Review: The Truth About Us (2011) I had The Truth About Us on my ereader for quite a while and started reading it before checking over the synopsis again so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I found a story of three friends, both bound together and torn apart by a deep secret, which – as(…)
Mystery/Suspense
Book Review: Bluff – Lenore Skomal
Review: Bluff (2012) Jude Black is in hospital with severe injuries having been found on the beach after a fall – or a push? – from the bluff near her home. As the doctors try to save her life, it becomes apparent that they are striving to save two lives, not one. Jude is pregnant and(…)
Book Review: Afterwards – Rosamund Lupton
Review: Afterwards (2011) It’s going to be difficult to review Afterwards without giving too much away, so excuse me if I’m deliberately vague. Afterwards is one of those stories that evolves bit by bit and if you rush it, you run the risk of spoiling the whole thing. There is a fire and a mother,(…)
Book Review: Twice Bitten – Joe Perrone Jr
Review: Twice Bitten Many years ago, I remember watching an episode of UK crime drama Taggart where someone was planting venomous snakes in people’s houses and this book brought it all back. Approaching Twice Bitten, the third Matt Davis Mystery, I was under no illusions that snakes may have something to do with the storyline(…)
Book Review: Signs of Life – Anna Raverat
Review: Signs of Life What can I say about Rachel? Well, I don’t understand her, that’s for damn sure but that’s no surprise because you pretty quickly gather from the book that she doesn’t seem to even ‘get’ herself. Despite a comfortable life with a solid relationship, she’s unsettled and that leads to an affair(…)
Book Review: Amador Lockdown – Coral Russell
Review: Amador Lockdown I don’t find American horror films particularly scary and haven’t done for many years now. Whenever I have the inclination to be terrified I turn to South Korean and Japanese horror films which always leave me unnerved. It’s a while since I read horror and I don’t recall the last time I(…)
Book Review: The Vault – Huw Thomas
Review: The Vault Huw Thomas’ novel combines four threads and weaves them into a mysterious and complex tale set in and around Compton Fosse. At the heart of the story is Adam Strong, a schoolboy with many problems. He fancies the sister of one of his friends and also has the problem of a notorious(…)
Book review: Voices of the Dead – Peter Leonard
[sws_blue_box box_size="575"]About the book Voices of the Dead, Peter Leonard, ISBN: 978-1611880328 Source: I received a review copy from Partners in Crime The year is 1971. The place is Detroit. Harry Levin, a scrap metal dealer and Holocaust survivor, has just learned that his daughter was killed in a car accident. Traveling to Washington, DC to claim the body, he learns that the accident(…)
Review: Crazy in Paradise – Deborah Brown
[sws_blue_box]Dying in the middle of the summer in the Florida Keys is sweaty business. Welcome to Tarpon Cove. Madison Westin inherits her aunt’s beachfront motel along with a variety of colorful tenants – drunks, ex-cons and fugitives. Only one problem: First she has to wrestle control from her lawyer and conniving motel manager. She enlists(…)
Review: Penelope and the Birthday Curse – Ron D. Voigts
[sws_blue_box] THE BIRTHDAY CURSE is set outside the town limits of Dillwood, in a strange old house called the Manor, with a detective who is bold, brassy and only thirteen. Her name is Penelope Amour. Her parents invite family and friends to the Manor to celebrate Penelope’s birthday, assembling an odd mix of characters that(…)
Book review: The Vaults
I will admit that I have struggled with this review because while I enjoyed The Vaults, it didn’t blow me away and I have spent several weeks trying to put my finger on why. To no avail. Toby Ball is a good writer, with a clear voice and a good attention to to detail but something about the book just didn’t sit well with me.
Review: Blue Blood for Life – Stacy Eaton
Book blurb (Goodreads): After a month off, Kristin comes back to work happier then she’s been in a long time. Her new status in life has her solving crimes faster and better than she ever could before. When Alex goes missing, Kristin finds she finally has to reveal the secrets of her life to her friends.(…)
Book review: Missing in Mexico – Stuart Gustafson
[sws_blue_box box_size="575"]About the book Missing in Mexico - Stuart Gustafson Review copy (PDF) provided by Partners in Crime Tours Missing in Mexico” is Stuart Gustafson’s debut mystery tourism novel. Private Investigator Stan W. is hired to find a college freshman who’s missing after a family vacation in Los Cabos, Mexico. Even with local help and some(…)