Troubled Water: A Lark Chadwick Mystery by John DeDakis My rating: 5 of 5 stars Troubled Water is the third in John DeDakis's United States-set crime thriller series featuring Lark Chadwick, a young and ballsy investigative newspaper journalist with a nose for a sharp headline, a clever angle and the solving of murders. This book… Continue reading Troubled Water: A Lark Chadwick Mystery by John DeDakis
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Bitter Nothings by Vicki Tyley
Bitter Nothings by Vicki Tyley My rating: 5 of 5 stars In Bitter Nothings, Vicki Tyley presents another complex and thrilling tale of dysfunctional families, determined women and mysterious deaths and disappearances. Graphic designer, Dervla Johns, and her brothers, Gabe and Emmett, are still missing their mother, following her suicide two years earlier. Several years… Continue reading Bitter Nothings by Vicki Tyley
Brittle Shadows by Vicki Tyley
Brittle Shadows by Vicki Tyley My rating: 5 of 5 stars Vicki Tyley continues her rise to be one of the best modern thriller writers around with Brittle Shadows, a disconcerting but compelling mystery about one woman’s belief that her recently deceased sister did not, as recorded, take her own life. Jemma Dalton flies into… Continue reading Brittle Shadows by Vicki Tyley
Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley
Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sleight Malice is the second in Vicki Tyley's series of stand-alone thrillers, set in Melbourne, Australia. Following her recent separation from cheating husband, Trent, website designer Desley James, has been leaning on best friend, Laura, for support. After waving Laura off home after a… Continue reading Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley
Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley
Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thin Blood is the first of Vicki Tyley’s exciting, Australia-set mystery thrillers. Jacinta Deller, is a tenacious, but recently out of work, investigative journalist looking around for a career-enhancing scoop. Set on the trail of a missing, presumed dead, local woman by her newly… Continue reading Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley
Heist School Freshmen by Alan Gallauresi
Heist School Freshmen by Alan Gallauresi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alan Gallauresi’s entertaining and brilliantly comic Young Adult crime novel stars Angelo - or Angel, as he prefers to be known - Bastillo and his two best friends, Drew Wales and Lionel “Porno Name” Tang (don’t ask!); together they are the Heist School… Continue reading Heist School Freshmen by Alan Gallauresi
The Rainy Day Killer (Donaghue and Stainer 4) by Michael J. McCann
The Rainy Day Killer by Michael J. McCann My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Rainy Day Killer is the fourth in Michael J. McCann’s Donaghue and Stainer Crime Novel series: dark American police procedurals featuring Homicide Lieutenant Hank Donaghue and Detective Karen Stainer of the fictional Glendale Police Department in Maryland. In this book… Continue reading The Rainy Day Killer (Donaghue and Stainer 4) by Michael J. McCann
It’s Just a Little Crush (The Lizzie Hart Mysteries 1) by Caroline Fardig
It's Just a Little Crush by Caroline Fardig My rating: 5 of 5 stars ‘It’s Just a Little Crush’ is an absolute joy to read. Caroline Fardig’s first novel is narrated by Lizzie Hart: 26-years old, reluctant cat owner and Copy Editor extraordinaire at the local paper in the small, Midwestern town of Liberty. Lizzie… Continue reading It’s Just a Little Crush (The Lizzie Hart Mysteries 1) by Caroline Fardig
Bryant & May’s Mystery Tour by Christopher Fowler
Bryant & May's Mystery Tour by Christopher Fowler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Brilliant to have a Bryant & May fix, but I’ve docked it one star for being far too tantalisingly short! It’s a nice quick and quirky whodunit, with a few interesting London facts and some great Bryant-isms. Recommended.
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Tell No One by Harlan Coben My rating: 2 of 5 stars I had heard good things about Harlan Coben; amazing things even, from friends and reviewers alike. Most of his book plots sound intriguing and draw you in.The first downside, as I discovered with this, my only Coben book so far, is the absolutely… Continue reading Tell No One by Harlan Coben
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