Unforgiven Sarah Barrie Harlequin Australia 384 pages 🥃🥃🥃🥃 Unforgiven is a tense Aussie police thriller, about a young woman who survived horrendous childhood abuse and now helps catch paedophiles in her spare time while working as an escort. I bought … Continued
Women in White Coats Olivia Campbell Swift Press Published on October 20th, 2022 368 pages 🩺🩺🩺🩺🩺 Women in White Coats is a fascinating true account of the struggles of three Victorian era women who fought to become the first to … Continued
Hidden Scars Angela Marsons Bloodhound Books Published on November 9th, 2022 356 pages 🚔🚔🚔🚔 Hidden Scars is the seventeenth instalment in the constantly compelling DI Kim Stone series, set in Britain’s Midlands. In some respects these are formulaic police procedurals, … Continued
A Tale of Two Villains, Calvin Cherry 296 pages Published on October 18th, 2022 🩸🩸🩸🩸 This is a fascinating analysis of the similarities between the most famous horror story of them all, Dracula, and the biggest selling series of all … Continued
A Fearsome Moonlight Black David Putnam Oceanview Published on October 18th, 2022 322 pages 🌗🌗🌗🌗🌗 I’m not often rendered speechless by a book, but A Fearsome Moonlight Black has left me metaphorically gaping like a goldfish, wondering how my review … Continued
Dear Thing Julie Cohen 390 pages Bantam Press 👶👶👶👶👶 This is a moving contemporary relationship drama, first published in 2013, about a surrogacy arrangement between three friends to help a couple desperate to have a baby. I was lent … Continued
Today we’re featuring independent British writer Carolyn Hughes, who has kindly answered my questions – she challenged me to make them interesting – I’m new to this so hope I succeeded! I first discovered Carolyn’s writing on NetGalley with her … Continued
Squire’s Hazard Carolyn Hughes 417 pages Published October 6th, 2022 Riverdown Books 👦👦👦👦 Squire’s Hazard is the fifth instalment of the Meonbridge Chronicles, a series about ordinary people living in a small village in Hampshire, England, … Continued
Phosphorescence Julia Baird Audible Originals, 7 hrs 29 mins Also available in print and ebook format, 320 pages ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Phosphorescence is an engaging soliloquy by Australian journalist/writer Julia Baird, on her thoughts about how to achieve contentment, written after surviving … Continued
Landslide Adam Sikes Published on September 20th, 2022 368 pages 🕵️♂️🕵️♂️🕵️♂️🕵️♂️ This was an exciting contemporary action thriller by a debut author who previously worked for the CIA. I was invited to read it by the publisher, and liked the … Continued