Happy Wednesday bookish friends. Personally, I can’t quite understand how it’s not Friday today. I think I’ve been two days ahead of where I should be since the start of the week (which is great news when you think about it as I missed out on the Monday blues and went straight to Wednesday, lol!).

It’s actually Wednesday, it’s #R3COMM3ND3D2018 and I am delighted to welcome another favourite blogger to damppebbles today. The very lovely Lorraine Rugman of The Book Review Cafe. I have been following Lorraine’s blog since I took my initial tentative steps into the blogosphere. She was one of the first people to welcome me into the book blogging world when it all seemed big and scary (or bigger and scarier than it seems now, anyway!). Oh, and her blog is so good it’s won awards. Seriously, you need to check it out.

#R3COMM3ND3D2018 is where I invite book bloggers, authors and publishers to choose three must read books. Easy, right? Not as easy as you would think! Any genre, any author, published by any means….but the books must have been published this year in 2018.

Here are Lorraine’s choices…

The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven (Washington Poe #1)
There is nothing more satisfying than coming across a new crime series that sets the pulse racing. I read so many crime thrillers that I find it’s getting more difficult to find one that really excites me, but hells bells The Puppet Show by the very talented M.W. Craven blew my socks off!
https://thebookreviewcafe.com/2018/05/30/thepuppetshow-by-m-w-craven-mwcravenuk-littlebrownuk-mustreads/

In The Dark by Cara Hunter (DI Fawley #2)
Last year I read Close To Home the debut novel from Cara Hunter which I thought was a pretty amazing crime thriller. In The Dark the second book in the DI Fawley series has made this an unmissable series. So original and I love her style of writing.
https://thebookreviewcafe.com/2018/07/16/in-the-dark-by-cara-hunter-mustreads-carahunterbooks-penguinrandom-penguinukbooks/?preview=true&iframe=true

Th1rt3en by Steve Cavanagh (Eddie Flynn #4)
Loved, loved Thirteen, with a unique plot, fabulous characters and a thrilling storyline I was hooked from the word go. Despite it being the fourth book in the series I read it as a standalone, I bought the previous books in the series way before I reached the final page. Although a legal thriller it has so many elements that make this book special, with more than a hint of crime and suspense mixed in.
https://thebookreviewcafe.com/2018/06/07/blog-tour-th1rt3en-by-steve-cavanagh-sscav-orion_crime-lauren_bookspr-tr4cyf3nt0n-thatbookthathook/

Absolutely loving your choices, Lorraine. Thank you. This is the second mention for both The Puppet Show and Th1rt3en. Both books are tying for first place alongside Three Things About Elsie. I MUST read the DI Fawley series by Cara Hunter. Not only have I heard really good things about it, but it’s also set in my hometown of Oxford. Moving book one up the TBR as I type….

If Lorraine has managed to tempt you, or if you would like to find out more about the books she recommends, please see the following links:

| The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven | In The Dark by Cara Hunter | Th1rt3en by Steve Cavanagh |

About Lorraine:
I’m Lorraine and I love books and coffee so there was only one thing to call my blog. I love reading and always have a book or my kindle in my hand, and more often than not a cup of good coffee. I especially enjoy reading crime and psychological thrillers and these are the books I mostly review on my blog.

Lorraine’s Social Media Links:
| The Book Review Cafe | Twitter @ReviewCafe | Facebook | Instagram |

If you are a book blogger, author or publisher and would like to take part in #R3COMM3ND3D2018 this year, please complete the following form (but be quick, there are only TWO places left for 2018: