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End-of-the-Year Contest 2017

Congratulations to the winners of our 2017 End-of-the-Year Contest! One Grand Prize winner received all 40 of Carol Fitzgerald's Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2017, while eight others won a selection of five of these titles. You can see all the winners below, along with 2017's Bets On selections.

Heather Gudenkauf, author of Not a Sound

When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing mystery that could shatter the carefully reconstructed pieces of her life all over again. As clues begin to surface, Amelia finds herself swept into an investigation that hits all too close to home.

Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf

June 2017

Years ago, I discovered Heather Gudenkauf with her first book, THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE, and became a passionate reader of her work. In her latest, NOT A SOUND, she again delivers a sharp story with strong characters and a tightly drawn plot.

Week of May 29, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of May 29th include Anne Rice's PRINCE LESTAT AND THE REALMS OF ATLANTIS, which marks the return of the indomitable vampire hero Lestat de Lioncourt, who finds himself at war with a strange, ancient, otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of his immortal body and spirit; LILY AND THE OCTOPUS by Steven Rowley, in which a struggling writer vows to save his ailing, elderly dachshund by any means necessary; MODERN LOVERS, Emma Straub's novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college --- and what it means to finally grow up, well after adulthood has set in; and THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR by Shari Lapena, a domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors --- a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives.