Fun Friday!

 

Suspense at its best....coming this month

 

Some memories fade.

Some are buried.

And some may never have belonged to you at all.

When Elise Warren inherits Coldwater Hollow after her estranged father’s death, she returns to the mansion where her childhood memories begin—and abruptly end. But someone inside the house knows what happened there.

Someone who calls her by another name.

If you enjoy chilling family secrets, unreliable memories, old houses, and psychological suspense without supernatural elements, you’ll want to read The Memory House by Mary Alford.

https://amzn.to/3NhHYKY

#TheMemoryHouse #MaryAlford #PsychologicalThriller #BookRecommendation #MustReadSuspense

WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}

 

We did this wonderful fish Charcuterie board with fish, tortillas, 

onions, fresh veggies...it was wonderful!

It's HERE! the fantabulous book by Dana Metink

 

Someone appears to fall from a penthouse window, but there is no body to be found.

Murders in the Marquee by Dana Mentink is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. Check into the Grand Mallard Marquee and join an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths as they search for a killer roaming the hotel’s lavish corridors.

Harlequin:
https://harlequin.com/products/murders-in-the-marquee/

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYXQT2R3/

Order from Bookshop.org

#DanaMentink #MurdersintheMarquee

A Royal Christmas {A Christmas Novella} by Melody Carlson

 

Book Description:  Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She's been working hard to put herself through law school and now that the end is in sight, she's determined to stay focused on her goals. Then she receives a letter notifying her that she has been found through a DNA registry to be a direct descendant of King Maximillian V, the ruler of a small Eastern European principality called Montovia. She's understandably skeptical. This is the stuff of cheesy made-for-TV movies, not real life.

Although the pieces of this surprising family puzzle seem too good to be true, curiosity gets the best of her. At the king's invitation, Adelaide embarks on a Christmas break trip that is chock-full of surprises, including a charming village, an opulent palace, family mysteries, royal jealousies, a handsome young member of Parliament--and the chance at a real fairy tale romance with a happily-ever-after ending.

My Thoughts:  The Christmas reads are beginning to make their way on the shelves and it's so nice! And this book is a beautiful hard back book.  It's a keeper!

Melody Carlson always pens an interesting story. She's one of my favorite authors.  

A Royal Christmas has all the feels and the love that comes with a Christmas story.

As much as I enjoy a good mystery or suspense read I like a great story that has love and imagination in it too.  This story makes for a nice break from all the suspense.

I like Adelaide. She's not only smart but beautiful as well.  She's down to earth but would like meeting her Prince Charming.  

When Adelaide receives the letter telling her she's a direct descendant from a King of a small area in Europe not only is she skeptical but she just doesn't believe it.

Then she receives an invitation from the king and lo and behold, she's on her way to royalty.

I loved this story!  Such a great start to the holiday reading!

A Deadly Business {A Mia Quinn Mystery} by Lis Wiehl. An oldie but goodie!

  

An oldie but goodie!

Book Description:  A prosecutor of violent criminals. A detective on a dangerous beat. When these two pros take on an off-the-books case, the line between professional and personal becomes perilously blurred. 

When a twenty-two-year-old convict walks into the courtroom, his eyes confirm what Mia Quinn already guesses: he blames her for his conviction. In seconds, he knocks her to the ground and holds a razor blade to her throat. While she manages to escape without injury, it's just one more reminder that Mia's job prosecuting Seattle's s most dangerous criminals is far from low risk.  

As a single mom, the last thing Mia wants is for her work to follow her home or discover that it already has.

Now Detective Charlie Carlson is suggesting the very thing Mia doesn't want to believe—that her accountant husband’s deadly car accident was no accident at all. When Mia and Charlie encounter resistance to reopening the case, they take the investigation into their own hands. And they find much more than they bargained for.

Was Mia's husband more than an accountant . . . and less than an honest man? As the truth becomes more shocking and the case grows more complex, her husband's killers take note of Mia . . . and her children. How far will this prosecutor go to learn the truth about her husband—and how far will she have to go to protect her family? 

My Thoughts:  Oh.Be.Still.My.Heart!  I have waited (it seems like forever ) for the next Mia Quinn mystery.  And here it is!  

Mia is a prosecutor.  And usually her job is stressful and full but today when that twenty-two-year old walks into the courtroom Mia senses/knows that he blames her for his predicament.  Uh!Yeah! She did the crime!    Honestly these criminals make one SO angry.   As the reader can tell this is a one great suspense read!  I was SO angry at the criminal . . . a good sign that an author brings out emotion in the reader.

Mia is a single mom because her husband was killed in a deadly car accident.  But now Detective Carlson telling her the one thing she really doesn't want to hear.  Her husband's accident was probably not an accident!  And to top.it.all.off!  Her husband seems to have been into some shady dealings.

Poor Mia! She is a single mom who wants to blend into the woodwork.  She doesn't want these criminals to know that she has a family and where she lives.  

This is one of Lis Wiehl's best books!  The suspense is, well for a lack of another word, suspenseful! {smile}  One of those I'm looking over my shoulder as I read in bed at night!  Yeah!That good!

• Series: A Mia Quinn Mystery (Book 2)
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595549048

Fun Friday!