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Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly Narrator: Will Damron ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 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 twe
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Apr 193 min read
The Delivery
A Mercury Carter Thriller #2 By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins Narrator: Peter Berkrot ISBN: 9781696622363 Publisher: Highbridge Audio Publication Date: 03/24/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Merc Carter is not your typical deliveryman. A former postal inspector, he specializes in moving sensitive or dangerous packages—of all sorts—from point A to B. And sometimes he needs his gun to do so. Carter's current mission leads him to Providence, Rhode Is
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Apr 156 min read
Hope Rises
Walter Nash #2 By: David Baldacci Narrators: MacLeod Andrews, Will Collyer, Shiromi Arserio, Christine Lakin, Larry Herron, Tim Lounibos ISBN: 978-1538758021 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 04/14/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Walter Nash began a journey down a dark path of seemingly no return, and now he finds himself questioning everything that got him there in this thrilling sequel to Nash Falls from
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Apr 146 min read
Meet the In-laws
Meet the Parents #2 By: Emily Shiner ISBN: 978-1807221713 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 07/31/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR STOP JUL 31 As my mom greets my husband for the first time, I spot the new diamonds in her ears. She’s trying to impress him, although I know her smile is fake. But that’s okay. Because so is mine… The mother-in-law: Carol has planned a weekend of home-cooked dinners and cocktails on the deck gettin
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Apr 12 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
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Mar 242 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
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Mar 235 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
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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
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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
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Mar 122 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,
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Mar 11 min read
Impostor
An Alexander Gregory Thriller #1 (of 6) By: L. J. Ross Narrator: Hugh Dancy ISBN: 9781464273872 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 02/03/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a tense, atmospheric thriller that explores how far we'll go to understand—and survive—the darkness around us. In the remote hills of western Ireland, fear spreads as the locals struggle to make sense o
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Feb 47 min read
Another Fine Mess
Bless Your Heart #2 By: Lindy Ryan Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker ISBN: 9781250324238 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 04/15/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ALC) (ARC) APR 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS From Lindy Ryan, "one of the “most electrifying voices in the horror genre” (Gwendolyn Kiste), Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor, heart, and horror. Making sure de
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Feb 23 min read
Inside Man
Head Cases #2 By: John McMahon Narrator: Will Damron ISBN: 9781250348326 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 01/13/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this sequel to McMahon's electrifying series debut, Head Cases, Gardner Camden and the PAR team return to investigate potentially connected cases. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He and his squad of brillia
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Jan 148 min read
Wildwood
By: Amy Pease Narrators: Chris Henry Coffey, Amanda Dolan Simon & Schuster Audio Northwoods #2 ISBN: 9781668078723 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 01/06/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the acclaimed author of the “riveting debut” (People) Northwoods, a mother-son law enforcement team confront buried secrets in their small town as they work to expose a conspiracy that goes far beyond the tight-knit community. Deputy Sherif
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Jan 610 min read
The First Thread
FBI Agent Daisy Adams #1 By: Nadija Mujagic Narrators: Matt Godfrey, Jennifer Pickens ISBN: 9798318531545 Publisher: Tantor Audio Publication Date: 12/23/2025 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS The 1980s: a decade when thousands of children vanished—and most were never found. When six-year-old Charlotte Mercer disappears from her front yard in Silver Spring, Maryland, rookie FBI Agent Daisy Adams is thrust into a case that feels more like a haunti
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Dec 23, 20254 min read
A Long Time Gone
Series: Ben Packard #3 By: Joshua Moehling Narrator: Linda Jones Dreamscape Media ISBN: 978-1728279008 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 2/04/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) It's time to put the past to rest… Ben Packard was just a boy when his older brother disappeared. Ben watched him walk out the back door of their grandparents' house and into the cold night. His brother was never seen again. Decades later, Deputy Packard finds himself with too m
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Feb 9, 202513 min read
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