MY REVIEW First of all I would like to thank #RuthDugdall for sending me a copy of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, a complex but well written novel. This is the second book with Cate Austin in. Excerpt “ What I want to say is that suicide is my choice. No-one else is … More THE SACRIFICIAL MAN By Ruth Dugdall

SYNOPSIS Art college dropout Lucie arrives in a Swiss ski resort looking for work – but instead finds love in the form of the handsome and charismatic Mathieu. Matt seems like perfect husband material – especially when Lucie discovers he’s from a wealthy family. But Matt’s dark side soon emerges. Manipulative, controlling and abusive, he … More HER HUSBANDS SECRETS By Louise Mangos

SYNOPSIS Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly became a nightmare. Fifteen years after those catastrophic, career ending events, a copycat killer has taken up the Nine Elms mantle, continuing the ghastly work of his idol. Enlisting her brilliant research … More NINE ELMS By Robert Bryndza

SYNOPSIS Footprints were scattered about like fallen leaves. She looked down into the ravine, and once more her lungs filled with fear. A body,blackened and motionless lay splayed out in the bushes. Detective Megan Carpenter is no stranger to evil. Escaping the horrors of her old life, she’s vowed never to let anyone hurt her … More SNOW CREEK By Gregg Olsen

MY REVIEW I was asked if I would read this book, and said yes without even having a clue what it was about. So when I saw it was a mix of fantasy, romance and western I was a little daunted as I don’t normally read either Fantasy or Western novels, I only occasionally read … More DESA KINCAID: Bounty Hunter By R.S. Penney, Gregg Chambers (Editor)

SYNOPSIS what if a prank leads to a murder? When Freya arrives at her dream job with the city’s hottest start-up, she can’t wait to begin a new and exciting life, including dating her new colleague Jay. However, Nicole, Jay’s ex and fellow employee, seems intent on making her life a misery. After a big … More THE PACT By Amy Heydenrych

SYNOPSIS ‘Who am I? Why am I here? Why did my mother give me away?’ On the surface, Luke and his girlfriend Hannah seem to have a perfect life. He’s an A&R man, she’s an arts correspondent and they are devoted to their new born son Samuel. But beneath the gloss Luke has always felt … More MINE By Clare Empson

SYNOPSIS He is a completely unremarkable man. Who wears the same black suit everyday. Boards the same train to work each morning And arrives home to his wife and son each night. But he has a secret. He likes to kill people. MY REVIEW This is normally the type of book I would enjoy and … More AN UNKNOWN MALE By Nicolas Obregon

I am happy to give my thoughts on The Bowery Slugger by Leopold Borstinski. Thank you to Emma at damppebbles Blog Tours for my spot on the tour, and for the publishers Sobriety Press for an ecopy of this book. Read on to see what the book is about: SYNOPSIS A turn-of-the-century Jewish boy punches … More THE BOWERY SLUGGER (Alex Cohen)By Leopold Borstinski @borstinski #hist/fic @damppebbles #BookReview

SYNOPSIS Psycho meets The Silence of the Lambs One killer on the loose. Another setting the rules. A profiler caught in the middle. A serial killer is terrorising London, removing a body part from each victim and leaving in its place a single pink rose. Dr Vernon Sange, a multiple murderer awaiting extradition, seems to … More SNAKES AND LADDERS By Victoria Selman