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The first was a freebie for Kindle when I grabbed it.
Moonshine & Murder by Kathleen Brooks Series: Moonshine Hollow #1
Published by Laurens Publishing on March 3, 2019
Source: Freebie
Genres: Mystery, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 106
Format: eBook
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Zoey Mathers had everything going for her until one night she lost her biggest client, her job, and her reputation. Leaving her life up to fate, Zoey closed her eyes and pointed. She would serve out her career exile in the small mountain town of Moonshine Hollow where moonshine flowed as freely as a mountain stream.
Giving up the law to become a baker in Moonshine Hollow turned out to be the best thing Zoey had ever done. She was happy and enjoying life in her new small town. But Zoey should have learned the first time . . . one night can change your whole life.
After unknowingly crashing a battle between witches, Zoey accidentally becomes a witch herself. That’s all before Zoey stumbles over a murder victim and the town’s sheriff becomes involved. Now she’s trying to find a murderer, stop two old witches from playing matchmaker, and learning she’s way more than a mere accidental witch.
And that’s all before fate turns up one more sexy hunk of a twist . . .
And I picked up a couple from NetGalley because I have no self-control.
Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly Published by Dutton Books on July 23, 2019
Source: NetGalley
Genres: Thriller
Pages: 400
Format: eARC
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For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it, but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and then slashed a knife across his own throat. Only one-year-old Dixie was left alive, infamously known as Baby Blue for the song left playing in the aftermath of the slaughter.
Twenty-five years later, Dixie is still desperate for a connection to the family she can’t remember, so when her childhood home goes up for sale, Dixie sets aside all reason and moves in, re-creating a macabre decor with her family’s salvaged furniture. But as the ghosts of her family seemingly begin to take up residence in the home that was once theirs, Dixie starts to question her own sanity and wonders if the evil force menacing her is that of her father, or a demon of her own making.
In order to make sense of her present, Dixie becomes determined to unravel the truth of her past and seeks out the detective who originally investigated the murders. But the more she learns, the more she opens up the uncomfortable possibility that the sins of her father may belong to another, and, perhaps most tragically, to Dixie herself. As bodies begin to pile up around her, Dixie must find a way to expose the lunacy behind her family’s massacre and redeem what little remains of her soul.
Paper Son by S. J. Rozan Series: Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #12
Published by Pegasus Books on July 2, 2019
Source: NetGalley
Genres: Mystery
Pages: 352
Format: eARC
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The Most Southern Place on Earth: that’s what they call the Mississippi Delta. It’s not a place Lydia Chin, an American-born Chinese private detective from Chinatown, NYC, ever thought she’d have reason to go. But when her mother tells her a cousin Lydia didn’t know she had is in jail in Clarksdale, Mississippi—and that Lydia has to rush down south and get him out—Lydia finds herself rolling down Highway 61 with Bill Smith, her partner, behind the wheel.
From the river levees to the refinement of Oxford, from old cotton gins to new computer scams, Lydia soon finds that nothing in Mississippi is as she expected it to be. Including her cousin’s legal troubles—or possibly even his innocence. Can she uncover the truth in a place more foreign to her than any she’s ever seen?
About Kathleen Brooks
Kathleen Brooks is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. Kathleen’s stories are romantic suspense featuring strong female heroines, humor, and happily-ever-afters. Her Bluegrass Series and follow-up Bluegrass Brothers Series feature small-town charm with quirky characters that have captured the hearts of readers around the world. Kathleen is an animal lover who supports rescue organizations and other non-profit organizations such as Friends and Vets Helping Pets whose goals are to protect and save our four-legged family members.
About S. J. Rozan
SJ Rozan, a native New Yorker, is the author of twenty novels and eight dozen short stories. Her work has won the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards for Best Novel and the Edgar for Best Short Story. She’s also the recipient of the Japanese Maltese Falcon Award and has received Life Achievement Awards from both the Private Eye Writers of America and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. BRONX NOIR, a short story anthology SJ edited, was chosen NAIBA “Notable Book of the Year.” She also co-edited, with Jonathan Santlofer, the anthology DARK END OF THE STREET, and the 2022 Mystery Writers of America anthology, CRIME HITS HOME.
SJ has served on the National Boards of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and is ex-President of the Private Eye Writers of America. In January 2003 SJ was an invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The 2005 Left Coast Crime convention in El Paso, Texas made her its Guest of Honor and she was Toastmaster at Bouchercon 2009. She’s been a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Writer-in-Residence at Singapore Management University, and is a Senior Instructor and the Writing Retreat Mentor at the annual Bookcamp in Racine, WI. She speaks, lectures and teaches, and she runs a summer writing workshop at the Art Workshop International in Assisi, Italy. A former architect in a practice that focused on police stations, firehouses, and zoos, SJ Rozan lives in lower Manhattan.
I don’t think any of us have self control when it comes to books!
That’s true. I am in good company.
I hope all of these exceed your expectations!
Me too. Thanks for stopping by.
I hope you enjoy all your reads. All new to me.
I read an earlier one in the Rozan series and enjoyed it, so I’m hoping I like this one too.
Hi Carol,
All new authors and books to me, but I guess that exploring something a little different, is what having no control over your TBR pile is all about!
My personal favourite premise this time is ‘Theme Music’, which has some very respectable ratings and reviews, although I don’t think that the most was made of the cover art!
Thanks for sharing and Happy Reading 🙂
Yvonne xx
I’ve read one of Rozan’s before and enjoyed it. Theme Music might be a little more thriller than I usually read, but the premise – and title- struck me,