📚Really efficient way to zero in on books fitting my taste👍

I overwhelmingly choose books by authors I have read before because I know their style of writing fits with my taste. This collection allowed me to sample authors new to me and the excerpts were about three to four fair-size chapters: long enough to get a good feel for the plot and the writing style. I think short of finding a physical bookstore and having a serious browse of the shelves this is a great way to find new authors. After reading all of the blurbs, I sampled four of the eight stories included and decided that 75 percent were books I wanted to read more of, including Outside by Ragnar Jonasson, Kelley Armstrong's A Rip Through Time, and Jennifer Hillier's The Things We Do in the Dark.

Thanks to Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary copy of the sampler; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

This Minotaur sampler is great. I love these samplers because it helps to give you an idea of all the books coming out. I enjoy reading the first few chapters of each of these books to decide what to read and add to my TBR list. After reading this sampler, I'm hoping to read Outside by Ragnar Jonasson, which sounds like a great thriller. Also A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong and Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman.
And after reading the sampler of The Favor by Nora Murphy, I want to read it and would suggest it to others, but for personal reasons, I can't read it. Make sure that you're aware and know of content/trigger warnings for this story. There needs to be if there isn't content/trigger warnings for this book about abuse -emotional/verbal/psychological/physical etc. and that if you've been abused this may be extremely disturbing and hard to read. Be aware before you read The Favor and don't read it if you aren't sure you can handle it.
This sampler is very informational and helpful. Thanks so much to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for letting me read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I am really excited for some of these books. Two of them have been on my tbr for a while. I liked that I got to read excerpts from a few inherent books I would have never even looked twice at.

Once again you have an opportunity to read and try out some different books and writers before you commit to buy the whole book. Thanks to Minotaur Books, their Sampler contains a wide variety of books and is sure to encompass something that is different than your typical read, regardless of what it is. The range is great, and all the stories seem to have a measure of tension that pulls you through the sample you are reading. They also have a talent for stopping at a point that will pique your interest if it's your type of book. If you are looking for a new author or two, this is an excellent place to start.

My thanks to Minotaur Books for providing me with an advance copy for this review. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

This is such a cool little idea I loved reading the first few chapter of eight upcoming releases!! 3/8 I definitely will be getting my hands on and wanted to keep reading.

What a great sampler from Minotaur, with eight novels whose excerpts made me want to read each book. Terrific fun! Thanks to the authors, St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, and NetGalley for the ARC. Out March 8.

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The excerpts from this sampler offer intriguing characters: an attractive woman stalked by a rather sad woman who both have secrets; a group of friends, isolated in a small hut during an Icelandic snowstorm, realizing they are not alone; a young woman who finds freedom from a life of poverty in a speakeasy that provides release until she finds a dead body; a Californian mercenary who aids a victim of embezzlement; a Scottish detective brutally attacked who time travels into the body of a Victorian maid; a wife covered in blood and arrested for spousal murder; a Parisian detective who attempts to solve a murder in the Louvre, thwarted by Nazi interference; and a psychologist who provides what could be deadly advice to her patient. All storylines share the elements of unrest, fear and mystery. What an excellent choice for fans!

Thanks to the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Since thrillers are outside my usual genres, these samples were more for fans of thrillers. However, some of the samples were less scary than others.

Great way to sample before requesting books. A few have piqued my interest. Will definitely be using this resource from now on.

Another great Minotaur Sampler! I like that it lists all the titles included, then gives a cover, description, and good size sample of each book. I was particularly excited to see a new book by Kelley Armstrong included. I've added it and a few others to my wishlist.

I absolutely love these samplers. Thank you, Minotaur Books, once again, for giving me a taste of these upcoming titles.

There’s not a bad sample in this entire bunch of eight books. I enjoyed each one. Maybe some a bit more than others, but all entertaining reads.

I have requested the following:

Things We Do in the Dark
Die Around Sundown
The Blame Game

These three most closely align with my current reading taste. I’m looking forward to all three! Thank you Net Galley and Minotaur Books.

Wow! What an incredible selection of books! A couple of these were already on my radar and now that I’ve read a few chapters from each of these books, I’ve added more to my tbr! One that took me by surprise was Last Call at the Nightingale! I love historical fiction and I love thriller/mystery and this one has both! I look forward to reading many of these in full!

I always love looking through these samplers, and this volume looks especially promising. . These upcoming releases all look so good and I'm eager to read them in their entirety when they release- especially the next book by Sandie Jones. Going to request/preorder them now!
Many thanks to Minotaur and NetGalley for the sampler.

Great sampler for what's to come! I definitely have so many of these that I need to add to my tbr! I can't wait for them to come out!

I love these samplers! I can't wait to read some of these books! I'm especially excited for the latest from Jennifer Hillier and Sandie Jones!

Thanks to the publisher for the chance to sample some chapters from upcoming thrillers. I'm excited about several stories and can't wait for releases to see what happens. What a great opportunity to try some new-to-me authors!

A Tantalising Array…
The fifth Minotaur sampler gives us a tantalising array of suspense, thriller and mystery snippets from novels to be published Spring/Summer of 2022. Every single one deserves a follow up, with The Favor at the top of my particular list. As usual, a perfectly presented teaser.

This is one of my favorite book samples! It features a wonderful array of suspense reads being released in the coming months. I was especially excited to read excerpts from the upcoming novels by Jennifer Hillier and Kelley Armstrong. This sampler is a perfect way to figure out my next reads! Thank you to the publisher for providing this ARC.

I have loved every one of the Minotaur Samplers that I have read, and I can definitely add this most recent collection to the list! I truly enjoy getting a small piece of many forthcoming publications. From this collection, even though I enjoyed every one of the samples, I am most interested in reading The Favor and The Blame Game. I definitely look forward to the next sampler!

I always look forward to the Minotaur samplers! They offer such a wide variety with enough of the book to get a sense if it’s something I would want to read. Love them! Definitely recommend checking them out to get an idea of what is up and coming! I’ve ended up purchasing quite a few of the books from these as a result.