Month: May 2019
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Aurelia by Alison Morton – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB 1960s Roma Nova. Retrained as an undercover agent, ex-Praetorian officer Aurelia Mitela is sent to Berlin to investigate silver smuggling, but barely escapes a near-lethal trap. Her lifelong nemesis, Caius Tellus, is determined to eliminate her. When Aurelia is closing in on him, he strikes at her most vulnerable point – her young […]
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Her Husbands Mistake by Sheila O’Flanagan – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Roxy’s marriage has always been rock solid. After twenty years, and with two carefree kids, she and Dave are still the perfect couple. Until the day she comes home unexpectedly, and finds Dave in bed with their attractive, single neighbour. Suddenly Roxy isn’t sure about anything – her past, the business she’s taken […]
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The Refuge by Jo Fenton -Book Review and giveaway
PUBLISHERS BLURB The Refuge Following the death of The Brotherhood’s charismatic but sinister leader, Dominic, Melissa and her husband Mark resolve to turn the Abbey into a refuge for victims of domestic abuse. But when Melissa’s long-lost sister, Jess, turns up at the Abbey, new complications arise. The Abbey residents welcome the new arrival but […]
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The Brotherhood by Jo Fenton – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The Brotherhood When a young woman becomes pregnant in a religious sect, how far will she go to escape the abusive leader and save the people she loves? The Brotherhood – safe haven or prison? After her parents’ sudden death, a grieving Melissa falls back on her faith and into the welcoming arms […]
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Bold Lies by Rachel Lynch – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB An investigation leads Kelly back to her former command… and the ex who betrayed her. A brutal murder in the Lake District. A double assassination in a secret lab in London’s west end. Seemingly unconnected, unexpected links between the gruesome crimes emerge and it’s up to DI Kelly Porter to follow the trail […]
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The Comedy Club Mystery by Peter Bartram – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The Comedy Club Mystery: A Crampton of the Chronicle comic crime adventure Murder has never been such fun… When theatrical agent Daniel Bernstein sues the Evening Chronicle for libel, crime reporter Colin Crampton is called in to sort out the problem. But trouble escalates when Bernstein turns up murdered. Colin discovers that any […]
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Children In Chains by Lorraine Mace – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Detective Inspector Paolo Sterling is determined to shut down the syndicate flooding Bradchester’s streets with young prostitutes. When a child is murdered, Paolo becomes aware of a sinister network of abusers spread across Europe, and spanning all levels of society. But Joey, the shadowy leader of the gang, always seems to be one […]
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The Body In The Mist by Nick Louth – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A brutal murder hints at a terrifying mystery, and this time it’s personal. A body is found on a quiet lane in Exmoor, victim of a hit and run. He has no ID, no wallet, no phone, and – after being dragged along the road – no recognisable face. Meanwhile, fresh from his […]
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The Woman Next Door by Sue Watson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB ‘Have you ever had a secret that you couldn’t tell a soul, even the people you love? I have.’ Lucy has a kind and adoring husband, a job she loves as a teacher, and a house on Mulberry Avenue with floaty curtains and the softest bed linen. After her troubled childhood, she knows […]
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Never Be Broken by Sarah Hilary – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Deeply contemporary, painfully real, heartbreakingly good’ – Mick Herron The compulsive, gripping and twisty new London crime novel featuring DI Marnie Rome, from award-winning novelist Sarah Hilary Children are dying on London’s streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart, outside a corner shop. Others recruited from care homes, picked up and exploited; passed like […]
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I Never Left by McGarvey Black – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB My name is Quinn Roberts. I was murdered and I don’t know why. Quinn Roberts is dead and she wants to know how it happened. She’s angry, confused and disappointed that her life is over. Most of her friends have moved on and it seems like no one cares who was responsible. Her […]
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Because Of You by Helene Fermont – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB How desperate are you to get the one you love? When Hannah and Ben meet at a friend’s party, he knows she’s The One. But Hannah’s in an intense relationship with Mark and planning to return to her native Sweden to embark on a teaching career. Desperate to make Ben fall in love […]
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The Women by S E Lynes – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The night she moves in with Peter, she’s so happy, so exhilarated, so in love. Later, she will remember a much smaller feeling, a tiny one percent in her gut. And she will remember pushing that feeling aside… Samantha Frayn doesn’t know why Peter Bridges picks her – a nobody with bitten fingernails […]
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The Art of Sherlock Holmes by Phil Growick – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The Art of Sherlock Holmes The Art of Sherlock Holmes is a totally unique experience. Imagine a dozen or more of the finest artists in the U.S. creating art for some the best new short stories written by some of the finest Holmes authors in the world. Each artist has envisioned their version […]
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Familiar Strangers by Jackie Walsh – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB ‘I took you, Becca. You’re not my daughter.’ Since Becca Wall’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, every day Becca loses a little more of the loving, caring mother who would do anything for her only daughter. But when one day Nancy Wall confesses that Becca is not her child, Becca’s world falls […]
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Fierce Girl by Emma Tallon – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Fans of Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane will be hooked by Fierce Girl. When loyalty is everything, betrayal hits harder. Anna Davis has grown up. She’s not the naive runaway who escaped her vicious gangland boyfriend anymore. She’s tougher than ever and she won’t let anyone take advantage of her – […]
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The Den by Abi Maxwell – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A hypnotic story of YOUTH, SEX and POWER A story of two women cast out by the same community though separated by a hundred years A story of two extraordinary, magnetic women and their disappearances – a hundred years apart – from the small New England town they call home. Henrietta and Jane […]
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The Manhattan Project by Paul McNeive – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB New York City is under attack. Millions may die. But the enemy’s weapons are invisible, undetectable and creating terror at lightning speed. A NYPD cop, John Wyse, finds himself pitted against a Hiroshima survivor turned criminal mastermind determined to avenge the deaths of his family, and all who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. […]
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He’s At Your Door by Alex Sinclair – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Karen Rainey lives a sheltered life on the edge of the city. For the last five years, she has rarely left the home unless it was unavoidable. She has her food and anything else she needs delivered to the front door. She works from home to avoid venturing outside. But Karen isn’t agoraphobic. […]
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Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB ONLY Helen FitzGerald could have created this book. Shocking, gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the last. Brilliant’ Erin Kelly ‘The main character is one of the most extraordinary you’ll meet between the pages of a book’ Ian Rankin Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some […]
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