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Book Review: The Quiet Child by John Burley
Media Type: Physical Book (ARC) Title: The Quiet Child Author: John Burley Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: August 8, 2017 Source: TLC Book Tours / HarperCollins —————————————————– Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy thriller and mystery books revolving around families, and slow burn reads. Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble From the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercy, comes a gripping and darkly psychological novel about family, suspicion, and the price we are willing to pay to protect those we love the most. It’s the summer…
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Book Review: Choke by Lisa Towles
Media Type: Ebook Title: Choke Author: Lisa Towles Publisher: Rebel ePublishers Pages: Kindle; 262 Release Date: June 22, 2017 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like reading noir and thriller books. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Your life is a lie. The past you remember isn’t yours. There is no one to Trust. Kerry Stine’s plan to rebuild her life goes into freefall when a patient vanishes from San Francisco General Hospital on her watch, thrusting her down a rabbit hole that leads to a past from…
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Book Review: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) by Adrienne Kress
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) Author: Adrienne Kress Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: April 25, 2017 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy smart, fast-paced stories with fascinating characters! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Featuring a mysterious society, a secretive past, and a pig in a teeny hat, “The Explorers: The Door in the Alley” is the first book in a new series for fans of “The Name of…
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Book Review: Gardenia by Kelsey Sutton
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Gardenia Author: Kelsey Sutton Publisher: Diversion Publishing Pages: Paperback; 260 Release Date: February 28, 2017 Source: Publisher / NetGalley ————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a dark and gritty YA mystery. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been able to see countdown clocks over everyone’s heads indicating how long before they will die. She can’t do anything about anyone else’s, nor can she do anything about her own, which will hit the…
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Book Review: Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage #6) by Greg Iles
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Mississippi Blood *Series: Penn Cage #6 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow Pages: Hardcover; 704 Release Date: March 21, 2017 Source: TLC Book Tours / Harper Collins Publishers ———————————————- Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, because this ending is EXPLOSIVE! Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles’s epic…
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Book Review: Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Beautiful Broken Girls Author: Kim Savage Publisher: FS&G (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: February 21, 2017 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who like stories that blend mystery with the darker side of being a teen. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Remember the places you touched me. The parts of Mira Cillo that Ben touched are etched on his soul. Palm. Hair. Chest. Cheek. Lips. Throat. Heart. It was the last one that broke her. After…
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Book Excerpt + Giveaway: The Secret Billionaire byTeymour Shahabi
Here’s hoping that your Monday kicked off right, and your day is going well! I might be able to aid in that, actually, with another spotlight on a book that is particularly interesting to me. Are you a fan of mystery and intrigue? Then you need to check out The Secret Billionaire. 1960s — March 24. Billionaire Lyndon Surway takes off in his private plane and never returns. His will leaves the entirety of his wealth—one of the largest fortunes in history—to his “dear friend Lucian Baker.” Only there is no trace of anyone by that name. And the fortune…
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Book Review: June Jenson and the Shield of Quell
Media Type: Ebook Title: June Jenson and the Shield of Quell *Series: June Jenson #1 Author: Emily Harper Publisher: Writers to Authors Pages: Paperback; 302 Release Date: April 16, 2015 Source: Author —————————————————– Genre: Adventure / Mystery HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy witty and strong female protagonists who get themselves into all kinds of adventures! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N June Jenson, an accomplished Oxford professor, has spent her life trying to get out from under the shadow of her infamous grandfather: a renowned archaeologist accused of stealing a…
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Book Review: Lifers by M.A. Griffin
Media Type: Ebook Title: Lifers Author: M.A. Griffin Publisher: Chicken House (Scholastic) Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: January 31, 2017 Source: Rockstar Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mysteries that challenge their view of the world. Add it on: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Audible | Goodreads Fear haunts the streets of Manchester: a schoolgirl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. Deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine. Captured and condemned to a cavernous space…
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Book Review: Kubrick’s Game by Derek Taylor Kent
Media Type: Ebook Title: Kubrick’s Game Author: Derek Taylor Kent Publisher: Evolved Publishing Pages: Paperback; 363 Release Date: September 26, 2016 Source: Author ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of puzzles, and definitely fans of Stanley Kubrick’s movies. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Shawn Hagan, a college film student obsessed with legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, discovers hidden clues in his movies which lead him on a harrowing quest toward a mysterious treasure that Kubrick left behind. Endangered by sinister groups on the same quest, Shawn…