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Wednesday, 27 September 2023
The Icehouse by J J Richards
Monday, 18 September 2023
Just Keep Climbing by Barry Finlay
The Burden of Darkness
The Guardians of Truth
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Missing in Shadows by Tanya Nellestein
Sunday, 3 September 2023
Murder on the Dance Floor by Shirley Ballas and Sheila McClure
Monday, 14 August 2023
The Holiday Bookshop by Lucy Dickens
Monday, 24 July 2023
The Beach Party by Nikki Smith
Monday, 17 July 2023
Terminal Threat by DV Berkom
A One Way Ticket to Dead
A Plague of Traitors
Absolution
Bad Spirits
Bad Traffick
Cargo
Claire Whitcombe Westerns, Books 1-3
Cruising for Death
Dakota Burn
Dark Return
Fatal Objective
Kate Jones Thriller Series Vol. 1
Serial Date
Shadow of the Jaguar
The Body Market
The Last Deception
Vigilante Dead
Yucatán Dead
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Perfect Strangers by Araminta Hall
Fast Cash by J. Gregory Smith
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Who She Was by Tony Parsons
Saturday, 3 June 2023
Fear the Silence by Robert Bryndza
Monday, 29 May 2023
The Vulture Fund by Jeff Buick
No End of Bad Guys
One is Evil
The Wrong Side of Murder
Saturday, 13 May 2023
The Wrong Side of Murder by Jeff Buick
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
Saturday, 15 April 2023
Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
Sunday, 2 April 2023
The Monk by Tim Sullivan
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Confessions of an Indian Immigrant: Dawn of IT Opportunities in the Land of Promise by Aithal
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Summer's Runaway by Rebecca L. Marsh
Sunday, 26 February 2023
Where Hope is Found by Rebecca L. Marsh
Saturday, 25 February 2023
In a Thousand Different Ways by Cecelia Ahern
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
The Trial by Rob Rinder
Monday, 6 February 2023
The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L T Shearer
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Though slightly irked by slack editing in the three Slaughter books I've read, she is without doubt a terrific author, so I can't resist her books.
This picks up a character from Pieces of Her. One who, in that book, actually developed quite dramatically: Andrea. She transformed from a rather aimless and ambitionless young lady…and if I'm honest, slightly irritating…to being a trained US Marshal. Her intelligence and rationality really blossom. Her first official case is a hard one; it's a cold case with a personal connection to her. I must confess I enjoyed this more than Pieces of Her.
A case that's forty years old means there's chopping and changing between two time frames, but this is done well, and there's a good pace to the story. I was unable to predict the dramatic outcome, and despite all ends being neatly tidied up, the latch isn't quite on the door. There's just the smallest chink of light, which I hope means we'll meet Andrea again. Slaughter's talent is in giving us diverse and interesting characters, a compelling plot and intelligent writing. I'm that much of a fan of hers, I will forgive her for forgetting to thank her readers in her profuse thanks to Tom, Dick and Harry and all in her acknowledgements.
Monday, 9 January 2023
The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd
Monday, 2 January 2023
Death of Television: The COVID Murders Mystery: Book Two of Two by Conal O'Brien
Friday, 9 December 2022
The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Devil's Way by Robert Bryndza
Friday, 11 November 2022
Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Bad Fruit by Ella King