Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath . . . He’s currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So when a young woman staggers into a remote police station…
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Book Haul – I have Sinned!
Here’s the thing. I already knew I was going to break the ban this time. I had to go into town, I was feeling happy about life, I knew I wanted to visit Waterstones. I got some money for Christmas that I was going to put into savings but in a ‘spur of a moment’…
#5 Nevertell by Katherine Orton
A world of magic is only a whisper away… Born in a Soviet prison camp, Lina has never seen the world outside until the night she escapes with her best friend, Bogdan. As the pair journey across a snowy wilderness, they are pursued by a vengeful sorceress and her pack of shadow wolves. The children…
#4 Murder in Midwinter by Fleur Hitchcock
Sitting on the top deck of a bus days before Christmas, Maya sees a couple arguing violently in the middle of a crowded Regent Street. They see her watching, she looks away, and the woman disappears. Maya goes to the police, who shrug and send her away. Then a body turns up… Now convinced she…
Ramble #8
It’s been a funny old week, primarily because I’ve been off work with ghastly cough and have been feeling all round icky. I did start the week at work, feeling fine until a rogue cough at 9:30 turned into a coughing storm of doom and after 5 hours of work, I accepted my colleagues repeated…
Wish List – 2020 – Most Wanted
A TRAUMATISED WITNESSKarolinska Hospital, Stockholm. Detective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He’s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. A DISGRACED DETECTIVELinna’s running out of time. The police do not want him on the case. The killer’s on the…
♯2 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn’t spoken a single word. It’s time to find out why. Paperback | 339 pages Publisher: Orion (12th December 2019) @thisgirlsbookshelf gave such a glowing review of this on…
Book Haul | Jan 9th
It only took me 9 days to break my promise and buy books! Really, there is no stopping me! I am my own worse enemy! I didn’t buy them because I was bored – which is usually the culprit. I bought them because I’d just finished ‘The One’ by John Marrs and wanted to read…
♯1. The One by John Marrs
One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their Match….
Every Review of 2019 – 41,938 pages in 138 books
No one asked me to make this. In all honesty, I was bored at work on a Friday afternoon in December and decided to put this together…you’re welcome! xD JANUARY The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge – ★★★ The Girl with the Shark’s Teeth by Cerrie Burnell – ★★★ The Clockwork Crow…
At the End of the World is a Book 