THE DARKNESS WE HIDE Author: Debra Webb ISBN: 9780778309475 Publication Date: March 31, 2020 Publisher: MIRA Books In the thrilling conclusion to The Undertaker’s Daughter series, THE DARKNESS WE HIDE, Doctor Rowan Dupont has been staring death in the face for so long, she’s willing to meet it for the secrets it holds. Death has […]
Month: March 2020
Zodiac by Anamaria Lonescu
When investigator Sergiu Manta is handed the investigation into a series of bizarre murders, he can’t sure what he’s getting involved in as he has to work with regular detective Marius Stanescu, who has his own suspicions about the biker he has been told to work with, and wants to get to the truth. The […]
Quickshots #45
All about Allosaurus by Greg Gormley Gormley’s All about Allosaurus is an adorable little read teaching kids about selflessness and getting along. Allosaurus is upset because T. Rex gets all the attention, so he decides to write a book all about Allosaurus. As he’s writing, several dinos find him and when they learn he’s writing […]
Book Review: Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan
Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan continues to follow Apollo and Meg as they work to secure the Oracles. Now at Camp Jupiter, Apollo must prepare to face a new threat, worse than even Caligula. I read this book right on the heels of the previous one, only to realise it wasn’t […]
Death in Smoke by Barbara Elle
She stumbled on a bloodied body buried in a snowbank. Will a cold case in Kansas lead her to the killer? Against a canvas of crime and murder, artist and detective Leila Goodfriend investigates two brutal murders that happened a thousand miles—and decades apart. As she unravels the truth about these two violent killings, she […]
Book Review: Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay
Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay is a charming tale of timeless love remanifested. This is a dual time novel, shifted between the past where Ceri has been kidnapped by Haukr’s raiding party and brought back to be ransomed, and the present where Mia and Haakon are excavating property left to Mia by her […]
February 2020
Books Read and Reviewed in February Case Histories by Kate Atkinson, 5* Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin, 4* All about Allosaurus by Greg Gormley, 4* **The Magic of Mindset by Johanna Wright, 5* Subject A36 by Teri Polen, 3* Bringing Back the Wolves by Jude Isabella/ illustrated by Kim Smith, 4* Martin Luther King […]
Book Review: The Weighing of the Heart by Paul Tudor Owen
The Weighing of the Heart by Paul Tudor Owen was a fascinating look at the psychological ramifications of crime on two young souls brought together in the Big Apple. Nick Braeburn, in need of a place to stay, is directed to the Peacock sisters by their nephew. They have a small room in their sprawling […]
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
So, I finally got around to reading The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware! The story follows Lo Blacklock, a travel mag writer, as she sets off on a ’boutique’ cruise ship (read large yacht) sailing around the Norwegian fjords. She’s there to do a piece on the ship and it’s amenities. Her first […]
Book Review: The Daemoniac by Kat Ross
Ross’ The Daemoniac kicks off the Gaslamp Gothic series, and introduces us to Harry and Weston. Harry’s sister, Myrtle, is away on a case and when clients come calling, Harry decides she and Weston will look into it instead. Harry wants to join the Society for Psychical Research and hopes solving this case is a […]