Sometimes a book comes along that ticks every box. Last Seen Alive does just that and much more. Genius, is the word I would use to describe it. I was terrified and completely puzzled at who was the bad guy/woman. Have I been hiding under a rock? Why did it take me so long to
Daddy’s Girls by Sarah Flint He wasn’t always a killer. At first, he just wanted to talk. D.C. Charlie Stafford has an odd case on her hands. And it may be her toughest one yet. A burglar who isn’t interested in valuables, the subject of Operation Greystream is a strange but smooth operator. In the
Perfect wife. Perfect life. Perfect crime. Anthony is not the man everyone believes him to be. And Emelia is not the woman he wants her to be. Theirs was a whirlwind romance, Anthony was the doting boyfriend, the charismatic and successful career man who swept her off her feet. But now Emelia is trapped in
Lex Tyler is trying to have it all, but being a working mother is so much more difficult when you’re a secret agent for an underground branch of the security services. Platform Eight have been tasked with tracking down and eliminating the traitor in MI6 who has been selling information to the highest bidder through
Delighted to show you The Apartment by K. L. Slater today on audiobook. We will have a review on the blog very soon! They say every cloud has a silver lining…. When Freya Miller is struck by tragedy, losing her husband and her home within a short time, she is burdened with many worries. The
What happens when the past comes back to kill you? When DCI Anna Tate is called to the gruesome discovery of a dead woman found on Barnes Common, she is plunged into a high‐profile investigation involving a prominent MP. London is baying for blood – but is there more to Holly’s death than at first
Checking the Traps (The Isabel Long Mystery Series Book 3) by Joan Livingston A man’s death. His brother’s doubts. Could it be a case of poetic justice? Isabel Long is banged up from her last case with a broken collarbone and her arm in a sling. But that doesn’t stop her from pouring beer at
Bloody Scotland will again be supporting new writers by pairing established authors with ‘support’ acts just starting out on their crime writing career. Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of His Bloody Project was famously ‘In the Spotlight’ as a support act for Ian Rankin before it was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the initiative has
Big bookish life moment for me at the Edinburgh International Life Book Festival yesterday. I read a lot of books and of course there are some good ones, great ones and then there are the dazzling gems that blindside you and The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea is one such book. It pushed the boundaries
An amazing package popped through my door today from Dead Good Books. A copy of the marvellous Ruth Ware book The Death of Mrs Westaway. Along with some scrumptious looking clotted cream fudge. Huge thanks to the team I am very grateful. Check out this feature by Dead Good Books on nineteen crime novels set
