Book mail: American Sky

 

Thank you Booksparks, author James Grady, and Pegasus Books for the #src2025 #gifted book! American Sky is an expansive and atmospheric coming of age novel. Here’s the summary: 

“For the teenaged Luc, his days are preoccupied with the daily dramas of high school. President John F. Kennedy's assassination seems a world away. But the winds of history find their way to his small Montana town as marijuana clouds rise in the hallways and the notices of neighborhood young men "Killed in Action" in Vietnam keep arriving at an increasing rate.

Acclaimed novelist James Grady's American Sky brings to life the world of a young man who is caught in the nexus of vast social change. From blue-collar life in the heartland to Kent State and the Civil Rights movement, American Sky is a sweeping narrative that builds to a crime that threatens to tear Luc's world apart.”

I can’t wait to dive into this one! 

Does this one sound interesting to you? What book mail have you gotten recently?

About the Author

James Grady’s first novel Six Days Of The Condorbecame the classic Robert Redford movie Three Days Of The Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor. Grady has received Italy’s Raymond Chandler Award, France’s Grand Prix Du Roman Noir,Japan’s Baka-Misu literature award, two Regardie's magazine short story awards, and been a Mystery Writers of America Edgar finalist. He's published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, been a muckraker journalist, and a scriptwriter for film and television.

Book Mail- Where the Bones Lie

 

Author: Nick Kolakowski

Publisher: Datura Books 

Publication date: March 11, 2025

I got awesome book mail yesterday and have to show it off for Thriller Thursday. Many thanks to author Nick Kolakowski and Datura Books for this gifted copy! 

Synopsis: For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home. He’s spent years making the film industry’s worst secrets disappear, and it’s left him a cynical burnout with a taste for bourbon and self-loathing.

But when a young woman comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees a chance at redemption. Madeline Ironwood is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton has just been discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him. 

Dash agrees to help, and as this desperate daughter and jaded cynic claw their way through a world of sun-bleached secrets, crooked cops, and Hollywood thugs, they soon uncover a conspiracy involving some of LA’s most powerful people. 

This one sounds right up my alley and I can’t wait to dive. It publishes on March 11, so keep an eye out for my review before then. 

Let’s play predictive text: the bones lie____

The bones lie on a piece of land where they have no place to hide. 💀

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Book Mail

 

Author: Logan Terret

Publisher: Sparkpress

Publication date: January 21, 2025

Look at the book mail I got this week! Thank you @booksparks for sending it & the cool agate bolo tie they included! Agates Are Forever by Lagan Terret is out January 21. I couldn’t wait to dive in and already started it. 

Here’s the blurb:

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝑷𝒉𝑫 𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒏, 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔—𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒛𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝑨𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒂, 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔—𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚—𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒋𝒐 𝒋𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆—𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒅—𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍, 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕, 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕-𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂’𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊ó𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆.

𝑨𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅-𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒇, 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒑𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏.

About the Author

Logan Terret grew up in Northern Michigan but has lived in the Southwest for the last twenty years. Formerly the chief software architect for one of America’s largest financial firms, he is now retired and devotes himself to desert wanderings, mystery novels, machine learning, dog walking, and other pursuits. He is an inventor and licensed attorney. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

#agatesareforever #winterpopup #epicwinterreads #thrillerbooks  

Book Mail: Long Time Gone

 

Author: Charlie Donlea

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp

Year: 2024

📫𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹📫

Book mail is the best mail part two! 

Thank you bookstagrammer @andrea.c.lowry.reads for sending me Long Time Gone! And look at the awesome keychain that came with it!

I was so excited when Andrea messaged me that I had won her #giveaway for this book. In fact, it was Andrea who introduced me to @charliedonlea books a couple of years ago when she sent me her copy of Twenty Years Later just because she thought I’d like it. She’s the best! 

If you’ve never read any of Charlie’s books, do yourself a favor and pick one up. He writes terrific thrillers! 

QOTD: who’s an author you often recommend? 

I often recommend Michael Connelly, S.A. Cosby, Charlie Donlea, and Richard Osman. 

#bookmail #bookmailisthebestmail #longtimegone #charliedonlea #kensingtonbooks #crimefiction #thrillerbooks #mysteryfiction #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramfriendsarethebestfriends 

Book Mail: The Deep

 Author: Alma Katsu

Publisher: Putnam Books

Release date: June 4, 2024

📫𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹📫

Book mail is the best mail! Thank you Putnam Books for the #gifted book! Author Alma Katsu’s The Deep is now out in paperback. I can’t wait to dive into this one! (Pun intended! 😀) Here’s the synopsis: 

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄?

Someone, or something, is haunting the ship. Between unexplained disappearances and eerie deaths, the guests of the Titanic—particularly maid Annie Hebley and guest Mark Fletcher—are convinced there’s something sinister afoot. But before they can unveil the danger that beckons them, disaster strikes.

Years later, Annie is working as a nurse on the sixth voyage of the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic, newly refitted as a hospital ship. When she happens across an unconscious Mark, now a soldier fighting in World War I, Annie is relieved to see he survived the sinking. But soon Mark’s presence awakens deep-buried secrets, a creeping darkness forcing Annie to reckon with the demons of her past—as they both discover the terror may not yet be over. 

Spooky Titanic horror? Yes, please! 

QOTD: what‘s your most recent book mail or what are you reading this week? I’m listening to Death of a Bookseller this week. 

#thedeep #almakatsu #putnambooks #horrorfiction #spookybooks #titanic #titanicfiction #giftedbook #bookmail #bookmailisthebestmail #paperbackrelease 

Book Mail: Moscow Exile

 

Author: John Lawton

Publisher: Grove Atlantic 

Release date: April, 18, 2023

📪𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹📪

#bookmailmonday but make it on Tuesday. 

Thank you Grove Atlantic Press and author John Lawton for this gifted copy! 

This was on my doorstep when I got home after spending last week at the beach. I had too much catching up to do yesterday and didn’t get a chance to post about it. 

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Charlotte is a British expatriate who has recently settled in the nation’s capital with her second husband, a man who looks intriguingly like Clark Gable, but her enviable dinner parties and soirées aren’t the only things she is planning. Meanwhile, Charlie Leigh-Hunt has been posted to Washington as a replacement for Guy Burgess, last seen disappearing around the corner and into the Soviet Union. Charlie is soon shocked to cross paths with Charlotte, an old flame of his, who, thanks to all her gossipy parties, has a packed pocketbook full of secrets she is eager to share. Two decades or so later, in 1969, Joe Wilderness is stuck on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, held captive by the KGB, a chip in a game way above his pay grade—but his old friends Frank and Eddie are going to try to spring him out of the toughest prison in the world. All roads lead back to Berlin, and to the famous Bridge of Spies…

Sounds like lots of intrigue in the post WWII era! Can’t wait to dive into this one! Espionage thriller lovers mark you calendars. Moscow Exile publishes next Tuesday, April 18th. 

#moscowexile #johnlawton #groveatlantic #joewilderness #espionage #espionagethriller #spythriller #espionagefiction #moscow #coldwar #coldwarespionagethriller #thrillerbooks #bookstagram #spyfiction #bookmail #bookmailisthebestmail #bridgeofspies #joewildernessseries #publishingsoon 

Book Mail - The Last Hours in Paris

 

📪𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥 📪 

Thank you Grand Central Publishing and author Ruth Druart for sending me this #giftedcopy. I was thrilled to find this on my doorstep when I got home from work yesterday and I can’t wait to dive into it. It hits shelves on July 19th, so keep an eye out for it then. 

 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬: 1940s: Elise is a young French woman secretly helping the resistance in German-occupied Paris. Sebastian is a young German soldier working as a translator. They meet, fall in love, and are relishing in the unforeseen happiness they have found in one another, despite being on opposite sides of the war. After liberation, however, the young couple is tragically torn apart, with Sebastian arrested by the French resistance and Elise captured and shamed as a ‘collabo’ by her own people, before being sent to Brittany for her own protection.

The lovers are parted, each believing the other to be lost forever. 

