Category: Alfred Knopf
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Review: THE GOLDEN CAGE by Camilla Läckberg
Thank you so much Knopf and Abby from Crime by the Book for my free copy. Description: Faye has loved Jack since they were students at business school. Jack, the perpetual golden boy, grew up wealthy, unlike Faye, who has worked hard to bury a dark past. When Jack needs help launching a new company,…
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Review: THE BOOK OF ESSIE by Meghan MacLean Weir
Many many thanks to Knopf for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: Esther Ann Hicks–Essie–is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She’s grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family’s fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie’s mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant,…
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Synopsis & Excerpt: SAFE HOUSES by Dan Fesperman
Many thanks again to Knopf and Abby for the free copy! There is a giveaway running on my Instagram page for one finished copy – hurry over there to check it out! Book Description: West Berlin, 1979. Helen Abell oversees the CIA’s network of safe houses, rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst…
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Blog Tour & Review: SAFE HOUSES by Dan Fesperman
Thank you so much Knopf and Abby from Crime by the Book for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. About the Book: West Berlin, 1979. Helen Abell oversees the CIA’s network of safe houses, rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst…
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Review: THERE THERE by Tommy Orange
Many thanks to Alfred Knopf for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: It tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left…
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Epic Book Mail: THE ONLY STORY by Julian Barnes, CHERRY by Nico Walker, & THERE THERE by Tommy Orange
Thank you so much to Knopf Publishing for these wonderful books! I cannot wait to read them! I will leave the synopses for each below. THE ONLY STORY: One summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, Paul comes home from university, aged nineteen, and is urged by his mother to join the…
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Review: THE SANDMAN by Lars Kepler
Thank you so much to Knopf for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Mikael knows him as “the sandman”. Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead.” Book Description: Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years…
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EPIC Book Mail: THE SANDMAN by Lars Kepler
BIG thank you to Abby from Alfred Knopf for sending me this free copy! OMG I have never been so excited to read a book in my entire life! I suggest you order yourself a copy today! SYNOPSIS: “Sensational … like meeting Hannibal Lecter all over again – twice.” —Lee Child The #1 internationally best-selling thriller…
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Book Mail: GNOMON by Nick Harkaway
This is one impressive looking book! Thank you so much to Knopf Publishing for sending me a free copy! Wow, that cover and synopsis! I cannot wait to read it! Synopsis: In the world of Gnomon, citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of ‘transparency.’ Every action is seen, every word is recorded,…
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Two Great Mystery Reads, One Reviewed
I just finished THE SNOWMAN by Jo Nesbo thanks to Abby over at crimebythebook.com – Um AMAZING!! Five stars ALL. THE. WAY. I am officially a HUGE fan of Jo Nesbo! Now… I’m dying (pun intended) to start reading her recommendation of THE CROW GIRL by Erik Axl Sund – It was recently translated to English…