It is always fun to pick up a new Shana Merchant book. This was a Sunday afternoon binge read, completely lost in this fast pace murder mystery. The sIt is always fun to pick up a new Shana Merchant book. This was a Sunday afternoon binge read, completely lost in this fast pace murder mystery. The setting of an isolated island with so much snow and ice was great and amped up the tension.
Shana is. Is 7 months pregnant and easing herself back from physical duty, much to her disgust. But when a witness asks for her especially she can’t refuse. A social media influencer has gone missing Running alone island and his girlfriend wants Shana’s help. At the same time we have a cold case that Shana has never been able to let go come to its conclusion with very surprising results.
If you haven’t read this series you need to change that immediately. Each book I feel can be read as a stand alone but why would you do that when this is such a great series.
Out on November 5th, thanks to Severn House for my advanced copy to read. ...more
Our 23rd trip to serial killer central is an absolute blast!! It is cold, snow constantly falling and blocking roads and pathways in the woods. Which Our 23rd trip to serial killer central is an absolute blast!! It is cold, snow constantly falling and blocking roads and pathways in the woods. Which is not helpful when a plane has crashed with the daughter of one of their own on board, and a serial killer leaving the naked bodies of women tied to trees in the woods. Always so much happening in Black Rock Falls.
Another page turning, fast paced crime thriller that I stayed up well into the night to finish. I love this team and their stories just keep getting better, after 23 books so many series get old and tired but not this one. The author keeps you guessing right until the end. I really enjoyed having a different character in the middle of the action this time.
Thanks so much to Bookouture for allowing me to read this book. So early once again. Publishes on October 1st....more
This was not the book that I was expecting. It felt a little YA to me and ai really am not a fan of those books. The characters were hard to keep tracThis was not the book that I was expecting. It felt a little YA to me and ai really am not a fan of those books. The characters were hard to keep track of, there were so many.
I feel that the story jumped around quite a bit and I struggled to believe the headmaster character in this day and age.
I wanted to enjoy this one more. Thanks to Little, Brown Book Group and NetGalley for the chance to read this book....more
I do enjoy a short story, especially when so much happens. In just 98 pages, Lisa Unger manages to draw the reader in quickly, with characters you wilI do enjoy a short story, especially when so much happens. In just 98 pages, Lisa Unger manages to draw the reader in quickly, with characters you will have strong feelings about in a short time.
This book is creepy in so many ways.. I mean dolls are always enough to make me squirm. This book is full of them, and a doll maker to boot. It is emotional, a mother and teenager grieving the loss of the man in their lives. There is a missing girl, a new school and a memorial garden.
So much in so few pages..
Thanks Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley for the early copy to read. Publishes on September 12th....more
I went looking for this book when I heard Tina on Book Talk Etc talk about it on the podcast. Desperate Housewives meets Dexter vibes..how could you nI went looking for this book when I heard Tina on Book Talk Etc talk about it on the podcast. Desperate Housewives meets Dexter vibes..how could you not want to pick it up. Serial killer books are some of my favourites, and a female one.. well I had to read it. I binged this in a day, it was so fun, violent and messed up in so many ways.. loved it.
Eloise is a stay at home mother, housewife, and wife, PTA president and friend… oh and a serial killer. Nobody would suspect this upstanding member of the community of the horrific murders she commits. We learn about her past and how she became this monster. When it appears that somebody knows her secrets, things escalate and she will do anything to protect them.
This is one crazy and seriously unhinged woman and ai was there for it all. Read this book.
Publishes on October 8th, thanks so much to Rising Action Publishing for my advanced copy to read....more
I am a big MJ Arlidge fan, but this was my first Steph Broadribb read and I was impressed. I love a good murder mystery and sped through this one.
JennI am a big MJ Arlidge fan, but this was my first Steph Broadribb read and I was impressed. I love a good murder mystery and sped through this one.
Jennie Whitmore has always been haunted by her best friend’s disappearance 30 years ago. Now a police officer, she is the first call when a body is found under her old school as it is being demolished. Could she finally find out what happened to Hannah.
I really felt for a Jennie as she navigated through this case, having to learn some truths about her teenage years and people she believed to be her friends. I loved her determination to find the truth, whilst frying to hide her true relationship with the deceased in order to stay in the case. It was a quick and satisfying read.
Thanks to Orion Publishing for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on September 5th. ...more
This was an interesting read for me. It was a slow burn to begin, and takes nearly half the book for anything to really happen. I am glad that I stuckThis was an interesting read for me. It was a slow burn to begin, and takes nearly half the book for anything to really happen. I am glad that I stuck with it, although I did guess a few of the twists early on.
Maddy is a ghostwriter, and has been hired by a well known cosmetic surgeon, Angela Reynolds, to write her memoir. She is invited to her house in the Scottish Highlands to write and research. But Angela is only there a few hours before jetting off to see patients. Maddy gets increasingly frustrated with the lack of information on Angela, and the woman is not very forthcoming with her life story. Her time at the house is not what she expected ,and she meets Angela’s business partner Scott, and the 2 hit it off.
