State of the Stack #166 (June 30, 2025)

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. Trixie Belden: The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell (June 17)
2. Look Before You Leap by Virginia Heath (June 17)
3. The Secrets We Keep by Amy Lillard (June 18)
4. Trixie Belden: The Red Trailer Mystery by Julie Campbell (June 19)
5. Them Bones by David Housewright (June 19)
6. A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber (June 24)
7. Tricks of Fortune by Lisa Chern (June 25)
8. Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt (June 26)
9. Death and the Librarian by Victoria Gilbert (July 1)
10. The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos (July 1)
11. The Myth Maker by Alie Dumas Heidt (July 2)
12. Rage by Linda Castillo (July 3)
13. The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths (July 3)
14. Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts (July 8)
15. Fateless by Julie Kagawa (July 9)
16. Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods (July 10)
17. Gold Dust by Catherine Asaro (October 1)

DNF

1. Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox (July 1)

Read Previously, Posted This Month 

Dates indicate when the review was posted.

1. Grave Words by Gerri Lewis (June 3)
2. Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King (June 3)
3. A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate Khavari (June 4)
4. Believe Me Now by S. M. Govett (June 5)
5. Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West (June 7)
6. The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott (June 10)

New This Month 

Date indicates when the book will be released.

1. A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber (June 24)
2. Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell (July 29)
3. A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley (August 12)
4. A Moment's Shadow by Anna Lee Huber (August 26)
5. If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia (September 2)
6. Framed in Death by J. D. Robb (September 2)
7. All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan (September 9)
8. A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly (September 23)
9. The Devil in Oxford by Jess Armstrong (November 4)
10. The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott (November 4)
11. Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop (November 11)
12. Wild Instinct by T. Jefferson Parker (November 11)
13. At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming (November 18)

All TBR Review Books

July

• Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh (July 15)
• The Last Wizard's Ball by Charlaine Harris (July 22)
• Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell (July 22)

• Heart Marks the Spot by Libby Hubscher (July 22)
• Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee (July 29)
• Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku (July 29)

• Road Trip with a Rogue by Kate Bateman (July 29)
• Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell (July 29)

August

• The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (August 5)
• Hunter's Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor (August 5)
• For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews (August 5)

• Picking Up the Pieces by J. B. Abbott (August 12)
• The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan (August 12)
• Knife in the Back by Karen Rose (August 12)

• Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver (August 12)
• A Silence in Belgrave Square by Jennifer Ashley (August 12)
• The Story That Wouldn't Die by Christina Estes (August 19)

• The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by JD Nichols (August 19)
• Murder by the Book by Amie Schaumberg (August 19)
• Death at an Irish Village by Ellie Brannigan (August 26)

• A Lonesome Place for Murder by Nolan Chase (August 26)
• Mrs. Christie and the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman (August 26)
• Claws Out by Cate Conte (August 26)

• Laying Down the Latte by Ellie Alexander (August 26)
• A Moment's Shadow by Anna Lee Huber (August 26)

September

• Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (September 2)
• If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia (September 2)
• Framed in Death by J. D. Robb (September 2)

• The Deepest Cut by P. J. Tracy (September 9)
• All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan (September 9)
• A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau (September 16)

• Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh (September 16)
• No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams (September 16)
• Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen (September 23)

• Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner (September 23)
• You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan (September 23)
• A Tour to Die For by Michelle Chouinard (September 23)

• A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly (September 23)
• The Librarians by Sherry Thomas (September 30)

October

• Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima (October 14)
• Death on a Scottish Train by Lucy Connelly (October 14)

• Fallen Star by Lee Goldberg (October 14)
• And Then There Was The One by Martha Waters (October 14)
• The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong (October 14)

• And to All a Good Bite by David Rosenfelt (October 14)
• Death on Dickens Island by Allison Brook (October 21)

November

• The Hidden City by Charles Finch (November 4)
• The Devil in Oxford by Jess Armstrong (November 4)
• The Nameless Land by Kate Elliott (November 4)

• Innocence Road by Laura Griffin (November 11)
• Revenge, Served Royal by Celeste Connally (November 11)
• Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop (November 11)

• Wild Instinct by T. Jefferson Parker (November 11)
• Midnight in Memphis by Thomas Dann (November 18)
• At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming (November 18)