Month: Dec 2025

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

WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE By Karin Slaughter @HarperCollins @SlaughterKarin #BookReview #BookBlogger

3rd Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She’s wrong. She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other.She’s wrong. When her best friend’s daughter asks for help, she … More WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE By Karin Slaughter @HarperCollins @SlaughterKarin #BookReview #BookBlogger

IT’S ALWAYS THE HUSBAND By C.L.Taylor @callytaylor #It’sAlwaysTheHusband #BookReview

2nd Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS Welcome to Lowbridge. Where secrets hide behind every door… When newly divorced Jude arrives in the small town of Lowbridge, she is soon drawn to widower Will, the father of her young daughter’s best friend. But Will’s past is shrouded in tragedy, with questions that no one knows the answer to – and after … More IT’S ALWAYS THE HUSBAND By C.L.Taylor @callytaylor #It’sAlwaysTheHusband #BookReview

A KILLER IN PARADISE By Tom Hindle @centurybooksuk @penguinrandom @TomHindle3 #AKillerInParadise #BookReview #BookBlogger

1st Dec 2025

SYNOPSIS The trip of their dreams is about to end in murder. When five old friends are invited to join Abigail Blythe at the launch of her luxury hotel in the Costa Rican rainforest, they jump at the chance to spend a week in paradise. None of them have heard from Abigail since the summer … More A KILLER IN PARADISE By Tom Hindle @centurybooksuk @penguinrandom @TomHindle3 #AKillerInParadise #BookReview #BookBlogger