Girl Number One -Jane Holland

  I found the first couple of chapters of this book pretty slow but then it picked up for me. I did find it difficult to have any real empathy with Eleanor and found myself disliking her quite a lot and feeling sorry for those caught up with her. Had an inkling as to the …

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Dead Lost – Helen Durrant 3 stars

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of Dead Lost. This,is not the first in the series but it was easy enough to read as a stand-alone - however, I do think I would have benefited if I had read the others are there was backstory for characters that I would have liked to have …

The Silent Girls – Ann Troup – 4 stars

thank you to TBC for the opportunity to review The Silent Girls. Initially I thought that I was not going to enjoy this book very much, it was certainly slower paced than my usual reads, however, as I discovered it is sometimes good to step outside your comfort zone. A house full of secrets waiting …

Before it’s too late – Jane Isaac -4 stars

  You leave the pub angry with your boyfriend and wake up in a dark pit in the middle of nowhere. Chinese student Min finds herself exactly in this position, Jackman is the detective tasked with finding her - though he has his own demons to face following his wife's accident which left her with …

Tuesday Falling – S Williams

The city's going into Meltdown, the rape drones and gang boys,have a hold on that but one little girl is about to bring them all crashing to their knees - Tuesday's going to blow it open. Can DI Loss and Stone prevent her - should they? A fascinating tale of sub culture London both from …

No Kiss Goodbye -Janelle Harris – 4 stars

Well that was a bit of a head spin! I didn't know who or what to believe all the way through the book! It did feel a bit disjointed in places but I think this was really clever writing as you really did feel as though you were inside her head. Mine was spinning with …

Tastes like Fear – Sarah Hilary – 5+stars!

Thank you to Headline and Sarah Hilary for an ARC in return for an honest review. Five stars is inadequate for Tastes like Fear - the 3rd in the DI Marnie Rome series, this is simply outstanding! Sarah captures the very essence of fear as she tells the tale of Harm and his "family" of …

Viral – Helen Fitzgerald

Well the opening line was quite a hook! What if one of the biggest mistakes that you have made in your life is caught on video and goes viral? With the reach of social media these days viral videos are something that we have all seen at one time or another - but what of …

The Girl in the Ice – 4 star debut

Thanks to Bookature and Netgalley for an ARC of The Girl in the Ice, well what a storming introduction to DCI Erika Foster, this is going to be a huge hit as it has all the essential ingredients for a fantastic crime thriller - interesting characterisation in DCI Foster and I'm looking forward to seeing …

The Theseus Paradox – David Videcette – fantastic 5 star debut

    What if everything you thought you knew about 7/7 bombings in London was in fact a lie. The Theseus Paradox is a novel written by former Scotland Yard Investigator,  David Videcette, who worked on the London bombings. His involvement is evident throughout the book and at times I was unsure if I was …