Primal Mirror & Atonement Sky, a double review from Joanna
Primal Mirror and Atonement Sky are books eight and nine in the Psy-Changeling Trinity paranormal romance series, meaning they’re 24th and 25th in all. I’ve been reading … Continued
Quite Ugly One Evening, a review by Joanna
Quite Ugly One Evening Chris Brookmyre 359 pages Published May 7th, 2026 Little, Brown Book Group 🛳️🛳️🛳️🛳️ Amazon | GoodReads Quite Ugly One Evening is the ninth book in the Jack Parlabane series about a maverick Scottish investigative journalist … Continued
Treacherous Hack, a review by Joanna
Treacherous Hack Kevin G. Chapman 338 pages Published Jan 2nd, 2026 First Legacy Publishing 💻💻💻💻 Amazon | GoodReads Treacherous Hack is the seventh book in the Mike Stoneman series about a middle-aged homicide detective in New York City and his … Continued
Come Back To The World, a review by Joanna
Come Back To The World Catherine Ryan Hyde 297 pages Published May 5, 2026 Lake Union Publishing 🫏🫏🫏🫏 Amazon | GoodReads Come Back To The World is the latest offering from Catherine Ryan Hyde, who I would list as one … Continued
The Mermaid’s Bubble Lounge, a review by Joanna
The Mermaid’s Bubble Lounge Seana Kelly 284 pages/8 hrs 51mins NYLA/Audible Published October 28, 2025 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️ Amazon | GoodReads The Mermaid’s Bubble Lounge is the eighth book in the Sam Quinn urban fantasy series about a San Francisco based werewolf … Continued
Winter, a review by Joanna
Winter Val McDermid 138 pages Grove Atlantic Published Jan 13th, 2026 ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Amazon | GoodReads Winter is a novella-length set of essays by celebrated Scottish thriller writer Val McDermid, about what winter means to her – part memoir, part musings … Continued
Five Silver Spoons, a review by Joanna
Five Silver Spoons Sam Steele 352 pages Allison & Busby Published April 23rd, 2026 🥄🥄🥄🥄 Amazon | GoodReads Five Silver Spoons is the first instalment of a new police procedural series about Hope Fenton, a London CID detective with … Continued
Us Against You, a review by Joanna
Us Against You Fredrik Backman Narrated by John Sackville 13 hrs 47 mins Penguin for Audible Published June 14, 2018 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 Us Against You is the second book in the Beartown trilogy, about a small town in Sweden where ice … Continued
Wicked Women, a review by Joanna
Wicked Women Angela Marsons 370 pages Bookouture Published April 14th, 2026 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 Amazon | GoodReads Wicked Women is the 23rd instalment of the relentlessly brilliant DI Kim Stone series, about a surly but dedicated CID detective and her loyal team … Continued
Her Cold Justice, a review by Joanna
Her Cold Justice Robert Dugoni 380 pages Published Jan 27th, 2026 Thomas & Mercer ♟️♟️♟️♟️ Amazon | GoodReads Her Cold Justice is the third book in the Keera Duggan legal thriller series set in Seattle. I’ve read them all in … Continued