Mystery and Thrillers
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Book Review – Kidnap on the California Comet by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman
I love this series! First, my little transport nerd heart is so happy (trains may not be my thing, but it still worked so well!) and you can see a real love of it through the pages.
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Book Review – The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman
I am sad I can’t go for a ride on the highland falcon, I have to say. This book is really infused with a love of trains that makes it wonderfully nerdy but not in a overt way.
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Book Review – Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher
I’m not sure this book is what I expected but I ended up enjoying it! At first I think I was expecting a little more straight up murder mystery, maybe with a little friendship stuff. And it’s more the other way round!
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Book Review – The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
This book definitely sounded up my alley, and I was so very right! It’s so twisty! And that ending? OMG. I need more.
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Book Review – Strangers by C. L. Taylor
I found the concept here really interesting, and it was hard to guess where the gaps between the three storylines would begin to converge. As with all of C.L. Taylor’s books, this was pacy and very human, I definitely recommend if you like a good thriller mystery.
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Book Review – Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective any more. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way… and this time EVERYONE is listening. But will she find him before it’s too late? My rating: I received this book from…
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Blog Tour – Book Review – Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis
Welcome to Harrow Lake. Someone’s expecting you… Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker – she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she’s swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother she’s never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father’s most iconic horror movie was shot. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map – and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away. And there’s someone – or something – stalking her every move. The more Lola discovers about the town,…
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Book Review – All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
This thrilling debut, reminiscent of new fan favorites like One of Us Is Lying and the beloved classics by Agatha Christie, will leave readers guessing until the explosive ending. Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting. What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it’s a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill… or else everyone dies. Amber Prescott is…
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Book Review – Agent Zaiba Investigates the Missing Diamonds by Annabelle Sami
AGENT ZAIBA INVESTIGATES is a fun, contemporary new series for fans of The Sinclair’s Mysteries and the Murder Most Unladylike books. Eleven-year-old Zaiba is obsessed with crime. Her Aunt Fouzia runs a detective agency back in Karachi and has turned Zaiba on to the brilliant Eden Lockett Mysteries. She has every book in the series – and the quilt cover, and the phone case. All she needs now is a crime to solve… In book one, Zaiba is attending a family Mehndi party at The Grand Royal Star Hotel when she hears that the prized Italian Greyhound of a famous actress has gone missing from the star’s suite. With the…
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Book Review – Dead Ringer by Nicola Martin
Get ready to meet the other you. Just upload your photo to get started. Using the latest facial recognition software, plus your votes, MeetYourDouble will find your doppelganger. START NOW. The idea is simple, vain, exciting. Tap the app, upload a picture, find your #deadringer – and if you like, set up a meeting in real life. When Ella and Jem connect, the resemblance is uncanny, but their lives are polar opposites. One is stagnating in her Northern hometown, while the other, an aspiring actress living in a multimillion-pound mansion, is a Chelsea socialite who knows she’s skating on thin ice. Other than their looks, their only similarity is the…