Tag: mystery
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver
SALVATION HAS A PRICE. An enthralling murder mystery with a vividly realised future world, forcing readers to grapple hard hitting questions about the climate crisis, our relationship with Artificial Intelligence and the price we would be willing to pay, as a species, to be saved. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Neal Stephenson, Philip K Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson and RR Haywood. It’s 2050, … Read More Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver
Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
Phoebe Dean was the most popular girl alive and dead. For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the car accident that took the life of his beloved sister, Phoebe? Someone knows what really happened … Read More Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
+ Covid, family, female friendship, fiction, friends, friendship, gay, gay community, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+, love, mystery, review
The Dubrovnik Book Club by Eva Glyn
In a tiny bookshop in Dubrovnik’s historic Old Town, a book club begins… Newly arrived on the sun-drenched shores of Croatia, Claire Thomson’s life is about to change forever when she starts working at a local bookshop. With her cousin Vedran, employee Luna and Karmela, a professor, they form an unlikely book club. But when their first book club pick – an engrossing cosy … Read More The Dubrovnik Book Club by Eva Glyn
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the … Read More First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
+ crime fiction, fiction, folklore, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, loss, murder, murder mystery, mystery, mythology, obsession, review, Scandi noir, Sweden
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner
Art expert Emma Lindhal is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the antiques in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found. As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that lead to another, Emma becomes determined to uncover … Read More Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner
+ childhood, crime fiction, fiction, lies, love, motherhood, murder, murder mystery, mystery, obsession, psychopath, revenge, review, secrets, thriller
Her Mother’s Daughter by Brian R O’Rourke
Amanda writes dark fiction. Now one fan is bringing her work to life. Amanda is enjoying her life – she’s a successful author who has finally managed to give up her day job. But then an ex-colleague is murdered in an exact reenactment of a killing from one of Amanda’s books. Even worse, Amanda had publicly quarreled with the dead woman and now finds … Read More Her Mother’s Daughter by Brian R O’Rourke
Santa Steals Christmas by Eve Nairn-Magnante illustrated by Nicholas Child Out Now
A witty and surprising Christmas mystery! It’s Christmas Eve and a mysterious-looking Santa is stealing all the presents that Santa has just delivered! How could this be?! Santa, Rudolph and the other reindeer must beat the ticking clock to unmask the naughty imposter. Will Rudolph and the elves be able to save Christmas before all the girls and boys wake up? Genre: Children’s FictionAge: … Read More Santa Steals Christmas by Eve Nairn-Magnante illustrated by Nicholas Child Out Now
+ abuse, brothers, childhood, crime fiction, family, fantasy, fiction, grief, love, murder, mystery, police drama, revenge, review, secrets, thriller
Making Sacrifices by BC Harris
To the world she is Vida. To Isaac Saddler she epitomises only fear, the stuff of his nightmares, willed into existence through art and writing. Transformed from victim to warrior, she became Vida, Queen of the Vidian Empire. But Vida doesn’t just exist between the pages of a book. #MakingSacrifices X(Twitter) @BCHarris64 @ZooloosBT @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour Instagram @beverleycharrisauthor @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram High on Exmoor archaeologists think they’ve found ancient … Read More Making Sacrifices by BC Harris
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, Detective novel, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, Italy, lies, love, marriage, murder, mystery, novella, review, secrets
Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
While her husband, Sherlock Holmes, is off playing detective in London. Irene Adler finds herself having to play investigator when her friend Renata becomes the prime suspect in the attempted murder of her husband Luigi Amato. How can she refute the testimony of a credible eyewitness, even though her heart tells her that Renata is innocent? What she needs is tangible evidence, and she’s … Read More Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, grief, kidnapping, loss, mental health, mental illness, mystery, obsession, police drama, review, thriller
Gone by TJ Brearton
How can an entire family disappear into thin air? An empty house on the edge of a small town . . . a teddy bear abandoned . . . a half drunk glass of wine . . . the TV left on and all the computer equipment missing. Where have Hutchinson Kemp and his wife and two children gone? Detective Rondeau doesn’t think they left … Read More Gone by TJ Brearton
+ fiction, gothic, Gothic mystery, grief, loss, love, marriage, mystery, review, secrets, supernatural, superstition, thriller
Jump Cut by Helen Grant
The Simulacrum is the most famous lost movie in film history – would you tell someone your darkest secrets, just to lay hands on a copy? 104-year-old Mary Arden is the last surviving cast member of a notorious lost film. Holed up in Garthside, an Art Deco mansion reputed to be haunted, she has always refused interviews. Twitter #JumpCut @helengrantsays @Fledglingpress @KellyALacey @lovebookstours #JumpCutTour #Ad #LBTCrew #BookTwitter Instagram @helengrantsays Now … Read More Jump Cut by Helen Grant
+ depression, fiction, grief, lies, loss, love, marriage, mental health, mental illness, mystery, relationships, review, supernatural
101 by Tracy Martin-Summers
Alice glanced at the property brochure resting on her lap and let out a sigh. She was on her way to Cedar Grove which, according to the brochure set out before her, was the answer to her prayers. The estate agent had promised that this was the one. The most perfect house, with everything she had asked for. She smiled as she took in … Read More 101 by Tracy Martin-Summers
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