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The Star Society
By: Gabriella Saab Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld ISBN: 9781400351305 Publisher: Harper Muse Publication Date: 01/06/2026 Format: Paperback & audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Uncover the captivating tale of two extraordinary sisters in The Star Society, a thrilling historical novel that transports readers from the shadows of the Dutch Resistance to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Inspired by the indomitable spirit of Audrey Hepburn, this gripping
Judith D Collins
Dec 614 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 42 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 42 min read
You'll Never Know
By: Caleb Stephens Narrators: Danny Montooth, Brittany Pressley, and Adam Verner ISBN: 9798991461016 Publisher: Thrillerscape Press Publication Date:11/18/2025 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP THRILLERS OF 2025! #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats QA When his wife and unborn child are abducted, Grant Wilson races against the clock in this pulse-pounding thriller packed with riddles, danger, and the desperate fight to save his family, perfect for fan
Judith D Collins
Dec 49 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 42 min read
Class Action
What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You by Gail Ward Olmsted ISBN: 978-1685136840 Publisher: Black Rose Writing Publication Date: 12/11/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS R U in? Need $ now 3rd year law student Lennon Gallagher’s life turns from complicated to overwhelming when she receives a message meant for someone else. The text offers an advance copy of a final exam—a guaranteed ‘A’—but accepting it will violate the honors code she refuses to b
Judith D Collins
Dec 37 min read
The Top Of The World
By: Ethan Joella ISBN: 9781668024621 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school, the future hers to embrace—but she’s still reeling from the death of her older brother
Judith D Collins
Dec 32 min read
Everything Has Happened
By: T. Greenwood ISBN: 9798892425292 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 04/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A disappearance from the past echoes in the future in this ambitious and wrenching mystery, perfect for readers of The God of the Woods. In 1986, a child disappeared. Nearly forty years later, a tip line rings. It’s been almost four decades since Edie Marshall’s little brother, Charlie, vanished on his walk home from day c
Judith D Collins
Dec 24 min read
Watch Us Fall
By: Christina Kovac Narrators: Rebekkah Ross, James Fouhey ISBN: 9781501141720 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 12/02/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS DEC Featured QA #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat “A stunning work of suspense that’s impossible to put down. Christina Kovac masterfully combines a twisty missing person mystery, a heartbreaking love story, and an insightful exploration of the nature of obsession and trauma. I loved this n
Judith D Collins
Dec 29 min read
Needle Lake
By: Justine Champine Narrator: Gail Shalan Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593447239 Publisher: The Dial Press | Random House Publication Date:12/02/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS DEC Featured QA #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats Two cousins on very different sides of teen girlhood spend one winter together that changes both of their lives forever. And once, after Elna came to stay, I watched a man drown there on Christmas Eve, his body trapped bene
Judith D Collins
Dec 29 min read
The Only One Who Knows
By: Lisa M. Matlin ISBN: 9780593599983 Publisher: Ballantine | Bantam Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A disgraced TV news reporter returns to her violent hometown to investigate a series of deadly shark attacks in this nail-biting suspense novel from the author of The Stranger Upstairs. “A gothic coastal noir about generational violence and the cyclical nature of predation, The Only One Who Knows is visceral, haunting,
Judith D Collins
Dec 23 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: 4 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
Dec 13 min read
The Confession
By: M.A. Hunter Narrator: Julie Maisey ISBN: 9781835617540 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 12/04/2025 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS A BRAND-NEW pulse-pounding psychological thriller from M. A. Hunter. If you like Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell, then you will LOVE this! 'I loved this rollercoaster ride of a novel, full of unexpected twists and turns. Read it in one sitting!' - Jill Childs How far would you go to keep your secrets
Judith D Collins
Dec 15 min read
Her Beautiful Life
By: Brianna Labuskes Narrators: Moniqua Plante, Jess Moran, Maria McCann ISBN: 978-1662527456 Pub Date: 01/01/2026 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The truth of one woman’s private life reveals the terrifying depths to which people will go to deceive in a twisting novel of suspense from USA Today bestselling author Brianna Labuskes. When journalist Holland Tate is granted an interview with Catriona Bouchard, her former bes
Judith D Collins
Dec 12 min read
A Murder Most Camp
By: Nicolas DiDomizio ISBN: 9781464250064 Publication Date: 04/28/2026 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The Guncle meets Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies in this fun, twisty mystery following a spoiled nepo baby forced to work at a struggling summer camp who stumbles into a real-life murder mystery he has no choice but to solve. Rustic cabins. Lakefront bonfires. A painfully hot lifeguard. And a murder? Summ
Judith D Collins
Dec 13 min read
The Pursued
A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland By: Corey Mead Narrator: Nikki Zakocs Brilliance Audio ISBN: 978-1662527814 Publisher: Little A Publication Date:12/01/2025 Format: e-book My Rating: 4.5 Stars DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS The terrifying true story of a woman at war with a violent stalker who eluded the police for years―until they found the truth in the last place anyone would have dared to look. From 1977 to 1981, Ruth Finley, an ordinary wif
Judith D Collins
Dec 14 min read
The Kill Clause
A SHORT STORY By: Lisa Unger Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Amazon Original Stories ISBN: 978-1662526954 Publisher: Audible Originals Publication Date: 12/01/2025 Format: audio & e-book My Rating: 5 Stars DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS A hired killer finds herself caught between her conscience and her contract over the holidays in this riveting short thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. A hit woman’s work doesn’t stop for the holidays. As the advent calendar wind
Judith D Collins
Dec 14 min read
BEach Thriller
By: Jamie Day ISBN: 9781250358233 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY, ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, and THE LAKE ESCAPE Jamie Day. It's been nearly twenty years since Holly last visited the charming town of Beauport, Massachusetts, and it remains as enchanting as she remembers. The boardwalk is still lively with tourists browsing shops
Judith D Collins
Dec 12 min read
The Sins of Summer Daughters
By: Lo Patrick ISBN: 9781464260506 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Sharp Objects meets William Kent Kreuger in this new searing southern mystery from acclaimed author Lo Patrick. When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a woman must confront the buried secrets of a summer long past—because she can try to forget, but the Georgia land remembers. Meg Gregory never wanted to return to
Judith D Collins
Dec 12 min read
Dark Humor
A Nils Shapiro Novel #5 By: Matt Goldman Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Blacksone Publishing ISBN: 9781448317936 Publisher: Severn House Publication Date: 12/02/2026 Folrmat: 4 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Nils Shapiro embarks on an international quest to avenge his wife’s murder in this gripping, emotionally charged thriller from New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman. “Irreverent and insightful, private detective Nils Shapiro is sure to bec
Judith D Collins
Dec 16 min read
The Kindness of Strangers
By: Emma Garman ISBN: 9781668222546 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A wildly entertaining debut and homage to the classic murder mystery set in post-WWII London where a stranger’s arrival at a boarding house sets a deadly chain of events in motion—perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson, Agatha Christie, and Richard Osman. London, 1953. Jimmy Sullivan lies dying on the drawing room floor while his
Judith D Collins
Dec 12 min read
Served Him Right
By: Lisa Unger 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 author Lisa Unger Ana Blacksmith has gathered her closest friends and sister Vera for a brunch to celebrate her recent bre
Judith D Collins
Nov 302 min read
All Eyes on Him
(Deluxe Edition) By: Iliana Xander Narrators: Melissa Redmond, Jake Bordeaux, Laura Horowitz, Walker Williams ISBN: 9781464264276 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 12/02/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS *The deluxe edition will include limited designed edges* From #1 bestselling author Iliana Xander comes a twisty, fast-paced psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden. He's the Man of the Year. But what if
Judith D Collins
Nov 304 min read
The Fair Weather Friend
By: Jessie Garcia Narrator: Gail Shalan Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250364456 Publisher : St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 01/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The next gripping domestic suspense novel from Jessie Garcia. It's always sunny in Detroit for Faith Richards. The popular TV meteorologist, endearingly referred to as "The Fair Weather Friend" by her viewers, has the world by the tail. But one night, Faith leaves work on
Judith D Collins
Nov 296 min read
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