by Alex Walters. When the body of a young woman is discovered in a shallow grave surrounded by candles and roses, DI McKay – still haunted by the death of his own daughter – is called in to find the … Continue reading
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Late Checkout
by Alex Walters. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read it on kindle over two or three days, and kept wanting to get back to it when I didn’t have the chance to read. DCI Kenny Murrain is faced with … Continue reading
Daughters of Red Hill Hall
by Kathleen McGurl. Fabulous tale of romance, duplicity, and intrigue. The Daughters of Red Hill Hall tells the story of best friends Rebecca and Sarah in the 1830s, alternating with that of best friends Gemma and Nat in the present … Continue reading
Dead Water
by Ann Cleeves. A bereaved Jimmy Perez gradually gets hooked into a murder case, this time led by an incoming inspector, the very likable Willow Reeves. Spoiled journalist Jerry Markham is dead, but who did it? Was it his spurned … Continue reading
The Missing
by C. L. Taylor. Fabulous!! I was hooked from the start. Fifteen-year-old Billy has been missing for six months, and when a new TV appeal goes wrong, his mother Claire’s life starts unravelling even more. Was a family member involved … Continue reading
Blue Lightning
by Ann Cleeves. Ann Cleeves writes her characters like they were real people. Really real people. They all have their quirks, their flaws, the angsts, and their dreams. No one, not even her heroes and heroines are perfect, which makes … Continue reading
Red Bones
by Ann Cleeves. Ann Cleeves is the queen of the slow-burn, something she manages to master without annoying the reader, which I think is a formidable skill. Some element of the plot are apparent in advance, but despite having read … Continue reading
The Bees
by Laline Paull. Fabulous. Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, the lowest kin in the hive, way way below the Queen and the high priestesses; but Flora is strong, clever, and she can speak. And somehow she learns the skills … Continue reading
18th January 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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White Nights
by Ann Cleeves. Just as good as Raven Black, if not better. When a stranger is found hanged at a remote village on Shetland, local police Inspector Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate. Most of the people living in … Continue reading
Raven Black
by Ann Cleeves. Fabulous book, with wonderfully realistic characters, and a story that I couldn’t put down – even when I wasn’t actually reading the book. Mild-mannered policeman, Jimmy Perez, a native to Fair Isle, is investigating the murder of a … Continue reading