Since Christmas I’ve been going through a bit of a Latino phase. Busy rewatching the Santos series of West Wing, as well as the two fabulous series of Acapulco on Apple +. When this book popped up on my radar I knew that it would be perfect for my current […]
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You might remember Jessie Burton as the author of the phenomenally successful 2014 book The Miniaturist. It has been a long wait for this, her third book, but one that was well worth it. The story begins in London in 1980. On Hampstead Heath a young woman called Elise Morceau […]
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Mister Bodyguard is the fourth book in the very popular Morgan Brothers series by Lauren Rowe. That said it is perfectly acceptable to treat this title as a standalone read. Zander Shaw is effectively an honorary Morgan having been best friend to Keane Morgan for years. Dumped by the girlfriend […]
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After eighteen novels in her “Bones” series it would be very easy to write off Kathy Reichs as a one trick pony. “Two Nights” demonstrates that she is much more than the queen of forensic pathology and truly a master of the suspenseful thriller. Sunnie Night is a real character. […]
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Blacklist is the second book in the Beautiful Idols YA series about shallow fame seekers fighting to win a coveted job in Los Angeles. See my review of Unrivalled if you want to catch up quickly. Starting exactly where the first book left off Madison Brooks is still missing and […]
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On paper this sounds like something that I would really love. Ian Sharpe is an ex FBI Behavioural Analysis Agent and now a full time writer concentrating on True Crime investigation books. One of his books has just been turned into a big Hollywood blockbuster starring the beautiful and elusive […]
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In 2013, Laurelin Paige self‐published her first novel. Her husband was just laid off, she had three kids, one with special needs, and they had just filed for bankruptcy so she needed this novel to work. Less than 1 year later, her debut novel, Fixed on You, was at the […]
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Honestly I chose this book because I loved the cover and I’ve always been a bit of a True Crime buff. It turns out to be a pretty amazing coming of age book and a fantastic debut novel by author Alison Umminger. It would be quite easy to dismiss it […]
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UK Publication Date: 14 Jun 2016. 365 pages. If you are reading this review and you haven’t already read the first book in this series then it’s time to back up. Stop reading this and go get a copy of First Touch right now. You need to catch up fast! […]
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UK Publication Date: 10 May 2016. 368 pages. Unrivalled is the latest book from Alyson Noel aimed at a Young Adult audience. Set in the glitzy club world of Hollywood it has a feel of Pretty Little Liars meets Mean Girls. The story centres on three main characters, all wannabees […]
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UK Publication Date: 3 Mar 2016. 496 pages. If you watched the recent television series about O J Simpson you’ll be interested to know it was based on this book. Originally published less than a year after the infamous verdict this book has been re-released to tie in the show. […]
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UK Publication Date: 02 Feb 2016. 432 pages. Many years ago I was an avid fan of Dr Alex Delaware and I rushed to the library to get on the wait list when every new novel came out. I don’t really know why, but we drifted apart. There was no […]
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UK Publishing Date: 11 Feb 2016. 416 pages. Rosie Nixon has been joint editor of Hello Magazine for the last five years so she knows a thing or two about Stylists. This is her debut novel and it’s a real delight. It really is laugh out loud funny with some […]
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