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A Country Wedding Murder by Katie Gayle

Today I am delighted to share my review of the latest Julia Bird mystery from Katie Gayle, A Country Wedding Murder @KatieGayleBooks @bookouture #books #bookreview #booksontour #acountryweddingmurder #juliabird #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

I am delighted to share my review of A Country Wedding Murder, the latest book in the Julia Bird Mysteries series by Katie Gayle. I’ve really loved this series, a wonderful bit of crime laden escapism, and my thanks to publisher Bookouture for the early copy and for the tour invite. Here’s what it’s all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 13 March 2024Publisher: Bookouture Continue reading A…

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Murder at the Highland Castle By Helena Dixon (A Miss Underhay Mystery #14)

A majestic castle by a Scottish loch, a glass of whisky by a roaring fire, stockings hung by the chimney… and a body? It’s a midwinter murder for Kitty Underhay! Winter, 1935. Lightly dusted with snow and nestled on the edge of a sweeping Scottish loch, Finnglach Castle looks positively magical. Kitty Underhay, her husband Matt and their beloved dog Bertie are delighted to be celebrating the new year with a Hogmanay party, but just after midnight, a shot rings out across the grounds…

Their host, Lord Barlas, is dead, murdered in the snow. The killer’s footprints have vanished and the gun is missing. With the snow-covered castle completely cut off, and a killer in their midst, Kitty and Matt need to work fast to find the culprit before someone else ends up dead. As the weather worsens, the guests begin discussing dark Highland stories about evil spirits. But with an anxious daughter, a new wife set to inherit a fortune and a suspicious spiritual adviser, Kitty is sure the killer is close at hand. Can she, Matt and Bertie sniff out the treacherous culprit in time for haggis and whisky or will they find themselves skating on dangerously thin ice?

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My Review:

What’s not to love in a mystery novel set at Christmas time, in an manor in the Highland, with a cast of characters that would be perfect in a Golden Age Novel, and some gothic elements?

I can find no fault and I loved this novel. I was grabbed since they arrive in the Highland and couldn’t stop reading until I read the last page in the novel.

There are secrets, twists, surprises and a lot of entertaining moments in this novel. Kitty and Matt are a great couple and I love their stories.

This one is a very good one as it’s entertaining and a page turner.

Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The Author:

Helena Dixon splits her time between the Black Country and Devon. Married to the same man for over thirty-five years she has three daughters, a cactus called Spike, and a crazy cockapoo. She is allergic to adhesives, apples, tinsel and housework. She was winner of The Romance Prize in 2007 and Love Story of the Year 2010 as Nell Dixon. She now writes historical 1930's set cozy crime. 

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Cover Reveal ~ Best Friends Forever by Shannon Hollinger

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I’m thrilled to share the cover for my first release with publisher Bookouture, the psychological thriller Best Friends Forever! And don’t let the title fool you – my name for this book was Unspeakable. So be warned…. this is #NotYourAverageBFF! Best Friends Forever will be released on January 12th, 2023. The Kindle version is available now for preorder! Click the link below to: Preorder…

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New book from Angela Marsons releasing this week - Number 16 in her DI Stone series. I’ve noticed that people either read crime fiction or they don’t. How much crime fiction do you read each month? #sixgraves #angelamarsons #bookouture #shelfie #sundayshelfie #bradshelfie #crimefictionseries #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #readinglife #bookwormlife #sodacityreads #readersofig #bookreview #suspensebook #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #goodreads #homelibrary #thrillerbooks #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller #characterdrivenbooks #mysterythriller #bookrecs #homelibrarygoals (at Irmo, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdSb89Pgxk3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Death in Venice (Lady Eleanor Swift #17) by Verity Bright #BookReview #ARCReview #NetGalley #Bookouture #CozyMystery

Eleanor Swift is back with another #GoldenAgeMystery, this time in Venice. I love this plucky, independent, forthright heroine and enjoy all her adventures. #DeathinVenice #bookreview #Netgalley #Bookouture #cozymystery #newbooks

Stunning views across the Grand Canal and a hotel suite fit for royalty… Lady Eleanor Swift is having a jolly good time on her Italian vacation, until a gondola ride is cut murderously short! 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the…

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She Has My Child

Title: She Has My Child Author: Emma Robinson Publisher: Bookouture Original Publication Date: March 26th, 2024 Source: NetGalley – Ebook Genre: Thriller Megan and her husband Mark have been trying to have a child for years, and have received the devastating information that Megan is never going to be able to carry their child. They only have two options: adoption and surrogacy. Everything…

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REVIEW

Only the Children by S.A. Dunphy

DI Tessa Burns #2

Wonderful addition to an excellent series ~ Can’t wait to see what happens next!

What I liked:

* The seamless transition from the first to second book

* Tessa Burns: parents murdered when she was young, spent years in the child-care system, ex-military, strong, lethal, dedicated, wise, mature, good friend, intriguing, good people skills, team player * Danny Murphy: lost his parents when young, raised in foster system, usually a gentle giant , quiet but also deadly, physically fit, caring, protective * Maggie Doolan: family liaison officer, psychology and sociology degrees, qualified therapist, has cerebral palsy, friends with Tessa since childhood * Pavlov: Maggie’s partner, support dog, a small black-and-white terrier-mix, bright, calming presence, protective

* The three children in potential peril –  really hope they land in a soft spot

* Jim Shiels: Chief Officer in Coast Guard, intelligent, attractive, divorced, attracted to Tessa, potential love interest, hope to see more of him

* Eric Stafford: fixer for big shopping company, silent but deadly, saved the day a few times, wonder if he will show up again

* Being able to hate the bad guys…and there were plenty to hate

* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing * The police procedural aspects and how the case unfolded * That I became invested in the story and cared about the outcome * The hook at the end that introduces the next book * All of it and too many things to list every one of them

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Thinking about the life the Merrow must have lived

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC – This is my honest review

5 Stars

BLURB

The little girl stares up at Tessa, trembling so hard her whole body shakes. Her brothers stand clutching her hands, both pale with shock. ‘They told us not to speak,’ she finally whispers. But the terror in her tear-filled eyes tells Tessa all she needs to know…

When a cargo ship runs aground off the Irish coast, the police are horrified to find the captain dead at the helm, the crew missing, and three little red-haired children, terrified but unharmed, locked in the galley kitchen. As an expert detective running a child-centred taskforce, Detective Tessa Burns is called in to lead the case. Despite Tessa’s best efforts, the children won’t reveal a thing – not even their own names. Slowly gaining their trust, Tessa uncovers a deadly secret about their past – and the mystery of their missing parents’ whereabouts – that turns everything she thought she knew on its head. But just as it seems she’s cracked the case, Tessa’s team is attacked one dark night, and the youngest boy is kidnapped yet again. It’s clear the children are still in terrible danger. And when another senseless killing sends shockwaves through her team, Tessa realises the murderer is someone much closer to home than they could have ever imagined. Will she be able to uncover the truth in time, or will it be too late for her, and, most devastating of all, for the children…? A totally unputdownable Irish police procedural with jaw-dropping twists. Perfect for fans of Patricia Gibney, Lisa Regan and Angela Marsons.

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I Let Her In by Maria Frankland

Published: March 19, 2035 Bookouture Pages: 320 Genre: Domestic Thriller KKECReads Rating: 5/5 I received a copy of this book for free, and I leave my review voluntarily. This was twisted! I enjoyed this story; the alternating narrators were used well. The character development was beautifully constructed, and the storyline was deviously curated. The use of memory, forgiveness, trust, and…

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The Split by S.E. Lynes @SELynesAuthor @Bookouture #booksontour #bookreview #thesplit

Happy Saturday! I’m thrilled to be joining the #BooksOnTour for S.E. Lynes’ new thriller The Split. Continue reading The Split by S.E. Lynes @SELynesAuthor @Bookouture #booksontour #bookreview #thesplit

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Sue Watson | The New Wife

The Book:  The New Wife by Sue WatsonPublished November 19, 2021 by BookoutureDate read: November 7, 2023 The Characters:  Georgie and her son SamTim and Helen and their daughters, Lauren and KateSam and Lauren are married, Lauren is dead ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon This page contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made…

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Also, Kim Stone ist ein Fall für sich. Zum Glück war sie noch zu klein, um sich noch daran erinnern zu können, wer sie damals aus ihrer Zwangslage befreit hat. Sie wechselt die Polizeireviere sehr häufig, da sie selten mit ihren Kollegen klar kommt. Aber sie ist eine sehr gute Ermittlerin und deshalb gibt ihr ein neuer Chef eine neue Chance und ein neues Team.

