Have you read Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo? If not, you really should. www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/10/life... 📚💙 #contemporaryfiction

Do you want to boycott ABC, FCC, & Nexstar? Turn off your TV and go to your public library and check out books and DVDs. Or go to your public libraries digital service and get e-books and movies for download and streaming. SUPPORT PUBLIC LIBRARIES by using public libraries. Surge their numbers! 📚💙

There’s a new Philomena McCarthy book out from @michaelrobotham.bsky.social and @simonaudio.bsky.social The White Crow is another great police procedural! 📚💙 📚🎧 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/07/the-...

You guys- Welcome to Murder Week by @karendukess.bsky.social is fantastic and more need to read it. Out now from @simonaudio.bsky.social 📚💙 📚🎧 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/07/welc...

A few new quick reviews are up for The Doorman, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and Someone Knows. Check the out! 📚💙 📚🎧 🎧⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com?m=1

There’s something about a good police procedural set in a small English village. 📚💙 📚⚡️ 📚🎧 #mystetiesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/07/deat...

Might be an unpopular opinion but it’s time for Stephen King to take a break from Holly Gibney. 📚💙 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/07/neve...

Ruth Run is a great debut novel by Elizabeth Kaufman. I love a good heist novel! 📚💙 📚🎧 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/ruth...

So Happy Together is a dark story of obsession that more twisted as it goes on. Great book from Olivia Worley. 📚💙 📚🎧 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/so-h...

I’m delighted by how my Audible membership introduces me to great authors. I listened to my first book by Australian author, J.P. Pomare, “Trapdoor.” It was an excellent locked-room mystery! #booksky

King of Ashes proves @blacktopkid.bsky.social is the reigning king of crime fiction. 📚💙 💙⚡️ 💙🎧 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/king...

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto is a marvel. This is now a Vera Wong stan account. #sorrynotsorry 📚💙 📚🎧 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/vera...

I loved Atmosphere by TJR. Narrator Julia Whelan is perfection, as usual. Giving it all the stars. 📚💙 📚🎧 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/atmo...

Stillwater is a good upcoming debut thriller from author Tanya Scott from @groveatlantic.bsky.social Out Aug 12 📚💙 📚⚡️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/stil...

I have a few new book reviews posted if you want to check them out. 📚💙 📚🎧 📚⚡️ 📚🩸 📚⏳ www.theretiredlibrarian.com?m=1

Eli Cranor has another fantastic book out this August from SoHo Press. If you’re a #collegefootball fan, you’ll want to read it. 📚💙 📚⚡️📚 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/miss...

Forgot to post this yesterday! #twofortuesday Noelle Ihli thrillers 📚💙 📚🎧💙 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/06/run-...

Check out what I read in May on my IG page #readingwrapup 📚💙 www.instagram.com/reel/DKZgIjg...

Happy Friday book lovers! Kristin Harmel’s new book The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau releases 6/17. I enjoyed it, but there’s a lot going on in this story. Whew! #booksky 📚🎧 📚⏳ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/the-...

It’s #thrillerthursday! Here’s a quick look at The Retirement Plan. It’s darkly funny with harebrained schemes and miscommunication. 📚⚡️ 📚💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/the-...

Great Big Beautiful Life is good, but I didn’t like how one issue was handled. #booksky #contemporaryfiction 📚🌶️ www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/grea...

Nova Ren Suma discusses female characters who are in defiance and on the run. crimereads.com/outlaw-women...

New book trailer for #theghostwriter by @julieclarkauthor.bsky.social from @readlandmark.bsky.social Out 6/3! #booksky 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers #releasingsoon

Quick reviews of 2 #audiobooks featuring rich people behaving badly #twofortuesday 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 📚🎧💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/2-fo...

Shawn and I are, in fact, smoking hot. And we write, too.

Tilt by @emmapattee.bsky.social is about one woman’s physical and emotional journey home after an earthquake devastates her city. Don’t miss it! #booksky 📚💙 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/tilt...

Here’s what we’re anticipating! crimereads.com/the-most-ant...

Happy Friday! Check out five books that’ll be in my beach bag this summer! 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/5-fo...

