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Come Back For Me Book Review

Title: COME BACK FOR ME Author: HEIDI PERKS ISBN: 9781787460782 Publisher: Penguin Random House Pages: 432 Source: Private Copy A shocking discovery. An island wrapped in secrets.A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body.For Stella Harvey, the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in the garden of her […]

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The End of Her Book Review

Title: THE END OF HER Author: SHARI LAPENA ISBN: 9781787632998  Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 352 Source: Private Copy It starts with a shocking accusation…Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there’s one thing she knows for certain – she has everything she ever

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Broken Harbour Book Review

Title: BROKEN HARBOUR Author: TANA FRENCH ISBN: 9780340977651  Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 534 Source: Private Copy Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands.On one of the half-abandoned “luxury”

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Not Quite Dead Yet Book Review

Title: NOT QUITE DEAD YET Author: HOLLY JACKSON ISBN: 9780593977057  Publisher: Bantam Books Pages: 392 Source: Private Copy In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead.Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. I’ll do it later, she always says.

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Liar Thief Book Review

Title: LIAR THIEF Author: MAY RINALDI ISBN: 9781839788048  Publisher: Black Spring Press Group Pages: 423 Source: Review copy from Publishers Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Two childhood one ‘killer’, one cop.Ginnie says she is a serial killer who kills people who have wronged her. No one believes her.Author Fiona Taylor is writing Ginnie’s

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The Proving Ground Book Review

Title: THE PROVING GROUND Author: MICHAEL CONNELLY ISBN: 9781398719071  Publisher: Orion Books Pages: 384 Source: Private Copy Mickey Haller – The Lincoln Lawyer – leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company’s chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller

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One Good Deed Book Review

Title: ONE GOOD DEED Author: DAVID JACKSON ISBN: 9781800810242  Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Pages: 374 Source: Private Copy NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHEDElliott has never thought of himself as a hero. Until one dark night, he meets Rebecca, a scared and vulnerable young woman who needs his help. There’s a man harassing her, following her; would

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Broken Wings Book Review

Title: BROKEN WINGS Author: BARRY N RAINSFORD ISBN: 9781068633553  Publisher: Sleeping Dogs Publishing Pages: 384 Source: Review copy from publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours When the body of a young woman is discovered in a remote North Yorkshire barn, DI Zara Fisher is called back to duty before she’s ready. Haunted by

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The Butcher Book Review

Title: THE BUTCHER Author: JENNIFER HILLIER ISBN: 9781476734231  Publisher:  Pocket Books Pages: 416 Source: Private Copy A rash of grisly serial murders plagued Seattle until the infamous “Beacon Hill Butcher” was finally hunted down and killed by police chief Edward Shank in 1985. Now, some thirty years later, Shank, retired and widowed, is giving up

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