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Review The Taste of Blood

Title: THE TASTE OF BLOOD Author: JAMES CRAIG ISBN: 97814722132772 Publisher: Little Brown Pages: 293 Source: Private Copy Victim or assassin – the lines are blurred…A badly beaten woman walks into A&E and is promptly arrested by the Home Office on suspicion of being an illegal alien. However, she is neither illegal nor a victim. […]

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Review The Secrets We Hide

Title: THE SECRETS WE HIDE – North Falls #02 Author: Karin Slaughter ISBN: 9780008771157 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 416 Source: NetGalley Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the

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Review A Tidy Ending

Title: A TIDY ENDING Author: JOANNA CANNON ISBN: 9780008255039 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 410 Source: Private Copy A NICE, NORMAL HOUSELinda has lived around here ever since she fled the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is – pushing the Hoover round

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Review The Silent Patient

Title: THE SILENT PATIENT Author: ALEX MICHAELIDES ISBN: 9781409181637 Publisher: Orion Books Pages: 339 Source: Private Copy Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband

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Review Invisible Girl

Title: INVISIBLE GIRL Author: LISA JEWELL ISBN: 9781787461505 Publisher: Penguin Random House Pages: 406 Source: Private Copy Owen Pick’s life is falling apart.In his thirties, a virgin, and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a geography teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct, which he strongly denies.

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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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