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Review : Mummy’s Little Secret by M. A. Hunter
Mummy’s Little Secret was an explosive and fraught story with past traumas around every corner. This story broke me a little inside, call it the powerful narrative, the secrets that we try to keep locked away or the maternal instinct within me, wanting to protect those that are vulnerable. I’m going to try and do this review justice and explain exactly why this book altered me emotionally. The prose was flawless, the teasing of the plot was carried out like a highly trained string musician. Mummy’s Little Secret is told over two timelines, two families, two main characters. Before and now. Jess’s family and Morag’s. Two completely different women, from…
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The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter | Book Review
The Dinner Guest was one novel that I gobbled up, in one serving! Just when you think you’ve read all there is in the thriller genre along comes this beauty and smacks you upside the head. The perfect couple trope on drugs. Uniqueness. An impending threat. Twists by the bucketload. If you think you have this one figured out be prepared for a grenade to literally blow your face to shreds. Walter lies in wait for the perfect moment then hits you straight between the eyes for a killer blow. Set in the super rich areas of London. It sets the scene. Things are about to be rocked to its…
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The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler | Review
The Perfect Couple – always beware any book title that has perfect in it. Nine times out of ten it is anything but perfect. Gemma and Danny have the perfect life, the perfect jobs, and the perfect friends. Nothing and no-one are perfect, and Danny and Gemma are no exception. Gemma is a freelance journalist and Danny works in IT. Life is sweet, that is until Gemma goes on a business trip and comes home to no chilled prosecco, no dinner cooking, and no Danny. Initially Gemma thinks he’s been held late at work but the hours tick by and still there’s no Danny. She is finally forced to report…
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Blog Tour: Dead Wrong by Noelle Holton
Dead wrong is a white-knuckle ride of epic proportions. Noelle Holton is a master weaver of societal and conscientious topics that will leave an imprint etched upon the brain which will leave us stagnated into constantly thinking about the story. It’s a story that opens up that never-ending conundrum of why people act and behave in the way that they do. It’s a rash that can never be satisfied, unfortunately it’s these types of moral questions that make the world go round and Noelle Holton makes it spin all that faster. The second instalment in the DC Maggie Jamieson series, which can be read as a standalone but if you…
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Blog Tour: Avenge The Dead (Frank Farrell #3) by Jackie Baldwin
Avenge The Dead is an exquisite case study on how the past never truly can stay buried. Life in the spotlight can have dire consequences. The invisible bands that hold together relationships and families can violently tear with no means to be repaired. The story paints a vivid picture of how an action change the landscape of one’s life forever. This gritty police procedural ticked all the boxes. Jackie Baldwin gently coaxed me down an unsuspecting path before setting her trap – I aimlessly walked straight into it and she wasn’t sorry a bit! I greedily lapped it up like there were no tomorrow. DS Mhairi MacLeod and DI Frank…
