LEIGH FORBES: Books of all Sorts

17th September 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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Candles and Roses

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

3rd July 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

17th April 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

15th April 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

25th January 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

22nd January 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

19th January 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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

10th January 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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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