Somewhere Inside of Happy by Anna McPartlin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Maisie Bean is a fighter. A survivor. Seventeen years ago, she went on a first date that went so badly it was enough to put the girl off chips. The marriage that followed was hell but it gave her two children: funny, …
Dark Water by Robert Bryndza My rating: 5 of 5 stars When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London, she orders for it to be searched. From the thick sludge the drugs are recovered, but so is …
The Killing Game: A Tense, Gripping Thriller You Don’t Want to Miss by J S Carol My rating: 4 of 5 stars Imagine you are having lunch at an exclusive restaurant, filled with Hollywood’s hottest stars. And a masked gunman walks in and takes everyone hostage. You must bargain for your life against a twisted …
Someone to Save You by Paul Pilkington My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fifteen years ago, Sam Becker’s sister was killed, a tragedy that haunts him to this day—particularly as his best friend, Marcus, was jailed for her murder. Driving home from the bittersweet celebration of what would have been her thirtieth birthday, Sam is …
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena My rating: 5 of 5 stars Your neighbour told you that she didn’t want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn’t stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You’ll have the baby monitor …
Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alex is sinking. Slowly but surely, she’s cut herself off from everything but her one true love – drink. Until she’s forced to write a piece about a coma ward, where she meets Amy. Alex and Amy grew up in the same …
The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dr Caleb Maddox is an expert on pain. A leading San Francisco toxicologist, he is mapping the chemical traces that show how much agony a human body can endure. But now a different kind of pain is distracting him from his life’s work …
Family Ties by Nicholas Rhea My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I read this novel I didn’t know that the author was the writer behind the tv series Heartbeat. But now I do I can see the similarities, particularly in terms of pace. This is not a race against time crime thriller, but more …
Hanover House by Brenda Novak My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my first book by the author Brenda Novak. The premise of the story was very interesting, the opening of a new psychiatric facility in a remote Alaskan town. This short story is a prequel to Whiteout and serves to introduce the lead …
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars The darkest secret is a gripping psychological crime thriller that draws you in and doesn’t let go until the final page! It is set in the world of wealth and debauchery, where everyone is more concerned with status and image than people and …
Wendy Cartmell 