I have to confess that I bought and first read this book when it was released in April 2021. At the time I was completely sideswiped by both the content – Slaughter doesnโt hold back on the gruesome details – and the denouement of the real serial killer that I […]
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If you were a fan of Russell T Davies C4 series It’s A Sin this book is an absolute must read for you. The character of Jill Baxter is based on the real life hero Jill Nalder who had to suffer the loss of dozens of her friends in the […]
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Twenty years ago Johanna Porter was tipped as one of the most talented up and coming artists in the US. After an indiscretion her fledgling career is trashed by her mentor, the renowned artist Nestor Pinedo. Now Johanna is a Soccer Mom looking after daughter Mel and teaching Art at […]
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What a way to start the new year off! I’ve always been rather fond of witches and back in the day devoured Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches series (long before the current reboot on screen). This is not a tale of dark witches but the story of three strong and resourceful […]
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Sometimes you just need to submit yourself to a book that you know will immerse you in the universe of the story and with a Milly Johnson book you just know that will happen. I started reading last weekend when we had a good fall of snow on the ground […]
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It has been a while since I devoured a book in a single day but The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels went everywhere with me until I turned the final page. The recent fashion for True Crime is explored here in a very unique way. The reader opens a […]
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It has been a strange time in the UK. A week of new prime ministers, a farewell to our long serving queen and the proclamation of the first king for most people alive here today. So its no wonder that I am a bit behind on my book reviews! The […]
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I get sent most of my review copies as digital versions and for the most part I do prefer that as otherwise I would slowly get buried under a mountain of paper. As soon as I started reading Starry Night I really wanted a hard copy of the book. The […]
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I don’t read a lot of autobiographies but I have to confess that I was more than a bit curious about the life that has led to Patterson writing over 200 novels in his illustrious career. If you are familiar with his bitesize chapter writing style you’ll be pleased to […]
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So, I have a confession to make. I’ve had this book on my TBR pile for about six weeks and every time I thought that it might be time to pick it up I found an excuse not to. Not because I don’t love Bryndza’s books – I do! – […]
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If you loved Slaughter’s 2018 standalone book Pieces of Her or have just discovered Laura and Andrea’s story via the Netflix mini series you’ll be really pleased to hear that Girl Forgotten plunges us back into Andrea’s story. Newly qualified as a US Marshall, Andrea Oliver gets an assignment to […]
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I was really pleased to be invited to join the blog tour around the paperback release of Bella Osbourneโs new book. The Library is such an interesting book in that it presents two very different central characters who are both experiencing a similar sadness and isolation in their lives. Tom […]
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The clocks have now changed and the evenings are drawing in. We survived the Halloween weekend so now thoughts can legitimately turn to Christmas! No Christmas season would be complete without another festive Mandy Baggot contemporary romance. It is no ordinary love story though and feels like a big Father […]
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I will shamelessly admit that I am a huge Mandy Baggot fan and was delighted to be invited to take part in the blog tour for her latest book Staying Out For the Summer. Mandy’s books have always been like having an amazing summer holiday vicariously, with her vivid characters […]
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You’ll remember Zoรซ Folbigg from her Amazon number-one bestseller The Note, based on the true story of how she met her husband on her daily commute. If you read The Note you’ll know that Zoe has a real gift for writing about realistic characters with pathos and a good deal […]
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The Christmas season has been a nightmare so far for Holly Greene. One stupid mistake means that she might be about to lose the medical career that she has been working towards for the last eight years. When brother Jack invites her to join him and his family on the […]
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I very rarely get sent Non Fiction books to review and this latest book by Dylan Jones is an absolute joy. It’s a bittersweet journey through the bands and the music that I loved growing up in the Eighties. This book brings back vividly the thrill of getting my hands […]
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Shadow Sands is the second book in his new series featuring university lecturer Kate Marshall. If you haven’t read it yet please go back and find Nine Elms. You can read this as a standalone but why would you? Nine Elms is a deliciously creepy serial killer story that feeds […]
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Keeley Andrews has had a pretty rough year. Her life has been turned upside down and now she’s very much under the gaze of her over-protective mother and feeling a little lost. When an email arrives out of the blue inviting her to spend an all expenses fortnight in Paris […]
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Sarah started her writing career with an online travel blog when she moved her family to Bali and from there branched into Young Adult fiction. Her most recent books have been quite intense gut wrenching thrillers that you simply can’t put down and The Weekend Away continues in this vein. […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes