judith D Collins
Dec 7, 20252 min read
Dead Man Don't Play Fetch
Andy Carpenter #33 By: David Rosenfelt ISBN: 9781250427625 Publisher: Minotaur Books | St Martin's Press Publication Date: 07/07/202| Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Bestselling author David Rosenfelt returns with Dead Men Don't Play Fetch as Andy Carpenter investigates a wealthy dog lover's unusual death. It’s defense lawyer Andy Carpenter’s dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou, an old friend who he simpl
Judith D Collins
Dec 7, 20252 min read
Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully separated—by twenty-two miles of ocean—from the
Judith D Collins
Dec 7, 20252 min read
Our Marriage Is Murder
By: Carol Goodman ISBN: 9780063398788 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 07/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In the latest thrilling mystery from Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author Carol Goodman, a writers’ conference at an Italian castle turns deadly when a killer begins using a husband-and-wife writing team’s novel as a blueprint for murder. Fred and Thea Morgan-Lane are the envy of the mystery community, the perfect part
Judith D Collins
Dec 4, 20252 min read
Killer Vibes
A Peter Key Novel #1 By: Jack Friday ISBN: 9781250428615 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A wild and wickedly funny series debut, introducing readers to the irresistible and irrepressible private investigator, Peter Key. "Everything you want in a great mystery."—Steven Rowley "Peter Key is my new favorite amateur sleuth."—Elle Cosimano Meet Peter Key: self-proclaimed “laziest private investigato
Judith D Collins
Dec 4, 20252 min read
The Anniversary
By: Alex Finlay ISBN: 978-1250360755 Publisher: Minotuar Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year. Every Year He Comes For Them. On one fateful night in 1992, the lives of two seventeen-year-olds are changed and intertwined forever. Quinn Riley, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, is arrested after he innocently tri
Judith D Collins
Dec 4, 20252 min read
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