Publication Info: Expected publication date: July 2nd 2019 by Dutton. Pre-pub kindle edition courtesy of NetGalley. Summary: In the initial foreshadowing chapter, Jules Larsen wakes up in a white room surrounded by doctors and nurses. She is told she was injured when a car hit her. As her memory returns, she is terrified and begs then not to send her back. The reader is then taken back six days, to the start of Jules’ story. Jules Larsen, a young woman in her mid-twenties, just lost her job and her boyfriend on the same day. She pulls herself together and responds …
Category: Psychological Suspense
The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
Publication Info: Published March 13th 2018 by Minotaur Books. Hardcover edition courtesy of my local library. Other editions available for purchase from online and local retailers. This is the first book in the Harper McClain series. Summary: Harper McClain is a newspaper crime reporter in Savannah, Georgia. Like newspapers all over the country, the one she works for is struggling. Each day Harper’s job is on the line as she struggles to get the scoop for page one, headline grabbing stories. One evening, while grabbing a quick bite at a local diner, she gets a call from her photographer partner, …
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Publication Info: Published February 5th 2019 by Celadon Books. I read the Kindle edition through my local library. Other editions available. Summary: Did Alicia Berenson murder her husband? She’s not saying. In fact, she is completely silent on this and any other topic. From the time her husband was discovered tied to a chair with several bullets in his body, Alicia hasn’t said a word. The courts and public opinion assumed she was guilty. But with Alicia’s odd behavior, the only humane thing to do was sentence her to a mental health facility. Theo Faber is a psychotherapist who is …
Open Your Eyes by Paula Daly
Publication Info: Pre-pub ARC provided by Eidelweiss+ by Above the Treeline. Expected publication Date, Oct 9, 2018 by Grove Press. Other editions available. Summary: Novelist Leon Campbell has several mid-list best selling novels to his name. To all appearances, he is happy and successful. His wife, Jane, is a creative writing teacher and aspiring author. They live in a middle-class neighborhood with their young son, Jack. The family just gotten in the car to go to Leon’s mother’s house for his birthday when their neighbor, Lawrence accosted them. Lawrence’s wife was upset once again about the Campbell’s cat getting into …
Our House by Louise Candlish
Publication Info: Kindle e-book, US edition, Berkeley Books, Aug 7, 2018. Other editions available. Downloaded via Overdrive through my public library. Summary: Fiona and Bram have a lovely home in an affluent suburb with excellent schools for their two young sons. They both have jobs they like and friends in the neighborhood. Fiona thought she had a perfect life until she caught Bram having sex with another woman—for the second time. Fiona wanted a separation from Bram with the least disruption for the children. As Bram had been literally caught with his pants down, he was hardly in a position to …
Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
Publication Date: June 12, 2018 by Gallery/Scout Press Summary:Lydia desperately wanted a second child. After having many miscarriages, her only living child was Laurence, now in high school. Lydia and her husband, Andrew, had tried adoption, but were turned down numerous times. Lydia had some peculiarities that made the adoption agencies leery of her ability to parent properly. Laurence was just one manifestation of Lydia’s peculiarities. Grossly overweight and babied to excess, Laurence was bullied at his new school. His parents were forced to pull him out of private school after his father made some disastrous business decisions. The family …
Lies by T.M. Logan
Publication Date: Originally published Jan 17, 2017 by twenty7. This book is being republished by St. Martin’s Press on Sept. 11, 2018. Pre-Pub edition of this book courtesy of Net Galley. Summary: Joe Lynch’s contented life veers completely off course the day his four-year-old son spots his mother’s car as they’re driving on the freeway. Young William, all excited, wants to follow his Mommy and show her his certificate from school. Joe cheerfully obliges and follows his wife’s car into the parking area of a hotel. Although a bit odd, Joe knows his wife, Mel, meets with clients in a …
