#63 The Memory Woods by Sam Lloyd

Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It’s the only home he’s ever known. Elissa has only just arrived. And she’ll do everything she can to escape. When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police….

#25 When You Disappeared by John Marrs

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing – except him. Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave…

Black Friday Book Haul

I got 10 books in the Black Friday sale. None of these books are on any of my Christmas lists, I was very careful not to buy any that might be gifted later in the year. They are all crime/thriller books. I didn’t really spend any money either. £24.00 for 10 books. Gotta love a…

Kindle Haul – November

I’ve really been facing a slump when it comes to reading. I read a book on November 1st and then read NOTHING until today (Monday 11th). It’s not like I don’t have plenty to read, I just couldn’t find the right book to fit my mood. I get irritated when I don’t read books. (I…

124. Cuckoo by Sophie Draper

Kindle Edition – 400 pages Published by – Avon 29th November 2018. There’s a stranger in your house… When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her childhood home in Derbyshire. She hadn’t seen Elizabeth in years, but the remote farmhouse offers refuge from a bad relationship, and a chance to start again. But going…

Crime Obsession Part 2

A continuation of my crime obsession ramble, it has come to my realization – and honestly, I don’t know how I didn’t notice before – that I have an abundance of crime novels in both my paperback and kindle library and now gravitate towards them when I am out shopping for books. I don’t necessarily…

Kindle Haul

In the wee hours of Sunday morning, I lay awake in my bed unable to sleep, so I ordered 8 books and spent £10. ‘The police belonged to another world – the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not theirs.’ When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing on their gap year in…

Unexpected Turn of Events

So, I had minor surgery on Friday (27/09/2019) and stupidly didn’t think things through. I’ve only had long surgeries with general anaesthetic and didn’t make the connection that I’d be out for the count and out of work all Friday. I did however, expect to be back at work on Monday but I got signed…

A Growing Crime Obsession

My obsession with crime started when I was a teenager and first started watching CSI with my Mum. From those first CSI episodes, I then started watching all the spin-off series, moved to NCIS, watched all those spin-off series, discovered Bones and my television obsession was complete. My Mum has always loved crime fiction, but…

97. The Boy in the Photo by Nicole Trope

Synopsis (as taken from the Amazon Kindle Store) is as follows: She becomes aware of the silence at the other end of the line. A prickling sensation crawls up her arms. Her heart speeds up. ‘Found who?’ she asks slowly, carefully, deliberately. ‘They found Daniel.’ Six years ago. Megan waits at the school gates for…