This was my first time reading a sampler and it was such a fun experience! I’ve been trying to read more thrillers and mysteries lately, and this was the perfect way to discover new titles as well as finding out what kinds of stories I like and dislike when it comes to mysteries and thrillers. When I was reading through these samples, I couldn’t stop gasping and saying out loud that “this was so cool,” or “this is so interesting!” This sampler recommended me a ton of new books that I can’t wait to read! Thank you for sending me this e-arc!!

I’m really looking forward to readingOf Manners & Murder! From the sample it appears to be a promising start to a new historical mystery series. Fans of historical cozy mystery fiction should find it entertaining.

I am happy to see a new volumes in this series, because it brings new authors and stories to my attention. This time, there weren't any clear winners. I had already read "Red Queen" and enjoyed it. Of the other selections, "Of Manners and Murder" was light and fun, and I'll pursue the full volume in the future. I wasn't attracted to the other stories, that's just the way the cookie crumbles, as they say.

I love this mini collection of novels. I think it’s such a great way to read your favorites and also be exposed to new ones. Alex Finlay’s was my favorite! Highly recommended.

I was very excited to read this sampler because I had already read from some of these authors as well as requested some of these books. I found that for the majority, most of them really excited me! And I'm glad St. Martin's Press includes this so that I can have a little taster of upcoming thrillers. Look forward to hopefully reading a couple of things in the next few months.

This sampler is a great opportunity to check out SIX upcoming Minotaur books. Each book has a summary of the book along with at least several chapters (some have more, depending on chapter length) to give the reader a good sampling of each story. All six novels are anticipated to be published in Q1 2023, and currently available on NetGalley. (I already requested two of them! Fingers crossed.)

Highly recommend this sampler if you enjoy historical mysteries or thrillers!

Always get to add a few books to my wish list when I read a Minotaur Sampler. This time the most eagerly anticipated will be Picture in the Sand. A fascinating story about how you can do everything for someone, but they must choose their own path. It’s about family. It’s about losing control and having to be OK with that. It’s about how to be honest and how to respond with love. I absolutely cannot wait to read the rest of this tale.

All the Dangerous Things left me a little less enthusiastic. The idea feels like it has been done and done. The last book by this author did not really engage me and seemed to drag on until the obvious conclusion. Maybe this one will be better. I’d definitely give it the chance. I often like and dislike books y one author.

A Manner of Murder is a wild card for me. The style of writing can really be hit and miss. I am often very annoyed by people who write in the past and try to still make it modern. I feel some of that in the sample I read. Only reading the entire thing will really tell.

Red Queen may be my second, or tied for second, most anticipated here. I know this book has already been very well received around the world and it sounds like a quick moving and thrilling story.

What Have We Done? was already on my list of To Read. Alex Finlay books almost always are. I am hoping for some depth to the characters that may be too simplistically represented in the small bit I was able to read. There is always more, though. I only like books about the slow reveal of past secrets if they are done well. I believe Alex Finlay can pull this off.

Blind Spot really pulled me in. The very idea that the world became blind and we responded with technology to help us pretend to see is so….us.

A great sampler featuring both titles that I've been highly anticipating and those I hadn't known about but are now on my radar, I'm a huge thriller fan and really enjoyed getting to read the opening chapters of these 6 upcoming releases. It gave me a good sense of the writing style and pacing. Thank you for this wonderful catalogue.

This was really fun to check out, even though some of the books were not really my cup of tea. I'm eagerly anticipating All the Dangerous Things, it was my favorite sample from all of these. I was pleasantly surprised by Red Queen and now it's on my radar as well.

This sampler was a treat to read and now I am looking forward on getting myself some of the titles!

Thank you #NetGalley, St. Martin's Press & Minotaur Books for giving me the opportunity to read this!

I love the opportunity to read the samplers because they usually include a large enough sample to decide whether I want to request the full version. Of the titles in this sampler, I have already been approved to read Picture in the Sand, and I am eager to request Of Manners and Murder as well as What Have We Done.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the sampler!

Get ready for a heart race mind opening quick read The seventh edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of six much anticipated winter releases.
by Peter Blauner; Stacy Willingham; Anastasia Hastings; Juan Gómez-Jurado; Alex Finlay; Thomas Mullen

This is the perfect way to dip into these sought-after books and determine which if not all will be your favorite winter book.

In all honestly I only requested this galley for the Alex Finlay book because that's the one I'm most excited for but I did read the others. These books all found really good and promising, I'm not the biggest mystery fan but I do read it time to time.

I love these samplers! What a great way to introduce readers to new authors. Definitely planning to read several of the books in the sampler as well as explore the authors' other books.

I recently had the opportunity for a sneak peek at some new books coming out in early 2023. All the Dangerous Things has been previously discussed in my Instagram and I expect it to a big hit next year. In this sampler, I was MOST excited to read the first few chapters of What Have We Done by Alex Finlay. It was so gooooooood. I love a high-paced action thriller with an air of mystery. If the preview chapters of this hold up throughout the book, it should be a great read. I hadn’t heard of Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado, but I’m so glad I have now. The description text for it sounds like the kick off to a great new detective series. Yes, please! 🔍

Many thanks to #netgalley and #stmartinspress and all the authors for the sampler #arc in exchange for an honest review.

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I requested this preview collection because it included 3 novels that I already had the privilege to review. I want to be tempted to see if the other three are just as good!

