Blog Tour + Review – Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Hello everyone, It is my turn on this exciting blog tour for Harrow Lake, which is set to be released this summer. As soon as I read the blurb I knew I had to be a part of this, even if it made me have to defy all of my principles and join Netgalley! So …

Book Review – The Escape by C.L. Taylor

Pages: 411 Published: 23rd April 2017 Genre: Psychological Thriller Trigger warnings: Anxiety, drugs, references to child abuse When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn't. The stranger knows Jo's name, she knows her husband Max and she's got a glove belonging to Jo's two year old …

ABC Book Challenge – P

Hello everyone, It is time for the next instalment this fun challenge, where I look back on some of my best reads for each letter of the alphabet, and ahead to the ones that are still on my TBR and waiting to be picked up. The list of books that I have read that begin …

Book Review – One Year Later by Sanjida Kay

Pages: 319 Published: 1st November 2019 Genre: Psychological Thriller Trigger warnings: Child death, sexual references Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief. One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for …

Book Review – The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Pages: 446 Published: 6th August 2019 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Trigger warnings: Drugs, rape/sexual abuse Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. She soon learns not only the …

Book Review – All The Rage by Cara Hunter

Pages: 440 Published: 23rd January 2020 Genre: Crime A teenage girl is found wandering the outskirts of Oxford, dazed and distressed. The story she tells is terrifying. Grabbed off the street, a plastic bag pulled over her face, then driven to an isolated location where she was subjected to what sounds like an assault. Yet she refuses to …

Blog Tour + Review: Dead Ringer by Nicola Martin

Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for Nicola Martin's debut novel Dead Ringer. Thank you very much to Anne Cater for my place on the tour, and to Contraband for sending me an advanced copy. Pages: 451 Published: 27th February 2020 Genre: Domestic/psychological Thriller Trigger warnings: Drugs, strong sexual references, self-harm …

Book Review – The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Pages: 344 Published: 30th June 2016 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Trigger warnings: Sexual assault, mental health storyline This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel journalist Lo Blackwood to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse, and to …

ABC Book Challenge – N

Hello everyone, It is time to return to this fun challenge, where I look back on some of my best reads for each letter of the alphabet, and ahead to the ones that are still on my TBR and waiting to be picked up. I seem to have read a lot of thrillers beginning with …

Top 10 Books I Read In 2019

Hello everyone, It is time to look back at the most excellent and truly outstanding books I read in 2019. This has been a year where I have read more genres than ever, and discovered so many interesting voices which a may not have tried out previously. In total I read 59, but they included …