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Have just finished
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly and was stunned. Complex, intriguing, enthralling. My no spoilers review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Had a couple of good reads recently, but this wasn't one of them. Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker. It did fill a challenge slot, though. :)
3★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a good solid British police procedural,
Heads or Tails by Damien Boyd. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Monnie wrote: "Latest in the Erika Foster series...http://bookreviewsbymonnie.blogspot.c..."
Great review Monnie. I tried to leave a comment on your blog, but it wouldn't let me 😕
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Monnie wrote: "Latest in the Erika Foster series...http://bookreviewsbymonnie.blogspot.c..."
Great review Monnie. I tried to leave a comment on your blog, but it wouldn't ..."
Whoops - not sure why that happened. But thanks a bunch!
Just finished a really good piece of historical faction/ murder-mystery
The Mitford Murders by the author of the Downtown Abbey books, Jessica Fellowes. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
Half Past by Victoria Helen Stone which I read in one sitting. Excellent read. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Review of Salman Rushdie's The Golden House (given from Netgalley) can be viewed here:
http://www.bookgobbler.com/2017/09/17...
or on goodreads as well:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A cracking good mystery- suspense from author E.C. Diskin,
Depth of Lies https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have just finished a read that was meant to be suspenseful and wasn't.
The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Firstly, thank you to Net Galley, The publishers and the author for a ARC copy for review.
Let me start by saying, halfway through this book, I would have given this book a three star, then reading the second half and the book becomes a four star, pace, suspense and gripping action and shocks, and a clear four star.
To escape the gut-churning violence of LAPD, Garrett Evans moves home to sleepy Artemis, West Virginia to take over his deceased father's position as Chief of Police. The peaceful environment helps him hide his struggle with PTSD-- Until Garrett kills a man and loses his job when his mental condition is questioned.
Things only get worse from there.
New York P.I. Chester LaSalle is searching for a missing girl last seen in Artemis. Working together, Garret and LaSalle dig up small town secrets best left buried behind the barn. It appears a serial killer has murdered transient prostitutes around Artemis for decades.
Telltale signs point to a suspect Garrett doesn't want to consider. No way Smiley Carmichael, the most respected man in Artemis, is a serial killer.
As if Garrett didn't have enough problems, LaSalle is hiding his own secret. He's not just seeking a missing girl. He's been hired to murder the person who made her disappear.
You cannot help but like the two main characters, Garrett and La Salle.
This book had a great second half, what was going to happen next, who would survive to the end...
A great surprise from an author I have not read before.
I liked this one more than I didn't, but only just. ...
Her Last Goodbye by Melinda Leigh. My review- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Her Last Day
, it's the first in a series, and I really enjoyed it. It's got so much going on, but it's not difficult to follow, and it just sucks you right in.Here's my review... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Have just finished a really good espionage/ thriller/ murder-mystery/ historical romance
This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lay Me to Rest by E.A. Clark is a debut novel that looks to be the start of a series. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Divine Heart by Danielle R. Mani (Danielle Rodriguez-Cinquemani)REVIEW: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
The Accident by Dawn Goodwin, a slow burning, but definitely explosive debut psychological thriller. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Catching up on posting some long overdue reviews. The first is
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, a creepy, gothic tale https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Monnie wrote: "Deep Freeze by John Sandford (Virgil Flowers):http://bookreviewsbymonnie.blogspot.c..."
I really liked your review! Virgil is a piece of work!
Finished
The Coven by Graham Masterton. Not my favourite book by this author, but a passable read. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Warlords by Richard Denham is excellent historical factionhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and of course Robert Bryndza for a copy of number 5th in the Erika Foster series..
One series of books I am up to date on, and read all of them !
A good start !
The suitcase was badly rusted, and took Erika several attempts, but it yielded and sagged open as she unzipped it. Nothing could prepare her for what she would find inside…
When a battered suitcase containing the dismembered body of a young man washes up on the shore of the river Thames, Detective Erika Foster is shocked. She’s worked on some terrifying cases but never seen anything like this before.
As Erika and her team set to work, she makes the link with another victim – the body of a young woman dumped in an identical suitcase two weeks ago.
Erika quickly realises she’s on the trail of a serial killer who’s already made their next move. Yet just as Erika starts to make headway with the investigation, she is the victim of a brutal attack.
But nothing will stop Erika. As the body count rises, the twin daughters of her colleague Commander Marsh are abducted, and the stakes are higher than ever before. Can Erika save the lives of two innocent children before it’s too late? She’s running out of time and about to make a disturbing discovery…there’s more than one killer.
She fell in love with a killer, now she’s one too.
Brilliantly gripping, Cold Blood will have you hooked from the first page and holding your breath to the heart-stopping and shocking ending.
Erika is a character, if you have read the series, you get to know her so well. A loner with few friends outside of work and a dedicated, stubborn, strong minded, powerful woman, who just does not know when to stop.
With memories that will always be in her head, some tough cases in the past...
Here she comes across one of the nastiest serial killers, with some gory and violent parts of the book. Erika has a tough case.
A great paced, as always, gritty, gory story, with shocks, violence, and as usual Erika with great support from Moss, Peterson, Marsh.
A great detective series. A clear four stars
Finished
The Mistake by K.L. Slater which wasn't as good as I was expecting. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
This was a different sort of thriller
Black Teeth by Zane Lovitt - quirky and very Aussie my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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