111. The Holiday by T. M. Logan

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Provence. But there is trouble…

110. The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor

Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book) is as follows: THEN One night, my little sister went missing. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, she came back. She couldn’t, or wouldn’t, say what happened. But she wasn’t the same afterwards. She wasn’t my Annie. Sometimes my own little…

109. In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter

Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book) is as follows: Nine children are snatched from a nursery school in South London. How could this happen right under their noses? No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything – or at least that’s what they’re saying. But DCI Anna Tate knows that nothing…

108. The Puppet Show by M. W. Craven

Synopsis (as taken from back of the book) is as follows: He pulls their strings. He watches them burn. Welcome to the Puppet Show… A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the…

107. Dark Water by Robert Bryndza

Synopsis (as taken from the Amazon Kindle Store) is as follows: Beneath the water the body sank rapidly. She would lie still and undisturbed for many years but above her on dry land, the nightmare was just beginning. When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a…

106. You Won’t Believe This by Adam Baron

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: Here’s something you won’t believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo’s favourite teacher of all time. Cymbeline has to find the culprit (after he’s learned what ‘culprit’ means). He’s also got to help his friend Veronique, whose grandma is dangerously ill. It seems…

105. Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: A killer is on the loose, attacking people in places they feel most safe: their workplaces, their homes. It’s up to DS Grace Allendale to stop the murders, and prove herself to her new team. All clues lead to local crime family the Steeles, but that’s where…

104. The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza

Synopsis (as taken from the Amazon Kindle Store) is as follows: If the Night Stalker is watching, you’re already dead… In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer’s night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a…

103. No One’s Home by D.M. Pulley

This was my Amazon’s First Read of August. I picked it because I love thrillers and because it had the tag line of ‘fans of The Haunting of Hill House’ will enjoy this. They were right, I did enjoy this. Synopsis (as taken from Amazon Kindle Store) is as follow: Margot and Myron Spielman move…

102. An Unlikely Spy by Terry Deary

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: World War II has begun. Brigit has been evacuated to Wales from her home near the aeroplane factories in Coventry. But when it’s revealed that her father is German, Brigit runs away to join her mother in a very special training cam, where Churchill is building a…