I don’t really want to say too much more as it will spoil the story for you. It certainly picks up pace in the second half, with so much happening. Maddy was a strange character, she was very obsessive and her relationship with Scott is built up into something so fast despite the fact they hardly know each other. I just went with it while shaking my head at times.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK for my advanced copy of this book to read. Published on August 14th....more
I do love a Hollywood story and this author does them so well. Just like her previous books, I found Double Exposure hard to put down. I was so caughtI do love a Hollywood story and this author does them so well. Just like her previous books, I found Double Exposure hard to put down. I was so caught up in the lives of the rich and famous, the behind the scenes gossip is just too much to resist.
Early 2000s and Maiko and Adrian are the hottest new things in town. Young, beautiful and talented, everyone wants a piece of them. Things just keep getting better, professionally and personally.. that is until they don’t. We follow this couple over 20 years, though good times and bad. We really get to know them both so well, and become invested in them completely.
This is a quick and fun read, but it also covers some dark and triggering subjects. It felt like watching a Netflix documentary on the 2 actors, unable to tear my eyes away.
Thank you so much William Morrow for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on September 10th....more
And you thought you had a bad boss.. Millie’s boss is a serial killer!!
Millie gets an unexpected promotion, no pay rise but extra work and travellingAnd you thought you had a bad boss.. Millie’s boss is a serial killer!!
Millie gets an unexpected promotion, no pay rise but extra work and travelling with Freya, the boss from hell. On her first day she finds herself in Paris on a work trip, when she sees her boss dressed all in black and scaling up the outside of the hotel they are staying at. The best day a man is found dead. Millie stars to invest and finds it is the first time a dead body is found while her boss has been away,
This was a darkly humorous story that had me turning the pages into the night. I loved The Perfect Twin by this author and this was up there with it. So fun to read, it had me laughing when really I shouldn’t have been. Freya was a truly awful character but I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. It is twisty, shocking and emotional.
Thanks so much to Boldwood Books for the advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on September 24th. A must read. ...more
The sequel to The Killing Room is here!!! Last year I read and couldn’t get enough of Daniel Burkes first adventure in Las Vegas, and Enemy of the StaThe sequel to The Killing Room is here!!! Last year I read and couldn’t get enough of Daniel Burkes first adventure in Las Vegas, and Enemy of the State picks right up where The Killing Room left off. After everything that had happened, all Daniel wants to do is get out of town, but things get complicated when his former team of operatives are hunting him down., the government want him brought in as a traitor to his country!!
Now if you read the first book, you know that Daniel is not taking this laying down. He knows he is innocent, being framed and will not let this happen. But who can he trust? Seriously, everyone has secrets, everyone is part of something dodgy and nobody is who they say they are. But Daniel knows this, he trusts nobody and is out to save himself.
This book is non stop action from start to finish, and once again leaves it wide open for the next book. Daniel is dealing with some pretty awful people and his training comes into play, not everyone will live to see another day. There is motorcycle gangs, kidnapping, lots of heavy weapons and firearms, car chases, you name it, it is probably in here. I loved it!!
Massive thanks to Robert Swartwood for sending me an early copy to read again, you are amazing!! ...more
The murder of local hairdresser, Karen Simmons, on Valentines Day in the small town of Ebbing. DI Elise King has her work cut out for her finding thisThe murder of local hairdresser, Karen Simmons, on Valentines Day in the small town of Ebbing. DI Elise King has her work cut out for her finding this killer. With help from investigative journalist Kiki.Nunn, the 2 women will unearth so much more than they ever expected.
Fiona Barton books are always so interesting, with well fleshed out characters and storylines. This was a fast read, with plenty of potential assailants in the mix. A small town, where everyone knows everyone’s business, surely it can’t be that hard to get the killer. I had an inkling of who the killer was going to be early on and I was proved to be right which makes a change for me. Nonetheless I really enjoyed this murder mystery. It was nice to have Elise back in another story.
Thanks to Random House UK and NetGalley for the advanced copy to read. Publishes on August 15th....more
Oh my goodness this book was good!! A police procedural with the main character being a canine handler.. what is not to like about that. If you know mOh my goodness this book was good!! A police procedural with the main character being a canine handler.. what is not to like about that. If you know me at all you know that I cannot pass up a good police series or anything involving a dog.. so it was perfect for me. This is the start of a new series and I can’t wait to read more about these characters. I did see that the author has another series so I will absolutely checking that out.
PC Lucy Halliday is a former DI. She is now working with Moss, a loveable victim recovery dog....more
Dark academia.. yes please!! I do love a book set in a school, and this is Princeton. Surely all the students are busy studying to so their best and gDark academia.. yes please!! I do love a book set in a school, and this is Princeton. Surely all the students are busy studying to so their best and get the careers they have always desired right? think again….
Maya is devastated when her younger sister Naomi is found dean in a lake near the campus. She is sure that her sister would not take her own life and she knows the darkness that lurks behind the walls of this prestigious school. Maya was once a student here and has her own dark past that she does not want to come back. What did her sister get caught up in?
