Category Archives: ARC Reads

Book Review: Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

Posted on July 21, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries. An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Northfall by Brian Lutterman

Posted on July 19, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: A Homeless Man.A Billionaire.A Paraplegic Attorney. And the murder that will entangle their fates forever. A billionaire who lives on the streets is the unlikely potential witness to the vicious murder of a wheelchair-bound homeless man, and attorney Pen … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Book Review: The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson

Posted on July 16, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Summary: Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller about race, power and the corrupt institutions that threaten us for fans of S.A. Crosby and Tami Hoag When Detective Anjelica Henley is called to investigate … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Book Review: Breaking Time by Sasha Alsberg

Posted on June 14, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the Book Romance, Celtic mythology, and adventure swirl together in this time travel fantasy by #1 New York Times bestselling author, booktuber, and popular Outlander social media influencer Sasha Alsberg. Fate brought them together. Time will tear them apart. … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The French for Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #10) by Verity Bright

Posted on June 2, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: A grand villa, croissants for breakfast and a dead body in the wine cellar… Lady Swift can’t seem to take a vacation from murder! Summer 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift is finally persuaded by her butler, Clifford, to take a villa in the south of France … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family Saga #4) by James Lee Burke

Posted on May 24, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton by Susannah B. Lewis

Posted on May 24, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Sometimes what your life is missing is an eccentric group of older ladies to take you under their wing . . . When Raeley Ann Sutton’s mama passes away and leaves her the house where she grew up, Rae can’t imagine how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride

Posted on May 3, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals turn to the trusted, elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra, one of the all-time greats (Jeffery Deaver). Nonna Maria … Continue reading →

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Fun Facts and Giveaway: Charleston Conundrum (A Liz Adams Mystery) by Stacy Wilder

Posted on April 30, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

 CHARLESTON CONUNDRUM A Liz Adams Mystery by STACY WILDER   Cozy Mystery / Female Sleuth / Cozy Animal Publisher: Wild Hawk Press Series: A Liz Adams Mystery Date of Publication: January 15, 2022 Number of Pages: 235 pages    Scroll down … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Vanishing Type (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #5) by Ellery Adams

Posted on April 27, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Title: The Vanishing Type Author: Ellery Adams Where to buy: Amazon (affiliate link) Genre: Cozy Mystery, Magical Realism Would I recommend: Yes!!! Go get the entire series. Right now. Don’t wait. Best cozy mystery series ever. Synopsis: While January snow falls … Continue reading →

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