Tag: #Gritty

If you love dark mysteries with folklore, curses & raw emotion, this series is a MUST. #TheHowling by Michael J. Malone #Review #RandomThingsBlogTour #Orenda

Posted on September 30, 2025 by crimebookjunkie

Ahhhhh, big thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for inviting me to take part in the blog tour for THE HOWLING and providing me with an e-ARC. Haunting, emotional, and utterly addictive, Michael J. Malone returns with The Howling, the Continue reading If you love dark mysteries with folklore, curses & raw emotion, this series is a MUST. #TheHowling by Michael J. Malone #Review #RandomThingsBlogTour #Orenda→

Posted on June 22, 2025 by crimebookjunkie

Cocktails by the poolside or a white-sand beach? Guess you’ll want a bit of murder in your carry-on, right? Who doesn’t! Exotic locations, secrets, isolated settings, and the creeping dread that danger could be hiding anywhere? YES PLEASE 🙌🏻 Continue reading Murder in Paradise? Yes Please! Here Are 6 Thrillers Set in Dream Destinations Gone Wrong… #bookreviews #bookrecs #CrimeBookJunkie→

Posted on September 30, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

THANK YOU 🙏🏻 to Random Things Tours and the author, Nicky Black for inviting me to take part in this blog tour and providing me with an e-ARC In the summer of 1967, a grand Georgian home becomes a haven Continue reading It promised freedom. It became their prison. #TheFlowerHouse #NickyBlack #Review #CrimeBookJunkie #RandomThingsTours→

Posted on September 21, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

Huge thanks to Faber books for a copy of #TheNightOfBabaYaga by Akira Otani. I read an ARC of this awhile back but it has now been published so let’s get into it. If you like books with a kickass FMC, Continue reading Kill Bill meets Thelma and Louise in this gripping Japanese cult thriller… #TheNightOfBabaYaga #Review #Faber→

Posted on August 11, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

Here are 5 book recommendations for thrillers either set in Scotland, written by Scottish authors or authors currently living in Scotland! In no particular order… A Quicksand of Memory by Michael J. Malone If you haven’t read a book Continue reading 5 Unputdownable Scottish Thrillers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Review #BookRecommendations #CrimeBookJunkie→

Posted on June 9, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

If you follow my reviews or accounts on social media you will know that I’m a huge fan of M.W. Craven and the Washington Poe series so it will come as no surprise when I say I loved The Mercy Continue reading #AreYouSittingComfortably? #TheMercyChair by M.W. Craven #review #pickupapageturner→

Posted on May 31, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

It’s surreal to think that it has been five years since Dead Inside hit the shelves, a book that marked the beginning of an unexpected journey into the world of crime writing for me… I went from avid reader/reviewer to Continue reading Five Years On: Reflecting on Dead Inside #dcmaggiejamieson #OneMoreChapter→

Posted on February 18, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

CrimeBookJunkie – My Thoughts: When I was lucky enough to receive an early proof of Tony Kent’s The Shadow Network, expectations were naturally sky-high, given his track record for gripping thrillers. And boy, does he deliver! From the moment I Continue reading How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? #TheShadowNetwork @TonyKent_Writes @eandtbooks→

Posted on January 27, 2024 by crimebookjunkie

(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→

Posted on October 22, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

My thoughts: WOW! When I turned the last page of Kim DeRose’s For Girls Who Walk Through Fire, all I could think was: sweet mother of thrillers, well that was different! If you’re searching for a mesmerizing concoction of ‘The Craft’, ‘Mean Continue reading Poignant & Powerful… #ForGirlsWhoWalkThroughFire #Review #KimDeRose→

Posted on October 4, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

First things first, I’m not your mommy so if you are triggered by certain topics, check the author’s website for warnings. That said, let’s get into it. I’d seen Haunting Adeline brandished across various social media platforms – everywhere I Continue reading Shocking, graphic and unexpected! #HauntingAdeline #Review #OctReads #HDCarlton→

Posted on August 23, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

I must kick off this review with a confession: When I was sent this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect but as Luca Veste thought I might like it, I trusted his judgement. But what I didn’t expect from Continue reading If you’re looking for a thriller that is unique, check out my #review for #ACrimeInTheLandOf7000Islands by @ZephaniaSole @BlackSpringC @LucaVeste→

Posted on July 24, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

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→

Posted on June 13, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

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→

Posted on June 10, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated… He’s a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority - and he’s the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder Continue reading When a new series has your heart racing for more ~ meet Detective Miller… #TheLastDance #review @MarkBillingham @TheCrimeVault #Sphere→