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.
Category: Crime
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
My Review – Looking Good Dead by Stephen Puleston
This is book number twelve and I’ve read them all over the last eleven years. The thing I love most is they are set in north Wales where I live. Often based on Anglesey, or like this story, they frequently visit. Inspector Drake and his team of now familiar detectives are faced with a murder… Continue reading My Review – Looking Good Dead by Stephen Puleston
I’m Reading These Two Books
Yes, two fantastic reads. I’ve only started reading two books at once recently and I haven’t done it for a few months. It only works for me if one is a paperback and the other an ebook. I read my kindle in bed just before I sleep and when I wake. This is the first… Continue reading I’m Reading These Two Books
My Review of Dig Two Graves by Helen H. Durrant
I saw this advertised on Facebook by Joffe Books. I fancied a crime story and it was in Kindle Unlimited, too. I also noticed it was a brand new book, released less than a month ago. Although this is the first book of what will be a series, it made several references to a previous… Continue reading My Review of Dig Two Graves by Helen H. Durrant
My Review – Hide and Seek by Julia Blake
I’ve read the previous five books in the series and when this one came out on the 27th March, I bought it and read it before the end of the month. As I said above, if the book has Julia’s name on the front, you know you are in for a good read. Each book… Continue reading My Review – Hide and Seek by Julia Blake
My Review – Rhapsody in Black by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
I featured this recently on my About a Book series and already had it on my to read list. So when the author thanked me and gifted me a copy, I was thrilled. It’s a cosy mystery with its background set in a ballet school. This immediately made it interesting and different. It’s the first… Continue reading My Review – Rhapsody in Black by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
#FictionFriday – First Sight
Joe was a homicide cop working on a case. He didn’t know something would happen today that would change his life. Regrettably, it occurred while he had a mouthful of doughnut. Kathy awoke as she did every morning, threw on joggers, t-shirt, and sneakers, grabbed a bottle of water, and headed for Central Park. She… Continue reading #FictionFriday – First Sight
My Review – Community Conclusions by Anne Roberts
This is the fourth book in the DI Huws Crime Triller series and is also available to read on Kindle Unlimited. Last year I read book one, but couldn’t get into it. When I saw Community Conclusions on the author’s Facebook page, and it was a crime thrillers, I thought I would take a look.… Continue reading My Review – Community Conclusions by Anne Roberts
About a Book – Rhapsody in Black by María Elena Alonso-Sierra
Introducing María Elena Alonso-Sierra WebsiteGoodreadsAmazon Where did the idea for the story come from? From my experience as a dancer, and from experiencing the lives of my mother and father (and family), and hearing some of the horror stories. Everyone was a dancer: my father with Ballet Russes of Monte Carlo and then Sociedad Pro-Arte… Continue reading About a Book – Rhapsody in Black by María Elena Alonso-Sierra
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