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…
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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…
101. The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: ‘I am Cat Royal – Orphan, Adventurer, Actress… ‘Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. I was brought up in Drury Lane, so I have become accustomed to a life…
100. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Please excuse the bad photo! The sun was causing a shadow every which way! Synopsis (as taken from the Amazon Kindle Store) is as follows: At St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, the historians don’t just study the past, they revisit it. Behind the strait-laced facade of a conventional academic institution, the secret of time…
At the End of the World is a Book 