My review of A Game Of Lies by Clare Mackintosh, the second in her DC Ffion Morgan crime series and a book that I found strangely irresistible!
Book Review – A Game Of Lies by Clare Mackintosh
Tag: Crime Fiction
Book Review – The Plea by Steve Cavanagh
Pages: 379Published: 1st January 2015Genre: Legal/Crime ThrillerContent warnings: Injury detail When David Child, a major client of a corrupt New York law firm, is arrested for murder, the FBI ask con-artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn to secure Child as his client and force him to testify against the firm. Eddie's not a man to be coerced into representing a guilty client, … Continue reading Book Review – The Plea by Steve Cavanagh
Book Review – The Box In The Woods by Maureen Johnson
Pages: 383Published: 15th June 2021Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death, drugs Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls - the … Continue reading Book Review – The Box In The Woods by Maureen Johnson
Book Review – The Shadow Friend by Alex North
Pages: 357Published: 7th July 2020Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Injury detail, coercive control, gaslighting Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home. Until his elderly mother has a fall. It's finally time to stop running. It's … Continue reading Book Review – The Shadow Friend by Alex North
Book Review – The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean
Pages: 239Published: 21st January 2021Genre: ThrillerContent warnings: Human trafficking, rape, physical/psychological abuse He is her husband. She is his captive. Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name. She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to … Continue reading Book Review – The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean
Book Review – Demon by Matt Wesolowski
Pages: 276Published: 20th November 2021Genre: CrimeContent warnings: Child murder, animal death/cruelty, injury detail, suicide Scott King’s podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. Book six in the chilling, award-winning Six Stories series. In 1995, the picture-perfect village of Ussalthwaite … Continue reading Book Review – Demon by Matt Wesolowski
Book Review – Not A Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Pages: 429Published: 27th July 2021Genre: Mystery/CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail, bullying In this family, everyone is keeping secrets--especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don't come much richer than Fred and Sheila Merton. But even all their money can't protect … Continue reading Book Review – Not A Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Book Review – Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
Pages: 210Published: 1st December 2016Genre: Crime Before I get to the review, I will admit that I have read this series out of order. I began with Changeling, the third book in the series, which I read and reviewed back in 2019. That was followed by Beast and Deity in 2020 and 2021 respectively. As it has become one of my favourite series, … Continue reading Book Review – Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
Book Review – As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Pages: 548Published: 5th August 2021Genre: Young Adult CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail/gore, drug use, allusions to rape Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her. . . and this time it’s all about Pip. Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one … Continue reading Book Review – As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Book Review – Still Water by Rebecca Pert
Pages: 262Published: 23rd June 2022Genre: Psychological Thriller I was handed a proof copy of this book by the author in person, as she just so happens to be a work colleague of mine. It was amazing to read a soon-to-be-published novel by someone who I know in real life, after the initial starry-eyed surprise at finding out she … Continue reading Book Review – Still Water by Rebecca Pert
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