Reviews
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Squeaky Clean – Callum McSorley
Never underestimate the tenacity of a f*ck up, or the determination of a lovable rogue under pressure. Sharp, gritty, and entertaining as hell. Half the Glasgow copshop think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she’s a fuck-up. No one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one Read more
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My Perfect Husband – Georgina Cross
It’s not the destination that counts, it’s the journey. One is definitely better than the other here. My sister is dead. Did I marry her killer? The moment I first gazed into Alex’s soulful gray eyes, I knew I’d met the man I wanted to spend my life with. When my beloved sister vanished, Alex Read more
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Mrs Quinn’s Rise To Fame – Olivia Ford
A sensational serving of storytelling, skillfully blending the life experienced with the life yet to be discovered. A fabulous reminder that you’re never too old to follow your dreams! Mrs Quinn is the unlikely star of Britain’s favourite baking show, but could her newfound stardom cause her biggest secret to unravel? Jennifer Quinn has a Read more
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Eleven Huskies – Philipp Schott
Hooked in by huskies I stayed for the setting. Listening is an interesting alternative to a dog on your walk. Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing lodge in northern Manitoba for a canoeing trip with his champion sniffer dog, Pippin. But a Read more
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The Revenge Club – Kathy Lette
If revenge is sweet, and a dish best served cold, then it must be ice cream. Perfect post dinner entertainment, amusing and ultimately satisfying story of the fragility of friendship, and failures of society WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT’S TIME TO GET EVEN. Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the Read more
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My Husband’s Ex – Rosie Walker
If this were an injury it would be whiplash. My neck hurts from the number of about turns it made me take while listening. When I hear her name, the world begins to spin around me. Alice – my husband’s ex. The one who broke his heart. But my husband swears he didn’t ask her to join us Read more
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Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies – Catherine Mack
Snarky and fun, Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) meets Benjamin Stevenson (Everyone in my family has killed someone). Ten days. Eight suspects. Six cities. Five authors. Three bodies. One trip to die for. Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour along the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when life starts imitating Read more
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The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle – Nick Louth
One of those books you will slam shut with a satisfying thud. Solid foundation for a new series. Fifty years. Two deaths. One detective to solve an impossible case… DI Jan Talantire is called to a cottage in the quiet Devon town of Ilfracombe. The female occupant has been found dead, her body impaled with Read more
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The Beacon – P A Thomas
Son of a media mogul! Meet Australia’s answer to Myron Bolitar. Twisty and fun, with serious series potential Jack Harris, the disgraced son of Australia’s most powerful business tycoon, has just been exiled to Byron Bay as a junior journalist at his father’s smallest regional newspaper, The Beacon. His arrival coincides with the disappearance of Read more
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His Last Wife – Ruhi Choudhary
A marvellous masterpiece of misdirection, with an excellent twist and a half added for good measure. “Do not go in there, Anna. Never go in there.” The words ring in my head as I pick the lock to the only room in the house that the man I love tells me I’m not allowed to Read more
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