Pages: 409Published: 21st July 2022Genre: CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail, baby death storyline When a body is found in a farmhouse in a gruesome state, DI Adam Fawley is one of the first on the scene. The murder leads Fawley to a convoluted investigation from the past, and a family torn apart by a devastating crime involving the disappearance of … Continue reading Book Review – Hope To Die by Cara Hunter
Pages: 361Published: 3rd April 2014Genre: Psychological Thriller Clarissa is becoming more and more frightened of her colleague, Rafe. He won’t leave her alone, and he refuses to take no for an answer. He is always there. Being selected for jury service is a relief. The courtroom is a safe haven, a place where Rafe can’t be. But … Continue reading Book Review – The Book Of You by Claire Kendal
Pages: 368Published: 30th August 2022Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Suicide references To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the … Continue reading Book Review – The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pages: 297Published: 1st November 2022Genre: General/Literary FictionContent warnings: Grief, sexual references, drugs This was a buddy read with my friend Kriti @ Armed With A Book, and we both enjoyed this book and discussed it at length. Spoiler-free extracts of our discussion can be found after my review. Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping to spend her … Continue reading Book Review And Discussion – The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Pages: 507Published: 27th September 2022Genre: Historical Fiction/FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. … Continue reading Book Review – Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Pages: 417Published: 29th March 2022Genre: Historical FantasyContent warnings: Domestic abuse, injury detail On Crow Island, people whisper, real magic lurks just below the surface. Neither real magic nor faux magic interests Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s only on the island to settle her late father’s estate and, hopefully, reconnect with her long-absent best friend, Beatrice, … Continue reading Book Review – Wild And Wicked Things by Francesca May
Pages: 397Published: 1st February 2022Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Child abduction, child death When Crystal Donovan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, … Continue reading Book Review – These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
Pages: 323Published: 30th August 2018Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual content, injury detail, animal sacrifice Queen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles: famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his. No … Continue reading Book Review – The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker
Pages: 369Published: 22nd January 2019Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery, but instead she found her classmate dead. And while she solved that murder, the crimes of the past are still waiting in the dark. Just as Stevie feels she’s on the cusp of putting it … Continue reading Book Review – The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Pages: 271Published: 4th November 2022Genre: Domestic/Paranormal Thriller This is the second book self-published by my book blogging friend NS Ford. As well as being a creative blogger, she is a very talented author! Kat Green has made a career out of tracking down reclusive former celebrities. When she moves to the quaint English city of Waelminster, she’s on … Continue reading Book Review – They Lie Here by NS Ford
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