April 2026

April in A Nutshell

That’s a Wrap! April has been a brilliant reading month for me. I think the colder weather has a lot to do with it—there’s nothing better than crawling into bed a little earlier when it’s chilly outside. I read some amazing books this month, including a record-breaking five five-star reads! I honestly can’t remember the […]

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Review The Unlucky Ones

Title: THE UNLUCKY ONES Author: HANNAH MORRISEY ISBN: 9781250369741 Publisher: NO EXIT PRESS Pages: 304 Source: Review copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Black Harbor is a tinderbox. Temperatures and violent crime have both risen to all-time highs, a new drug razes the city, and the scene to which Sergeant

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Review Jar of Hearts

Title: JAR OF HEARTS Author: JENNIFER HILLIER ISBN: 9781250154200  Publisher: MacMillan Pages: 373 Source: Private Copy Angela was one of the most popular girls in her high school before she disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever knew what became of her―not Georgina, her best friend, nor Kaiser, who was close with both girls. Then, fourteen

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Review Nothing Left Behind

Title: NOTHING LEFT BEHIND Author: HANNAH BRENNAN ISBN: 9780008778101 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 464 Source: REVIEW COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER ‘Emergency. Which service do you require?’‘He’s trying to burn down my house. He’s going to kill me.’They thought it was another false alarm. They were wrong.As the acrid smoke clears, Detective Liz Field can only

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Review Dear Debbie

Title: DEAR DEBBIE Author: FREIDA McFADDEN ISBN: 9781464266485 Publisher: POISON PEN PRESS Pages: 327 Source: PRIVATE COPY Sometimes, enough is enough…Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie

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Review The Killer in Room Five

Title: THE KILLER IN ROOM FIVE Author: SAM HOLLAND ISBN: 9780008759964 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 400 Source: NetGalley A terrible confession In an isolated room in Hollowpines, an infamous psychiatric hospital, Joe Sinclair is confessing to a violent murder. An impossible crime Locked away, Joe couldn’t possibly have killed the man, so how does he

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Review We Were Never Here

Title: WE WERE NEVER HERE Author: ANDREA BARTZ ISBN: 9780241557655 Publisher: Penguin Fiction Pages: 305 Source: Private Copy Emily is having the time of her life–she’s in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of

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Review Three Reasons for Revenge

Title: THREE REASONS FOR REVENGE Author: DERVLA McTIERNAN ISBN: 9780008408060 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 336 Source: NetGalley Someone’s been watching. Someone’s been waiting.Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found.Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very

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