I continue to admire Julie Anne Lindsey’s utter mastery of the craft of storytelling here with this third installment of her Cider Shop mystery series. Absorbing and believable, these mysteries depict an imperfect but relatable heroine who loves her West Virginia home of Blossom Valley so much that she’ll do almost anything to protect it…
The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish is an unputdownable, twisting thriller that explores privilege, societal pressures, and crime when a commuter becomes a suspect in his friend’s mysterious disappearance. Underneath the skin of this propulsive thriller involving the sudden disappearance of a charismatic young man is a thoughtful, socially conscious examination of contemporary mores and…
For Your Own Good by USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is a sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school, complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson. Samantha Downing turns her keen eye for murder and mayhem—ribboned through with the social commentary that makes…
Jackson, Wyoming is a town. Jackson Hole, Wyoming is a valley. I didn’t know that—I thought it was all “Jackson Hole”. That’s the problem with a place becoming famous, it pushes reality aside. The town of Jackson has, somehow, become an afterthought within the town of Jackson. This townie/outsider dynamic is the space Nickolas Butler…
Miss Stella Kendrick and Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst are almost at the altar. From the get-go, their courtship has been beset with mayhem and murders. The couple met in Murder at Morrington Hall, Morrington Hall being Lyndy’s family estate. Stella is a motherless American from Kentucky. Elijah Kendrick, her bombastic, controlling father, is a very wealthy…
Since returning to Appalachia, artist Miranda Trent has carved out an exhilarating and exhausting career. She inherited a rundown family farmhouse in rural Kentucky, which serves as her base of operations. Miranda organizes and leads hikes to a variety of scenic venues. Not ordinary tours, rather “a unique experience blending art, adventure, food, and drink…
Karin Slaughter is at the pinnacle of a career that shows no signs of slowing. The stats speak for themselves: Twenty-one novels published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold. She’s alternated between equally successful series and standalone books and has both in development for on-screen adaptation—the Grant County and Will Trent…
Addison Hope is planning a wedding and launching a photography career—all without knowing who she was two years ago. She was discovered walking along the highway when a kind truck driver, Ed, offered her a lift. Realizing she didn’t know who she was, where she came from, or what happened to her, Ed and his…
On a Sunday in January 2015, Thomas Gilbert Sr., hedge-fund founder and member of the Manhattan social elite, was laying in bed watching a football game. Then his son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., known as Tommy, walked in wearing a hoodie. Tommy pressed a gun to his father’s head and shot him. After, Tommy went back…
Young men and women who leave their Amish communities to seek a new life among the English do not always find happiness even though sometimes it’s cruel circumstances in their childhood that necessitate a fresh start. Such was the case with Rachael Schwartz. Why did she come back years later to the fictional town of…
