Althea's Reading Corner

Title: Widow Falls Author: Kiersten Modglin Narrator: Jess Nahikian Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Date of Publication: December 14, 2021 Description:  When Sloane takes a job at the infamous whitewater-rafting camp Widow Falls, she quickly learns that the camp has a reputation for more than just summer fun. People go missing at Widow Falls. The guide she’s replacing was just one of many. As Sloane settles into her new home—a one-room apartment she’ll be sharing with the five other guides—she can’t help asking questions and digging into the disappearances she’s heard about. Her new roommates tell her stories of dark legends and dangerous folklore surrounding the secluded camp but assure her there’s nothing to worry about. It’s all just superstition. When Sloane stumbles upon a clue and a secret message hidden beneath the floorboards of their loft, she begins to realize there may be more to the myths than she’s been told. The me...

Title: Best in Snow Author: David Rosenfelt Series: Andy Carpenter Genre: Cozy Mystery      Format: Hardcover No. of Pages: 314 Date of Publication: October 19, 2021 Description:  In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two feet of snow on the ground. Lawyer Andy Carpenter likes snow – white Christmas and all that – but it can cause problems for the walks he takes his dogs on every day. When Andy's golden retriever, Tara, goes to play in the snow and instead discovers a body, Andy ends up on the phone with the local newspaper editor. The murder victim is Mayor Alex Oliva, who had an infamous relationship with the newspaper. Last year a young reporter published an expose, and Oliva had him fired for libel. Now, the young reporter – and p...

Beach Wedding Michael Ledwidge On Sale Date: February 15, 2022 I am super excited to be part of the Harlequin Book/Hanover Square blog tour for Michael Ledwidge's upcoming book Beach Wedding, which releases on February 15, 2022. Book Summary A high-society wedding party stirs up new evidence in an unsolved murder in this thrilling stand-alone from the  New York Times  bestselling coauthor of James Patterson’s  Now You See Her  and  The Quickie . Hamptons sand… Hamptons money… Hamptons murder… When Terry Rourke is invited to the spare-no-expense beach wedding of his hedge fund manager brother, he thinks that his biggest worry will be flubbing the champagne toast. But this isn’t the first time Terry has been to the Hamptons. As the designer tuxedos are laid out and the flowers arranged along the glittering surf, Terry can’t help but take another look at a decades-old murder trial that rocked the very foundations of the town—and his family. He soon learns that digg...

The Night She Went Missing  Author: Kristen Bird ISBN: 9780778332107 Publication Date: February 8, 2022 Publisher: MIRA I am super excited to be part of the Harlequin Book/Mira book blog tour for Kristen Bird's upcoming book The Night She Went Missing, which releases on February 8, 2022. Book Summary Months after she disappeared, a high school senior is found floating in the town’s harbor, alive but unconscious. Where has Emily been, and how did she get into the water? In Kristen Bird’s “gripping” ( Publishers Weekly) debut The Night She Went Missing , three friends-to-frenemies mothers in a close-knit, wealthy Texas community decide to investigate after the police hit a dead end. While each woman has secrets to protect, they’ll all be forced to look at their own children – or each other’s – to uncover the truth. With the relentless pacing and complex female characters of Big Little Lies and an expertly crafted small town setting, The Night She Went Missing introduces Kristen Bir...

Title: The Night Shift Author: Alex Finlay Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 368 Date of Publication: March 01, 2022 Description:  One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022:  • PopSugar  • Goodreads  • Book Riot  • BookBub  • The Nerd Daily • SheReads  • Crime by the Book From the author of the breakout thriller  Every Last Fear , comes Alex Finlay's electrifying next novel  The Night Shift , about a pair of small-town murders fifteen years apart—and the ties that bind them. “The night was expected to bring tragedy.”  So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers in recent years. It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickl...

Title: Up to No Gouda Author: Linda Reilly Series: Grilled Cheese Mysteries Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 8 hours and 29 minutes Date of Publication: January 25, 2022 Description:  Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream—opening Carly's Grilled Cheese Eatery. After only five months, business is booming as Vermont vacationers and townspeople alike flock to lunch on her Party Havartis and other grilled-cheese concoctions. That is, everyone is but Lyle Bagley, her one-time high-school boyfriend who’s now the town bully—and he just bought the building that houses her eatery and wants her out. After a muenster of a fight, she's forced to put her nose to the rind and find a solution to keep her business afloat. But then Lyle is discovered dead behind the dumpster of Carly's shop, and one of her employees becomes the prime suspect. In order to save her eatery and prove her fr...