Category: review
No One Will Find You Here by Natalie Morrow
Hannah and Owen Cole buy an old house on Hawthorn Lane, hoping the worst thing hiding beneath its floors is mold and someone else’s terrible taste. Then, during renovations, the remains of two children are discovered beneath the roots of a black walnut tree. The discovery leads police back to a family that vanished without a trace thirty-five years ago. At the time, everyone … Read More No One Will Find You Here by Natalie Morrow
+ crime fiction, fiction, grief, murder, murder mystery, police drama, police procedural, review, witchcraft, witches
Murder on Govan’s Head by Nicola Clifford
An elderly woman lies dead on the stone floor of St Govan’s Chapel, a tiny medieval church wedged into the Pembrokeshire cliffs. She wears a long white dress. Flowers are woven through her hair and threaded between her bare toes. A red rose rests in her hands. There’s not a mark on her. Detective Vicki Blunt has seen plenty of ugly deaths. She has … Read More Murder on Govan’s Head by Nicola Clifford
+ brothers, family, fiction, gothic, gothic horror, Historical fiction, love, review, secrets, supernatural, World War One, WW1
The Patient in the Tower by G. R. Pidgeon
The war may be over, but the nightmare is just beginning… Released from prison after years of solitary confinement for refusing to fight in the Great War, Robert Latimer arrives in an isolated village looking for his brother. Thomas was wounded in France and sent to Ravensmere House for treatment. But the sprawling estate has a sinister reputation, housing the most disturbed soldiers returning … Read More The Patient in the Tower by G. R. Pidgeon
Oliver Goes To School : A Little Fox’s Big Adventure by Andrew Holtom
A new school. A fluttery tummy. And one little fox discovering that courage doesn’t have to be loud. It’s Oliver’s very first day at Woodland Academy, and everything feels new. With his spectacles on, his backpack ready and his special Pocket Moon close by, Oliver sets off with Mama, Papa—and his tiny mouse friend Pip—for the biggest adventure of his young life. But being … Read More Oliver Goes To School : A Little Fox’s Big Adventure by Andrew Holtom
+ brothers, child abuse, family, fiction, murder, murder mystery, mystery, review, serial killer, thriller
The Other Daughter by Heidi Field The Peasedale Woods Killers #4
Two brothers. Two daughters. One deadly legacy. Every family has secrets. Some are worth killing for. Shiv has spent years trying to leave Peasedale behind. With Mason Tucker finally free from prison and her son, Pip, growing into a happy young boy, the future feels brighter than it has in a long time. Then Hunter Piper appears. For decades, the Piper name has been synonymous with … Read More The Other Daughter by Heidi Field The Peasedale Woods Killers #4
+ 1960s, 1990s, childhood, family, family drama, fiction, grief, India, literature, review, siblings, twins
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers’ demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale. . . . Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the … Read More The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Little Spark by Jess Kidd
From the bestselling author of Things in Jars and The Night Ship comes a spellbinding gothic novel in which lifelike machines walk, old bones lie buried beneath the marsh grass, and a young woman born crackling with power confronts the terrible truth of her origins. A secret cannot stay locked away forever… Bodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn’t know where she came from, … Read More Little Spark by Jess Kidd
+ family, fiction, ghosts, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, haunting, revenge, review, secrets, supernatural, Victorian Britain
The Shroud by Ava Monegan The Making of Madame Theda #1
A fraudulent medium. A house full of secrets. And a killer who can’t let either of them leave. Madame Theda is a fraud. She wears mourning clothes without having lost anyone. She owns a past that isn’t hers. And she claims to speak to the dead, but can’t. When she is hired to investigate a haunting at the isolated Blackheath House on the English … Read More The Shroud by Ava Monegan The Making of Madame Theda #1
Assassins Can’t Do It Alone by Shesh
Ishmael Dollah is back! He was once a CEO. He is now an assassin. He kills people who deserve to die. He excels in his new role for exactly the reasons he excelled at the old one. When a Singapore family tortures their domestic worker to death and looks certain to walk free, Ishmael adds a mother and her son to his list. Then … Read More Assassins Can’t Do It Alone by Shesh
Fallowfield by Nicole Swengley
Fallowfield – where the past cannot rest Fallowfield Hall: once an avant garde art college, now abandoned and decaying. To journalist Rowan Woodhouse it is the fabled backdrop to her parents’ 1970s love story. But is there more to Fallowfield – and her family – than she’s been told? Struggling with the loss of her artist father, Rowan hopes a research project to celebrate … Read More Fallowfield by Nicole Swengley
Let’s Explore Foxes by Siski Kalla Urban Wildlife Explorers series
Perfect for home or school, the new book for children in the acclaimed Urban Wildlife Explorer series takes a close look at foxes, one of the most common but least understood wild urban animals. 85% of people in the UK live in urban settings, but only one in three children in the UK have ever watched birds or wildlife in their local park. And … Read More Let’s Explore Foxes by Siski Kalla Urban Wildlife Explorers series
The Cutting by Michael J Malone (Annie Jackson Mysteries #4)
When a woman haunted by a relentless presence seeks Annie Jackson’s help, Annie and her brother Lewis are drawn into an investigation that reaches deep into Scotland’s darkest history. The twisty, atmospheric, addictive Annie Jackson series continues… The most dangerous voices are the ones that no one else can hear… Evie Cartwright first speaks to the dead as a child. When she leaves home … Read More The Cutting by Michael J Malone (Annie Jackson Mysteries #4)
