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The Nurse by J.A. Corrigan | Blog Tour Review
J.A. Corrigan is just one of those authors that just command your attention. The Nurse is a testament to her skill. Immediately upon putting it down I knew it had a compulsive energy to it. Think Nurse Ratchet vs Silence of the Lambs. Her characterisation is a crescendo to the senses. The validity, the moral dilemmas and the utter humanness leaves you in awe with the realism. My introduction to this author’s work has left me salivating for more and I can’t wait to try more of her delights. The Nurse is a book that I fell for because of the blurb! The cover stopped me in my tracks, but…
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Her Last Holiday by C.L. Taylor | Book Review
Her Last Holiday was a book I was so excited to read. I have read a few C.L. Taylor books prior to this and I have always found her writing engaging and addictive but there was something missing from this outing. I think it stems from the fact that any logical reader must suspend disbelief at an astronomical level. It was a highly imaginative story that ended up just being to much for me to swallow. I love stories that are intriguing with a mystery that allows me to join the dots, if you are like me this probably isn’t the book for you. Her Last Holiday is a story…
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The Silent Suspect by Nell Pattison | Book Review
They say fire cleanses, but fire also leaves a bottomless pit of destruction in its wake. The Silent Suspect is the third book in the Paige Northwood series. I’ve only read this one, but you don’t feel like you’re missing chunks of her backstory. Its rounded up nicely and you are given snippets of her story through-out. She’s a British Sign Language Interpreter working with profoundly death social worker, Sasha Thomas. I really felt that the first half of the book was exceedingly slow, although there was action it was drawn out, and the investigating seemed to last an age. The social worker, Sasha Thomas, is seriously grating. She just…
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Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman | Book Review
Whisper Down the Lane is a dark and oftentimes rage inducing tale of identity, guilt and pain. Richard, an art teacher in Virginia comes across a gutted school rabbit that appears to have ritualistic connotations. It shouts out at him and can’t help but ponder if it was carried out in his name. This is a story often its not healthy for the readers continuation of life – but isn’t that the best kind of novel? It’s edgy and frank and it doesn’t care for your feelings…it doesn’t care one bit. Whisper Down the Lane is hard hitting – think of a mallet pounding into your temple. With that visual…
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Deadly Betrayal by OMJ Ryan | Book Review
OMJ Ryan proves that a series can only get better with every installment. Deadly Betrayal was his most addictive outing so far. Travelling these pages is akin to walking along a tightrope. The fab four are back, they are more human than ever, with the fragility of the human condition pulsing at the forefront, demanding attention. Ryan tore up the rulebook and catapulted his readers into the deep underbelly of Hong Kong and how the two countries intermingle in a frenzy before a finale that is likely to have you on edge. The DI Jane Phillips series always feels like a homecoming, its became my favourite crime series by far.…
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The Whispers by Heidi Perks | Book Review
Whispers is a poignant but brutal slashing to chest kind of read. A tale of manipulation, jealousy and control. In order to fully fall for a book, you to need to find something that really speaks to you. A book that draws out connections, a book that aches to be heard. It’s a book that knows how you as a reader, ticks. The ease and rawness that flows from out with the pages is like liquid gold – rare and stunning. Whispers has an addictive pull that ties you down and won’t let go until the last sentence has seeped into your pores…chores be damned! This story excels in taking…
