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The Tip Line by Vanessa Cuti Narrated by Sarah Naughton

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Title: The Tip Line Author: Vanessa Cuti Narrator: Sarah Naughton Genre: General Fiction, Mystery Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 9 hours 48 minutes   Date of Publication: April 18, 2023 Description:  Anxious to get married, thirty-year-old Virginia Carey lands a job as an operator at a police tip line, where she thinks finding a husband will be easy. There’s Charlie Ford, a surprisingly sweet homicide detective, and charming police chief Declan “Deck” Brady. But just as Virginia’s plans begin to fall into place and she can almost picture a ring on her finger, she answers a call from Verona—a mysterious woman who provides a tip about four bodies on a remote local beach. Verona, a sex worker, also gives Virginia details on sordid and raucous parties attended by law enforcement officers—and on the strange fetishes of cops she has been involved with. Then comes an explosive tip: Verona thinks it’s a police officer who is responsible for the killings. But it can’t be true—the cops Virg

Best in Snow (An Andy Carpenter Novel, 24) by David Rosenfelt

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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 prime suspect –

Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge (Excerpt)

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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 digging up billion-dolla

The Night She Went Missing by Kristen Bird (Excerpt)

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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