Pages: 431Published: 26th July 2022Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Suicide, strong sexual references, rape, injury detail London. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, … Continue reading Book Review – The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 343Published: 16th February 2020Genre: Paranormal MysteryContent warnings: Descriptions of suicide, misogyny The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, waiting for her final cue, looking for her killer… Now Dust, the iconic musical, is returning after twenty years. But who will be brave enough to take on the role … Continue reading Book Review – I Am Dust by Louise Beech
Pages: 389Published: 29th November 2022Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Injury detail, coercive control Eight hours.Six friends.One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of … Continue reading Book Review – Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Pages: 349Published: 18th March 2019Genre: Mystery/ThrillerContent warnings: PTSD, domestic abuse All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of … Continue reading Book Review – Sleep by C.L. Taylor
Pages: 368Published: 21st January 2020Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child abduction Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All … Continue reading Book Review – The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson
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: 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
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
Pages: 408Published: 15th September 2022Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Suicide, drugs references It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, … Continue reading Book Review – The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Pages: 281Published: 5th January 2021Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Drug references, sexual references, child abduction Emma and Dele’s dreams came true nine years ago when they adopted their daughter, Isla. It felt like fate, like they were meant to find each other, and now they’re living the life they always wanted. But then one day a new family moves into … Continue reading Book Review – Circle Of Doubt by Tracy Buchanan
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