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Allison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Allison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Allison Brennan
Goodreads Author
Born
in Redwood City, CA, The United States
September 29
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Member Since
March 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/abwrites
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The Sorority Murder (Regan Merritt, #1)
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2021
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10 editions
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The Third to Die (Quinn & Costa #1)
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2020
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13 editions
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Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid, #1)
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2010
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16 editions
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Seven Girls Gone (Quinn & Costa #4)
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2023
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9 editions
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Tell No Lies (Quinn & Costa #2)
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2021
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2 editions
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The Wrong Victim (Quinn & Costa, #3)
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2022
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2 editions
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Speak No Evil (No Evil Trilogy, #1)
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2007
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2 editions
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Don't Open the Door (Regan Merritt, #2)
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2023
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13 editions
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Kiss Me, Kill Me (Lucy Kincaid, #2)
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2011
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16 editions
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North of Nowhere
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2023
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SEVEN GIRLS GONE: The Story Behind the Story
... One reason I write mystery thrillers is because I have always craved answers to universal questions. How can people be cruel to others? How can one person hurt, maim, kill another person without remorse? How can families and friends survive such a loss? How do relatives of a killer feel, think, believe? It’s a universal truth that there is good and there is evil, and there is a lot of blending
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I thought I'd read this book years ago, but when reading the summary I couldn't remember the story so grabbed it on Chirp when it was discounted. I hadn't read it -- I would have remembered the ending! This reminds me why Lisa Gardner is the queen of ...more |
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If Elvis Cole was a 1950s PI ... a great noir short story set in the late 50s. Very short, about 40 minutes, but perfectly told. I was waiting for this to go on sale at Audible, snatched it up this morning for my morning walk. Listened at 1.15X. |
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| Definitely one of the better IN DEATH books in the last couple of years. At first I was skeptical -- an unusually slower lead-in giving fun but not-quite-necessary information about all the regular characters. (Usually, we only see recurring characte ...more | |
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| A fantastic suspense-thriller told in alternating timelines (Anna then and now), giving us a snapshot into the world of elite skating told with authority. But more than that, this was about decisions and mistakes made by young girls with little paren ...more | |
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Hi Jennifer: I am asked this question all the time. I'm so glad you love Lucy -- I love her too.
After I wrote COLD AS ICE, I had no more fresh ideas. I felt that I had given her and Sean a really strong story arc over 17 books and just didn't know w See Full Answer |
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“So why isn't the world overrun with evil spirits?"
Moira stared at her, a half-smile on her face. "Who says it isn't?”
― Original Sin
Moira stared at her, a half-smile on her face. "Who says it isn't?”
― Original Sin
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thank you for accepting, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Hi Allison, thanks for friending,How are you?
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Mina wrote: "Hi Allison!Thanks for finding and friending me :) I'm still sort of trying adapt to goodreads. Have a great rest of the week!"
I'm still trying to figure everything out, too, and I've been a member since 2008! But I just became an Author member, so wanting to connect with readers, too :)
Beth wrote: "Hi Allison,Thanks for befriending this fellow crime writer on Goodreads!"
Hi Beth! It was great to finally meet you in person. Don't be a stranger :)
Hi Allison,Thanks for befriending this fellow crime writer on Goodreads!
Hi Allison!Thanks for finding and friending me :) I'm still sort of trying adapt to goodreads. Have a great rest of the week!
Allison wrote: "Aida wrote: "Hi Allison,Love yr books...I got a friend into reading she doesnt like to read as she never found the right book.
So I got her to read yr book,See No Evil..
she was hooked and also sa..."
When i read it,it gives me goosebumps and it gives my friend nightmares...but it was all good!!!!
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Aida wrote: "Hi Allison,Love yr books...I got a friend into reading she doesnt like to read as she never found the right book.
So I got her to read yr book,See No Evil..
she was hooked and also saying how its ..."
Thank you so much Aida for sharing my book with your friend :) It's the softies like us who like the scary books :)
Hi Allison,Love yr books...I got a friend into reading she doesnt like to read as she never found the right book.
So I got her to read yr book,See No Evil..
she was hooked and also saying how its so good and scary too...hehheeee...
She now is looking for more of your books!!!!!
Glad she like yr books cos she is a softie and my husband was think I would turn her off completely cos yr books are quite eerie...hehehe...but she love it!!!!
Keep on writing Allison
Hello Allison, it is a pleasure to meet up with you here on goodreads.
Darynda wrote: "Thanks for the friendship, Allison!!! I JUST commented on an update you posted on FB. LOL. How funny. Hope you had fun at Thrillerfest! Are you going to Bouchercon? I have an op but I don't think I..."Not going to B'con this year, hope to in 2012. Fall is hard for travel--five kids ALL in fall sports. Thrillerfest was lots of fun! Two weeks in NYC ...
Thanks for the friendship, Allison!!! I JUST commented on an update you posted on FB. LOL. How funny. Hope you had fun at Thrillerfest! Are you going to Bouchercon? I have an op but I don't think I can make it. :(
