State of the Stack #152 (May 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. Next of Kin by Samantha Jayne Allen (April 17)
2. The Mayfair Dagger by Ava January (April 18)
3. The Stranger I Wed by Harper St. George (April 18)
4. Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly (April 20)
5. Archangel's Lineage by Nalini Singh (April 23)
6. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (April 23)
7. An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux (April 24)
8. Star Struck by Marjorie McCown (April 30)
9. A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase (May 1)
10. People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle (May 2)
11. Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong (May 7)
12. Blood Red Summer by Eryk Pruitt (May 8)
13. Lights, Camera, Bones by Carolyn Haines (May 14)
14. Liar's Point by Laura Griffin (May 15)
15. Mind Games by Nora Roberts (May 16)

DNF

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Read Previously, Posted This Month 

Dates indicate when the review was posted.

1. Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson (April 2)
2. The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton (April 3)
3. Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen (April 4)
4. A Body at the Dance Hall by Marty Wingate (April 4)
5. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman (April 11)
6. At the Edge of the Woods by Victoria Houston (April 16)
7. Murder in Rose Hill by Victoria Thompson (April 16)

New This Month 

Date indicates when the book will be released.

1. A Deceptive Composition by Anna Lee Huber (June 18)
2. Pitch Dark by Paul Doiron (June 25)
3. Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews (August 6)
4. The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell (August 6)
5. City of Secrets by P. J. Tracy (August 20)
6. Death by Misadventure by Tasha Alexander (September 24)
7. Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly (October 15)
8. Booked for Murder by P. J. Nelson (December 10)

All TBR Review Books

May

• If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay (May 28)
• All's Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath (May 28)

June

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

• A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets by Kate Khavari (June 4)
• Dead Tired by Kat Ailes (June 4)
• Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle (June 4)

• Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (June 4)
• A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry (June 18)
• The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant (June 18)

• A Deceptive Composition by Anna Lee Huber (June 18)
• Pitch Dark by Paul Doiron (June 25)

July

• Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt (July 2)
• The Burning by Linda Castillo (July 9)
• One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day (July 16)

• Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts (July 16)
• The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (July 16)
• Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos (July 16)

• There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M. S. Greene (July 23)
• The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston (July 23)
• The Last Line by Scott Lyerly (July 23)

• Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh (July 23)
• Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus (July 30)
• Havoc by Deborah J Ledford (July 30)

August

• A Poisonous Palate by Lucy Burdette (August 6)
• Strange Folk by Alli Dyer (August 6)
• Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor (August 6)

• The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell (August 6)
• Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews (August 6)
• Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose (August 13)

• I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell (August 13)
• In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn (August 20)
• The Jig Is Up by Lisa Q. Mathews (August 20)

• A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellman (August 20)
• City of Secrets by P. J. Tracy (August 20)
• Red River Road by Anna Downes (August 27)

September

• The Reaping by Jess Lourey (September 3)
• Pike Island by Tony Wirt (September 10)
• The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard (September 24)

• A Killer Clue by Victoria Gilbert (September 24)
• Ashes Never Lie by Lee Goldberg (September 24)
• Death by Misadventure by Tasha Alexander (September 24)

October

• Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima (October 8)
• Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly (October 15)

December

• Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson (December 10)