The Three New Releases I’m Looking Forward to in 2022

by A. D. Lawrence

The last two years have been pretty crazy. Sometimes, escaping into the pages of a new book is the best way to forget the insanity for a little while. Though I’m hopeful that 2022 will be a huge improvement on 2020 and 2021, there are three books I can’t wait to read that are releasing this year. I’ll share them below along with Amazon links in case you’re as excited as I am.

3. Deception by Patricia Bradley (August 2, 2022)
This has been an amazing series, so of course book 4 made the list.

After being forced to kill an FBI agent gone rogue in self-defense while working in the violent crimes unit for the Investigative Services Branch, ranger Madison Thorn is comfortable with her move to the fraud and cyber division. At least numbers don't lie. So she's less than thrilled when a white-collar crime investigation in Natchez, Mississippi, turns violent. She could also do without being forced to work with former-childhood-enemy-turned-infuriatingly-handsome park ranger Clayton Bradshaw.

When a woman who looks just like Madison is attacked on the same night Madison's grandfather is shot, it becomes clear that there is something much bigger going on here and that Madison herself is in danger. Madison and Clayton will have to work together--and suppress their growing feelings for one another--if they are to discover the truth before it's too late.

2. Tracking Concealed Evidence by Sharee Stover (February 22, 2022)
Sharee is one of my favorite authors. Can’t wait to read her newest release!
Unearthing clues in a murder could be the last thing they do…

To salvage his reputation, former forensic entomologist Jamie Dyer and his cadaver dog search for clues in a dismissed homicide—and find the victim’s sister, Detective Shaylee Adler, buried alive. Convinced her senator brother-in-law is behind the attack on her and her sister’s disappearance, Shaylee needs Jamie’s expertise. But can they uncover a deadly conspiracy before the killer buries the case—and them—for good?

1. Elysium Tide by James R. Hannibal (June 7, 2022)
Hannibal’s books always leave me on the edge of my seat. I feel like I’ve been waiting way too long for another one.
Dr. Peter Chesterfield is one of the Royal London Hospital's top neurosurgeons. He is also a workaholic, ordered by his boss to take a week off to attend a medical symposium at the luxurious Elysium Grand on the island of Maui. While there, Peter pulls a woman with a skull fracture from the water. Though he is able to revive her in the ambulance, she eventually dies in his arms, leaving him with only one clue to what happened to her: the word "honu."

Increasingly obsessed with discovering the cause of his patient's death, Peter becomes entangled in an ongoing investigation of a brazen luxury auto theft. He also becomes a source of deep irritation to detective Lisa Kealoha, who has jurisdiction over the case.
But when the two join forces, they begin to uncover a destructive plot that runs far deeper than either of them could have imagined. And if they're not careful, they're both going to end up dead.

I hope you're as excited about these books as I am. Leave a comment with the books you're looking forward to, or just comment on the blog, and I'll enter you in a drawing for Abducted in Alaska by Darlene Turner! Be sure to leave your email address. (username at whatever dot com)