The Body in the Stairwell Nick Louth 274 pages Published on September 22nd, 2022 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 This is the tenth book in the excellent DCI Craig Gillard police procedural series set in Surrey, England. I’ve read them all in order, … Continued
After She’d Gone Alex Dahl 416 pages Head of Zeus Published on August 18, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟 This is a suspenseful thriller set in Norway and Italy, about the dark underbelly of the world of international modelling, by an author who … Continued
Owner of a Lonely Heart Eva Carter 416 pages Published July 7, 2022 💗💗💗💗 Every time I think of this book, I hear the crunchy guitar that opens Yes’s biggest hit – and the lyrics are quite appropriate too. I … Continued
Screw You, Dolores Sarah-Kate Lynch Random House, NZ 382 pages Published in 2014 🌟🌟🌟🌟 This comedy-memoir by a New Zealand journalist/novelist, is about the change in mindset that came with turning 50. While claiming to be an approach to finding … Continued
Lost in Time AG Riddle Head of Zeus 416 pages Published on September 1st, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟 This is a stand-alone soft sci-fi/murder mystery mash-up, set in the near future. I’d enjoyed one of the author’s previous books p, so was … Continued
Sometimes People Die Simon Stephenson HarperCollins 368 pages Publication: September 1st, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 This title caught my eye when a GoodReads friend commented in her review that it had too much medicine in it for her – a big plus … Continued
The Night Ship Jess Kidd Canongate books 400 pages Published Aug 4, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Night Ship is an evocatively written historical fiction novel, by an author who is new to me, based on the true story of the … Continued
Venus Was Her Name Patricia Dixon Bloodhound Books 330 pages Published on July 18th, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟 This was a stand-alone contemporary family drama/suspense novel by a British author who is new to me, but that I have noticed being recommended … Continued
The Cliff House Chris Brookmyre Published July 28, 2022 400 pages 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Dizzy, my head is spinning 🎶- from all the twists! The Cliff House is a stand-alone contemporary suspense novel, which mashes up “And Then There Were None” with … Continued
Open Your Eyes Heather J. Fitt 300 pages Published June 27th, 2022 🌟🌟🌟🌟&1/2 Wow this is quite a debut. Open Your Eyes is a stand-alone suspense novel which explores the scary world of the online incel (involuntary celibate) movement and … Continued