Pages: 344Published: 30th June 2016Genre: Mystery/ThrillerContent warnings: Sexual assault, mental health storyline This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel journalist Lo Blackwood to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse, and to work out what … Continue reading Book Review – The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Pages: 310Published: 11th January 2018Genre: Psychological MysteryContent warnings: Suicide, sexual references Everyone believes Alex is in a coma, unlikely to ever wake up. As his family debate withdrawing life support, he can only listen. But he soon begins to suspect that his accident wasn’t really an accident. Even worse, the perpetrator is still out there and Alex is not … Continue reading Book Review – If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch
Hello everyone, Welcome to my final blog post of 2019! It is time to look back at all the books I read during the year, and compile some rather interesting statistics relating to them, which provide a useful insight into my current reading habits and preferences. My Goodreads target for the year was 50 books, … Continue reading Goodreads Challenge 2019 Summary and Stats
Pages: 467Published: 7th April 2016Genre: Psychological Thriller When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six … Continue reading Book Review – The Missing by C.L. Taylor
Pages: 309Published: 25th July 2019Genre: Crime/MysteryContent warnings: Strong violence, sexual references In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start … Continue reading Book Review – Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
Pages: 338Published: 31st December 2015Genre: ThrillerContent warnings: Drug use, sexual references, attempted suicide Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora … Continue reading Book Review – In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Pages: 484Published: 12th July 2018Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Sexual references, suicide, domestic violence Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It’s not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. … Continue reading Book Review – Watching You by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 354Published: 12th June 2017Genre: Domestic ThrillerTrigger warnings: Drug use, sexual content, suicide A fifteen-year-old girl has gone missing. They say Poppy O’Farrell has run away from her celebrity parents, and the media is in a frenzy. But none of this has anything to do with successful lifestyle blogger Estelle Forster . . . So why would someone … Continue reading Book Review – Her Last Breath by Tracy Buchanan
Pages: 422Published: 18th April 2019Genre: Legal ThrillerContent warnings: Drug references It's the day her father will be released from jail. Izzy English has every reason to feel conflicted - he's the man who gave her a childhood filled with happy memories. But he has also just served seventeen years for the murder of her mother. Now, Izzy's … Continue reading Book Review – The Evidence Against You by Gillian McAllister
Pages: 303Published: 27th December 2018Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Domestic violence, child death, sexual references Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago - no photos of her exist … Continue reading Book Review – The Rumour by Lesley Kara
