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Two Kinds of Stranger
By: Steve Cavanagh Narrator: Adam Sims Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668093399 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 03/24/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Elly Parker helped a perfect stranger. She didn’t know he was the perfect killer…in another “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) psychological thriller from the author of Witness 8. One offers a helping hand. The other is you
Judith D Collins
Mar 245 min read
Beneath a Broken Sky
Ben Packard #4 By: Joshua Moehling Narrator: Linda Jones Sourcebooks ISBN: 978-1728279053 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Joshua Moehling comes a tense, atmospheric thriller about one detective's search for a mysterious killer in the chaos following a deadly storm… It's a hot, miserable summer in the small town of Sandy Lake. Detective Ben Packard has
Judith D Collins
Mar 242 min read
Where the Truth Lies
By: Katherine Greene Narrators: Amanda Stribling, Tristan Wright, Hallie Ricardo ISBN: 9798892424882 Publisher: Crooked Lane Publication Date: 03/24/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A picture-perfect couple’s sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy Southern town down to its core. Told in alternating timelines, this multi-POV thriller explores toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and female rage in the tradition of Darby Kane. Childh
Judith D Collins
Mar 244 min read
The First Widows
By: S.E. Reed Narrator: Caitlin Shannon ISBN: 9781837001866 Publisher: Storm Publishing Publication Date: 03/23/2026 Format: e-book & audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Some people will do anything for family. Even kill for it… When Sophia, a wealthy woman far from home, meets Rebecca, a struggling nurse and mother, at a paint-and-sip class in New York, their friendship unfolds just as you might expect. The lonely outsider finds her place. The overwhelmed
Judith D Collins
Mar 235 min read
Holy Island
DCI Ryan Mystery #1 By: LJ Ross Narrator: Jonathan Keeble ISBN: 9781464273261 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 04/07/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From acclaimed internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a chilling, atmospheric mystery steeped in ritual, secrets, and small-town tensions, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Louise Penny. On Holy Island, everyone is a suspect… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan r
Judith D Collins
Mar 224 min read
This Changes Everything
By: Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 9781538770030 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format:Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this “riveting, deeply felt and empowering thriller that is also a touching ode to female friendship” (Laura Dave) from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, a woman risks her life to help her closest friend find justice for a tragic crime and realizes she has more power than she ever knew. Julia Pritzker love
Judith D Collins
Mar 223 min read
Hollow Bones
By: Jodi Picoult Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593726259 Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner. On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the W
Judith D Collins
Mar 212 min read
The Hiding Season
By: Ava Glass Narrator: Sophie Amoss Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593972243 Publisher: Ballantine | Bantam Publication Date: 03/17/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this page-turning, atmospheric thriller, a broken woman’s new beginning is upended when she becomes the only witness to a deadly crime . . . making her the next target. After a painful divorce, Maya Landry is in desperate need of a fresh start, which she finds deep in the
Judith D Collins
Mar 175 min read
You Did Nothing Wrong
By: CG Drews Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld ISBN: 9781250435637 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 03/17/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Domestic suspense meets haunted house horror in this adult debut from the New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Let the Forest In. The walls are closing in on her perfect new life. Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale. She’s met Bren, equal parts Golden-retriever-devoted and sin
Judith D Collins
Mar 165 min read
Mother Is Watching
By: Karma Brown Narrator: Karissa Vacker ISBN: 9798217045716 Publisher: Dutton Publication Date: 03/17/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life Mathilde "Tilly" Crewson, a thirty-nine-
Judith D Collins
Mar 165 min read
Judge Stone
By: Viola Davis James Patterson ISBN: 9781668653685 Publisher: Hachette Audio Little, Brown & Company Publication Date: 03/09/2026 Format: Audio and Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +(ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP AUDIOBOOKS OF 2026 Read by Academy Award–winning actress Viola Davis Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson’s Judge Stone “delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all
Judith D Collins
Mar 156 min read
River Deep
