
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words.
Last Book I Finished Reading
Crushed by Kate Hamer

Phoebe stands on Pulteney Bridge, tights gashed from toe to thigh. The shock of mangled metal and blood-stained walls flashes through her mind as she tries to cover her face so she won’t be recognised. It wouldn’t do to be spotted looking like this. She’s missing a shoe. She feels sick. Phoebe thought murder and murder happened. Thoughts are just thoughts, they said. Now she knows they were wrong. At home, Phoebe arranges the scissors and knives so they point toward her mother’s room. She is exhausted, making sure there’s no trace of herself – not a single hair, not even her scent – left anywhere in the house. She must not let her thoughts unravel, because if they do, there’s no telling who might be caught in the crossfire, and Phoebe will have to live with the consequences.
What I’m Currently Reading
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson

‘They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.’
When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they’re relieved to meet, at their first block party, the only other seemingly-childless couple in their neighborhood, Matthew and Mira Dolamore. Turns out they live in the Dutch Colonial immediately next door.
When they’re invited over for dinner, however, things take a sinister turn when Hen thinks she sees something suspicious in Matthew’s study. Could this charming, mild-mannered College Professor really be hiding a dark secret, one that only Hen, whose been battling her own problems with depression and medication, could know about? Lloyd certainly doesn’t seem to believe her, and so, forced together, Hen and Matthew start to form an unlikely bond. But who, if anyone, is really in danger?
What I’m Reading Next
The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson

Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly.
But Wren is on the hunt, too. Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation – enemy headquarters – her family’s survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. As the enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is torn between old loyalties and new lies. And trapped in the most dangerous game of her life.
Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel will leave readers spellbound.
Drop me a comment and let me know what you’re reading this week!
Just about to start Tiger – have you read it?
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Have you read it yet, I don’t think I missed your review of it? I loved it, I’m definitely going to check out her previous book too! 😊
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I just finished it this morning! I thought it was amazing!
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These all sound great – especially The Wren Hunt! I’m going to be starting The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin and Nina George’s The Book of Dreams. Cheers to a new month!
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Ooo I really want to read The Fifth Season, I hope you enjoy it!! I haven’t read a YA book for a while so I’m looking forward to The Wren Hunt 😃
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I really need to read Before She Knew Him. I’m so behind on his books!
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It’s soo good, I’m going to go all out and give it 5 stars!!!!
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😲😲
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I’m listening to My Sister the Serial Killer.
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I have that one to read, I’ve seen mixed reviews for it, are you enjoying it?
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I’ve finished it and thought it was okay but not good as all the hype. You might really enjoy it though as we don’t always enjoy the same books 😉
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All 3 look like good reads!
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I’m desperately trying to get the Swanson book on my calendar. I’m reading Murder on Amsterdam Avenue, another Gaslight Mystery series installment by Victoria Thompson and listening to Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force and loving it.
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I just finished Swanson, and I absolutely loved it!!!! I’m looking for a new audio, might have to check out Fatal Reckoning!!
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Love Peter Swanson! Enjoyed this one a lot. Currently listening to Miracle Creek.
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I’ve just finished Before She Knew Him and absolutely loved it!! I keep seeing Miracle Creek everywhere, I’m going to have to have a read of synopsis, see if it like the sound of it, I’m always looking for new audiobooks!
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It is really good and lots of courtroom testimony so I can play defense lawyer. hahaha
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Before She Knew Him sticks out for me. I hope you have a great reading week.
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I just finished Before She Knew Him, Loved it!!!!
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I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on “Crushed” Janel. I’ve read Kate Hamer’s previous two novels and enjoyed them.
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This one was quite different to her previous two, I enjoyed the other two more (my review for Crushed is up now). The Girl in the Red Coat will always be my fav, I absolutely loved it!!
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That was my favourite too. ♥️
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So glad you like the Swanson, I’ve read all his others but none have matched up to The Kind Worth Killing and I find myself looking out for the same twists he uses there which ruins it! Will have to give this one a go
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The Kind Worth Killing was such a great thrill ride, I think this was was on par, imo, but not for the thrills but for the intelligence of the plot.
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Husband & I are going to read it on hols next month, looking forward to it!
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