Over the past few years Louise Jensen has become one of my favourite writers of psychological thrillers. Always uniquely British and always impossible to predict they are stories that will keep you gripped right to the very last page. Laura is struggling. Recently widowed, she is about to lose her business and her home. Daughter…
Category: 4 Stars
Book Review: The Secrets We Bury – Debra Webb 🔪🔪🔪🔪
In this the first full book in the Undertaker’s Daughter series Rowan Dupont has returned home to the funeral home in Winchester, Tennessee where she grew up. Following the murder of her father at the hands of a notorious serial killer she has taken over the business that has been in their family for generations….
Book Review: Truth Hurts – Rebecca Reid 🏖🏖🏖🏖
Truth Hurts is the second book from journalist Rebecca Reid. When children’s nanny Poppy is suddenly sacked by her overbearing employer in the middle of their summer holiday in Ibiza she finds herself penniless at a bar at the side of the road. With nothing more than the clothes she is wearing – and her…
Book Review: The Postcard – Zoë Folbigg ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sometimes you just know that you are going to really enjoy reading a particular book. So much so that I put it to one side and went back to read the start of Maya and James’ story – The Note. This sequel picks up straight after where the previous book stopped. Now a couple and…
Book Review: The Strawberry Thief – Joanne Harris ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meeting up with an old friend like Vianne Rocher is always a pleasure and if, like me, you are a fan of Harris’s Chocolat series this book is unmissable – even if you do find yourself hunting through the cupboard for some chocolate goodness while you are reading it. Not a great choice for a…
Book Review: Three Days in Florence – Chrissie Manby ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Picking up a new Chrissie Manby book is like meeting up with a really good friend that you haven’t seen for ages. You know pretty much all of their best stories but its still an absolute pleasure. Kathy Courage is in Italy for her boyfriend’s brother’s wedding. Neil is being his usual ebullient and rather…
Book Review: One Last Greek Summer – Mandy Baggot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you are hunting for that last minute addition to your holiday suitcase then surely you have found it. One Last Greek Summer is that feel good holiday romance that oozes sunshine, cocktails and fun and just makes you smile while you are reading along. Beth Martin is 31 and newly divorced. Best friend Heidi…
Book Review: The Wives – Lauren Weisberger ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You may remember Lauren Weisberger for her hit novel The Devil Wears Prada. Her iconic anti-heroine Miranda Priestly became world famous after it was turned into a movie in 2006. This is the third book in the series but can be read as a standalone novel. I do recommend seeking out the other books though…
Book Review: The Silver Mark – Sarah Painter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book two in Painter’s Crow Investigations series sees Lydia Crow picking up where we left off at the end of The Night Raven. Living above her uncle’s cafe in London, Lydia is desperately trying to forge her own path with her fledgling private investigations firm. Largely spying on cheating spouses it isn’t exactly the kind…
Book Review: You, Me and the Movies – Fiona Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’ve always been a bit sniffy about picking up a Fiona Collins book. The covers all look so twee and pink and girly – the worst kind of chick lit! – that I’ve never actually read one until now. When I read the synopsis of this book the cover hadn’t been finalised and I was…
Book Review: The Last Widow – Karin Slaughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
After a few standalone stories from Slaughter it is great to get back to the world of the GBI and the ninth Will Trent book. It many ways this feels much more like early Will as he is left foundering without a safety net and suddenly finds himself without Sara. The book begins with the…
Book Review: The Family – P R Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
When I was invited to close out the Blog tour for The Family I had to admit that it had been so long since I had read the synopsis for the book that I had forgotten what had attracted me to it in the first place! As I delved into its pages I was half…
