Criminal Shorts

Reviews so short its criminal

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  • The Custody Battle – Ellie Monago

    Witness a rapid decent into an inevitable disaster, that you just can’t stop yourself from watching. “What’s going to happen to me?” my little girl asks, clutching her teddy bear tight. “Daddy and I love you,” I reply. “Nothing is going to change.” But I was so wrong. How far will I have to go Read more


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  • The Guest – B A Paris

    Characters you won’t like, doing things you can’t fathom, for reasons you wouldn’t contemplate. It’s genius. Iris and Gabriel have just got home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their dearest friends, Laure, is in their house – sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris’ clothes, even rearranging the furniture. She Read more


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  • The Rip – Holly Craig

    Takes a beat to find its rhythm, but then its a rip roaring ride Luxury villas on hot white sand, views for miles over turquoise water. Flawless hostess Penny gathers guests to an island for her husband’s birthday celebrations. But she soon regrets inviting self-obsessed Eloise…When a child vanishes on the night of the party, Read more


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  • The Wife’s Mistake – Lorna Douneva

    Watch as Natalie discovers that money can’t buy you happiness is the understatement of the decade, when someone decides you aren’t worthy… I have the life I’ve always dreamed of… but how long will it be until the past catches up with me? I can’t believe how far my husband, Hayden, and I have come. I Read more


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  • Deadly Animals – Marie Tierney

    Nancy Drew meets Bones. Precocious, inquisitive and incredibly clever, Ava, is brilliant. Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney possesses an unusual intellect far beyond her years. While her friends play, Ava’s fascination lies in the intricate process of animal decomposition, studying roadkill found in the streets around her home. But, one night, Ava’s secret nocturnal routine takes a Read more


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  • Lewis Sinclair & The Gentlemen Cowboys – D.M.S Fick

    Entertaining listen, with gentle humour, and a lot of hats… This is not your average country music festival.  Lewis Sinclair gets dumped right before taking the stage at a top music festival. The man she dumped him for? His manager, who later turns up dead, with Lew being the primary suspect.  Read more


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  • The Patient – Teri Terry

    Yanks your heartstrings and ties them up in knots you can’t easily unravel.  Loved it. I feel the steady thump of my new heart beating inside me. The surgeon said everything went well. But I can’t stop thinking about my donor: the girl who was killed. Her death saved my life. But now whoever took Read more


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  • A Death In Diamonds – S.J. Bennett

    Instalment four moves back in time, introduces fun new characters and is all the better for it. 1957 – Young Queen Elizabeth II is finding her way in a challenging world as the United Kingdom must adjust to having neither an empire nor a set place in post-war Europe. As she travels the world to Read more


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  • Knife Skills for Beginners – Orlando Murrin

    What happens when Murder, She Wrote and Celebrity Come Dine With Me, spend a drunken night together. A recipe for disaster.When chef Paul Delamare takes a job teaching at an exclusive residential cookery school in Belgravia, the only thing he expects his students to murder is his taste buds. But on the first night, the Read more


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  • Twenty-Seven Minutes – Ashley Tate

    A claustrophobic small town, the indelible impression of tragedy and the legacy of unanswered questions, you’ll be consumed with finding out what happened. The question For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call Read more


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