PLEASE UNDERSTAND MY DECISION TO WRITE ABOUT THIS IS PURELY DOWN TO MY OWN INTEREST IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMES I DISCOVERED TOOK PLACE IN THE 1970S. THE IDEA TO WRITE THIS SERIES CAME FROM READING/LISTENING/WATCHING TRUE CRIME STORIES THAT SHOWED AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN THE 1970S. I MERELY WISHED TO LEARN MORE…
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π§ Anna Winslow: The Untold Story
Summary – University student Anna Winslow has gone missing. The circumstances of her disappearance are far from ordinary, a fact that only fellow student Melissa Lopez appears to appreciate. Motivated by an unexplained and disturbing voicemail message from Anna on the night of her disappearance, Melissa’s curiosity quickly turns into a deeper investigation, an obsession…
Hello 2022
2021 wasn’t the best year for reading. My goal of reading 80 books fell completely short with only 21 books read. Did I feel disappointed in myself? Absolutely. Did I feel guilty for not being as active in the book community? Of course. However, life goes on whether I read or not. The reading woman…
π21π Her Deadly Touch by Lisa Regan
Hello?!? A new Josie Quinn novel, you better believe I was going to read it! Ok, so, I’ve currently got a viral infection (Labyrinthitis) which is causing extreme vertigo among other unpleasant symptom’s. This viral infection has to be one of the worst I’ve ever experience. The vertigo alone is completely crippling. I’ve never had…
π20π The Hiding Place by Helen Phifer
When nine-year-old Charlotte Standish goes missing from her street, it sparks a media frenzy in her small Lake District town. Her distraught parents are desperate to have their little blonde darling back, and Detective Morgan Brookes leads a frantic hunt for the girl. But Charlotte seems to have vanished into thin air. Chasing up a lead at…
π19π The Killer’s Girl by Helen Phifer
When the body of a young woman is found, tied to her bed and the victim of a brutal attack in her own home, Detective Morgan Brookes is sickened by what she finds as she searches the house. And unprepared for the nightmares it inspires about her childhood. When the DNA collected gives a positive ID, Morgan…
π18π A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there,…
π17π The House at the End of Magic by Amy Sparks
Sometimes you are a whisper away from magic without even realising it. Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. When she steals a house-shaped ornament from a mysterious womanβs purse, she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge higgledy-piggeldy house….
π15πOne Left Alive by Helen Phifer (Kindle)
A gentle breeze blew her blonde hair across her face, her glazed eyes staring blankly into the sunset. Her small frame looked lost hanging from the large oak tree. On the branch next to her was a worn childβs rope swing. She looked too young and beautiful to be dead. When the body of a…
Living Through COVID-19 Pandemic – Weeks 26, 27, 28, & 29
First off, sorry that I forgot to post for almost 4 weeks. To say it has been hectic is an understatement. This has been partly due to the effects of COVID in my area but also related to increase in workloads and preparation for my new property. I know I haven’t posting much book related…