Dear Mother – Angela Marsons 4/5

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookoture for an ARC of Dear Mother in return for an honest review.Dear Mother is a harrowing yet compelling read, telling the story of 3 sisters, Catherine, Alex and Beth. The sisters were estranged following years of abuse at the hands of their mother and this book tells of the …

Witness The Dead – Craig Robertson – 5 stars

Well I just finished Witness The Dead and it has got to stand out easily as my favourite in the Tony Winters series so far! Glasgow always does make a perfect backdrop for murder in crime fiction but Craig Robertson manages to bring my city's streets alive! I swear you feel as though you are …

Before I Let You In…Jenny Blackhurst 4.5 stars!

Three friends inseparable since childhood and now in their 30s - the bond between them seems unbreakable but their lives are about to be torn apart. Karen seems to have her head together, a junior psychiatrist who considers her role as to look out for her friends; Bea the single one who loves a great …

Saving Sophie – Sam Carrington 3 stars

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.This is a debut novel from Sam Carrington and the the start of it drew me in immediately - a really strong opening that sucker punches the reader! The book is mainly told from the perspective of Karen (mum) and Sophie (daughter) and …

All Fall Down – Tom Bale 5 stars!!!

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookoture for an ARC of All Fall Down by the brilliant Tom Bale!Wow what can I say - this book will have you on the edge and you are not going to ever want to open your door again! The Turner family and their older children are having a chilled …

Unquiet Souls – Liz Mistry -4 stars

Thanks to Bloodhound Books for an ARC of Unquiet Souls in return for an honest review.The topic of this book is way beyond the comfort zone of most of us (thankfully) - paedophile rings and people trafficking are difficult to read about and to write about, however Liz Mistry has managed to do this and …

Read All About It….TBConFB admin exclusive!!!

    In the deep dark recesses of TBC there is a basement…a dark, damp, dilapidated room inhabited by a few unlucky souls. They all answered the siren song of a FB temptress named Tracy F…or Queen Traceeeeeey as these poor souls refer to her – when they think she is not listening! Sumaira, Helen …

Breaking news…coming soon!

Yikes, I am uber excited folks! As some of you may know I am on the admin team of the BESTEST bookclub in the world #TBConFB and guess what - big #BossLady Tracy Fenton has agreed that Chapterinmylife can do a blog post covering "Behind The Scenes" with admin.....OMG it's a world exclusive and you …

Local Girl Missing – Claire Douglas, 5 stars

Synopsis Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now A body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the seaside town she's tried to forget. Perhaps the truth of what …

I See You – Clare MacKintosh – 5 stars

I have literally just finished reading I See You and my heart is pounding!  "When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper she is determined to find out why it is there..." I See You is a precautionary tale of stalking with a cyber twist - random women appear …