Althea's Reading Corner

Title:  What Have We Done Author:  Alex Finlay     Narrators:  Brittany Pressley; James Patrick Cronin; Jon Lindstrom; Maggie Thompson Genre:  General Fiction, Mystery Thriller Format:  Audiobook Listening Length:  11 hours 30 minutes D ate of Publication:  March 07, 2023 Description:  In this “top-notch mystery thriller” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) from Alex Finlay,  What Have We  Done  is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2023:• BookPage • BookBub • E! News • Go BookMart  • Goodreads • PopSugar  •  The Every Girl • She Reads • Beyond the Bookends A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, having forged a bond through the abuse and neglect...

Book Review I really enjoyed Liar's Point by Laura Griffin. It is her newest beachy romance suspense book and a definite must read this Summer.  I loved watching Detective Nicole Lawson's love life unfold in the story. Detective Lawson was easily one of my favorite characters followed by Detective Emmet Davis.  The story was so much fun to read and listen to. I was fortunate enough to receive both a digital and audiobook copy of Liars Point. I loved the romance, the suspense, and mystery. The second half of the book was my absolute favorite because it's when everything starts to come together and facts about the case are slowly revealed. The ending was well done. The narration done by Teri Clark Linden was spot on for me. She did a great job bringing the story to life. Thank you so much to Berkley for the digital review copy as part of their blog blitz. Thank you to Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for the audiobook review copy  Definitely a 5 out of 5 for me!!! LIAR’S POIN...

Title: Only If You're Lucky Author: Stacy Willingham Narrator: Karissa Vacker Genre: Thriller & Suspense Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 10 hours and 17 minutes Date of Publication: January 16, 2024 Description:  "Reader Vacker does a remarkable job.... Mystery and true crime fans will be drawn in and ultimately satisfied by this complex, tense tale read expertly by a talented narrator."— Booklist  on  All the Dangerous Things A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  A Flicker in the Dark  and  All the Dangerous Things. Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year, a year Margot spent studyin...

Title: Darling Girls Author: Sally Hepworth Narrator: Jessica Clarke Genre: Thriller Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutes Date of Publication: April 23, 2024   Description:  SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life. But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free. Even though they never saw her again, she was always somewhere in the shadows of their minds. When a body is discovered under the home they grew up ...

Title: Lone Wolf Author: Gregg Hurwitz Narrator: Scott Brick Series: Orphan X Genre: Suspense Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 13 hours and 13 minutes Date of Publication: February 13, 2024 Description:  This program is read by multi-award-winning narrator Scott Brick. "Brick employs perfect timing and emphasis to portray Evan and plays him with heart...Brick shines in long passages of exposition, setting up the stakes with deft talent, and quickly shifts into periodic high action."— AudioFile Once a black ops government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the Program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Now struggling with an unexpected personal crisis, Evan goes back to the very basics ...

Title: Where You End Author: Abott Kahler N arrator: Megan Tusing and Samantha Desz Genre: Thriller Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 11 hours and 16 minutes Date of Publication: January 16, 2024 Description:  " Tusing keeps listeners' attention from the start. At first, her voice has the quality of an ingenue. Desz, as Jude, sounds dominating, subtle, and quietly terrifying. Their voices align beautifully, with a darkness that entices deeper listening, particularly when motivations aren't clear."— AudioFile  (Earphones Award Winner) “A perfectly paced, addictive thriller with a vicious twist.”—Paula Hawkins From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes a spellbinding fiction debut: an unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face the indelible, dangerous shadow of the past. When Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister. Jude’s face and name are the only memories Kat has from before ...

Title: 'Twas the Bite Before Christmas Author: David Rosenfelt Narrator: Grover Gardner Series: An Andy Carpenter Mystery Genre: Mystery Format: Audiobook & Kindle Listening Length: 6 hours and 33 minutes and 8 seconds Date of Publication: October 10, 2023 Description:  Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is at the Tara Foundation’s annual Christmas party. The dog rescue organization has always been his true calling, and this is one holiday tradition he can get behind because every dog that’s come through the rescue—and their families—are invited to celebrate. This year’s party is no exception. But before the stockings can be hung by the chimney with care, homicide detectives ruin the evening. Derek Moore, one of the foundation’s best foster volunteers, is arrested for murder. Andy discovers Derek—whose real name is Bobby—is in the witness protection program after giving evidence against his former gang. The police believe Bobby murdered a member. But Bobby swears to Andy he didn’t...

Title: The Guest Author: B.A. Paris Narrator: Emily Joyce Genre: Mystery Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 8 hours and 14 minutes Date of Publication: February 20, 2024 Description:  New York Times  bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller fans everywhere with  Behind Closed Doors . Now she invites you into another home full of heart-pounding secrets, in  The Guest . Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband—and their good friend—Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure's mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll...

Title: Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank Author: Elle Cosimano Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez Series: The Finlay Donovan Series Genre: General Fiction, Mystery Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 2 hours and 27 minutes Date of Publication: 11/07/2023 Description:  From   New York Times   bestselling author Elle Cosimano, comes   Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank —a hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past. Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one. Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life — though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of stealing money from her college sorority, she packs up and heads to her cousin Ramón's apartment, planning to change her name and rebuild start over away from backstabbing girls and university drama (and far, far away from her arrest warrant in Maryland). At the local bank on the first morning of her new life, it occurs to...