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
Tag: Psychological
#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
#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)
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
#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
#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
#BlogTour THE OLD YOU by Louise Voss #TheOldYou @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks #randomthingstours #BookReview
Welcome to JuliaPalooza where today I'm delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the Blog Tour for The Old You by Louise Voss. The Old You is published by the mighty Orenda Books and is available to buy now via the links below. About the book Nail-bitingly modern domestic noir. A tense, Hitchcockian psychological thriller. Louise… Continue reading #BlogTour THE OLD YOU by Louise Voss #TheOldYou @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks #randomthingstours #BookReview
