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The Midnight Train
The Midnight World #2 By: Matt Haig Narrator: James Norton ISBN: 978-0593833377 Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Publisher: Penguin Audio Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his
Judith D Collins
May 244 min read
What Mother Knows
By: Chad Zunker ISBN: 9781662529924 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 11/03/3026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (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 estranged mother, Lauren Snow—the city’s powerfu
Judith D Collins
May 222 min read
Storm Warning
A Dez Limerick Thriller #4 By: James Byrne Narrator: Ruairi Conaghan Vibrance Press ISBN: 9781250319814 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Dez Limerick has his considerable skills pushed to the limit when, to rescue a friend, he has to get to—and get into—a state of the art facility on full lockdown, with considerable forces determined to stop him. Desmond Aloysius Limer
Judith D Collins
May 224 min read
Don't Answer The Phone
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781837567157 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 03/08/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS She’s the woman of his dreams. He’s the monster from her nightmares. When Daniella rescues elderly Peggy from a mugger on a Boston street, she expects nothing in return. But then she meets Peggy's son, Lucas—devastatingly handsome and utterly captivating. Unlike her distant husband Grant, Lucas sees her. Wants her. Dani
Judith D Collins
May 224 min read
Rich Little Liars
By: A.J. Carter Narrator: Jennifer Woodward ISBN: 9781807343170 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 06/05/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A BRAND-NEW, relentlessly pacy psychological thriller with twists you won’t see coming, for fans of Michelle Frances, Gemma Rogers and Lisa Jewell.👀💔⚡ Everyone has something to hide… After surviving a house fire that killed her husband, Kelly Reynolds vanishes into the East Hamptons, a world
Judith D Collins
May 214 min read
Both Can Be True
By: Jessica Guerrieri Narrators:Jessica Guerrier, Helen Laser, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Rebecca Lowman ISBN: 9781400345984 Publisher: Harper Muse Publictaion Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS MAY #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat 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 i
Judith D Collins
May 2016 min read
The Burning Side
By: Sarah Damoff Narrators: Stacy Gonzalez, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Jackie Sanders Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668085011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 5/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. W
Judith D Collins
May 195 min read
Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly Narrator: Will Damron ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Best Crime Procedural Series of 2026 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 res
Judith D Collins
May 196 min read
The River Muse
By: Laura Resau Narrator: Cassandra Campbell ISBN: 9781400349142 Duration: 11 Hrs. 53 Min Publisher: Harper Muse Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again… At the brink of summer, Callie arrives in a secluded village in the South of France with her young daughter, after barely escaping her menacing ex-partner. Desperat
Judith D Collins
May 186 min read
The Place Between Our Pains
A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive By: K. J. Ramsey Narrator: K.J. Ramsey ISBN: 9780593727393 Publisher: Convergent | Convergent Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Memoir TOP BOOKS OF 2026 LIST! 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 ill
Judith D Collins
May 188 min read
The Wolf At The Door
Margot Phalen FBI Series By: Kate Wiley Narrator: Lauryn Allman Dreamscape Media ISBN: 9781837001637 Publisher: Storm Publishing Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When seven skeletons are unearthed along the Appalachian Trail, FBI Special Agent Margot Phalen thinks she already knows who put them there. Margot knows how predators hunt. As the daughter of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, she’s turned
Judith D Collins
May 185 min read
The Divorce
By: Freida McFadden Narrators: January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland Dreamscape Media ISBN: 978-1464249631 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks her out, hires the city’s best divorce lawyers, drai
Judith D Collins
May 175 min read
The One Day You Were My Husband
By: Rosie Walsh Narrator: Emilia Fox Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217060450 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times–bestselling author of Ghosted and The Love of My Life comes an unmissable emotional thriller: an up-all-night, page-turning love story with a very dark secret at its heart. Carrie and Johan marry on a beach in Thailand only months into thei
Judith D Collins
May 168 min read
The Final Target
By: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250413581 Publisher: St Martin's Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature. He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compli
Judith D Collins
May 165 min read
21 Willow Lane
By: Keri Beevis Narrator: Shakira Shute ISBN: 9781835336137 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 05/22/2926 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Discover the BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from the INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING author of The House Sitter, Keri Beevis Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell! Some friendships - and secrets - should stay buried forever… Everyone said a change of scenery would
Judith D Collins
May 155 min read
Nantucket Second Chances
By: Pamela Kelley Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker Sourcebooks Audio ISBN: 9781464246234 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Nantucket is the perfect place for a new beginning. Claire Shipman never imagined she'd be the single mom of a teenager, going through a contentious divorce, and unexpectedly pregnant. On the bright side, at least she's on Nantucket, where she grew up, and wher
Judith D Collins
May 144 min read
The Break-Up Retreat
By: Camilla Sten Narrator: Peyton Mader ISBN: 9781250455482 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Minotaur Books Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars (ALC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS An undercover journalist goes to expose an exclusive psychological wellness clinic where women go to recover from heartbreak, with dire consequences, in this creepy thriller from The Bachelorette Party author Camilla Sten. Welcome to Himlafall Clinic, where we use revolutionary th
Judith D Collins
May 144 min read
Bitterfrost
By: Bryan Gruley A Bitterfrost Thriller #1 ISBN: 9781448315406 Publisher: Severn House Publication Date: 04/01/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) APR 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS The first in a brand-new crime thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley. Feisty defence attorney, Devyn Payne faces off against veteran detective, Garth Klimmek as they work to solve a vicious double homicide in their small, icy town of Bitterfrost. Thi
Judith D Collins
May 136 min read
The Fake Wife
By: Emily Shiner ISBN: 9781805509127 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 05/11/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR STOP As I watch Darren bury his wife’s body in the backyard, I know I need to act fast. I’m going to be her replacement. He’ll never know what’s coming… The next day, I smile down at Darren in bed next to me. When he wakes up, I’m going to tell him I’m his new wife. I’ll keep this beautiful house clean and host the
Judith D Collins
May 115 min read
Dissection of a Murder
By: Jo Murray Narrator: Joanne Froggatt Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217177004 Publisher: Dutton Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF APPLE TV+’S PRESUMED INNOCENT, STARRING EMMY AWARD-WINNER RACHEL BROSNAHAN Nothing is as it seems—and no one is telling the truth—in this page-turning thriller about a young lawyer forced to defend a man on trial for murder against the mentor who taug
Judith D Collins
May 118 min read
Tell Me Something True
By: Michael Robotham ISBN: 9780802168924 Publisher: Grove Atlantic Publication Date: 01/05/2027 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS “No one does suspense better.” —Stephen King The astonishing, moving crime epic from award-winning and bestselling Michael Robotham: a mystery, a coming-of-age tale, and a love story wrapped into one, set against the simmering tensions of a small Australian town I look along the road and notice how many people are st
Judith D Collins
May 93 min read
The May House
By: Jillian Cantor Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668091159 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Three adult sisters inherit a beach house from their grandmother on the condition they return every May to spend one week together, earthing family secrets, unrequited love, and the deep bonds of sisterhood in this shimmering new novel from the USA TODAY bestselling au
Judith D Collins
May 95 min read
The Forgotten Midwife
By: Laura Anthony Narrators: Helen Laser, Maeve Smyth Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668047415 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Set in the dual timelines of present-day New Jersey and 1950s Ireland, and based on real historical events, comes a powerful, poignant novel of sisterhood, family secrets, and resilience from the author of the “profound, moving, and memorable” (Fresh Fiction) The W
Judith D Collins
May 95 min read
The Anniversary
By: Alex Finlay Narrators: Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250360755 Publisher: Minotuar Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) 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 f
Judith D Collins
May 97 min read
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