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The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 3

By Hannah Morrissey & Kimi Cunningham Grant &
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Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? This third edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of four can't-miss novels--either standalone or first in series--for easy sampling.

Standalone: Hannah Morrissey’s captivating mystery suspense debut, Hello, Transcriber, features a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case. Every night, while the street lamps shed the only light on Wisconsin's most crime-ridden city, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor's gruesome secrets.

Standalone: A father and daughter living in isolation in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in this next feature, a mesmerizing novel of suspense. Vividly atmospheric and masterfully tense, Kimi Cunningham Grant’s These Silent Woods is a poignant story of survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced with losing it all.

Standalone: From a distance, NYU freshman Claudia Castro has it all. But when the rest of the school comes back from Spring Break, Claudia is missing. From the critically acclaimed author of Invisible City and Conviction, Julia Dahl’s The Missing Hours is a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act.

Revival of the Series: Finish with a special collaboration between Wednesday Books and Minotaur Books: Enola Holmes is back! The nationally bestselling series and breakout Netflix sensation returns to beguile readers young and old in Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche.

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“Thank you to Minotaur, NetGalley and the authors, for this free ARC in exchange for my honest review! Three out of Four were a hit! HELLO, TRANSCRIBER by Hannah Morrissey The cover of this one caught my attention, but not enough to check it out until I read the excerpt in this sampler. Wow, this definitely grabbed my attention! Hazel has already started out to be a complicated character. A nightshift transcriber for the police department in the crime-infested town of Black Harbor and an aspiring writer. Not impressed with her husband, though. He’s odd and not very likeable, so far. This one feels like it could be original and worth the read. Will be adding to my TBR list! Available: 11/30/2021 Pages: 304 THESE SILENT WOODS by Kimi Cunningham Grant This small sample grabbed my attention immediately. Cooper and Finch are living off the grid and relying on Cooper’s friend Jack to bring them supplies once a year. Cooper is Finch’s father and we’re given a brief explanation for their isolated lifestyle, but I’m dying to find out more! The sample ends when Jack doesn’t show up one year. This one is definitely a TBR!! Available: 10/26/21 Pages: 288 THE MISSING HOURS by Julia Dahl The book starts off with Claudia trying to piece together the previous night. After a night of drinking, she wakes up in her bed, with no recollection of how she got there. Her face is battered and her phone is missing. Meanwhile, her sister—Edie—has been trying to reach her all night. She went into labor and Claudia was a big part of her birthing plan. There was just enough in this sample for me to know I want to read the book, and luckily it’s in my TBR pile. The cover caught my attention and I had to request it! Warning: Rape Available: 9/14/21 Pages: 288 ENOLA HOLMES AND THE BLACK BAROUCHE by Nancy Springer This is book #7 in a series and I haven’t read any of the previous books, but I thought I’d give it a try. I didn’t get too far before deciding this wasn’t for me. Maybe having some background details might have helped. The series is highly rated, so I must be missing something. This writing doesn’t catch my attention. This did not greatly concern us, for Mother had served her reproductive purpose and was, at her age, both useless and incorrigible. However, as something had to be done about Enola, we considered that it was perhaps not too late to salvage her. Ignoring her nonsensical protests, we made arrangements to place her in an excellent finishing school, hoping eventually to marry her off. Available: 8/31/21 Pages: 272 #HelloTranscriber #HannahMorrissey #TheseSilentWoods @kimicgrant #TheMissingHours @juliadahl #NetGalley @MinotaurBooks”
“THE MINOTAUR SAMPLER VOLUME 3 –  I love reading excerpts from books, especially those that are due to release soon-ish or later in the year— reading just enough to entice me—then—stopping to request the book on NetGalley and/or clicking Order link at the end of each if I have money in my Need/Want/MustHave BookFund. Also, THE MINOTAUR SAMPLER VOLUME 3 eBook is FREE! *Insert-Internal-(because-I-am-at-work-and-people-will-stare-at-me)-Squuuuuuuueeeeeeeee!* Books that I have requested thus far from NetGalley/Want To Purchase are: ALL OF THEEEEMM!! Shocking, I know!;) Hannah Morrissey’s HELLO, TRANSCRIBER  I LOVE Morrissey’s Writing! Here is a snippet: ‘It called to me like a siren that day and has every day since. I was already halfway across when I suddenly felt its railroad ties beneath my feet, and I stared for the first time into the cruel black below. Everything went silent, then, as the river demanded something of me. Just one piece. A tribute in exchange for it letting me remain above its obsidian surface.’ Kimi Cunningham Grant’s - THESE SILENT WOODS – My Heart! Julia Dahl’s – THE MISSING HOURS – My Heart!  Nancy Springer’s - ENOLA HOLMES AND THE BLACK BAROUCHE – I cannot wait to read this one. I love Enola already! ~Available On Amazon~ ~The Minotaur Sampler Volume 3 - eBook Is Free!~”
“Once again my TBR is growing thanks to the Minotaur Sampler! All of the books chosen for the Fall 2021 sampler look really interesting, but I think the stand-outs for me personally look like they’ll be Hello, Transcriber and The Missing Hours, but I’m looking forward to reading all four of these. I’m so grateful to St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books (especially Sara!) and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this sampler.”

About Hannah Morrissey

HANNAH MORRISSEY studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her first novel, Hello, Transcriber, was inspired by her experience as a police transcriber. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two pugs.

Kimi Cunningham Grant

KIMI CUNNINGHAM GRANT is the USA Today bestselling author of Silver Like Dust, Fallen Mountains, These Silent Woods, and The Nature of Disappearing. She is also an award-winning poet and essayist whose work has appeared in Fathom, Literary Mama, RATTLE, Poet Lore, and Whitefish Review. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.

Julia Dahl

Julia Dahl is the author of Conviction, Run You Down, and Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, she now teaches journalism at NYU.

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