Althea's Reading Corner

Take My Husband  Ellen Meister On Sale Date: August 30, 2022 9780778309871 Trade Paperback $16.99 USD 400 Pages I am super excited to be part of the HarperCollins blog tour for Ellen Meister's newest book Take My Husband, which releases on August 30, 2022. ABOUT THE BOOK: A witty, insightful domestic comedy about one woman's unexpected, thought-provoking journey out of her marriage as she realizes how much better off she would be if her husband had not survived a serious car crash. When Laurel Appelbaum gets a call at work from the local hospital informing her that her unemployed husband Doug has been in a serious car accident, she is in shock. Summoned immediately to his bedside, she doesn't know in what condition she will find him. As she rushes to the ER, her mind is full of dire thoughts of this abrupt and unpredictbale end to her marriage...that is until she remembers the large life insurance policy they are carrying in his name. Suddenly Laurel can't help but imag...

Title: Cut and Run Author: Alisson Brennan Series: Lucy Kincaid Genre:  Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 448 Date of Publication: March 31, 2020 Description:  FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is dead-set on solving a cold case - even if the original investigators stonewall her every step of the way. A violent storm has uncovered the remains of a family that authorities assumed fled the country years ago to avoid prosecution. But the body of the youngest Albright son never turned up. If the child is dead, why wasn’t his body found with his parents? If he’s alive, where has he been...and what does he know? Now, Lucy and her partner, Nate, must reconstruct an old crime to find a missing child in the present day. Meanwhile, investigative reporter Maxine Revere is called to San Antonio. A confessed killer of a young woman named Victoria has recanted his statement, which opens the door to a whole new world of secrets and betrayal. Max hires Sean Rogan, Lu...

Title: The Other Girl  Author: Erica Spindler Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Genre: Psychological thriller, Police procedural Format: Audiobook Listening length: 8 hours and 3 minutes Date of Publication: August 22, 2017 Description:   A horrific crime. One witness―a fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of the tracks, one known for lying and her own brushes with the law. Is it any surprise no one believed her? Officer Miranda Rader of the Harmony, Louisiana PD is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisis―but that wasn’t always so. Miranda comes from the town of Jasper, a place about the size of a good spit on a hot day, and her side of the tracks was the wrong one. She’s worked hard to earn the respect of her coworkers and the community. When Miranda and her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the town’s most beloved college professors, they’re unprepared for the brutality of the scene. This murder is unlike any they’ve ever investigated...

Title: The Witch Elm Author: Tana French Narrator: Paul Nugent Genre: Mystery, Psychological thrillers Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 22 hours and 7 minutes Date of Publication: October 9, 2018 Description:  Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.   A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today,  The Witch Elm  asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know w...

Title: Kids Cook Dinner Author: Deanna F. Cook Genre:  Cookbook Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 64 pages Date of Publication: August 30, 2022 Description:  It's kids' cooking night—and they’re in charge of making dinner! This selection of 25 easy, budget-friendly dinner recipes from the best-selling   Cooking Class   series teaches kids how to make tasty, healthy meals with easy-to-follow step-by-step photos. The recipes feature a range of kid favorites, including Popcorn Chicken, Easy Cheesy Quesadillas, Pasta with Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella, Black Beans & Rice, Pizza, Meatballs with Creamy Sauce, Super Sliders, and Supper Salad have been specially selected for their budget-friendliness (averaging $2 a serving) and use of easy-to-find pantry staples, as well as their nutritional value. With instructions on basic cooking skills, like chopping vegetables and stir-frying, grocery shopping, and kitchen safety,  Kids Cook Dinner  offers aspiring chefs age...

Title: Lady of Bones Author: Carolyn Haines Series: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Format: Kindle No. of Pages: 347 Date of Publication: June 14, 2022 Description:  Carolyn Haines's  Lady of Bones  is the next novel in the series that  Kirkus Reviews  characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets  the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. It’s Halloween season in Mississippi as Sarah Booth and the gang gather to decorate and gush over Tinkie’s new baby, Maylin. Sarah Booth is just about to refresh the cocktails when she hears a knock on the door and opens it to find a woman named Frankie, distraught at the disappearance of her daughter Christa, a young journalist. Christa had been investigating the disappearance of young women in New Orleans over a five-year period—one every year around Halloween. Now Christa herself is missing, and Frankie fears it may be connected to a cult based in the G...

Title: 214 Palmer Street Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator:  Stacey Glemboski Genre: Mystery & Thriller Format: Audiobook Listening length: 8 hours and 24 minutes   Date of Publication: April 6, 2022 Description:  A house with a secret. A woman with nothing to lose. When Maggie sees the beautiful Venetian blinds moving in the Caldwells’ front window, she freezes. Her favorite neighbours Cady and Josh are away, so who is in their house? The pretty young woman who answers the door tells a convincing story. She’s Sarah. The house-sitter. Just here for a month. An old friend of Cady’s who needed a place to stay. She’s pleasant and warm, and Maggie wanders back to her house thinking she might have made a new friend. Yet she can’t help but wonder why Cady never mentioned Sarah. What Maggie doesn’t know is that on the other side of the door, Sarah is starting to panic. No one was meant to see her at 214 Palmer Street… An unputdownable psychological thriller from number one b...

Title: Nothing to Hide Author: Allison Brennan Series: Lucy Kincaid Genre: Mystery, Suspense Format: Paperback No. of Pages: 410 Date of Publication: April 30, 2019 Description:  With a background in psychology, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is good at getting into the heads of killers and victims both. Still, her latest case is leaving her stumped. A third body has turned up in San Antonio—and it bears the same unique and troubling M.O. as the first two. The killer is clearly trying to send a message. But what is it—and to whom? All roads keep leading Lucy down a dead end. . . The victims are all married men who led honest lives alongside their adoring wives, but have nothing else in common. When Lucy catches each widow in a lie, she realizes that things are not at all as they seem. What begins as a seemingly straightforward investigation turns into something far darker and more sinister than Lucy could have ever imagined. Can she solve this case before more lives are lost. . . includ...