For the Love of Books
That’s a Wrap! The end of September is here, and already there are glimpses of Christmas decorations and reminders of the new year ahead. Social media is buzzing with posts about 2025 planners and holiday ideas. Am I the only one not quite ready for all of that? There are still three full months left […]
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Title: City of Thieves Author: David Benioff ISBN: 9780340822319 Publisher: New English Library Pages: 310 Source: Private Copy During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at
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Title: THE TORMENTS Author: Michael J. Malone ISBN: 9781916788282 Publisher: Orenda Books Pages: 276 Source: Review copy from Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Hiding from the world in her little white cottage on the shores of a loch, Annie Jackson is fighting to come to terms with the world of the murmurs,
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Title: THE WIFE IN THE PHOTO Author: Emily Shiner ISBN: 9781837903863 Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 286 Source: Private Copy I pick up the photograph from their mantlepiece and carefully wipe away the dust. The beautiful wife. Supposedly happily married and enjoying a family vacation. I know her husband killed her. And I’m going to make him
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Title: The Naturals Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes ISBN: 9781423168232 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 308 Source: Personal Copy Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI
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Title: THE NIGHT STALKER – Rober Hunter #3 Author: Chris Carter ISBN: 9780857202987 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 453 Source: Private Copy An unidentified female body is brought into the Los Angeles County morgue. The cause of death is still unclear. Her body bares no marks; except for the fact that her most intimate parts
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Title: THE INTRUSION Author: Charlotte Langley ISBN: 9781915798848 Publisher: No Exit Press Pages: 256 Source: Review copy from Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours When a police detective is found murdered, all clues point to Amma Reynolds, a young woman who lives in the town. Amma has a clear motive. She resents the
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Title: WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS Author: Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 9780751506761 Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Pages: 412 Source: Private Copy Dr Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialities were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious apartment. The police have no
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Title: Crave Author: Tracy Wolff ISBN: 9781640638952 Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: 575 Source: Private copy My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods…or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions
Title: A VIOLENT HEART Author: David Fennell ISBN: 9781804180091 Publisher: Zaffre Books Pages: 346 Source: Review copy from Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Elena Zoric, a sex worker and addict, is murdered, her body concealed and left near a stream in North London. Her phone lies nearby, the last number dialled was
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