Month: Feb 2019
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Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CONFESSION AND CO-WRITER OF RTE ONE’S TAKEN DOWN Six neighbours, six secrets, six reasons to want Olive Collins dead. In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people’s lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege – the residents have it […]
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The Pumilio Child by Judy McInerney – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Ya Ling’s cultured life of privilege in Beijing is cruelly cut short when she is abducted and shipped to the slave market in Venice. When Mantegna sees her chained to a post, his initial intention is to paint her exotic beauty, but he soon he desires her company for pleasures of […]
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The Housewife by Valerie Keogh -Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB “There’s no place like home” – that’s what I tell myself as I pull another flawless meal from the oven. This perfect house on a quiet street was supposed to be my sanctuary, a place to recover. But everything changed the moment I saw that woman in the charity shop. She triggered something […]
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Bad Seed by Heleyne Hammersley – Book Review. #bookreview #blogtour
PUBLISHERS BLURB When the body of a woman is discovered near Doncaster’s red light district, DI Kate Fletcher is called to the scene. The victim has an abdominal wound that looks like a Caesarean incision, leading the police to believe she may have been pregnant. Kate’s team establish the woman’s identity but it soon becomes […]
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Winterman by Alex Walters – Book Review.
PUBLISHERS BLURB DI Ivan Winterman is a man with a troubled past. The Blitz has left his young son dead and his wife seriously injured. He has made enemies in high places and, with his career going nowhere, he returns to his home town in East Anglia, seeking to rebuild his life in a country […]
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A Testament to Murder by Vivian Conroy – Book Review. #bookreview #blogtour
PUBLISHERS BLURB Suspenseful from the first page to the last, A Testament to Murder is perfect for fans of And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, and Crooked House. A dying billionaire. Nine would-be heirs. But only one will take the prize… At the lush Villa Calypso on the French […]
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5* #Review – If Only I Could Tell You – Hannah Beckerman @orionbooks @hannahbeckerman
Originally posted on Jane Hunt Writer:
A twist that will break your heart . . . An ending that will put it back together Audrey’s family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty… -
Bitter Edge by Rachel Lynch – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB DI Kelly Porter is back, but so is an old foe and this time he won’t back down… When a teenage girl flings herself off a cliff in pursuit of a gruesome death, DI Kelly Porter is left asking why. Ruled a suicide, there’s no official reason for Kelly to chase answers, but […]
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Perfect Crime by Helen Fields – Book Review
.PUBLISHERS BLURB Highly recommended’ JAMES OSWALD ‘Deliciously dark and gritty’ CAROLINE MITCHELL Your darkest moment is your most vulnerable… Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. A week later, Stephen is dead. Found at the bottom of a cliff, DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner […]
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The Dollmaker by Nina Allen – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Fuses the fantastic and the mundane to great effect’ The Guardian ‘A fantastic book, revealing a zone of wonder and a world of truth’ Andrew O’Hagan, author of The Illuminations. INFORMATION WANTED ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF DOLLMAKER EWA CHAPLIN AND/OR FRIENDSHIP, CORRESPONDENCE. PLEASE REPLY TO: BRAMBER WINTERS. Stitch by perfect […]
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Dead Memories by Angela Marsons #BlogTour @bookouture @WriteAngie
Originally posted on Baker's Not So Secret Blog:
She ruined their lives. Now they’re going to destroy hers. ‘Someone is recreating every traumatic point in your life. They are doing this to make you suffer, to make you hurt and the only possible end game can be death. Your death.’ On the fourth floor… -
The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett @BeckettSimon #BlogTour @HJ_Barnes #TheScentofDeath #Review
Thank you for stopping by as I take part in the blog tour for The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett and share my review today. With thanks to Hayley at Transworld for the invite to join the tour and for my copy of the book. First of all though let’s take a look at…
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Her Pretty Bones by Carla Kovach – Book Review
A bit of a Netgalley catch up……… PUBLISHERS BLURB THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NEXT GIRL She’s just the girl he’s looking for… A young woman falls from a vehicle speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to her aid. […]
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One Minute Later by Susan Lewis – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB You think your life is perfect. You think your secrets are safe. You think it’ll always be this way. But your life can change in a heartbeat. Brilliantly emotional, suspenseful and page-turning, One Minute Later is the stunning new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Susan Lewis. Susan Lewis – behind every […]
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Wish by Chris Saunders – Children’s Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Rabbit has never had a wish before; but one day he gets not just one, but three! Wish is a touching story about the power of kindness and the magic of friendship, with beautiful and emotive illustrations from Chris Saunders. Once every year wishes take flight, filled with hope and twinkling light. They […]
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The Girl Next Door by Phoebe Morgan – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB One little lie just became deadly… Perfect mother. Perfect wife. Jane Goodwin has spent years building her picture-perfect life in the quiet village of Ashdon. So when sixteen-year-old Clare Edwards is found murdered in Sorrow’s Meadow, Jane knows she must first protect her family. Every marriage has a few white lies and hers […]
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Ada Lovelace by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Zafouko Yamamoto – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB This board book version of Ada Lovelace—an international bestseller from the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series—introduces the youngest dreamers to the world’s first computer programmer. As a child, Ada had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She grew up in a noble household in England, where she dedicated herself to […]
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ARC Review: The Stone’s Heart by Jessica Thorne
Originally posted on YA on my Mind:
The Stone’s Heart by Jessica Thorne My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Something evil is gathering power in the kingdom. It knows the secrets in your heart, and nobody is safe… Petra Kel – young and headstrong – has been named General of the Queen’s Guard. But while Petra’s…