Happy New Year: 2025!

What to Expect in January Part II

 

Beautiful Ugly

by Alice Feeney

A year after Grady's wife disappears, he travels to Scotland where he sees a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

 

The Oligarch's Daughter

by Joseph Finder

Paul Brightman makes the mistake of falling in love with a woman whose father is a Russian oligarch that US intelligence agencies are very interested in. When he goes to work for the father of his girlfriend, he finally realizes what the father really is and is forced to go on the run and change his name. His new alias doesn’t hold up for long and he once again finds himself trying to escape the Russians.

 

See How They Hide

by Allison Brennan

This is the sixth book in the Quinn and Costa series. Two people are murdered on opposite sides of the country in the exact same way at the exact same time. Detective Kara Quinn is investing in Oregon while Special Agent Matt Costa investigates in Virginia. The Mobile Response Teams tries to uncover the link between the two murders and why each was targeted. The team finds Riley Pierce and a place called Havenwood. Both have secrets they hold which might help Quinn and Costa uncover the keys to the puzzle that these murders have become.

 

Abduction of a Slave

by Dana Stabenow

This is the fourth book in the Eye of Isis historical series. Cleopatra’s most trusted agent Tetisheri asks for permission to visit the Kingdom of Cyrenaica which is a web of intrigue. Cleopatra grants permission sending Tetisheri into a pre-war debacle and a murder mystery.

 

Pro Bono

by Thomas Perry

This standalone thriller from Perry is a legal thriller with attorney Charles Warren trying to uncover the missing money from a widow’s late husband’s investment accounts. Within hours of taking the case, Charlie is shot at and his briefcase stolen. Charlie isn’t easily discouraged from finding the truth and finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.

 

Clever Little Thing

by Helena Echlin

This is Echlin’s second book which revolves around the death of the babysitter of Charlotte’s daughter Stella. After the babysitter Blanka dies, Stella’s personality changes and begins to mirror Blanka’s personality.

 

Happy New Year: 2025!

What to Expect in January

 

Presumed Guilty

by Scott Turow

This is the third book in the Presumed Innocent series. Judge and lawyer Rusty Sabich is back in the courtroom defending his stepson against a murder indictment.

 

The Crash

by Freida Mcfadden

 

In this standalone novel an eight-month pregnant Tegan is running away from her life only to be stranded in a blizzard on a roadside in rural Maine with a broken ankle and a dead car. A nice couple offers her sanctuary in their cabin until the storm clears. Unfortunately, her place of safety turns into a nightmare.

 

The Note

by Alafair Burke

In Alafair Burke’s latest standalone mystery, three friends get together for a holiday in the Hamptons and a drunken joke lands the group in the middle of a missing persons investigation in which all their secrets are revealed.

 

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais

This is the 20^th novel in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. In this installment Elvis is hired to find out what happened to influencer Traci Beller’s father when he disappeared ten years ago. Elvis follows the clues which lead him to a gang of vicious criminals, and he must call on his friend Joe Pike for help.

 

 

Grave Danger

by James Grippando

This is the 19^th book in the Jack Swyteck series. Defense attorney Jack Swyteck takes on the case of a single mother accused of kidnapping her child and taking her from Iran to Miami. Dealing with international law and Jack’s FBI Agent wife who is getting pressure from above to have Jack drop the case isn't easy.