The three I’ve read and reviewed already:
Stacy Willingham’s “All the Dangerous Things” —a 5 star sophomore thriller about the insomniac mom of a missing child trying to solve his case on her own after a year.

Juan Gómez-Jurado's “Red Queen” — already an international bestseller, now in English, first in the 5 star Antonia Scott series (will be compared to a less goth Lisabeth Salander, but she’s a star in her own right). I’m already anticipating the translations of “Lobo Negra/Black Wolf” and “Rey Blanco/White King”.

Alex Finlay’s “What Have We Done” — a 4 star twisty, brainy, multi-layered thriller with multiple POVs among a group of acquaintances finally feeling the consequences of a decades old incident.

Have I been convinced to read more of the other three?

Peter Blauner's epic “Picture in the Sand” is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, promising the younger man a secret story in hopes that the younger man returns from a foolish quest. I am honestly not into historical fiction, unless it’s an assigned book club choice. But this book is an epistolary (of emails) that does hook you — not vast descriptions of long ago landscapes or treatises about history with enormous casts of characters. This novel is personal. I want to read more.

Anastasia Hastings “Of Manners and Murder” is the first in the new Dear Miss Hermione mystery series. It’s 1885 and Violet Manville has taken over her aunt’s advice column called Dear Hermione — the Dear Abbys of the time were known as “Agony Aunts”. Violet thinks she is in over her head and she decides to meet a distressed correspondent, only to find her newly murdered. Violet is a delightful character, worthy of a series, and I do want to see how this turns out (and possibly other installments in the future).

Thomas Mullen’s “Blind Spots”, a riveting crime novel with a “Day of the Triffids” blinding event (but, no fiendish plant aliens). Technology is allowing the people who were struck sightless to see in a totally different way — that involves full senses and perceptions directly put into brains. But — the technology seems to be hacked and a skeptical homicide detective investigates. This thriller is intriguing alone on its premise — the tension was evident and the plot seems like a winner, too.

All together — a 5 star sampler! All these new publications will really make your heart race!

Thank you to St.Martin’s/Minotaur and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

This is a generous sampler of six mystery and thriller novels to be published January-April 2023. This the first Minotaur Sampler I have read. I loved being able to read portions of upcoming books by reliable authors before deciding whether or not to add them to my TBR. My favorite is Of Manner and Murder by Anastasia Hastings.

Thank you, Minotaur Books and Net Galley for this ARC to help me choose my winter reading.












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First stop volume seven of the Minotaur fall sampler is Picture In TheSand by Peter Blonner it’s coming out January 3, 2023 and is about the grandson of an Egyptian man who came to America with his own dreams and running from his own troubles wanting to make a better life and although it seems he has when his grandson has been excepted into an Ivy League school he decides to run to the Middle East instead and fight their holy war. He refuses to talk to his family… All except his grandfather. This book looks so good and is definitely on my to be read list. The beginning had me hooked and I cannot wait for it to come out. Next up is All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham and it comes out January 10, 2023 in mother son goes missing and she has sleepless nights but in the end it will be left up to her to figure out who was sending her strange messages and who Took her son. I have this in my Kindle already and I cannot wait to read it this book looks so good! Third on the list is Manners and Murders by Anastasia Hastings this is a cozy mystery coming out February 7, 2023 this is the set in the Victorian era end is a book after my own heart. It begins with a letter to Miss Hermione apologizing to her for all of societies rules and assumptions if you like high Society lady solving murders then you’ll love this book I myself cannot wait to read it I even looked for it on net Gally, the series it’s called Miss Hermione mysteries if anyone from Minotaur books is reading this please get someone to approve my request… Thanks. Next up is another mystery series but this one is called The Red Queen by Juan Gomez Garrido and it’s the first book in the Antonia Scott mystery series she is a forensic genius and can connect clues in crimes faster than anyone else but she’s had a personal tragedy in and tell her good friend needs her expertise to get his good name back but she is finding it hard I love this and want to read it so much this is one of those books you would pay $15 for the Kindle version or more it is like NCIS but in Italy. I cannot wait to read this! I have read other books by him and I am so about this. Okay Up Next is What Have We Done by Alex Finley one of my new favorite authors. Jenna Don and Nico all lived in an abusive children’s home 25 years ago and it’s things that happened there that are coming back to haunt them… This is definitely in my top five favorite books of the summer this year and probably this decade I love this book and thought it was awesome it was a thriller and it is full of twists and turns that feel authentic and make four a great ride. It comes out March 10, 2023. Last but definitely not least is Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen it comes out April 4, 2023 and there’s a virus that made everyone blind but there’s also a technology that helps people navigate their daily lives in life is pretty good until someone breaks in the system and changes peoples perceptions to a dangerous degree. Being blind myself I am so excited to read this book it sounds so good it is a rare day that I read a sampler in love every book in it but that day is today every book in this Minotaur Singapore for fall 2023 is an awesome read and you won’t go wrong with any of them I cannot wait to read the ones I haven’t read this is a book I highly recommend I love to read them and pick what I will be reading in the future while I pick all of them. I really highly thoroughly enjoyed this book. I received it from NetGalley and Minotaur books and I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

I love the Minotaur Samplers! This latest edition definitely did not disappoint. Although I enjoyed all of the excerpts from the upcoming books highlighted in this edition, I am especially looking forward to reading All the Dangerous Things by Staci Willingham.

Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

thank you to the pusblisher and netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review

a great sample of upcoming reads, that I very excited for! my TBR pile keeps growing and growing