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• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (March 5)

  

  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 05 March 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Before She Knew Him – Peter Swanson

  

  Crime Fiction4*s Often us booklovers are drawn to compare notes on the kinds of characters we like with broadly speaking divisions, those characters we like,... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Secretary – Renée Knight

  

  Psychological Thriller5*s I was a huge fan of Renée Knight’s debut novel Disclaimer and so I had that inevitable mixture of excitement and conscious lowering... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 20)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 19)

  

  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 19 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dead Memories – Angela Marsons

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Wow! Just for a change I’m going to start this review by saying how much I love this crime fiction series and its chief protagonist DI Kim... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Shape of Lies – Rachel Abbott #BlogTour

  

  Crime Fiction5*s I’m going to start by saying I’m a huge fan of Rachel Abbott’s writing and of Tom Douglas in particular. This series of books set in... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Cromwell Street Murders – John Bennett

  

  Non Fiction4*s I don’t read much in the way of more recent true crime but the one exception is those horrific murders carried out by Fred and Rose West. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 6)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 12)

  

  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 12 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Stone Circle – Elly Griffiths

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Well we are up to a fabulous number eleven in the Ruth Galloway series and to my mind the split between investigation and catching up with some... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 6)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 5)

  

  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 05 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Mother the Psychopath – Olivia Rayne

  

  Non Fiction4*s I don’t typically go for the ‘misery memoir’ genre of reading because quite frankly I find much of the books that proliferated at the peak of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• After You – Jojo Moyes

  

  Contemporary Fiction5*s I read Me Before You way back in 2013 and loved it. You are right, this isn’t crime fiction and nor is it particularly gritty but even... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote

  

  Classic4*s The Classic Club Spin number 18 picked Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote for me which was one of the few novellas on my list – not exactly the... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (January 30)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words Well we... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (January 29)

  

  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 29 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Lie of You – Jane Lythell

  

  Psychological Suspense3*s An intriguing story of psychological suspense rather than a thriller The Lie of You dives beneath the surface of the reason why Heja i... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Only a Mother – Elizabeth Carpenter

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s It is rare that a book tackles what happens after a murderer has been convicted. I don’t mean so much what is life like in prison for... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE