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Split Screen | Book Review
The highly driven Detective Eve Ronin has become the subject of a hit television series, and it’s only complicated her life. The L.A. County Sheriff loves the publicity the series brings. He publicly pressures Eve to cooperate with the show and allows the actress who portrays Eve, Erin Casey, to shadow Eve on the job for a few days.

Lisa Harvey
Oct 92 min read


Split Second | Book Review
Thirty-Two Switcharoo A Stephanie Plum Novel By Janet Evonovich A FUN, LAUGH OUT LOUD READ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Stephanie Plum's life is never dull. Now she is being stalked by someone who repeatedly sends her threatening messages, grotesque packages, and comes very close to killing her. She is also pursuing Greg Tusi, another bail jumper who pushes Stephanie off a roof when she gets too close. Ranger, Stephanie’s go-to guy when she is in trouble, owns a high-end security f

Lisa Harvey
Oct 12 min read


Chain Reaction | Book Review
Jack Reacher #31 By Lee Child and Andrew Child Entertaining and Enjoyable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY She found him. Jack Reacher is usually a hard man to find, never staying in one place for long. He doesn’t own a home or even a cell phone; he travels around the country, carrying only a toothbrush. His only modern link to anything is an ATM card he uses once in a while. And General Susan Turner found him. Turner suspects a traitor under her command, and she needs someone indepen

Lisa Harvey
Oct 12 min read


Hollow Bones | Book Review
By Jodi Picoult In ONE Word: Fabulous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 2026. Molly Fitzgerald, 25, is the youngest-ever head of the Rhode Island Emergency Preparedness Department. Molly was a driven brainiac and had graduated from Columbia with a master’s in public health at the age of 19. She had become obsessed with disasters and planning for them when she learned at a young age that her mother, Eloise, was at the World Trade Center for a doctor's appointment on September 11, 2001,

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


The Thoroughbreds | Book Review
The Thoroughbreds | Book Review It’s a new school year at the elite Tiffin Academy in Massachusetts, and the seniors are elated but now the pressure is on. It's time for submitting college applications, writing college essays, and having their last hurrahs.

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


Mother Daughter Sister Stranger|Book Review
Eliza Ramsey, 17, and her sister Bea, 21, were flying home to Boston with their parents from Northampton on their dad’s single-engine plane. Bea had just graduated from college. Their dad was flying the plane as he had done so often. Once airborne, the plane plummeted to the ground.

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


You’ll Be Sorry | Book Review
The large, remote, and mysterious Dixon Family lodge with breathtaking views, has stood vacant for over thirty years in a small mountain town in New Hampshire. Now it’s overgrown and run-down, a shell of its former self. All six members of the Dixon family—mom, dad, and their four children—disappeared from the house late one August night during a major thunderstorm, never to be heard from again.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


Fury in Death | Book Review
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces one of the most brutally violent crime scenes of her career when she is called to investigate the murder of biotech executive Larry Chu. The victim has been beaten so severely that it seems almost impossible for a single unarmed attacker to have committed the crime.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


A Dark Path | Book Review
And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories By Linda Castillo A Dark Path by Linda Castillo Cover Art Great Short Stories That Grab Your Attention in Minutes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY A DARK PATH is a collection of six short stories by award-winning author Linda Castillo, who is best known for the Kate Burkholder series. The series is a set of complicated crime thrillers set in the Amish country of Ohio. Burkholder is formerly Amish and serves as the astute local Chief of Police of

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


Whistler | Book Review
Daphne Fuller, 53, and her husband, Jonathan, are spending the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soon after entering the museum, Jonathan notices an older man quietly following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne’s former stepfather from more than 44 years ago.

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


The Last Mandarin | Book Review
By Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung BookArt A DEEPLY COMPELLING INTERNATIONAL CYBERTERRORISM Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and food blogger, and her estranged but iconic mother, Vivien Li, a human rights activist, are having lunch in an upscale DC hotel. What happens next is pandemonium as alarms sound everywhere. Alarms, not just in DC or the United States, but everywhere in the world

Lisa Harvey
May 72 min read


A Founding Mother | Book Review
A Novel of Abigail Adams By Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie Book CoverArt A STORY OF A STRONG WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Abigail Adams was the second First Lady of the United States. Before that, she and her husband, John, a country lawyer, lived in a rustic saltbox farmhouse outside of Boston. She lovingly raised her four children—Nabby, John Quincy, Charlie, and Tommy—during a tumultuous time of revolution

Lisa Harvey
May 32 min read


The Anniversary | Book Review
By Alex Finley The Anniversary by Alex Finlay Book Cover Art A BRISK and ENJOYABLE THRILLER with GREAT CHARACTERS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY On May 1, 1992, Jules Delany, a rich and popular high school sweetheart, survives an attack by the elusive and terrifying May Day Killer. He has killed five girls over the past five years. Jules keeps the attack to herself and doesn't even tell her family. She struggles with the trauma, shame, and guilt. She is most perplexed by why she surv

Lisa Harvey
Apr 282 min read


Mad Mabel | Book Review
Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is an 81-year-old lonely woman, but doesn’t look it. She is not frail or bird-like; in fact, she is six feet tall and swears like a sailor. She has lived on Kenny Lane for sixty years and keeps her garden and roses in pristine condition.

Lisa Harvey
Mar 172 min read


Daughter of Egypt | Book Review
As a young woman, Lady Evelyn Herbert was fascinated by the story of the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who ruled 3,000 years ago. She studied archaeology in secret and defied tradition

Lisa Harvey
Mar 31 min read


The Story Keeper | Book Review
By Kelly Rimmer The Story Keeper Audiobook Cover Art AN ENJOYABLE AND ATMOSPHERIC READ ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FAMILY SECRETS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Fiona Winslow retreats to her family’s decaying estate, Wurimbirra, after a difficult divorce. Many believe the house is haunted. But she lived there for many years, and she knows better. When she begins restoring the house, Fiona discovers an unopened box of books that had been delivered to the house many years ago. The book is titled

Lisa Harvey
Feb 182 min read


Life: A Love Story | Book Review
Flo Greene, who is 94, can’t see very well or walk very far. As she nears the end of her life, she wants to set her affairs in order. She is leaving her house and her life story for Ruthie, a former neighbor and surrogate daughter. She is writing Ruthie a letter about all of her beloved possessions and the meanings behind them.

Lisa Harvey
Dec 29, 20252 min read


The First Time I Saw Him |Book Review
Five years have passed since Hannah Hall’s husband, Owen, went missing. Following his disappearance, Hannah and Bailey, Owen’s daughter, have built a new life in Southern California. They've developed a close bond with Nicholas, Bailey’s grandfather, and are gradually moving forward. However, when Owen unexpectedly appears at Hannah’s

Lisa Harvey
Dec 22, 20251 min read


The House of Hidden Letters | Book Review
Skye is not impulsive, but when she sees a derelict Greek cottage for sale by lottery for one euro, she applies. She needs a fresh start far from London and her husband. Weeks later, she feels disheartened as she opens the tattered blue door, questioning whether it can ever be her home. During renovations, she finds a bundle of faded letters

Lisa Harvey
Dec 22, 20252 min read


This Book Made Me Think of You | Book Review
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call about a birthday gift from her husband at her local bookshop, it's a shock. Joe had died five months ago, and she hadn’t read for pleasure ever since he got sick. Alfie, the bookshop owner, explains the gift—one book each month with a handwritten letter from Joe for the next twelve months.

Lisa Harvey
Nov 21, 20252 min read
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