For the Love of Books
That’s a Wrap! By the end of July, we usually start to feel a shift in the weather as things slowly begin to warm up. But this year, winter seems determined to overstay its welcome. I’ve spent most of the month tucked away indoors, bundled up in far too many layers — luckily, I had […]
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Title: HANGMAN Author: Daniel Cole ISBN: 9781409168812 Publisher: Orion Books Pages: 384 Source: Private Copy Meet DCI Emily Baxter, a detective whose life is as complicated as the cases she investigates.A body is found hanging from Brooklyn Bridge, the word ‘BAIT’ carved into the chest.In London a copycat killer strikes, branded with the word ‘PUPPET’,
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Title: THE DAUGHTER Author: Liz Webb ISBN: 9780749028800 Publisher: Allison and Busby Pages: 380 Source: Private Copy ‘I lean in and whisper the question I have never let myself utter in twenty-three years.‘Dad…did you murder Mum?’Hannah Davidson has a dementia-stricken father, an estranged TV star brother, and a mother whose death opened up hidden fault
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Title: Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave Author: Elle Cosimano ISBN: 9781250337344 Publisher: Minotaur Books Pages: 309 Source: Private Copy Finlay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet . . . but at least there’s not a body in her backyard.Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime, Vero, have not always gotten along with Finlay’s elderly neighbor, Mrs. Haggerty,
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Title: A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE Author: Shari Lapena ISBN: 9780593077412 Publisher: Bantam Books Pages: 304 Source: Private Copy He looks at her, concerned. “How do you feel?” She wants to say, Terrified. Instead, she says, with a faint smile, “Glad to be home.”Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate
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Title: IN THE BLOOD – Carson Ryder #05 Author: Jack Kerley ISBN: 9780007269099 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 421 Source: Library Books The author of BLOOD BROTHER returns with a new psychological thriller featuring Carson Ryder, the detective with a unique perspective on serial killers – his brother’s one. TV evangelist Reverend Scaler made his fortune
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Title: THE WOMAN IN SUITE 11 Author: Ruth Ware ISBN: 9781398526730 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Pages: 416 Source: Review copy from the publisher When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her
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Title: Watch Me Author: Tahereh Mafi ISBN: 978‑0063419001 Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 368 Source: Private copy Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment. James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All
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Title: BLOOD BROTHERS – Carson Ryder #04 Author: Jack Kerley ISBN: 9780007269082 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 436 Source: Library Copy Detective Carson Ryder’s sworn duty is to track killers down. He’s never revealed the fact that his brother, Jeremy, is one of America’s most notorious killers – albeit imprisoned. Now, though, his brother’s escaped and
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Title: THE SERIAL KILLER’S PARTY Author: Amy Cunningham ISBN: 9781529931853 Publisher: Penguin UK Pages: 315 Source: Review copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Welcome to the party of the year.You’ve been invited to an exclusive, luxury event in Norway, hosted by a billionaire. Your moment has finally arrived. But you’re
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