Pages: 389Published: 25th February 2025Genre: Domestic Thriller It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she … Continue reading Book Review – Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
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!
My review of The Death Of Mrs Westaway, my fourth book by popular mystery author Ruth Ware. This one has some Gothic feels!
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
Pages: 328Published: 28th March 2024Genre: Science Fiction/MysteryContent warnings: Violence Outside the island, there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island, it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm, and feast, to obey … Continue reading Book Review – The Last Murder At The End Of The World by Stuart Turton
Pages: 384Published: 25th July 2023Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Violence towards child, missing child storyline, references to domestic violence Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighbourhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns … Continue reading Book Review – Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Pages: 449Published: 22nd August 2023Genre: Mystery/Gothic Fantasy A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate nearby. He's hellbent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago...and now he's determined to … Continue reading Book Review – Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
Pages: 340Published: 4th January 2022Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Drugs, discrimination Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's … Continue reading Book Review – The Maid by Nita Prose
Pages: 365Published: 20th April 2021Genre: Historical MysteryContent warnings: Missing person storyline/abduction 1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene. Years later, Detective Min - Hwani's father - learns that 13 girls have recently disappeared from the same … Continue reading Book Review – The Forest Of Stolen Girls by June Hur
Pages: 400Published: 9th August 2018Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Child abuse, references to sexual abuse Following a traumatic event in London, Kirsty Woodhouse packs up her family and moves back to her native Wales. There she sets up her new home with her husband and two young daughters, and goes into business with her difficult mother managing a guesthouse in … Continue reading Book Review – Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas
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