Pages: 337Published: 20th May 2025Genre: CrimeContent warnings: References to child abuse, injury detail, missing child storyline When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an explosive new angle on a high-profile case—the 2016 murder of an eight-year-old girl in Oxford - he leaps at the chance to send a researcher to verify the … Continue reading Book Review – Making A Killing by Cara Hunter
Pages: 374Published: 26th March 2019Genre: ThrillerContent warnings: Violence, injury detail, mental health storyline Every marriage has secrets. Everyone has flaws. Your wife isn't perfect - you know that - but then again nor are you. But now a serial killer is on the loose in your small town, preying on young women. Fear is driving … Continue reading Book Review – My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
Pages: 339Published: 5th February 2019Genre: Psychological ThrillerContent warnings: Violence, mental health storyline Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn't spoken a single word. It's time to find out why. This is a story that carries … Continue reading Book Review – The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Pages: 334Published: 2nd April 2020Genre: Domestic thrillerContent warnings: Domestic violence, blackmail, missing person sub-plot Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life.Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards.And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when the three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide, there’s only … Continue reading Book Review – Strangers by C.L. Taylor
My review of The Death Of Mrs Westaway, my fourth book by popular mystery author Ruth Ware. This one has some Gothic feels!
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
Pages: 315Published: 11th May 2023Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death, catfishing Two friends, Amy and Stan, plan revenge on their prankster friend Hollie by catfishing her as her crush. They only mean to do it for a day or two - but then Hollie ends up dead. As the catfish continues to strike others, Amy needs to find … Continue reading Book Review – Every Word A Lie by Sue Wallman
Pages: 464Published: 4th July 2024Genre: CrimeContent warnings: Missing child storyline Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin … Continue reading Book Review – Breaking The Dark by Lisa Jewell
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
Pages: 430Published: 2nd April 2024Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Gaslighting, references to domestic abuse and kidnap 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone … Continue reading Book Review – The Reappearance Of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
