Meet This Author: Lauren E. Rico

ULM:  Can you briefly tell us, readers, what your novel, Reverie, is about? LR: Reverie is the story of Julia James, a survivor of child abuse who has grown into a brilliant young cellist at one of the most elite conservatories on the planet. When she finds herself a contender in a high stakes international competition, she also...

Review: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

Synopsis: A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation—a trail...

Review: She was the Quiet One

        Synopsis: From the author of It’s Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense audiobook about privilege, power, and what happens when we let ambition take control.  For Rose Enright, enrolling in a prestigious New England boarding school is the opportunity of a lifetime. But for Rose’s vulnerable twin sister Bel, Odell Academy...

Review: Keep You Close

            Synopsis: When the artist Marianne Glass falls to her death, everyone insists it was a tragic accident. Yet Rowan Winter, once her closest friend, suspects there is more to the story. Ever since she was young, Marianne had paralyzing vertigo. She would never have gone so close to the...

Review: The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl

                Synopsis: This riveting psychological suspense debut by Alex Dahl asks the question, "how far would you go to hold on to what you have?" Cecilia Wilborg has it all--a loving husband, two beautiful daughters, and a gorgeous home in an affluent Norwegian suburb. And she works hard...

Review: How Not to Let Go by Emily Foster

              Synopsis: From the author of How Not to Fall comes an electrifying, powerful new story about love, trust, and emotional surrender. Once upon a time, med student Annie Coffey set out to have a purely physical fling with Charles Douglas, a gorgeous British doctor in her lab. It...

Review: The Crooked Staircase

                Synopsis: "I could be dead tomorrow. Or something worse than dead." Jane Hawk knows she may be living on borrowed time. But as long as she's breathing, she'll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom--and free will--of millions. Battling the strange...