Reviews
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The Baby – A J McDine
A stark depiction of alcoholism, controlling behaviour, the correlation of such dependencies, and how they manifest in reality. Unsettling but ultimately gripping. The harsh light streams into the living room. On the worn rug sits an out-of-place wooden drawer and swaddled inside, with rosy cheeks and large round eyes, a baby looks up at me. Read more
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Three Drowned Girls – Emily Shiner
A small community, a massive crime, undertaken in a shockingly unbelievable believable way. When Freya Sinclair was a little girl, she had no idea what her parents were hiding in the basement of her childhood home… After five years away from her hometown of Fawn Lake, Detective Freya Sinclair isn’t expecting a warm welcome from the people Read more
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Grave Expectations – Alice Bell
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)* for the new generation. Fab Fun. *Non Gen X-ers Google It Claire and Sophie aren’t your typical murder investigators . . . Claire Hendricks is a hapless 30-something true-crime fan working as a freelance medium. When she is Invited to an old university friend’s country pile to provide entertainment for a Read more
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The Anniversary – Cole Baxter
The devastating fallout of marrying a man with a messiah complex – Absolutely Bonkers (but good). I gaze across the candlelit table into the eyes of the man I love. It’s our anniversary dinner, a celebration of our marriage, of how far we’ve come. But within hours our romantic date has ended in murder… When Read more
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The Gathering – C J Tudor
Tense and claustrophobic, in this small Alaskan town it’s not just the vampyrs who are out for blood! WELCOME TO DEADHART. ALASKA. POPULATION 673. LIVING. In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and the blood drained from his body. The brutality of the murder of chillingly echoes a killing Read more
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Noise Floor – Andrew Cartmel
With drug highs, crazy drives and relationship wrangles, the Fab Four are back and leaving no tone unturned in this latest offbeat mystery The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of electronic dance music in his seventh adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more. The Read more
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Dead Animals – Phoebe Stuckes
Succinctly written for maximum impact. A beautiful depiction of seething rage and the dulling of a person’s spirit, as a consequence of Abuse, Bullying and Control in its many forms There is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind Read more
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A Lesson In Cruelty – Harriet Tyce
Elaborately woven, intricately detailed, engross yourself in the set up for a brilliant pay off. They say you can’t always get what you want. But you can take it. Anna wants a fresh start. She doesn’t believe she deserves it, but after three years behind bars she has finally paid her dues. Most of them, Read more
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Listen For The Lie – Amy Tintera
She can’t remember, she just wants to know… True Crime Podcast x #1 Suspect Epic One Sitter. Am I a murderer? You tell me . . . You probably already know about me. Lucy Chase, the woman who doesn’t remember murdering her best friend. You all think I did it. That’s OK, I get it. Read more
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My Perfect Marriage – A J Campbell
Well that one caught me out, and not just because it’s the wrong persons best friend that dies… My husband is accused of killing my best friend. Can I trust anything he says? It feels like all the air has been knocked out of me. My best friend is dead, killed at her own daughter’s Read more
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