Beautiful. Rich. Mysterious. Everyone wants to be a Roanoke girl. But you won't when you know the truth. Lane Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin at the Roanoke family's rural estate following the suicide of her mother. Over one long, hot summer, Lane experiences the benefits of being one of the rich… Continue reading #BookReview THE ROANOKE GIRLS by Amy Engel #TheRoanokeGirls @aengelwrites @HodderBooks #NetGalley
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#BookReview KEEP IT QUIET by Richard Hull #KeepItQuiet @AgoraBooksLDN #NetGalley
It was just like Morrison to be a nuisance even when he was dead. Ford, the harried Secretary of the Whitehall Club, is desperate to please even the most disagreeable members to just be left in peace. So, it is a huge inconvenience for Ford when one of the club’s most vexatious members is found possibly… Continue reading #BookReview KEEP IT QUIET by Richard Hull #KeepItQuiet @AgoraBooksLDN #NetGalley
#BookReview THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris #TheBreakdown @BAParisAuthor @StMartinsPress #NetGalley
If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust? Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods. It was on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, and a woman was sitting inside—the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out… Continue reading #BookReview THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris #TheBreakdown @BAParisAuthor @StMartinsPress #NetGalley
#BookReview YOU DON’T KNOW ME by Imran Mahmood #YouDontKnowMe @imranmahmood777 @MichaelJBooks #NetGalley
An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young man sacks his lawyer, and decides to give his own defence speech. He tells us that his barrister told him to leave some things out. Sometimes, the truth can be too difficult to explain, or believe. But he thinks that if he's going to… Continue reading #BookReview YOU DON’T KNOW ME by Imran Mahmood #YouDontKnowMe @imranmahmood777 @MichaelJBooks #NetGalley
#BookReview A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE by Shari Lapena #AStrangerInTheHouse #NetGalley
Why would you run scared from a happy home? You're waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work. You're making dinner, looking forward to hearing about his day. That's the last thing you remember. You wake up in hospital, with no idea how you got there. They tell you that you were in an accident;… Continue reading #BookReview A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE by Shari Lapena #AStrangerInTheHouse #NetGalley
#BlogTour TH1RT3EN (Eddie Flynn #4) by Steve Cavanagh #Thirteen @SSCav @orionbooks @orion_crime #thatbookthathook #BookReview
Hello! Today I am absolutely delighted to welcome you to JuliaPalooza for my stop on the Blog Tour (shared with the lovely Emma the little bookworm) for the incredible Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh. About the book THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL. HE'S ON THE JURY... They were Hollywood's hottest power couple. They had the world at their… Continue reading #BlogTour TH1RT3EN (Eddie Flynn #4) by Steve Cavanagh #Thirteen @SSCav @orionbooks @orion_crime #thatbookthathook #BookReview
#BookReview S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett #STAGS @MABennettAuthor @BonnierZaffre #NetGalley
Nine students. Three bloodsports. One deadly weekend. It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the exclusive St. Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its privileged pupils as S.T.A.G.S. Just when she despairs of making friends Greer receives a mysterious invitation with three words embossed… Continue reading #BookReview S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett #STAGS @MABennettAuthor @BonnierZaffre #NetGalley
Looking Ahead – June 2018’s TBR list! (Tackling #MountTBR – NA 3: NetGalleyholics Anonymous With A Vengeance)
Looking Ahead is a monthly meme hosted by Tina at Reading Between the Pages, where you can share your reading plans for the upcoming month. As outlined in my Tackling #MountTBR follow-up post, I'm hoping June 2018 is going to be a month for clearing some of my NetGalley backlog. As such... I am currently reading… Continue reading Looking Ahead – June 2018’s TBR list! (Tackling #MountTBR – NA 3: NetGalleyholics Anonymous With A Vengeance)
#BookReview A DEADLY HABIT by Simon Brett #ADeadlyHabit @severnhouse #NetGalley
Rehearsals in a new West End play are disrupted by sudden, violent death in the intriguing new Charles Paris mystery. Having landed a small part in a new West End play, The Habit of Faith, Charles Paris is dismayed to discover that his good fortune has been orchestrated by his bête noire, the now-famous screen… Continue reading #BookReview A DEADLY HABIT by Simon Brett #ADeadlyHabit @severnhouse #NetGalley
Monthly wrap-up – May 2018
During May, I read: Having hoped to read fifteen novels during May, I managed ten (slacker!) and yet another two Agatha Christie audiobooks. Unfortunately, this month has not been a great experience with the Queen of Crime: The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Christie's first Poirot story and (obviously) her first ever whodunit. I was pleased to… Continue reading Monthly wrap-up – May 2018
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