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Wednesday, 30 November 2022
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
Monday, 28 November 2022
I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
Sunday, 27 November 2022
The Liars by Petronella McGovern
...like how where this story is set in a town built on the blood of its indigenous people, reality check, as are the majority of towns on our planet, and the toxic male influences that are cultivated from generation to generation...nothing new there, unfortunately.
If I'm totally honest it felt like McGovern wanted to infuse her tale with as many topical issues as possible without really doing a deep dive into any of them...
...is it a tale of courage, of exposing lies? Hmmm I'll let you make your own decision on that one...
Saturday, 26 November 2022
The Second Cut by Louise Welsh
I was thrilled to be reunited with Rilke, he really is my most favourite auctioneer...
Welsh gives us a dark story, with humour and just the right amount of a twisty mystery...we get a thought-provoking tale that keeps us invested in the action, mainly due to her ability to give us such positively engaging character perspectives...
let us hope we don't have to wait too long for the next book!
Friday, 25 November 2022
Hope to Die by Cara Hunter
Is it a gripping page turner?
Hmm...perhaps not the addictive crime thriller I had hoped for but it does what we expect, it gives us DI Fawley and his team investigating a burglary gone wrong, with connections to a high-profile case from the past...
Thursday, 24 November 2022
You, Me & The Sea by Elizabeth Haynes
The Devil Stone by Caro Ramsay
DCI Caplin is a troubled detective from Glasgow, she is a complex character with family issues and a past that is only hinted at in this, ...
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Woodland has managed to create a small rural town, full of tension and menace... ...set in the the 1960's this story has an honesty a...
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This one threw me if I'm honest and I really wasn't too sure how I would take to it. Piepers style of writing is intense at times, ...
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Once again Laguna gives us her version of a heroine, this time it comes in the form of ten-year-old Justine.. .. ...Justine lives in the A...