1960s: Elise and her 18-year-old daughter, Josephine, live in Brittany, France, with Brigitte, a gruff and bitter Frenchwoman who took Elise in after the war. Josephine has always been told that her father was a Frenchman who died when she was a baby—but when she discovers she is, in fact, the daughter of a German soldier, she travels to England to find out more about her real father. To her shock, she learns he is not dead, but living in the U.K. where he settled after the war and made a new life with his wife, Margaret, an Englishwoman who knows nothing of his past.

When Josephine reveals that her mother Elise is still alive, Sebastian must make the most difficult decision of his life: honor his duty to his new family, or return to his first great love? 

QOTD: Any July new book releases you can wait to get your hands on? 

#thelasthoursinparis #ruthdruart #grandcentealpublishing #publishingsoon #julyrelease #historicalfiction #wwii #paris #frenchresistance #secrets #bookstagram #igreads #alwaysreading #giftedbook #grateful 

Book Mail 📪

 

Returned from our stay at the beach to find this book in the the pile of mail that was waiting for me at the post office.

Synopsis: PI Pete Fortunato wakes up one morning with a bad taste in his mouth. This is never a good sign. When a beautiful woman wants to hire him to find her husband, he doesn’t hesitate to say yes. Within a day, Fortunato finds the husband in the apartment of his client’s young, stud lover. He’s been shot once in the head. Case closed. But when his client’s check bounces, and a couple of Albanian gangsters show up outside his building and kidnap him, hoping he’ll lead them to a large sum of money supposedly stolen by the dead man, he begins to realize there’s a good chance he’s been set up to take the fall for the murder and the theft of the money. 

In an attempt to get himself out of a jam, Fortunato winds up on a wild ride that takes him down to Texas where he searches for his client’s lover who he suspects has the money and holds the key to solving the murder. 

I’m always intrigued by a hard-boiled mystery and this one sounds like it’s right up my alley! Thank you to Sonya at Claire McKinney PR and Down and Out Books for this #giftedbook! 

QOTD: how’s your week going so far? 

I feel like I’m playing catch up on everything after a few days of travel. My priorities yesterday were to visit my mom and get a much needed haircut. Accomplished both. It was wonderful seeing my mom after being away. 

#bookmail #bookmailisthebestmail #crimefiction #mysteryfiction #hardboiledfiction #murdermystery #bookstagram #igreads #grateful #alwaysreading #booknerd #bibliophile 

Book Mail 📪

 

📪𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚📪

Thank you to the tagged publishers and authors for the #gifted books! 

Coming soon

🔹The Mozart Code - a romantic drama set in post-WW2 Vienna (out 3/15)

Available now

🔹The Last Night in London - a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day

🔹The Counsel of the Cunning - a detective goes on the hunt for a senator’s son who disappeared ten years ago

Which one should I dive into first?

#berkleypartner #berkleyIG #thelastnightinlondon #karenwhite #giftedbooks #thomasnelsonpublishing #themozartcode #rachelmcmillan #tlcbooktours 

#thecouselofthecunning #stevencharms #suspensepublishing #bookmail #bookstagram #igreads #bookmailsthebestmail #tbr #bookworm #alwaysreading #neverendingtbr 

Book Mail

 

Author: Jay Newman

Publisher: Scribner Books

Publishing: January 25, 2022

📪 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥! 📪 

Thank you @scribnerbooks for this #gifted copy of Undermoney by Jay Newman. This looks like a terrific #thriller and I can’t wait to dive in! 

Synopsis-

An electrifying thriller about a group of American operatives who secretly take over the world’s largest dark money fund—an astonishing, audacious debut by a seasoned insider of global finance. 

When a U.S. airdrop of billions of dollars disap­pears in the desert sands of Syria, only a small group of military operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of America’s geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money, not to mention lethally skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and Elias Vicker, the damaged, dangerous soul who runs the world’s largest hedge fund. 

To achieve its goals, the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with the hidden family that manages the largest private pool of capital that has ever existed. Another is with Fyodor Volk, the ruthless founder of Russia’s most successful private military company, a mercenary with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise to avoid him but cannot. 

