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Self Defence Book Review

Title: SELF DEFENCE Author: Jonathan Kellermann ISBN: 978 0751 5121 82  Publisher: Warner Books Pages: 512 Source: Private Copy Dr. Alex Delaware doesn’t see many private patients anymore, but the young woman called Lucy is an exception. So is her dream. Lucy Lowell is referred to Alex by Los Angeles police detective Milo Sturgis. A juror […]

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Family of Liars Book Review

Title: Family of Liars Author: E. Lockhart ISBN: 9780593568804 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 299 Source: Private copy A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair

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After the End Book Review

Title: AFTER THE END Author: Clare Mackintosh ISBN: 978 0751 5649 14 Publisher: Sphere Pages: 384 Source: Audible Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They’re best friends, lovers — unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time,

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A Haunting on the Hill Book Review

Title: A HAUNTING ON THE HILL Author: Elizabeth Hand ISBN: 978 14087 29588 Publisher: Sphere Pages: 325 Source:  Jonathan Ball Publishers From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever authorized novel to return to the world of Shirley Jackson’s  The Haunting of Hill House:  a suspenseful, contemporary, and terrifying story

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First Lie Wins Book Review

Title: First Lie Wins Author: Ashley Elston ISBN: 978 1472 2953 30 Publisher: Headline Pages: 376 Source: Jonathan Ball Publishers Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t

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The Sisters Book Review

Title: THE SISTERS Author: Dervla McTiernan Narrator: Aoife McMahon ISBN: 979 8212 4352 53 Publisher: Audible Original Length: 3hours 8 mins Source: Audible Two sisters climbing the ranks of Dublin’s criminal justice system. A murder case that could change their lives forever. The Sisters is a gripping new thriller from one of the most exciting

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The Spy Coast Book Review

Title: The Spy Coast Author: Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 9781529925012 Publisher: Transworld Digital Pages: 321 Source: Johnathan Ball Maggie Bird is a lot of things. A chicken farmer. A courteous neighbor. And a seemingly average 60-year-old woman living a quiet life in bucolic Purity, Maine. She attends a weekly book club where she drinks martinis (stirred,

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January Wrapped

That’s a Wrap! 31 January 2024 This month has been both exciting and extremely difficult. Those of you who have been following the blog will know that my daughter – Alicia – has been actively involved with the blog pretty much since I started it. Alicia finished school last year and decided to take a

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