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January 22, 2017
Reblog: Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis – Reviewed by BOOKS FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
I was very excited to be invitedto join this Spotlight Tourfor Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis.
January 21, 2017
Reblog: Games People Play by Owen Mullen – Reviewed by damppebbles
“Thirteen-month-old Lily Hamilton is abducted from Ayr beach in Scotland while her parents are just yards away.
Three days later the distraught father turns up at private investigator Charlie Cameron’s office. Mark Hamilton believes he knows who has stolen his daughter. And why.
Against his better judgment Charlie gets involved in the case and when more bodies are discovered the awful truth dawns: there is a serial killer whose work has gone undetected for decades.
Is baby Lily...
Reblog: The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle – Reviewed by The Suspense is Thrilling Me
Book Title: The Marriage Lie
Author: Kimberly Belle
Series: None
Genres: Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adult Contemporary
Goodreads
Date Read:
Pub Date: 12/27/16
STARS
Iris and Will’s marriage is as close to perfect as it can be: a large house in a nice Atlanta neighborhood, rewarding careers and the excitement of trying for their first baby. But on the morning Will leaves for a business trip to Orlando, Iris’s happy world comes to an abrupt halt. Another plane headed for Seattle...
Reblog: Tattletale by Sarah J Naughton – Reviewed by Cleopatra Loves Books
Psychological Thriller
4*s
I love unusual settings in books and this one was stunning. Set in a renovated church which has been altered and now houses vulnerable or adults in need, the stained glass windows divided between flats giving different colours depending which part of the building you are in. Jody lives in a flat in the building as did Abe, the young man who has been found in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs. Now in a coma, his next of kin Mags (Mar...
Reblog: Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson – Reviewed by Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Today I’m pleased to host a stop on the Rupture blog tour by Ragnar Jonasson. Rupture is the fourth novel in the Dark Iceland series published by Orenda Books and translated by Quentin Bates. The action of Rupture follows on from Blackout but before the events of Nightblind.
Now for the blurb:
1955.
Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstan...
January 20, 2017
Reblog: A Boy Made of Blocks by Keith Stuart – Reviewed by Linda’s Book Bag
It gives me great pleasure to be on the celebratorytour for a book, A Boy Made of Blocksby Keith Stuart, that I’ve adored reading. Published by Sphere, an imprint of Little Brown. A Boy Made of Blocks is available for purchase here.
A Boy Made of Blocks
MEET THIRTY SOMETHING DAD, ALEX… He loves his wife Jody, but has forgotten how to show it. He loves his son Sam, but doesn’t understand him. Something has to change. And he needs to start with himself.
MEET EIGHT-YEAR-OLD S...
Reblog: Perfect Remains by Helen Fields – Reviewed by Little Bookness Lane
Publisher: Avon Books UK
Publication date:26th January 2017
Perfectly acceptable reasons to lovePerfect Remains:
AN AMBITIOUS ODDBALL with a CUNNING PLAN
Do you love to hate a deluded menace in pursuit of their warpedpersonal goal?? Well this one’s a meticulous ploster with a talent forcreeping people outwithout even trying. It’s always someone else’s fault of course, or so their conscience deceives them. They can’t quite grasp that the only reason people start to leave...
Reblog: Ledston Luck by Andrew Barrett – Reviewed by BYTHELETTERBOOKREVIEWS
Book Description:
They say you can always trust a copper. They’re lying.
They lied thirty years ago and they’re still lying today.
A booby-trapped body in a long-abandoned chapel. A scene examination that goes horribly wrong. CSI Eddie Collins and DI Benson are injured and one of the team killed. Eddie is heartbroken and guilt-ridden. And angry.
If you like fast-paced crime thrillers with a forensic slant, raw emotions, and characters that reach out of the book and gra...
Reblog: Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson – Reviewed by Barbara Copperthwaite
“Had me literally gasping out loud. Read this book!”
THEY SAY
Following a brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, Kate Priddy makes an uncharacteristically bold decision after her cousin, Corbin Dell, suggests a temporary apartment swap – and she moves from London to Boston.
But soon after her arrival Kate makes a shocking discovery: Corbin’s next-door neighbour, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police begin asking questions about Corbin’s re...
January 19, 2017
Reblog: Little Girl Lost by Carol Wyer – Reviewed by The Quiet Knitter
Reviewed: 13 January 2017 5 out of 5 stars Copy provided by Bookouture
Description:
A perfect family hiding disturbing secrets. A killer who wants the truth to be told.
A teacher goes missing under suspicious circumstances.
A millionaire is murdered at a local reservoir.
For Detective Robyn Carter, there’s no obvious link between the men. But as she starts to delve into the cases, her investigations lead her to Abigail, perfect wife and mother...
