BEAU LEE COOPER #1 By Ben Crump A PROVOCATIVE DEBUT LEGAL THRILLER ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY On November 4, 2008, America's first Black president is elected and Chicago was the location of Obama’s victory speech.  Hollis Montrose, a 53-year-old Black ex–police officer from Chicago, is shot ten times by four white men during a traffic stop, just as the speech was ending off in the distance. Raised in 1970s Texas, Beau Lee Cooper, a serious lawyer, dreams of fighting for justice. Now ru

By Elizabeth Berg A TOUCHING AND SENTIMENTAL STORY OF A LIFE WELL LIVED ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 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. In these final days, Flo also explores some new adventures

By Laura Dave Hannah Hall #2 A FASCINATING AND FAST-PACED SEQUEL    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 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 new art exhibition, she realizes that she and Bailey are

By Izzy Broom AN INTRIGUING AND MYSTERIOUS STORY OF HOPE FOR A NEW BEGINNING    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Change Your Life for €1. 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 behind a wall

By Anna Quinlen AN INTRIGUING STORY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIPS     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Book clubs are great!   High school English teacher Polly Goodman talks about everything with her book club, except the book. They’re her closest friends and, with her veterinarian husband, her support system. Her students, her relationship with her mother, and her IVF struggles have all been shared with her book club. When the book club gives Polly an ancestry test as a joke, the results surpr

By Libby Page A Delightful and Captivating Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 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. Though hesitant, Tilly begins reading Joe’s letters, and she immerses herself in t

By Jennifer Moorman A DELIGHTFUL MAGICAL REALISM STORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY All libraries are magic, and some libraries are more magical than others.  The public library in Blue Sky Valley, North Carolina, is in the latter category.  Stella Parker is an assistant librarian who is unaware of her library’s special magic, but she soon discovers strange characters in the library after hours. One of the characters is Jack Mathis, the main character from her favorite book. Stella finds

By David Baldacci A MUST READ!    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Walter Nash is an intelligent, tough but fair man with a high-level position at an investment organization. He leads a happy and upscale family life with his wife and teenage daughter. After his estranged Vietnam veteran father’s funeral, he is approached by the FBI to become an inside man to expose money laundering between international criminal Victoria Steers and his organization. Reluctantly accepting, Nash is forced to

By KJ Whittle A THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND WELL-CRAFTED MYSTERY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests follows seven strangers at a mysterious dinner party. At the end of the meal, each guest receives a card revealing the age at which they will die. Two weeks later, one guest dies at their predicted age. As others start to die one by one, the remaining guests must determine whether fate or a murderer is causing the curse before it's their turn. REVIEW Seven Re

By Annie Rains A CHARMING STORY FULL OF HOPE AND HEART   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY As Christmas approaches, Mallory Blue juggles extra hospital...

(Dramatized Adaptation) By Charlie Donlea A BEGUILING THRILLER THAT EXPLORES IDENTITY, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Alexandra Quinlan’s family—her mother, father, and younger brother—was brutally murdered in their home. She was immediately arrested the night of the murder. The media nicknamed her "Empty Eyes" after she was found with a gun at the scene of the massacre. The case became a media sensation, and even after she was proven innocent, true crime bloggers

By John Grisham AN INTRIGUING MIX OF LEGAL THRILLER AND DETECTIVE STORY    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer and father of three, in Braxton, Virginia. He struggles to make ends meet and his marriage is on the rocks.  When Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year old widow, needs a new will, Simon is hopeful that things might just be looking up.  Eleanor wants her late husband's lifelong investments in Coca-Cola and Walmart to remain private.  She has two good-for-noth

By Lucinda Berry The Story is Emotionally Charged and Unsettling     ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Jenna, owner of a successful private therapy...

By Denise Hunter A CHARMING LOVE STORY   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  SUMMARY Shelby Thatcher loves working in her grandmother's small-town bookstore in...

By Sarah McCoy An Intriguing and Thought-Provoking Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Lori Lovely was a highly successful young actress who suddenly abandoned the fame and fortune of Hollywood to enter a cloistered convent in Connecticut in 1969. In 1990, Lori’s niece, Lu Tibbot, decides to write her college senior thesis about her Aunt Lori's life. Lu visits the Benedictine convent to interview her aunt, now the head Abbess. Lori, despite many requests over the years, has never spoken

A Frankie Elkin Novel #4 By Lisa Gardner An Action-Packed Search for a Missing Woman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Frankie Elkins has dedicated her life to finding missing people.  Now she has accepted a case in Tucson, Arizona.  Sabera Ahmadi, a recent Afghan refugee, was last seen leaving the hotel where she worked three weeks ago, but she hasn’t been seen since.  Her husband, Isaad, a brilliant mathematician, doesn’t seem to care.  The police don’t believe Sabera is missing and refuse

In Death #61 By J. D. Robb A WELL-CRAFTED AND INVENTIVE STORY    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Early one morning, Lt Eve Dallas is called to the front...

By Stacy Willingham An Intriguing Southern Thriller   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Claire Campbell’s older sister Natalie disappeared several decades...

By Charles Donlea A GRIPPING AND GUT-WRENCHING STORY   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Ethan Hall is now a 45-year-old ER doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, who previously worked for the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation. He retired from burnout after ten years of investigating the murder and abuse of children and went to medical school.  When his former partner shows up in the ER and asks for Ethan’s help on a recent reopened cold case, Ethan is intrigued. Callie Jones, a 17-year-o

by Katherine Reay A CLEVER AND CAPTIVATING STORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Lily is an up-and-coming assistant at the Tate Museum's Modern...