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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)

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#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

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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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#BookReview TELL ME A SECRET by Samantha Hayes #TellMeAsecret @samhayes @Bookouture #NetGalley

Tell her all your secrets and she’ll tell you all her lies… Everything in Lorna’s life runs like clockwork, from her 6 a.m. morning run to the strict 60-minute counselling sessions she gives. It’s the only way she can deal with the terrible secret she carries. When a new client arrives for his first appointment, Lorna feels her… Continue reading #BookReview TELL ME A SECRET by Samantha Hayes #TellMeAsecret @samhayes @Bookouture #NetGalley

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#BookReview DYING TRUTH (D.I. Kim Stone 8) by Angela Marsons #DyingTruth @WriteAngie @bookouture #NetGalley

How far would you go to protect your darkest secrets?When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide – a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school and it’s clear to Detective Kim Stone that these… Continue reading #BookReview DYING TRUTH (D.I. Kim Stone 8) by Angela Marsons #DyingTruth @WriteAngie @bookouture #NetGalley

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Tackling #MountTBR – NA 2 (NetGalleyholics Anonymous – the sequel) @NetGalley #NetGalley

Following my earlier post about my out-of-control NetGalley TBR, I have managed to make some improvements already! I only have three (whoops) four NG books on my shelf that are due to be released in June and I consider this a great achievement - it is the result of a deliberate attempt to get on top… Continue reading Tackling #MountTBR – NA 2 (NetGalleyholics Anonymous – the sequel) @NetGalley #NetGalley

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#BookReview SNAP by Belinda Bauer #Snap @BelindaBauer @TransworldBooks #NetGalley

SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack's in charge, she said. I won't be long. But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it… Continue reading #BookReview SNAP by Belinda Bauer #Snap @BelindaBauer @TransworldBooks #NetGalley

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#BookReview CROSS HER HEART by Sarah Pinborough #CrossHerHeart @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction @KillerReads #NetGalley

‘Cross my heart and hope to die…’  Promises only last if you trust each other, but what if one of you is hiding something? A secret no one could ever guess. Someone is living a lie. Is it Lisa? Maybe it’s her daughter, Ava. Or could it be her best friend, Marilyn? You’ll just have to wait to find… Continue reading #BookReview CROSS HER HEART by Sarah Pinborough #CrossHerHeart @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @HarperFiction @KillerReads #NetGalley

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#BookReview PRESSURE by Betsy Reavley #Pressure @BetsyReavley ‏@Bloodhoundbook #NetGalley

When the submarine departed, none of the ten people on board knew it would turn into a nightmare. Trapped on the sunken vessel and unable to escape, one of them is discovered dead. The tension escalates as the survivors realise there is a murderer among them, who is preparing to strike again and again… With mounting… Continue reading #BookReview PRESSURE by Betsy Reavley #Pressure @BetsyReavley ‏@Bloodhoundbook #NetGalley

Book musings · Putting a Face to the Name

Putting a Face to the Name #4 – Kick-Ass Female Leads: Part 2!

Putting a Face to the Name is an occasional series in which I discuss how I visualise the characters from some of my favourite reads. Further to Part 1, I'm taking a look at some more of the best female leads of recent crime fiction. The Roy & Castells series by Johana Gustawsson Behaviour Investigative Advisor… Continue reading Putting a Face to the Name #4 – Kick-Ass Female Leads: Part 2!