5* My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me. 1. I’m in a coma 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore 3. Sometimes I lie My thoughts : Isn’t that the most fantastic description ever? It tells you a lot and yet nothing at the same time. However, it’s so…
The Gingerbread House – Kate Beaufoy
4* Nestled among cherry trees in a picturesque country garden, the Gingerbread House resembles an illustration from an old-world storybook. But beware! For in the fairytale, that’s where the witch lives … Not really. The Gingerbread House is nothing like the one in the fairytale and the witch is a grandmother suffering from dementia. When…
Last Breath – Robert Bryndza @bookouture @RobertBryndza
4* He’s your perfect date. You’re his next victim. When the tortured body of a young woman is found in a dumpster, her eyes swollen shut and her clothes soaked with blood, Detective Erika Foster is one of the first at the crime scene. The trouble is, this time, it’s not her case. While she fights to secure…
The Skeletons of Scarborough House – Kitty French @bookouture @KFrenchBooks
5* Life’s tough for Melody Bittersweet. She’s single, addicted to sugar and super heroes, her family are officially bonkers, and she sees dead people. Is it any wonder no-one’s swiping right on Tinder? Waking up lonely on her twenty seventh birthday, Melody finally snaps. She can’t carry on basing all of her life decisions on the advice of her…
Wicked Game – Matt Johnson @Matt_Johnson_UK @OrendaBooks
5* 2001. Age is catching up with Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royal Protection team based in London. He’s looking forward to returning to uniform policing and a less stressful life with his new family. But fate has other plans. My thoughts : Having seen some amazing book blogger ratings about the second book in…
#GuestReview: Splintered by Kelly Miller (@MillerMystery) @BookaholicDee
Originally posted on damppebbles.com:
“Life turns from barely tolerable to complete hell when Maddy Eastin’s impulsive plan to win back the attention of her absentee father backfires. Word of her scheme spreads through her high school, but when mockery escalates to cyberbullying, Maddy and her failed stunt become headline news. But the worst is…
The Missing Ones – Patricia Gibney @trisha460 @bookouture
5* The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror. The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. “I wonder which one of us will be next?” How’s that for a prologue? The Missing Ones is the…
Lie To Me – Jess Ryder
3* (and a half) We’re going to tell our story and then it will all stop and Mummy will be safe. You want Mummy to be safe, don’t you? Three minutes. That’s all it takes for Meredith’s entire world to fall apart when she watches the videotape of her four)-year-old self with Becca, the mother…
The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman – Mindy Mejia – @MejiaWrites @QuercusBooks
5* Seventeen year old Hattie Hoffman is a talented actress, loved by everyone in her Minnesotan hometown. So when she’s found stabbed to death on the opening night of her school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of the community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a good friend of Hattie’s dad, vows to find her killer, but the…
The Lost Children – Helen Phifer
3* Lizzie pulled the covers over her head. Then she realised what was being dragged behind the person with the torch. She rammed her fist into her mouth to stop herself from screaming … For decades, The Moore Asylum was home to the forgotten children of Brooklyn Bay. But ever since a scandal forced its closure, the abandoned building…
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