My review of MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman is on IG & SG. This is a coming-of-age story about 4 childhood friends escaping their hostile homes, creating a safe world, & plotting an escape for a new artist. It’s about grief, art, friendship & believing in something. I cried thru most of it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚💙

My review of the YA book WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED by Angeline Boulley is on IG & SG. This is the sequel to FIRE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER & focuses on twin sisters Perry & Pauline. Perry’s internship focuses on ancestral bones & she’s determined to return them to Native land. They plot a heist to save them.📚💙

Holly Jackson steps away from YA thrillers to deliver an adult thriller Not Quite Dead Yet. The main character has a week to solve her own murder. It’s fantastic! Out July 22 from Bantam 📚💙 💙⚡️📚 #mysteriesandthrillers #upcomingrelease www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/not-...

PREORDER TIME! On May 27, Mulholland is bringing back ZERO SAINTS, the killer first novel by @gabino.bsky.social. It's a gritty dark gem of a book. If you haven't read it, this is your chance! #Booksky #HorrorNovel #ThrillerReads #BookCommunity www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabin...

Mary Dixie Carter’s new book Marguerite by the Lake is a tense drama with gothic vibes. Perfect for fans of du Maurier’s Rebecca. 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 #contemporaryfiction #mysteriesandthrillers #literaryfiction www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/marg...

Noelle Ihli’s latest thriller is wild! Really enjoyed the #audiobook ! 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 📚🎧💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/ask-...

Out tomorrow! The Safari by Jaclyn Goldis. Filled with family drama, secrets, & lies. An entertaining whodunnit. 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers #booksky www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/the-...

As a Freida McFadden fan, I eagerly placed a library hold on her latest book, The Tenant, as soon as it was added to Libby. This book delivered all the suspense and unexpected twists that I’ve come to expect from McFadden’s writing. 🎧📚⚡️📚💙 #booksky

I got a beautiful book box from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social with Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins and other goodies. Check it out here- www.instagram.com/reel/DJtpdPW...

As a woman of a certain age, I really enjoyed Kills Well with Others by @deannaraybourn.bsky.social ! Such a fun read! 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/kill...

Johnny Careless is a great police procedural by Kevin Wade. Loved the audiobook with narrator @johnpirhalla.bsky.social from @macmillanaudio.bsky.social 📚🎧💙 📚⚡️💙 #policeproceedural #mysteriesandthrillers #johnnycareless #audiobook www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/john...

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds is a perfect beach read for this summer. A fun romantic thriller by Allison Brennan. Out 6/17 from @htpbooks.bsky.social 📚💙 📚⚡️💙 #romanticthriller #mysteriesandthrillers www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/beac...

Out today: The Untended by Mattea Kramer. A gritty, raw & powerful story of a single mom’s slide into addiction. 📚💙 #contemporaryfiction www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/the-...

The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen is a fantastic MG/teen mix of #sci-fi and #fantasy. Such a fun read with a great MC. Loved it! 📚🪐 📚🎧 📚💙 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/the-...

Polybius by Collin Armstrong is a great YA debut novel. Great mashup of sci-fi and horror. Based on an urban legend of an arcade video game made by the govt for psychological warfare. 📚🎧💙 📚🩸💙 📚🪐💙 www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/05/poly...

I love a good locked room mystery and You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego is a good one! 📚⚡️💙 #mysteriesandthrillers #lockedroommystery #booksky www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/04/you-...

New collar… who dis?!?!? 😍💜 Sweet baby still has zero apps. Please consider reposting 💜 www.luckypuprescuesc.com #sterling #fosterpup #AdoptDontShop

Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch is an impressive debut. A very layered crime fiction tale with Thelma & Louise vibes but literary. Out now from @harperbooks.bsky.social 📚🎧⚡️💙 #crimefiction #mysteriesandthrillers #audiobooks www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/04/kill...

Andrew Ludington’s debut The Splinter Effect is a fast paced and fun time travel adventure. Out now from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social 📚🪐💙 #scifi #sciencefictionbooks www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/04/the-...

The Ascent by Adam Plantinga is a hard charging thriller packed with nonstop action. 📚⚡️🎧💙 #crimefiction #mysteriesandthrillers #audiobooks www.theretiredlibrarian.com/2025/04/the-...

Sterling still hasn’t received any apps 😭 Please share dis post so she can find a wonderful furever home 💕 we know her furever family is out there! 💕 She’s a 10.5 week old mixed-breed puppy & currently 10lbs. #sterling #fosterpup #AdoptDontShop

Great book filled with lots of action and humor.