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The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney (Detective Lottie Parker #13)

The little girl looked like an angel in her thin white robe, her long black hair spread around her head like a dark halo on the snow. Her hands rested on her chest, fingers interlaced as if she had fallen asleep while praying. But she would never wake up again…

When Detective Lottie Parker receives news that a child’s body has been found in the frozen grounds of the cathedral, a shiver runs down her spine. She’s terrified it will be eight-year-old Willow Devine, reported missing that morning. But when she arrives at the cathedral, holding a photo of Willow with her blonde ponytail and gap-toothed smile, she gets a terrible shock. The body is a young girl, wrapped in a white shroud, a rosary clutched in her frozen fingers. But her hair is dark, not fair. This girl isn’t Willow but another eight-year-old, Naomi. Desperate to find a connection between the two girls and to find Willow before it is too late, Lottie speaks to the girls’ families and discovers that both girls were altar servers at the cathedral. The charismatic priest Father Maguire has a watertight alibi for the time the girls went missing, but Lottie suspects the confused old lady traumatised by the discovery of Naomi’s body is hiding something… A day later, Willow’s little body is found wrapped in a white robe in the snowy grounds of a church across town. Lottie is devastated, convinced now that she can’t trust anyone, least of all the girls’ parents. Why did Willow’s mother claim the girls didn’t know each other? And why are there no photos of Naomi in her mother’s shabby house? But when a little boy from the choir goes missing too, Lottie realises she must spread her net wider. Can she stop this twisted killer before another precious life is stolen?

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My Review: This novel grabbed me at the first page and let me go when I reached the end. It moved, made me feel for all the victims root for Lottie, her family, and hope that Sergio could be back to a loving home. Sometimes I felt the cold, the chilly atmosphere and how the characters were damaged and hurt. It’s a tense and fast paced story, a story that moved me and I felt a lot of rage as there’s a lot of victims but some are more hurt by the adults’ choices The excellent storytelling and the short chapter made me turn pages and it was a bad case of just-another-chapter as there was a new surprising twist any time I wanted to stop reading Patricia Gibney delivers another story that keeps hooked. Moving, heartbreaking and entertaining. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The Author Patricia is the million-copy bestselling author of the DI Lottie Parker series. She yearned to be a writer after reading Enid Blyton and Carolyn Keene and even wanted to be Nancy Drew when she grew up. She has now grown up (she thinks) but the closest she’s come to Nancy Drew is writing crime! In 2009, after her husband died, she retired from her job and started writing seriously. Fascinated by people and their quirky characteristics, she always carries a notebook to scribble down observations. Patricia also loves to paint in watercolour and lives in the Irish midlands with her children.

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#Blogtour Don't Let Her Go by Willow Rose

It’s my turn on the Blogtour Don’t Let Her Go by Willow Rose – book 1 in the Detective Billie Ann Wilde series. About the Author Willow Rose is a multi-million-copy bestselling author of more than 90 novels. Several of her books have reached the top 10 of all books in the Amazon store in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than seven million books, which have been translated into many…

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The #Bookvent Calendar 2023: Day Twenty Two

My day twenty-two #bookvent pick is from one of my all time favourite series, featuring one my favourite characters. Dark, twisted and absolutely brilliant. @WriteAngie @bookouture #books #bookvent2023 #thebookventcalendar

#Bookvent – Celebrating my top reads of 2023 My day twenty-two #bookvent pick is one that is the latest book in a long running series that is one of of my all time favourites. Set in the West Midlands, there is so much about these books that makes me smile, so many areas that I recognise, which is always a bit sell when reading. BUt most of all it is the fabulous cast of characters that she has…

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Murder on the Cornish Cliffs (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #16) by Verity Bright #ARCReview #BookReview #NetGalley #Bookouture #CozyMystery #GoldenAgeMystery

#EleanorSwift is back with another holiday mystery. This time she stumbles upon a murder when visiting a friend of her late uncle. #MurderontheCornishCliffs #veritybright #bookouture #netgalley #bookreview #cozymystery #goldenagemystery #bargainsleuth

A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog… But wait, is that a body on the beach? Winter, 1923. It’s nearly Christmas and Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather strange letter from an old friend of her uncle. Mr Godfrey Cunliffe has asked her to stay in Cornwall for the holidays –…

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The Garden Party

Title: The Garden Party Author: Wendy Clarke Publisher: Bookouture Original Publication Date: March 14th, 2024 Source: NetGalley – Ebook Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Suspense/ Fiction Rachel is not looking forward to moving to Pond Close, a cul-de–sac suburban neighborhood, especially since she is having to leave the older home that she and her husband Owen loved as it was their dream…

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