Arcing from Manhattan’s finest apartments to Washington, D.C., from Middle Eastern war zones to private European bank vaults, Jay Newman’s Undermoney follows the Americans as they are enmeshed in the world of dark money and confront ever-increasing danger. Ultimately, they must decide whether their objectives are worth the cost of sacrificing not just a few but potentially many human lives. Brilliantly rendered with the details only a sophisticated financial insider knows and filled with jaw-dropping action, Undermoney reveals the secret intentions and savage deeds of the world’s richest people.

Undermoney publishes on January 25th. 

QOTD: What’s your latest binge watching recommendation? 

My answer: I finished watching the second season of Emily in Paris last night. It was cute. 

#bookmailisthebestmail #bookmail #bookstagram #undermoney #jaynewman #scribnerbooks #thrillerbooks

#financialthriller

Merry and Bright

 

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞! 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲!

Today is our 33rd wedding anniversary. We’ve been married so long we don’t give each other gifts anymore. But the other day a box was delivered to the house. My husband said he bought a new reading lamp for our bedroom and told me to open the box to see if I liked it. This book was in the box with the lamp. I asked him why he bought Little Steven’s autobiography. Hubby said “Oh. I didn’t think it would be delivered in the same box with the lamp. The book is for you. Happy anniversary, Merry Christmas, and happy birthday.” He knows I’m a huge Springsteen fan and figured I’d want to read what The Boss’s bff had to say. He’s a keeper! 

Taking a few days off for the holiday! Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating! I hope Santa leaves lots of books under the tree for you! 🎅🏻🎄📚

QOTD: what was your hidden gem book this year? In other words, what book did you love that wasn’t a bookstagram darling and seemed to fly under the radar? 

My hidden gem was Heaven’s a Lie by Wallace Stroby. A young woman finds a satchel full of cash and must deal with the deadly consequences. A great action thriller! 

#merrychristmas #bookstagram #anniversary #marriedalongtime #autobiography #memior #bookworm #booknerd #alwaysreading #bibliophile #bibliophilelife 

Book Mail

 

📫𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙡 📫

Thank you Kensington Books for this #gifted copy of Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams.  The main character is a librarian turned bookseller who solves mysteries! Is that my dream job, or what?! I can’t wait to dive into this one! 

Synopsis: Controversy erupts in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, when the owner of the local bookstore tries to play peacekeeper—but winds up playing detective instead…

Known for her window displays, Nora Pennington decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl’s Matilda and Madeline Miller’s Circe for Halloween. But a family-values group disapproves of the magical themes and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who’s been selling CBD oil products.

 

Nora and her friends in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society are doing their best to put an end to the strife—but then someone puts an end to a life. Declared an accident, the ruling can’t explain the old book page covered with strange symbols and disturbing drawings left under Nora’s doormat. It’s up to Nora and the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to sort out the clues before more bodies turn up and the secrets from Celeste’s past come back to haunt them all…

QOTD: What are you looking forward to this week? 

I’m looking forward to the electrician installing the ceiling lights in the living room today. Also looking forward to new recliners and an end table being delivered tomorrow. 😄

#bookmail #bookmailmonday #elleryadams #kennsingtonbooks #mystery #mysteryfiction #bookseller #librarian #bookstore #bookstagram #igreads #booksbooksbooks #giftedbook #bookworm #bibliophile #bibliophilelife 

Book Mail!

 Book Mail! 

Happy Friday eve! 

I finally got to the post office to pick up our mail the was being held while we were at the beach. And this beauty was in the pile! I will read anything Angie Thomas writes- even her grocery list. 😀 This is my most anticipated read for 2021 and I can’t wait to read it. I have to finish reading Layla for a group read and then I can dive into the world of Garden Heights and meet young Maverick. 

What book are you excited to read? 

#concreterose🌹 #angiethomas #maverick #gardenheights #nextread #alwaysreading #ireadya #mostanticipatedread #bookstagram #bookworm #booklover  #balzerbray