Book Review – The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

Pages: 465 Published: 22nd July 2021 Genre: Mystery Trigger warnings: Missing person storyline, strong sexual references, coercive control 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. …

Book Review – I Know You Did It by Sue Wallman

Pages: 249 Published: 6th May 2021 Genre: Young Adult Thriller Trigger warnings: Bullying, cyber bullying, child death, sexual harassment A secret from her past threatens to detonate her present... On her first day at a new school, Ruby finds a note in her locker saying I Know You Did It. She's terrified that someone has found out she was …

Five Books On My TBR – April 2022

Hello everyone, I am trying to avoid buying many books at the moment as I prioritise the ones currently sitting on my unread pile, or loan them from the library. However, that still does not stop me from adding books to my Goodreads TBR, as more tantalising titles continue to be released. To reflect that, …

Blog Tour Spotlight – Man Down by James Goodhand

Hello everyone, It is my turn on this rather exciting blog tour for Man Down, a book which totally caught my eye as soon as I received the invitation to take part! I really love reading young adult thrillers, and by all accounts this one has a paranormal twist, so I am doubly looking forward to …

Book Review – Who Did You Tell? by Lesley Kara

Pages: 287 Published: 26th December 2019 Genre: General Fiction/Psychological Thriller Trigger warnings: Alcoholism, suicide, sexual references It has been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around. Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories …

Book Review – Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

Pages: 381 Published: 22nd June 2021 Genre: Thriller The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Numerous celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class and journalists will be waiting on the ground to greet the plane. Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for …

Blog Tour + Review – We Watch You by NS Ford

Hello everyone, It is the final day of this blog tour and I am delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the debut novel by my book blogging friend NS Ford. Ever since I found out that this book was being published I have been looking forward to reading it, and this tour was the …

Book Review – The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Pages: 282 Published: 11th May 2021 Genre: Contemporary Thriller Trigger warnings: Child death, drug references I read this book with my friend Gem - our ninth buddy read in total! We were both looking forward to this one, but sadly it did not deliver in the way we hoped, as you will find out in my review. Jacob Finch …

Blog Tour + Review – You’ll Be The Death Of Me by Karen M. McManus

Hello everyone, The release of a new young adult thriller from Karen M. McManus always brings great anticipation, so it goes without saying that I was beyond thrilled to find out that the Write Reads were organising a blog tour for You'll Be The Death Of Me. I wasted no time at all in signing up, …

Book Review – The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

Translated by: Caroline Waight Pages: 501 Published: 6th June 2018 Genre: Crime Thriller Trigger warnings: See below A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts—which he leaves at each bloody crime scene. Examining the dolls, forensics makes a shocking discovery—a fingerprint belonging to a young girl, a …