Category Archives: review
Bookish Confession: Netgalley Backlog & Mini Reviews! #crimebookjunkie
Oh. The. Shame.🙈 If you’ve ever fallen victim to the NetGalley Grabby Hands, then friend, you’re in good company—because I absolutely did it all wrong when I started out ten years ago. The thrill of “Request” was real. I clicked. Continue reading Bookish Confession: Netgalley Backlog & Mini Reviews! #crimebookjunkie
Fearless, dark and utterly immersive… #MrsJekyll #Review #DylanThomasPrize #CheerioPublishing #EmmaGlass
About the Book Schoolteacher Rosy Winter is dying. But, beyond the homeopathic remedies, the dinner party obligations, the snatched whispers on wards and in staffrooms, a force – murderous, feminine, feverish – is stirring within her. A story of power Continue reading Fearless, dark and utterly immersive… #MrsJekyll #Review #DylanThomasPrize #CheerioPublishing #EmmaGlass
A Chilling Peek into Wealth & Deception… #AGirlLikeUs by Anna Sophia McLoughlin #bookreview #SourceBooks
In this book we have: ✨ class divides ✨ murder ✨ secrets & lies ✨ bullying ✨ twists ✨ power ✨ control Described as ‘Succession meets Saltburn’ in a crackling locked-room thriller of inconceivable wealth, unchecked power, and the secrets Continue reading A Chilling Peek into Wealth & Deception… #AGirlLikeUs by Anna Sophia McLoughlin #bookreview #SourceBooks
A book that will make you dare to dream big… #TheBookshopAtTheCornishCove by #KimNash #Review #RachelsRandomResources #BoldwoodBooks
THANK YOU 🙏🏻 to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for inviting me to take part in this blog tour and providing me with an e-ARC. 📚📚📚📚📚 Here’s some of the things you’ll find if you pick up The Continue reading A book that will make you dare to dream big… #TheBookshopAtTheCornishCove by #KimNash #Review #RachelsRandomResources #BoldwoodBooks
Drama, conflict and a search for the truth… #NotYoursToKeep #ZellyRuskin #Review
THANK YOU 🙏🏻 to senior publicist, Grace Fell for reaching out, asking me if I’d be keen to read this book and providing an e-ARC. In her pitch, Grace said the following: ‘This fall, Zelly Ruskin uses her former experience as an Continue reading Drama, conflict and a search for the truth… #NotYoursToKeep #ZellyRuskin #Review
Diary of a Reader Turned Writer: My Weekend at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival #TheakstonsCrime2024
Well that’s another year done and it flew by so quickly! As I sit here with my steaming cup of coffee and a head full of memories, I’m going to be real and share my thoughts on my experience at Continue reading Diary of a Reader Turned Writer: My Weekend at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival #TheakstonsCrime2024
When a dark secret could land a cop in prison… #MyKindOfJustice #ReviewRepost #NewCover @ColBurywriter
(A gritty crime thriller based in Manchester UK written by an ex-cop.) Newly-appointed DI Jack Striker, of GMP’s Major Incident Team, has a dark secret, one that would land him in prison. Striker’s first case seems a straight-forward gang-on-gang slaying, Continue reading When a dark secret could land a cop in prison… #MyKindOfJustice #ReviewRepost #NewCover @ColBurywriter
Are you ready for a female American Psycho? #KillForLove by #LauraPicklesimer #debut #review
About the Book: The boys on the row are only after one thing, but that bullshit’s for pledges. Tiffany’s on the hunt for something more. Kill for Love is a searing satirical thriller about Tiffany, a privileged Los Angeles sorority Continue reading Are you ready for a female American Psycho? #KillForLove by #LauraPicklesimer #debut #review
Was she framed? Or is she next? #KillerBodies #Review @hkist
What did I think? Oh, my crime-loving heart! Set amidst the hauntingly atmospheric city of Edinburgh, Scotland, this novel had me tightly gripped from the very first page till the jaw-dropping finale! The opening piqued my interest – so hooky, Continue reading Was she framed? Or is she next? #KillerBodies #Review @hkist
An Absolute Must-Read! #TheAssociate by @VictoriaGoldma2 #Review @3CPublishingUK
Even the safest sanctuaries can hide the darkest secrets… What did I think? Well, well, well! I made an arse of myself at Harrogate gushing to the author about how much I enjoyed this book, so now I’m putting Continue reading An Absolute Must-Read! #TheAssociate by @VictoriaGoldma2 #Review @3CPublishingUK
An apt title as this book completely broke me! #AllOfUsAreBroken by @FionaAnnCummins #review @laurasherlock21
What did I think? Massive thanks to Laura Sherlock (publicist) and Pan Macmillan for an ARC of what has been my favourite book of 2023 to date. It is going to take something HUGE to knock this book off of Continue reading An apt title as this book completely broke me! #AllOfUsAreBroken by @FionaAnnCummins #review @laurasherlock21
A mystery thriller that will keep you turning the pages! #TheHouseOnBelgraveStreet #Review @rebeccagriffit7
SOMETIMES THE WORST CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN THE BEST PLACES. London, 1974: the country is in the grip of high unemployment, soaring inflation and a government held to ransom by industrial strike action. Alice Filby, a young woman escaping a Continue reading A mystery thriller that will keep you turning the pages! #TheHouseOnBelgraveStreet #Review @rebeccagriffit7
A must read #newseries! #Fearless #review @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault
Five million reasons why Ben Koenig had to disappear. Only one to bring him back . . . Ben Koenig is a ghost. He doesn’t exist any more. Six years ago it was Koenig who headed up the US Marshal’s Continue reading A must read #newseries! #Fearless #review @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault
A crime thriller with heart and humour… #NoMoreGames #Review @GoJaBrown @RedDogTweets
IT’S NOT CHILD’S PLAY Glasgow, 1974 – a time of power cuts, strikes and the three-day week. Twelve-year-old Ginger Bannerman is playing in the local woods when he stumbles across a gunman in hiding. The man has incriminating evidence of Continue reading A crime thriller with heart and humour… #NoMoreGames #Review @GoJaBrown @RedDogTweets