5* “Look after your daughter’s things. And your daughter …” When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn’t. The stranger knows Jo’s name, she knows her husband Max and she’s got a glove belonging to Jo’s two year old daughter Elise. What begins with a subtle…
5* A stark but uplifting story of bullying and redemption, for anyone who’s ever been a weirdo. Almost too terrified to grip the phone, Biddy Weir calls a daytime television show. The subject is bullying and Biddy has a story to tell. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Biddy lives in her own little world, happy…
5* Reeling from the attempts on his life and that of his family, Police Inspector Robert Finlay returns to work to discover that any hope of a peaceful existence has been dashed. After the sheer brilliance of Wicked Game, I had a feeling it wouldn’t be long until I picked up the second book in the…
3* Five stories. Five lives. Have you ever felt confused or at a loss for words in front of a spouse, colleague or parent, to the extent that you have felt inadequate or, worse, a failure? Do you ever wonder why someone close to you seems to endure humiliation without resistance? Manipulators are everywhere. At…
4* What if your whole life was based on lies? When Joe Lynch sees his wife enter an underground car park in the middle of the day, he’s intrigued enough to follow her down. And when he sees her in an angry altercation with family friend Ben, he naturally goes to her defence – and…
4* World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a…
I was tagged by the ever lovely Inge at The Belgian Reviewer so without any further ado, let’s get to it! Ebooks or physical books? Both, please and thank you. Although I read ebooks more since I order physical books from the UK and I’m an awfully impatient lady. Paperback or hardback? Also both? Hardbacks are…
4* Maplemead Castle is crawling with ghosts, and the new owners need them gone. When Melody Bittersweet and the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency arrive on scene, they quickly identify the troublemakers swinging from the chandeliers … literally. A century ago, stunning trapeze artist Britannia Lovell plunged to her death, and has done every night since. But did she really just fall, or was there…
3* One day changes Jody’s life forever. She has shut herself down, haunted by her memories and unable to trust anyone. But then she meets Abe, the perfect stranger next door and suddenly life seems full of possibility and hope. One day changes Mags’ life forever. After years of estrangement from her family, Mags receives a shocking phone call.…
5* All eleven-year-old Tanya Randall wants is a happy family. But Mum does nothing besides housework, Dad’s always down the pub and Nanna Purvis moans at everyone except her dog. Then Shelley arrives, the miracle baby who fuses the Randall family in love for their little gumnut blossom. Tanya’s life gets even better when she meets an…
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