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…

What Books Have Made it Into My Suitcase?

So, by the time this is posted, I will have just boarded my flight from Gatwick to New York. My oldest and dearest friend is getting married in New York and I am excited to be a part of her wedding and to get to go back to New York again. I’ll be there for…

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…

Goodreads – Agatha Christie Part 1

I have always loved watching Poirot and Miss Marple on the television. I knew of Agatha Christie and the books she wrote but I never entertained reading them when I was younger. The BBC’s production of the ‘ABC Murder’s’, offered me such a different view of Poirot that it gave me leave to want to…

Goodreads

I present to you a snapshot of my year in books. I have, of course, finished my reading goal of 100 books. I feel both accomplished and relieved that I have completed it. Coming to the end of it hasn’t put me off buying more books than I can handle. If I can at least…