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• Something to Live For – Richard Roper

  

  Contemporary Fiction5*s I often find that the books that I remember the most are not those that come from my ‘favourite’ genres of crime and psychological... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW (June 26)

  

  WWW Wednesday is run by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Still Me – Jojo Moyes

  

  Contemporary Fiction5*s 2019 whilst being a little poor on the actual reading front has been a great year in respect of the audio book having followed on from... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Flower Girls – Alice Clark-Platts

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s Over the years I have had an ongoing interest in books that portray children who kill. Not the cheeriest of subjects I grant you but... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective – Susannah Stapleton #20BooksofSummer

  

  Non-Fiction 5*s I had high hopes for this book after all what self-respecting crime fiction lover with a strong interest in women’s history could resist. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday (June 5)

  

  WWW Wednesday is run by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (June 4)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Evidence Against You – Gillian McAllister

  

  Psychological Thriller5*s Gillian McAllister has already cemented herself as an author whose books I must read so it is fair to say I had very high... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 20 Books of Summer 2019 #20BooksofSummer

  

  Well once again I am joining Cathy746 with her annual 20 books of summer challenge, a challenge I have met with varying degrees of success (or failure). Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday (May 29)

  

  WWW Wednesday is run by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Degrees of Guilt – HS Chandler

  

  Psychological Thriller 5*s " data-medium-file="https://cleopatralovesbooks.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/degrees-of-guilt.png?w=199"... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Blood Orange – Harriet Tyce

  

  Psychological Thriller3*s We have a lawyer and an affair both of which led me to believe that perhaps we would also have a story in the vein of Apple Tree Yard... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dead at First Sight – Peter James

  

  Crime Fiction – Series4*s Well here we are already up to number fifteen in the Roy Grace series. I have followed Roy’s story from the very first book and my... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Mother-In-Law – Sally Hepworth

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s There is possibly no relationship more prone to problems than that between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law so perhaps the fact that... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• No Way Out – Cara Hunter

  

  Crime Fiction – Series5*s Having been blown away with the quality of the first two books featuring DI Adam Fawley I had high expectations of this, the third in... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Guilty Party – Mel McGrath

  

  Psychological Thriller3*s I am a complete sucker for a book featuring a good moral dilemma and The Guilty Party fits the bill completely! The question is, how... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Neighbour – Fiona Cummins

  

  Crime Fiction4*s The Neighbour is one creepy novel that even though it confused, and I’ll be honest frustrated me at first, kept me gripped so that I had to kee... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cruel Acts – Jane Casey

  

  Crime Fiction – Series5*s Maeve Kerrigan is my kind of protagonist and so I was absolutely thrilled to see that she was back and I’m pleased to say my high... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Gone in the Night – Mary-Jane Riley #BlogTour #BookReview

  

  Crime Fiction – Series5*s Blurb Some secrets are deadly… When the victim of a car crash begs journalist Alex Devlin for help before disappearing without trace,... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Update

  

  Well it has been quite some time since I last posted and this is why… Yes, I finally got married on 27 April 2019 and this was followed up by a blissful trip... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE