Reviews and ramblings from my pages…
My Instagram book club, @criminallygoodbookclub, voted on The Au Pair as our January book - a brilliant book choice to kick off the year! Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are known as the summer-born Summerbournes: the first set of summer twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born … Continue reading Book Review: The Au Pair by Emma Rous
Happy publication day to M.R. Mackenzie, In The Silence is out today! I’m delighted to be a part of the blog blitz for this title, sharing my review to celebrate the release. Anna hasn’t set foot in Glasgow for ten years. And for very good reasons… Anna, a criminology lecturer, returns to Glasgow from Rome … Continue reading Blog Blitz | Book Review: In The Silence by M.R. Mackenzie
Beware the Past was June’s Criminally Good Book Club selection. A standalone novel from an author I haven’t read before. ONE TERRIBLE CASE ALWAYS HAUNTED DETECTIVE MATT BALLARD. NOW MANY YEARS LATER, THE KILLER SEEMS TO BE BACK. AND THIS TIME HE’S AFTER MATT. When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were … Continue reading Book Review: Beware the Past by Joy Ellis
Some serious cover love going on here! My Sister disappeared. I know who took her. Now I've taken him. Carl Louis Feldman is an old man who once took photographs. That was before he was tried for murder and acquitted. Before dementia and his admission to a Texas care facility. Now his daughter has come to see him, … Continue reading Book Review: Paper Ghosts by Julia Heaberlin
With its 1950's cover, Tangerine caught my eye; add in the setting, Tangier, Morocco, and this novel became extremely appealing me. The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't … Continue reading Book Review: Tangerine by Christine Mangan
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for We Were the Salt of the Sea, I’m delighted to be sharing my review with you today. Book Description: Truth lingers in murky waters… As Montrealer Catherine Day sets foot in a remote fishing village and starts asking around about her birth mother, the body of … Continue reading Blog Tour | Book Review: We Were the Salt of the Sea by Roxanne Bouchard
Abandon was Criminally Good Book Club’s December pick; my only read by Crouch prior to this was Dark Matter, which I loved, so I was excited to read another of his books. Book Description: On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote gold-mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to … Continue reading Book Review: Abandon by Blake Crouch
