Category: crime fiction
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Dark As Night (An Áróra Investigation Book #4) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia
When Áróra receives a call telling her that a child she’s never met is claiming to be her missing sister reincarnated, she is devastated … as ridiculous as the allegations might seem. For three years she has been searching for her sister without finding a single clue, and now this strange child seems to have new information. #DarkAsNight Twitter/X @lilja1972 @OrendaBooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours Instagram … Read More Dark As Night (An Áróra Investigation Book #4) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia
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Rough Justice by Biba Pearce (Shrap Nelson #1)
A HOMELESS VETERAN, MURDERED. When ex-military investigator ‘Shrap’ Nelson finds her fellow homeless veteran burned to death under a railway bridge, she knows there’s more to his murder than meets the eye. Doug was the friend who saved her life two years ago, and now she owes it to him to uncover the truth. #Rough Justice X (Twitter) #BibaPearce IG author_bibapearce #blogtour #shrapnelspon ON THE GRITTY STREETS … Read More Rough Justice by Biba Pearce (Shrap Nelson #1)
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My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Three
Here are my favourite ten books of 2024 Part Three, not counting audiobooks. Quite a disparate selection for a change. Audiobooks to follow. Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr I read this in ten staves with the Pigeonhole online book club. It was almost unbearable waiting for the next instalment. The book was so exciting, the suspense nail-biting. While this is the first in a … Read More My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Three
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Death Rites by Sarah Ward
Professor Carla James is an archaeologist with an interest in more than just bones and stones. She wants to understand the emotions behind the sites she investigates. Desperate for a change of scene following the death of her husband, Carla takes a job at Jericho, an elite New England college. On her first day, Carla is asked to represent the department at an unusual … Read More Death Rites by Sarah Ward
One Night Only by G.P. Ritchie
Life is precious. That’s why they take it. As a boy, Andy Lorimar loved puzzles, but one he didn’t solve destroyed his childhood. It would have taken his future too, if he hadn’t found stability within the police service. Now a long-serving Edinburgh detective, he’s built a solitary existence following evidence to find the truth. Genre: Crime / Horror / Speculative After the horrific … Read More One Night Only by G.P. Ritchie
The Weekenders by David F. Ross Cover Reveal
Glasgow, 1966: Stevie ‘Minto’ Milloy, former star footballer-turned-rookie reporter, finds himself trailing the story of a young Eastern European student whose body has been found on remote moorland outside the city. How did she get there from her hostel at the Sovereign Grace Mission, and why does Stevie find obstacles at every turn? Italy, 1943: As the Allies fight Mussolini’s troops, a group of … Read More The Weekenders by David F. Ross Cover Reveal
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The Reunion by MJ Arlidge and Steph Broadribb
A skull looks up at Jennie from the trench, but it’s not the chalk-white bone and grimacing teeth that send her reeling. It’s the heart-shaped gold pendant, its delicate chain snapped in two. The necklace Hannah never took off. It can’t be Hannah. But it is. When Jennie Whitmore arrives at her school reunion, she immediately regrets her decision. Why would she choose to surround herself … Read More The Reunion by MJ Arlidge and Steph Broadribb
Deadly Protocol by Roger Corke
Dr Ronnie Ackerman wakes up in bed alone. Her boss, Nobel Prize- winner Professor Hasely Stone, and the man she got drunk with the night before, is downstairs in the sauna, brutally murdered. Who did this, and why? #DeadlyProtocol Twitter/X @rogercorke @HeatherJFitt #BookX #BookTwitter Instagram @roger.corke @heatherjfitt #bookstagram #blogtour Stone had been working with total dedication on the ultimate cure for all cancers. Was he … Read More Deadly Protocol by Roger Corke
Unsolved (Cal Lovett Files #1) by Heather Critchlow
He won’t rest until he finds out the truth… Cal Lovett is obsessed with finding justice for the families of missing people. His true crime podcast is his way of helping others, even if he can’t help himself. His sister, Margot, disappeared when he was a child. Only one man seems to know something. But he’s behind bars and can’t be trusted. So when … Read More Unsolved (Cal Lovett Files #1) by Heather Critchlow
Pursued by Death by Gunnar Staalesen translated by Don Bartlett
When Varg Veum reads the newspaper headline ’YOUNG MAN MISSING’, he realises he’s seen the youth just a few days earlier – at a crossroads in the countryside, with his two friends. It turns out that the three were on their way to a demonstration against a commercial fish-farming facility in the tiny village of Solvik, north of Bergen. Varg heads to Solvik, initially … Read More Pursued by Death by Gunnar Staalesen translated by Don Bartlett
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Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead
Hampshire, 1938. Victor Silvius is confined in a private sanatorium after attacking prominent judge Sir Giles Drury. When Sir Giles starts receiving sinister letters, his wife suspects Silvius. Meanwhile, Silvius’ sister Caroline is convinced her brother is about to be murdered… by none other than his old nemesis Sir Giles. Caroline seeks the advice of Scotland Yard’s Inspector Flint, while the Drurys, eager to … Read More Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead
An Old Tin Can by Bryan J Mason
YOU ONLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AT THE SHARP END Belfast 1989. The Troubles. Harry Burnard joins a police force confronted with threats on every side. His team, ‘The Squad’, a bunch of abandoned oddballs, are only allowed to work criminal cases. But there is no crime. Only terrorism. So, do they really have nothing to do? When Harry uncovers clues about an apparently … Read More An Old Tin Can by Bryan J Mason
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