Category: murder
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, journalist, murder, murder mystery, police drama, psychopath, review, serial killer, thriller
Speaking Daggers by Lloyd Rees
There’s a killer on the loose on the streets of Swansea and they are leaving clues. Detective Inspector Gus Reid and his team have a gruesome murder on their hands but there are no suspects and no obvious motive. All they have to go on is a series of literary quotations that appear like graffiti on walls throughout the city. Can Gus’ daughter, an … Read More Speaking Daggers by Lloyd Rees
+ Belfast, crime fiction, eighties, fiction, friendship, Ireland, journalist, murder, obsession, review, serial killer, thriller, USA
The Wolf Is At Your Door by Simon Maltman
New York, 1987. Rory is a likeable career thief originally from war-torn Belfast, planning out his next big score. A serial killer is murdering women in the city. But no bodies are ever found; just missing girls and cryptic plaques left on benches in Central Park. #TheWolfIsAtYourDoor @simonmaltman @AestheticPress1 @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour When the killer strikes too close to home, Rory becomes unhealthily obsessed … Read More The Wolf Is At Your Door by Simon Maltman
+ crime fiction, dark humour, Detective novel, fiction, kidnapping, murder, police drama, police procedural, revenge, review, short stories, short story, thriller, World War Two, WW2
Case Files: Collected Short Crime Stories Vol. 1 by Rachel Amphlett
Discover twelve dark and twisted mysteries from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett. This page-turning collection features The Man Cave in which Darren regains consciousness in a dank basement where escape turns out to be the least of his worries; in All Night Long Zoe soon wishes she wasn’t working the late shift; and in Nowhere to Run a rookie detective encounters her first … Read More Case Files: Collected Short Crime Stories Vol. 1 by Rachel Amphlett
+ crime fiction, dark humour, Detective novel, Edinburgh, fiction, germany, memoir, murder, murder mystery, police drama, police procedural, revenge, review, rivalry, Scotland, thriller, World War Two
Hunter’s Revenge (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #2) by Val Penny
Hunter by name – Hunter by nature. Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is a loyal friend and a fair leader. He is called to the scene of a murder in Edinburgh where the corpse has been fatally shot. He is dismayed to find the victim is his friend and colleague, George Reinbold. Hunter must investigate Reinbold’s murky past in Germany to identify George’s killer. #HuntersRevenge @valeriepenny @SpellBoundBks @Zooloo’s … Read More Hunter’s Revenge (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #2) by Val Penny
+ brothers, bullying, crime fiction, family, fiction, kidnapping, lies, murder, murder mystery, Psychological fiction, review, secrets, thriller
Her Husband’s Lies by TJ Brearton
Callie has a great life, living in a ten-acre home in the Adirondacks with her husband, Abel. Their son is away at college and Callie, a writer, is content living a relatively secluded life. Then Abel skids off the road into an icy lake. No one heard anything.No one saw anything. But Abel is left in a coma in a Vermont hospital. #HerHusbandsLies #TJBrearton … Read More Her Husband’s Lies by TJ Brearton
+ abuse, crime fiction, family, fiction, jealousy, marriage, murder, mystery, obsession, revenge, review, romance, Scotland, secrets, thriller
Secrets And Lies by Joy Wood
Secrets and lies bind three women together. Jenna, the beautiful yet fragile wife of the heir to the Montgomery fortune.Bridget, the wily housekeeper who carries out her duties with diligence and guile.Lucy, the jewellery designer living an almost reclusive life. #SecretsAndLies @Joywoodauthor #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour Oak Ridge is the mansion where the heinous Montgomery family reside. A place where subterfuge, blackmail and murder have become the … Read More Secrets And Lies by Joy Wood
+ childhood, crime fiction, family, fiction, lies, motherhood, murder, murder mystery, review, sisters, thriller
Simon Says Die by Erika Strauss
For the last ten years, Angela Thompson has been living a nightmare. While motherhood was never her goal, she has tried everything to connect with her son, Max. It was supposed to be the two of them against the world, until Max’s behavior grew increasingly disturbing. The missing items, lost pets, and strange drawings she could handle, but now, the murder of little Tommy … Read More Simon Says Die by Erika Strauss
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, murder, murder mystery, private investigator, review
Deuce (Jax Diamond Mysteries#3) by Gail Meath
One for sorrow, two for spice triggers a game of three blind mice. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when two small town deaths reveal two big time killers, and the locals don’t take too kindly to strangers. #Deuce @GailMeathAuthor @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and … Read More Deuce (Jax Diamond Mysteries#3) by Gail Meath
+ fiction, lies, mental health, mindfulness, murder, mystery, revenge, review, secrets, therapy, thriller
The Sanctuary by Emma Haughton
Very few people get the opportunity to stay here.And some don’t get to leave … Zoey doesn’t remember anything about last night. But she knows something went badly wrong. For she is no longer in New York. She’s woken up in the desert, in a white building she doesn’t recognise, and she’s alone. When she discovers she’s been admitted to The Sanctuary, a discreet, … Read More The Sanctuary by Emma Haughton
+ abuse, bullying, childhood, crime fiction, family, female friendship, feminism, fiction, friendship, grief, literature, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, murder, relationships, review
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
The most compelling, challenging and contemporary novel you will read this year – and which will start conversations we need to have around authenticity, identity and gender. From the bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan comes a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves. Olivia fled her abusive marriage to return … Read More Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
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The Pain Tourist by Paul Cleave
How can you catch a killerWhen the only evidence is a dream…? James Garrett was critically injured when he was shot following his parents’ execution, and no one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma. When he does, nine years later, Detective Inspector Rebecca Kent is tasked with closing the case that her now retired colleague, Theodore Tate, failed to solve all … Read More The Pain Tourist by Paul Cleave
Daisy and the Dazzling Dachshunds by Janey Clarke
The discovery of a murdered woman with a rescued dog and her puppies on Bodmin Moor, hurtles Daisy, a shy retired librarian and her oddball friends, into another dangerous, yet comical escapade. Daisy is on a mission to find the murdered woman’s killer, linking events to the puppy farm, and is suddenly thrust into a world of explosions, shootings and kidnappings! Furthermore, family secrets … Read More Daisy and the Dazzling Dachshunds by Janey Clarke
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