Bitterfrost Thriller #2 By: Bryan Gruley ISBN: 978-1448316120 Publisher: Severn House Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Attorney Devyn Payne is left navigating thin ice as her small-town community fractures in the wake of a shocking crime in River Deep, the second in the Bitterfrost thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley. “Visceral, vivid, and suspenseful”―Meg Gardiner on Bitterf
Judith D Collins
Mar 145 min read
The Secrets We Hide
By: Karin Slaughter North Falls #2 ISBN: 978-0063458789 Publisher: Willliam Morrow Publication Date: 08/11/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome back to North Falls — a small town with big secrets. Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, investigate a brutal attack
Judith D Collins
Mar 134 min read
The Armchair Detectives On Holiday
The Armchair Detective Mysteries #2 By: Matt Dunn ISBN: 978-1805505747 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 06/22/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Martin and Albie are jetting off for some sun and sangria. But they didn’t bank on finding a body on the beach… Fresh from their last case at Twilight Lodge, Martin and Albie reward themselves with a relaxing trip to the sun-soaked island of Menorca, joined by Martin’s daughter Dionne and beloved
Judith D Collins
Mar 122 min read
Served Him Right
By: Lisa Unger Narrators: Kristen Sieh, Vivienne Leheny, Brittany Pressley, Soneela Nankani, Tim Paige, Petrea Burchard Harlequin Audio ISBN: 9780778360056 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 03/10/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “A twisty and pacy thriller.” —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series A woman’s brunch with friends quickly turns dark in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling a
Judith D Collins
Mar 106 min read
Pinky Swear
By: Danielle Girard Narrators: Amanda Dolan, Rebekkah Ross Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668096529 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 02/24/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From Danielle Girard, the USA TODAY bestselling author who “effortlessly ratchets up the tension” (J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author), comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a young woman whose surrogate disappears just days before the baby’s d
Judith D Collins
Mar 85 min read
The Survivor
By Andrew Reid Narrator: Michael Braun Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781250393289 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Minotaur Books Publication Date: 03/24/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A hijacked New York subway train, an anonymous killer, and a young man trapped by his hidden past converge in a breathless, breathtaking thriller Do not turn off your phone Do not get off the train I know who you really are Fired and walked out by security on his
Judith D Collins
Mar 84 min read
That's What Friends Are For
By: Wade Rouse Narrators: Daniel Henning, Joel Leslie, Art Brown, George Newbern ISBN: 978-0369774347 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "By turns hilarious, tender, and devastating, Rouse’s novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today — caught between those who paved the way for equality, those who are too young to credit them, and a world that seems increasingly hostile."--
Judith D Collins
Mar 63 min read
Strangers in the Villa
By: Robyn Harding Narrator: Katherine Littrell ISBN: 9781538774007 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain’s Costa Brava to rebuild their relationship, only to welcome a pair of visitors who have no intention of leaving. Sydney Lowe
Judith D Collins
Mar 34 min read
Missing Sister
By: Joshilyn Jackson Narrator: Joshilyn Jackson ISBN: 9780063158719 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes a chilling story of sisters and revenge. Revenge. It's all relative. Born three minutes apart, Penny and Nix Albright grew up doing everything together, close as only twins can be. But when Nix dies in a tragic acciden
Judith D Collins
Mar 37 min read
Saving Noah
By: Lucinda Berry ISBN: 9781464292132 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 09/08/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. But what if it shouldn't be? Noah is the boy everyone admires—an honor student, a champion swimmer, a hometown success story. Until he confesses to sexually abusing young girls during swim practice. In a single moment, his future evaporates, and his family shoulders the
Judith D Collins
Mar 12 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
Mar 11 min read
The French Illusion
By: John Grisham ISBN: 978-0385550543 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 09/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR 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 takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped w
Judith D Collins
Mar 11 min read
Want to Know a Secret?
By: Freida McFadden Narrator: Alyson Krawchuk ISBN: 9781464249600 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden! Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others. Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep wat
Judith D Collins
Feb 254 min read
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