State of the Stack #147 (December 1, 2023)

This is my monthly post which details progress made on review books. I want to thank the authors and publishers who have contributed their books. 

Read This Month 

Dates indicate the date the review was/will be posted.

1. Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara (November 23)
2. Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter (November 29)
3. The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong (November 30)
4. The Buried Hours by R. S. Grant (November 30)
5. Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (December 5)
6. Second Duke's the Charm by Kate Bateman (December 19)
7. Public Anchovy #1 by Mindy Quigley (December 20)
8. Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews (December 21)
9. Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey (December 23)
10. The Secret of the Lady's Maid by Darcie Wilde (December 26)

DNF

1. The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

Read Previously, Posted This Month

Dates indicate when the review was posted.

1. Slay by Laurell K. Hamilton (November 1)
2. Calico by Lee Goldberg (November 2)
3. Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty (November 2)
4. Trotting Into Trouble by Amber Camp (November 7)
5. Murder Checks Out by Victoria Gilbert (November 7)
6. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally (November 8)
7. Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi (November 9)
8. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Amanda Flower (November 11)
9. There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh (November 14)
10. The Other Half by Charlotte Vassel (November 15)
11. Inheritance by Nora Roberts (November 16)
12. The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor (November 22)
13. Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson (November 23)
14. Lost Hours by Paige Shelton (November 28)

New This Month 

Date indicates when the book will be released.

1. Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara (November 28)
2. Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey (December 26)
3. The Secret of the Lady's Maid by Darcie Wilde (December 26)
4. Random in Death by J. D. Robb (January 23)
5. Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle (February 13)
6. How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin (March 26)
7. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (April 30)
8. Smoke and Mirrors by M. E. Hilliard (June 4)

All TBR Review Books

January

• Broadcast Blues by R. G. Belsky (January 2)
• Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly (January 9)
• The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes (January 9)

• The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (January 9)
• The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz (January 9)
• Northwoods by Amy Pease (January 9)

• The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany (January 9)
• Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel (January 16)
• Dream Town by Lee Goldberg (January 16)

• Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (January 16)
• The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews (January 16)
• The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka (January 23)

• Random in Death by J. D. Robb (January 23)
• The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks (January 23)
• Of Hoaxes and Homicides by Anastasia Hastings (January 30)

February

• The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller (February 6)
• Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom (February 6)
• A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn (February 6)

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (February 6)
• At the River by Kendra Elliot (February 13)
• Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle (February 13)

• The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King (February 13)
• The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong (February 20)
• The Last Word by Gerri Lewis (February 20)

• Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough (February 20)
• A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander (February 20)
• Leave No Trace by A. J. Landau (February 27)

• I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson & Will Ferguson (February 27)
• The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen (February 27)

March

• Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler (March 5)
• A Deadly Endeavor by Jenny Adams (March 5)
• The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White (March 5)

• Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado (March 12)
• A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn (March 12)

• A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian (March 19)
• Peril in Pink by Sydney Leigh (March 19)
• The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova Jacobs (March 19)

• A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado (March 26)
• How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin (March 26)

April

• Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen (April 9)
• The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton (April 9)
• At the Edge of the Woods by Victoria Houston (April 23)

• The Mayfair Dagger by Ava January (April 23)
• Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (April 30)

May 

• Star Struck by Marjorie McKown (May 7)
• Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver (May 14)

June

• Don't Ask, Don't Follow by Mary Keliikoa (June 4)
• Smoke and Mirrors by M. E. Hilliard (June 4)