I could never have imagined this time last year that I would have done my own blog, it’s not something I had even ever considered. I find I had a very naive view on writers and the publishing world. I have learnt a lot since I started my blog at the end of May early … More ROUNDING UP 2019 MY BEST READS FOR THE YEAR.
SYNOPSIS They won’t all live to tell the tale…. Seven friends. One killer. No escape…. A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface. And when a body is … More I, CONFESS By Alex Barclay
Synopsis London, 1816 At a fashionable London ball, the unpopular but entertaining Society gossip Marmaduke Yarnton is found dead in the cloakroom—- strangled with his own cravat. Having argued with him shortly before, Lord Velmond finds himself the prime murder suspect. Determined to clear his name, Velmond’s scholarly friend Justin Rutherford teams up with his … More A REPUTATION DIES By Alice Chetwynd Lee Book one of The Rutherford Trilogy
SYNOPSIS It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s having the party of a lifetime to make up for the wedding she never had. Everyone she loves will be there except her daughter Marnie, who’s studying abroad. But although Lucia loves Marnie, she’s secretly glad she won’t be at the party. She needs to tell Adam something … More THE DILEMMA by B.A.Paris
MY REVIEW Before I start my review on this book, I would just like to give a trigger warning as it does cover sexual harassment in the work place and incest. At times some of this was difficult for me to read not for the two reasons mentioned but another aspect of sexual abuse. This … More HORSE SHOES AND HAND GRENADES BY S.M.Stevens
SYNOPSIS Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson’s brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail from a mysterious guidebook, whose anonymous authors promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams. These missives have remained … More GRAVITY IS THE THING By Jaclyn Moriarty
MY REVIEW Before I give my review on this, I have to say this is so out of my comfort zone, not something I would normally pick up and read, as I don’t really have a lot of interest in Science Fiction. But sometimes we have to just step out of the comfort zone occasionally … More RAPIER By R.A.Correa
SYNOPSIS When a man is found on a Norfolk beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him; to international medical experts who are baffled by him; to the national press who call … More MR NOBODY By Catherine Steadman
MY REVIEW I have literally just finished this book, my heart is pounding, and I have tears on my face. What a read despite this not being out until January 2020, it is going in my top reads for 2019, it has to as I have read it in 2019. If anyone starts the new … More [NEW POST] THREE HOURS By Rosalind Lupton
Having just finished this wonderful book, I want to write this review why it is all still so fresh in my mind. I have to admit I’m not sure it’s a book I would have picked up had I seen it on a shelf. So I am so grateful for #AlisonBarrow of #penguinrandomhouse for sending … More #[NEW REVIEW]MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM By Anne Youngson.
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