This was a tough book to read at times. Full of characters that you will absolutely loathe. A story of the rich getting richer, the connections people so desperately want and secret societies. So many lies. It was a fabulous debut novel that is well worth a read.
Thanks so much to Random House Publishing Ballantine, Bantam for my advanced copy of this book to read on Netgalley. Publishes on October 1st....more
The 3rd and final installment of this series featuring Detective Elin Warner, The Wilds is a dark and atmospheric thriller set for the most part in a The 3rd and final installment of this series featuring Detective Elin Warner, The Wilds is a dark and atmospheric thriller set for the most part in a remote national park in Portugal. You really get the sense of being off grid and away from the rest of the world. The setting is definitely a big part of this story and I really enjoyed it.
Elin and her brother Issac are on a trip to get away from it all and reconnect. That is until Issac tells Elin he promised to look into the disappearance of a friend’s sister, Kier, who vanished from this very place. Elin can’t help but get caught up in the mystery and trying to find the girl. The people living at the camp nearby are not very forthcoming but she knows that they know more about Elin. We learn more in the alternate chapters from Kiers point of view in the past. Why she was there to begin with and what could have happened to her.
This series has been fabulous and I am sad to see it end. This is a story of family, controlling men and much much more. I don’t want to spoil anything but it is one you just have to read. It is eerie with the isolated location and the people there.
Thanks so much to Little Brown Book Group UK for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on July 16th. ...more
I really enjoyed this fast paced mystery set in the Maldives. What an incredible setting for such a dark read. Despite its content, this was a fun andI really enjoyed this fast paced mystery set in the Maldives. What an incredible setting for such a dark read. Despite its content, this was a fun and entertaining book that I read in 2 sittings. I was surprised to learn that this was a pen name for CJ Cooke, an author that I have always wanted to read.
3 friends who share a dark history travel to the Maldives to celebrate Darcy’s divorce. Cocktails, stunning views, beautiful food, massage sessions and snorkelling with turtles… heaven. But not everything is as it seems and they are soon looking over their shoulders as their past is back in their faces.
A variety of different characters, some more likeable than others. It was a shocking ending that I didn’t 100% see coming. Lots of ways this story could have gone which makes it fun.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on July 9th....more
All I needed to know going into this book is that Paul Strom is back and has a new wife. Best Day Ever is one of my favourite thriller novels and ai wAll I needed to know going into this book is that Paul Strom is back and has a new wife. Best Day Ever is one of my favourite thriller novels and ai was elated to learn there was a sequel. This book is so bingeable, like the first, but don’t worry if you haven’t read Best Day Ever, this can be read as a stand-alone but it will spoil it for you. Trust me, you want to read them both.
So Paul has married again and has not changed one bit. He is still a narcissistic sociopath who must be in control at all times. God forbid you question him. But Cecilia is not taking any of it. He may have met his match this time. The couple are on their first honeymoon in Paris and Paul has planned the best night ever… but his wife has other ideas.
Just pick this up and start reading, you will be hooked in no time. Get comfortable and prepare for a wild and crazy ride. It is fun, so much fun.
Thank you so much to Bookouture for my advanced copy to read. Publishes on August 16th. And thank you Kaira Ronda for bringing back Paul....more
I have been reading this author for a while now, but I have to say, the twists in Every Breath You Take got me good! I thought I knew exactly how it wI have been reading this author for a while now, but I have to say, the twists in Every Breath You Take got me good! I thought I knew exactly how it would all play out and I was so very wrong… well played Miranda , well played.
This is a fast-paced mystery that I just could not put down. I read it in 2 sitting, needing to know what on earth would happen next. Eva thought everything as going well in her life and marriage, until her husband doesn’t come home after a night out with the boys. Next thing she knows she gets a text to say that he has met someone else and is leaving her. This is just the beginning of the drama. She is soon doing things she thought she never would, making everyone around her, including the police, believe that she is having a breakdown.
Get ready for a wild and crazy ride with this one . So good!!
Thank you to the author and Inkubator. books for my advanced copy to read. Publishes on July 14th....more
A locked room mystery with a difference! When read the synopsis for Dead Mile I was intrigued, murder on the motorway.. tell me more! It was an originA locked room mystery with a difference! When read the synopsis for Dead Mile I was intrigued, murder on the motorway.. tell me more! It was an original idea and for the most part I enjoyed it, although I did feel that it lagged in the middle a bit. There were a lot of characters to keep straight as well. The conclusion was surprising and well done.
Sergeant Belinda ‘Billy” Kidd is on her way home from the airport, jet lagged and ready to resign from her job. Suddenly all the traffic stops and they are going nowhere soon. The heat has people getting out of their cars and they soon discover a man is dead in his car, a metal spike in his neck? How did somebody kill him and who? All the drivers are suspects, and they seem to all have something to hide,
Thanks to Bonnier Books UK for the advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on July 4th. 3.5⭐️...more
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