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We Know You Know by Erin Kelly @mserinkelly @HodderBooks @HodderFiction @HodderPublicity
Source: Review copyPublication: 9th July 2020 from Hodder PaperbacksPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1444797305 A lifetime ago, a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought. Thirty years ago, Marianne Smy committed a crime then fled from her home to leave the past behind. Or so she thought. Now, Marianne has beenContinue reading “We Know You Know by Erin Kelly @mserinkelly @HodderBooks @HodderFiction @HodderPublicity”
River Rats by Andy Griffee (Johnson and Wilde #2) @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish #CanalNoir
Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd April 2020 from Orphans PublishingPP: 358ISBN-13: 978-1903360415 Jack Johnson has a talent for trouble – wherever he goes on his narrowboat, it seems to follow him. Moored up on the River Avon in the beautiful Georgian surroundings of Bath, he’s working at the local paper when a prominent magistrate and heritageContinue reading “River Rats by Andy Griffee (Johnson and Wilde #2) @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish #CanalNoir”
Dead Land (V I Warshawski #20) by Sara Paretsky
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 April 2020 from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1473624450 Chicago is the city of broad shoulders, but V.I. Warshawski knows its politics: “Pay to Play”. Money changes hands in the middle of the night; by morning, buildings and parks have been replaced by billion-dollar projects. Private investigator V.I. gets pulled into oneContinue reading “Dead Land (V I Warshawski #20) by Sara Paretsky”
The Killer in Me by Olivia Kiernan @LivKiernan @riverrunbooks @Millsreid11
Source: Review copy, NetgalleyPublication: 4TH April 2019 from riverrunPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1787470019 Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan does not wish to linger on the grisly scene before her eyes. Two mutilated corpses. In a church. In Clontarf. Her profiling background screams one fact: this is just the beginning of a sickening message. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old caseContinue reading “The Killer in Me by Olivia Kiernan @LivKiernan @riverrunbooks @Millsreid11”
The Plotters by Un-Su Kim trs Sora Kim-Russell @MattClacher @4thEstateBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 February 2019 from 4th EstatePP: 304ISBN-13: 978-0008315764 Plotters are just pawns like us. A request comes in and they draw up the plans. There’s someone above them who tells them what to do. And above that person is another plotter telling them what to do. You think that if you goContinue reading “The Plotters by Un-Su Kim trs Sora Kim-Russell @MattClacher @4thEstateBooks”
My Last Lie by Ella Drummond @HeraBooks @drummondella1 @BOTBSPublicity
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 February 2019 from Hera BooksPp: 297 New beginnings. Old secrets. Theo and Pilar. The perfect couple. Successful, beautiful and very much in love. Until a year ago – and the tragedy that nearly tore them apart.When their baby died, a part of them died with him. Now they’re trying to rebuildContinue reading “My Last Lie by Ella Drummond @HeraBooks @drummondella1 @BOTBSPublicity”
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #11) @ellygriffiths @QuercusFiction @QuercusBooks
Source: Review copy: Publication: 7 February 2019 from Quercus PP: 384 ISBN-13: 978-1786487292 DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to ‘go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there’. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle’s baby due to beContinue reading “The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #11) @ellygriffiths @QuercusFiction @QuercusBooks”
Gallowstree Lane (Collins and Griffiths #3) by Kate London @kate_katelondon @atlanticbooks1 @corvusbooks @annecater #blogtour
Source: Review copy Publication: 7th February 2019 from Corvus PP: 368 ISBN-13: 978-1786497956 Please don’t let me die. Please don’t. When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a passer-by for help, it’s already too late. His life is bleeding out on the London street. The murder threatens toContinue reading “Gallowstree Lane (Collins and Griffiths #3) by Kate London @kate_katelondon @atlanticbooks1 @corvusbooks @annecater #blogtour”
Flowers Over The Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (Teresa Battaglia #1) @Ilaria_Tuti @wnbooks @gigcroft #FlowersOverTheInferno
Source: Review copyPublication: Weidenfeld and Nicolson on 7th February 2019PP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1474609579 An idyllic village in the alps. A legacy of sin. An evil lurking in the woods. In a quiet village surrounded by the imposing Italian Alps, a series of violent assaults take place. Police inspector and profiler Teresa Battaglia is called in whenContinue reading “Flowers Over The Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (Teresa Battaglia #1) @Ilaria_Tuti @wnbooks @gigcroft #FlowersOverTheInferno”
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