I read because one life is just not enough for me
Synopsis: When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging - an eerie and ancient house - a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick,… Continue reading Review – Magpine Lane by Lucy Atkins
Synopsis: Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.… Continue reading Review – Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton
Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. That twist at the end! Synopsis: ALICIA Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. She can't bear the thought of worrying Gabriel, or causing him… Continue reading Review – The Silent Patient by Alex
Synopsis: "There's something I have to explain, my love," he says, taking your hand in his. "That wasn't a dream. It was an upload." Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he's her husband. He's a titan of the tech world,… Continue reading Review – The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
Today is my stop at the blog tour for The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson. I am so incredibly surprised by this story. What a book indeed! Synopsis: A young woman is found dead on a remote Icelandic beach. She came looking for safety, but instead she found a watery grave. A hasty police investigation determines… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review: The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson
I am delighted to be part of the blog tour for Force of Nature and am so glad it is my stop today! Synopsis: FIVE WENT OUT. FOUR CAME BACK... Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four… Continue reading Book Review / Blog Tour: Force of Nature by Jane Harper
I am so glad it is my stop today at the blog tour for Blue Night. Thank you so much Anne and Orenda Books for sending me an advance copy of Blue Night and including me in this fabulous blog tour. Synopsis: After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster’s crown jewels,… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review – Blue Night by Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward)
I am so excited to be part of the blog tour today for The Girl Before by JP Delaney. This book is absolutely fantastic and utterly consuming! Synopsis: Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price? Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a… Continue reading Book Review/Blog Tour: The Girl Before by JP Delaney
OMG, where do I even begin?! What a terrifying, dark, twisted and suspenseful read! I read this book in the course of a few days, and I had chills and goosebumps all over me the moment I picked up this book and started to read. It was a very new and weird sensation for me.… Continue reading The Mountain by Luca D’Andrea
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