Four years ago I made the big decision to withdraw all of my ten book and rewrite them. For a long time I had nothing to show. Now I’ve eight completed stories. From the ashes of one, came three books and two spins off. My clairvoyant, Cassidy Newbold, featured in The Killer on the Heath… Continue reading Back on the Shelf
Category: Crime
Eastward Prison Overview
I saw this graphic on Facebook by one of the authors taking part. It grabbed me for several reasons: All the covers had same theme, and handsome men on the front. All of the books are in Kindle Unlimited Page length ranged between 88 - 150. Prison stories all set in the same place I’ve… Continue reading Eastward Prison Overview
My Review of All Day and Night by Anna Edwards and Samantha Lewis
Brief Description - Callie gets a job as a nurse in a prison with the hope of finding out who murdered her brother. These are individual stories by different authors. As I understand it the writers attended a book fair held at Shrewsbury prison. I love how they gave them the same themed cover, and… Continue reading My Review of All Day and Night by Anna Edwards and Samantha Lewis
My Review of The Reaper by Ruby Bloom
Brief Description - a nurse who works in a prison finds an injured man. As he has amnesia, she pretends he’s her boyfriend. This is the second book in the collection. They are individual stories by different authors. As I understand it the writers attended a book fair held at Shrewsbury prison. I love how… Continue reading My Review of The Reaper by Ruby Bloom
About a Book – Down By The River by Karen J. Mossman
Introducing Down by the River by Karen J. Mossman WebsiteGoodreadsAmazon Where did the idea for the story come from? From the song Hazard by Richard Marx. The haunting music and words told a story that really captured my imagination, When I saw the video on YouTube, the idea came quickly, and two characters emerged to… Continue reading About a Book – Down By The River by Karen J. Mossman
Child Missing by Lynn Miclea
Brief Description - a police procedural story where detectives investigate a missing child. This story appealed to me because I like crime thrillers, and I especially like novellas. When Alissa Barnes seven year old son goes missing, she frantically calls the police. This is where we meet Detective Sergeant Matt Holden and his side kick,… Continue reading Child Missing by Lynn Miclea
New Release – Crime Thriller Child Missing
This is my kind of book! # 123 page novella # a detective story # a series # by an author whose work I enjoy reading. I preordered it and it dropped into my Kindle today. I can’t wait to start it. This is Book One of the Detective Matt Holden Mystery series. A gripping… Continue reading New Release – Crime Thriller Child Missing
Murder at Monterey by Ellen Read
A weekend away and a murder in this delightful cosy mystery story. I had the honour of reading an Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) of this enjoyable book. I’m so glad I did. Released today 16th June, Ellen Read has created another beautiful story. Set on the 1920s/30s, it was the era of elegance. Although this… Continue reading Murder at Monterey by Ellen Read
The Rise by Ian Rankin.
Detectives investigate a murder at an exclusive block of exp gives flats. This came to me in an email from Amazon and as it was a short story and by such a distinguished author, I downloaded it. The writing is extremely sharp as we follow two detectives into a high rise multi story block of… Continue reading The Rise by Ian Rankin.
My Review – Angel of Death by Ben Cheetham
This was my WI Book Club this month. After A Thousand Splendid Suns I was hoped for something more my style. Angel of Death fitted the bill perfectly. It was a fast paced extremely dark crime thriller. I winced in places hoping it wouldn’t go into too much detail, and it didn’t. But it was… Continue reading My Review – Angel of Death by Ben Cheetham