The long, hot days of summer are very much a memory now as autumn takes over. The leaves are beginning to change colour – always very pretty to look at – and the mornings have a distinct chill to them. There have been some gorgeous looking sunny afternoons, but they don’t have any heat in them. Outdoor reading is very much just a memory here … Continue reading September 2021
A GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM A BESTSELLER. Beth wants to love her new home on a quiet suburban street. She wishes she could make friends with her beautiful neighbour Oksana. She longs for a new group of friends. Welcoming neighbours to visit. Coffee dates and dinner parties. But life here feels so closed. Then Beth runs into Oksana’s garden one day to fetch her … Continue reading The Perfect Daughter by Susanna Beard #BookReview #JoffeBooks #5*
SHE’S OUT OF UNIFORM BUT SHE’S STILL IN THE LINE OF FIRE. Discover a thrilling new Scottish crime series starring Detective Helen Carter. Detective Helen Carter needs a break. Instead, she’s going head-to-head with notorious cop killer Jimmy Osbourne. Eight years ago he pulled off the perfect heist and fled to Spain, leaving behind a trail of carnage. But not a shred of evidence to implicate … Continue reading The Suspects by Jodie Lawrance #BookReview #DetectiveHelenCarter3 #JoffeBooks #4*
Amber McCarthy is a young woman with a high IQ and a well-paid job, but it is never enough for her and she seeks the thrill of planning and executing the perfect burglary. On meeting wealthy businessman, Kane, her life changes and she relishes the challenge to win his love. A new enemy at the door plays havoc with her plans and Kane moves to … Continue reading The Ugliest Man on the Mountain by Mark Laming #BookReview #BlossomSpringPublishing #5*
Looking for a gripping mystery by a bestselling author? Packed full of twists, this crime thriller will keep you turning the pages until the satisfying conclusion. Twelve-year-old Amy Birkbeck is checking her bat boxes late one cold January evening in the woods by her house. She witnesses something no child should ever see — a group of men rolling a body into the deep pool … Continue reading Brutal Crimes by Michael Hambling #BookReview #DetectiveSophieAllen10 #Joffe Books #5*
As war rages, everyone has to do their bit… Bristol 1941 As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do their bit for King and Country. To that end Maisie Miles and Bridget Milligan become voluntary ambulance drivers. As well as coping with the frequent air raids, Maisie is kept on her toes with three … Continue reading Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane #BookReview #TobaccoGirls3 #BlogTour #BoldwoodBooks #Rachel’sRandomResources #NetGalley #4.5*
DETECTIVE SIV DRUMMOND IS BACK IN THIS GRIPPING NEW MURDER MYSTERY YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN. A dead body at the local crematorium. Nothing unusual about that . . . Except this one, found under some flower wreaths on the steps of the chapel, wasn’t meant to be there. Detective Siv Drummond and her team are on the case. But the only person … Continue reading Murder in Mallow Cottage by Gretta Mulrooney #BookReview #DISivDrummond3 #JoffeBooks #4.5*
1914 was the year that the First World War started. It was simple: a very important person from a big country went to visit a small country and got himself killed. Threats were issued. Tensions rose. Now, one hundred years later, could the same thing happen again? Could history repeat? What if the small place was Salford, not Serbia? What if the dignitary was from … Continue reading Salford World War by Mike Scantlebury #BookReview #AmeliaHartliss12 #IndieAuthor #HenryRoiPR #3.5*
ONE OF THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE DETECTIVES RETURNS. A BRAND-NEW MYSTERY FROM THE TWO-MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR. Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are taking a fresh look at the unsolved murder of Michael Beck, found bludgeoned over the head and dead in a river near his home in 2012. Just twenty-two at the time, he’d recently finished a history degree and had his whole life ahead of … Continue reading Murder Now and Then by Faith Martin #BookReview #DIHillaryGreene19 #JoffeBooks #4.5*
THE ELECTRIFYING NEW NOVEL STARRING DETECTIVE DOVE MILSON. Four dead.One clinging to life.A tragic accident or is someone out to kill? Detective Dove Milson is called out to a gruesome scene under the pier: four bodies floating in a flooded escape room. The chamber is meant to flood with seawater as the tide rises. But the water release valve has been tampered with and the … Continue reading The Abberley Beach Murders by D. E. White #BookReview #DetectiveDoveMilson3 #JoffeBooks #4.5*
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