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‘You Never Know with Women’ by James Hadley Chase

My Review (5 stars out of 5) Professional stripper Veda Rux steals an expensive Cellini dagger from a millionaire’s house – seemingly during a sleepwalking incident. The woman’s agent, Cornelius Gorman, ropes in dodgy PI Floyd Jackson, in a bid to return the dagger to the millionaire’s safe before he learns it’s missing. Jackson thinks…

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‘Mania’ by LJ Ross

My Review (5 stars out of 5) Still awaiting the decision of the disciplinary panel at Southmoor Hospital, Doctor Alexander Gregory is at a loose end. A visit to the theatre with his friend and mentor Bill Douglas drags him into a murder mystery when one of the actors falls ill and dies on stage.…

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‘Night Service’ by John F Leonard

My Review (4 stars out of 5) Luke and Jessica are out on their third date and need to get home. Short of cash, the night bus looks like a sensible choice, but they soon discover that all is not as it seems… This horror novella is a fairly short read (I finished it in…

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‘Men of Iron’ by MJ Porter

Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Men of Iron, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. The Blurb Britain AD540. In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia, Meddi, the seeress of the Eorlingas tribe, can only obtain vengeance when her husband’s dead and her ancestral villa returned to her. With her brother, Madog,…

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‘Welcome to Cooper’ by Tariq Ashkanani

My Review (4 stars out of 5) Transferred to the town of Cooper, Detective Thomas Levine struggles to get over the death of his girlfriend, as well as coming to terms with his own dubious past. He is paired with a cop who has a similar history of bending the rules, and who soon leads…

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‘Murder at the Residence’ by Stella Blomkvist

My Review (4 stars out of 5) The New Year dawns to find Iceland still coming to terms with the effects of the financial crash. When an infamous financier is beaten to death following a reception at the President’s residence, the cops soon have a man in custody. But lawyer Stella Blómkvist thinks there may…

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‘CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys’ by Patrick Nolan

My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Patrick Nolan’s highly researched book explores the CIA’s involvement in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Detailing the lives and movements of both Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the author targets the CIA’s Richard Helms and many…

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‘See Them Run’ by Marion Todd

My Review (5 stars out of 5) During a wedding celebration, one of the guests ventures outside to meet an admirer – only to discover the individual has something more deadly in mind.  Called to the scene, DI Clare Mackay is faced with a puzzle. The dead man has a white card on his body…

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‘The Night Shift’ by Gemma Rogers

Welcome to my spot on the Bog Tour for The Night Shift, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. The Blurb How can one 12-hour night shift be so deadly? I loved the anonymity, flexibility and solitude that working the night shift at Storage Queen gave me.The unsociable hours paid well, helping me fund my university…

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‘Out of Bounds’ by Val McDermid

My Review (5 stars out of 5) A crash involving a teenage joyrider and a routine DNA test prompts a new look at a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. But Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie’s interest is piqued by a different case – one her boss tells her to leave alone. Digging into both cases, Karen soon…

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