FORBIDDEN WATERS By Rob Parker @BloomsburyBooks @robparkerauthor #ForbiddenWaters #BookBlogger #BookReview

6th Jan 2026

SYNOPSIS It starts with the knife. Found at the bottom of a hidden lake in the Norfolk Broads, covered in blood and heart tissue so fresh the water hasn’t yet washed it all away. What salvage diver Cam Killick has found is a murder weapon from a very recent crime – but how do you solve … More FORBIDDEN WATERS By Rob Parker @BloomsburyBooks @robparkerauthor #ForbiddenWaters #BookBlogger #BookReview

SEA STATE (Castleby bk 1) By J.M.Simpson #IndependentlyPublished @JMSimpsonauthor #SeaState #BookReview #BookBlogger

5th Jan 2026

SYNOPSIS Jesse Stevens needs to escape her past, start a new life and feel safe. The rugged coastline and tight-knit community of Castleby offers her that chance. Her new job with the local lifeboat crew gives her the stability and comfort she craves. Her skipper, Doug Brodie, faces his own demons. He is struggling with … More SEA STATE (Castleby bk 1) By J.M.Simpson #IndependentlyPublished @JMSimpsonauthor #SeaState #BookReview #BookBlogger

THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY By Dwyer Murphy @noexitpress @VikingBooks @DwyerMurphy #TheHouseOnBuzzardsBay #BookReview #BookBlogger

4th Jan 2026

SYNOPSIS When a group of old college friends reunites for a summer vacation at a beach house in coastal Massachusetts, a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a seductive stranger threaten to unearth the darkest secrets of their relationships. As they hurtle into midlife, Jim and his closest college friends get together to rekindle the … More THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY By Dwyer Murphy @noexitpress @VikingBooks @DwyerMurphy #TheHouseOnBuzzardsBay #BookReview #BookBlogger

WE WERE LIARS By E.Lockhart @HotKeyBooks @elockhart #WeWereLiars #BookReview #BookBlogger

4th Jan 2026

SYNOPSIS A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends-the Liars-whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. MY THOUGHTS I’ve had this book sitting on my TBR pile … More WE WERE LIARS By E.Lockhart @HotKeyBooks @elockhart #WeWereLiars #BookReview #BookBlogger

BROKEN COUNTRY By Clare Leslie Hall @HodderBooks #Johnmurraypublishing @ClareEmpson2 #BrokenCountry #BookReview #BookBlogger

1st Jan 2026

SYNOPSIS Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel’s return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can’t help thinking they were right.  Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. … More BROKEN COUNTRY By Clare Leslie Hall @HodderBooks #Johnmurraypublishing @ClareEmpson2 #BrokenCountry #BookReview #BookBlogger

THE LAST WORD IS DEATH By Faith Martin @HarperCollinsUK @FaithMartin_Nov #BookReview #BookBlogger

29th Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS One of these guests has a date with death… Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift arrives at Dashwood House, a glamorously modern hotel in the up-and-coming resort of Galton-next-the-Sea, but all plans for a relaxing stay are scuppered when one of the guests is found dead. The body is found in the writing room, the victim part … More THE LAST WORD IS DEATH By Faith Martin @HarperCollinsUK @FaithMartin_Nov #BookReview #BookBlogger

MURDER BY CANDLELIGHT By Faith Martin @HarperCollinsUK @FaithMartin_Nov #MurderByCandlelight #BookReview #BookBlogger

23rd Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS The Cotswolds, 1924. At the Old Forge in the quiet village of Maybury-in-the-Marsh a cry of anguish rings out: lady of the house Amy Phelps has been discovered dead. But with all the windows and doors to her room locked from inside, how – and by whom – was she killed? Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift finds … More MURDER BY CANDLELIGHT By Faith Martin @HarperCollinsUK @FaithMartin_Nov #MurderByCandlelight #BookReview #BookBlogger

BLOOD AXE By Menno Meyjes @mennomeyjes @GracePublicity #Independentlypublished #BloodAxe #BookReview #BookBlogger

22nd Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS Alistair is a Norse-mythology obsessed, neurotic, well-read and deeply unpopular teenage boy. He lives in Staines with his bulimic older sister Belle and their depressive single mother, an Amazon worker and weekend protester of the third runway at Heathrow. Alistair is in therapy. And he does not fit in with his classmates, ‘normal’ teenagers … More BLOOD AXE By Menno Meyjes @mennomeyjes @GracePublicity #Independentlypublished #BloodAxe #BookReview #BookBlogger

THE BINDING ROOM (Book 2 InspectorHenley series) By Nadine Matheson @HQstories @nadinematheson #TheBindingRoom #BookReview

18th Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS In this room, no one can hear you scream… The Serial Crimes Unit are called in to investigate when a local pastor is found stabbed to death. As DI Henley assesses the crime scene, she discovers a hidden door that conceals a room set up for torture – and bound to the bed in … More THE BINDING ROOM (Book 2 InspectorHenley series) By Nadine Matheson @HQstories @nadinematheson #TheBindingRoom #BookReview

THE CHRISTMAS CLUE By Nicola Upson @FaberBooks @nicolaupsonbook #TheChristmasClue #BookBlogger #BookReview

4th Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game – and instead discover a real murder. The Pratts had planned for festive cheer, despite the wartime shortages: with Elva’s map of the hotel and Anthony’s prop weapons to use as clues, the guests in … More THE CHRISTMAS CLUE By Nicola Upson @FaberBooks @nicolaupsonbook #TheChristmasClue #BookBlogger #BookReview