State of the Stack #149 (February 1, 2024)

 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. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (January 30)
2. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller (January 30)
3. Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom (January 31)
4. A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn (January 31)
5. Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle (February 6)
6. The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King (February 7)
7. At the River by Kendra Elliot (February 8)
8. Murder by Moonlight by Patrice McDonough (February 13)
9. The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong (February 14)
10. Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters (February 13)
11. The Last Word by Gerri Lewis (February 15)

DNF

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Read Previously, Posted This Month 

Dates indicate when the review was posted.

1. The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz (January 2)
2. Death at a Scottish Wedding by Lucy Connelly (January 2)
3. The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany (January 3)
4. The Body on the Doorstep by Marty Wingate (January 3)
5. The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (January 4)
6. The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes (January 4)
7. Northwoods by Amy Pease (January 6)
8. Dream Town by Lee Goldberg (January 9)
9. The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews (January 9)
10. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (January 10)
11. Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel (January 11)
12. Random in Death by J. D. Robb (January 16)
13. A Body at the Seance by Marty Wingate (January 17)
14. The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley (January 18)
15. Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings (January 23)

New This Month 

Date indicates when the book will be released.

1. Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly (April 23)
2. Mind Games by Nora Roberts (May 21)
3. Dead Tired by Kat Ailes (June 4)
4. One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day (July 16)
5. Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts (July 16)
6. The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston (July 23)
7. The Last Line by Scott Lyerly (July 23)
8. In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (August 20)

All TBR Review Books

February

• A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander (February 20)
• I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson & Will Ferguson (February 27)

• Leave No Trace by A. J. Landau (February 27)
• The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen (February 27)

March

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

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

• The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett (March 19)
• 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)
• Off the Air by Christina Estes (March 26)
• Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke (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)

• Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly (April 23)
• The Mayfair Dagger by Ava January (April 23)

• Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson (April 23)
• Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen (April 23)
• The Stranger I Wed by Harper St. George (April 23)

• Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (April 30)
• An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux (April 30)

May

• A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase (May 7)
• Star Struck by Marjorie McCown (May 7)
• Blood Red Summer by Eryk Pruitt (May 14)

• Locked in Pursuit by Ashley Weaver (May 14)
• Liar's Point by Laura Griffin (May 21)
• Lights, Camera, Bones by Carolyn Haines (May 21)

• Mind Games by Nora Roberts (May 21)
• Original Twin by Paula Gleeson (May 28)

June

• A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets by Kate Khavari (June 4)
• Dead Tired by Kat Ailes (June 4)
• Don't Ask, Don't Follow by Mary Keliikoa (June 4)

• Smoke and Mirrors by M. E. Hilliard (June 4)
• A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry (June 18)

July 

• One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day (July 16)
• Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts (July 16)
• The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston (July 23)

• The Last Line by Scott Lyerly (July 23)
• There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M. S. Greene (July 23)
• Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus (July 30)

August

• In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (August 20)