Book reviews by an unapologetic Trekkie obsessed with dogs and books
It's been a few months since I've done a wrap-up mostly because it's been hard to keep track of the days during lockdown. By the time it dawns on me that we're in a new month, we're already nearly through it so it seems kind of pointless to do the previous month's wrap up. This… Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up: June 2020
Released: July 2020 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 335 Rating: 4/5 Two murders. An abandoned asylum. Will a mysterious former patient help untangle the dark truth? From the publisher: The body of an elderly woman is been found in the grounds of a derelict asylum on the banks of the Thames. As Detective Lew Kirby… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Bone Jar by S.W. Kane
WWW Wednesday is a weekly book tag hosted by Taking on a World of Words that is all about what we’re currently reading. Disclaimer: I tend to read a lot of books at once across e-books, physical books, and audiobooks. It helps me battle reading fatigue and slumps because I always have various different formats… Continue reading WWW Wednesday: 3rd of June 2020
Released: April 2020 (Previously published as Crossing the Lines) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pages: 256 Rating: 4/5 If you get lost in a book, be sure you can find your way back. From Amazon: Madeleine d'Leon doesn't know where Edward came from. He is simply a character in her next book. But as she writes,… Continue reading After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill
Release Date: April 2020 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pages: 256 Synopsis From the Publisher: If you get lost in a book, be sure you can find your way back... Madeleine d'Leon doesn't know where Edward came from. He is simply a character in her next book. But as she writes, he becomes all she can… Continue reading First Impressions Friday: After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill
Released: October 2019 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 368 Rating: 3/5 A handsome stranger. A dead billionaire. A citywide treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney’s life is about to change…forevermore. From the publisher: Tuesday Mooney is a loner. She keeps to herself, begrudgingly socializes, and spends much of her time watching old Twin Peaks and X-Files DVDs. But when Vincent Pryce,… Continue reading Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Publisher: Text Publishing Released: October 2018, released in the US and other markets September 2019 Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 From the publisher: Inga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book, and a literary mystery that… Continue reading The Fragments by Toni Jordan
Released: June 2018 in Australia but released in international markets throughout 2019 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 384 Rating: 3.75/5 An Australian woman in her thirties is shocked to discover she is actually an American who went missing as a toddler. Kimberly Leamy is a photographer and teacher in Australia. Thirty years ago on a continent… Continue reading The Nowhere Child by Christian White
Released: April 2019 Publisher: Canelo Pages: 321 Rating: 3/5 "How do you stop a demon invasion... when you don’t believe in magic?" Nick Paris is a police inspector in Manchester with a reputation for closing cases. His days are filled with solving crimes, while his nights are filled with whisky. A bit of a loner,… Continue reading Breaking the Lore by Andy Redsmith
Released: April 2019 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 423 Rating: 4/5 I’m always wary of books claiming to have twists because usually you can see the “twists” from a mile off, but with this one I kept second guessing myself. It’s a really unique take on the thriller crime genre, not only in its location… Continue reading 55 By James Delargy
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