#BookReview: The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by C.S. Robertson @HodderBooks #TheUndiscoveredDeathsofGraceMcGill #damppebbles

"DEATH IS NOT THE END. FOR GRACE McGILL IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. When people die alone and undiscovered, it's her job to clean up what's left behind - whether it's clutter, bodily remains or dark secrets. When an old man lies undetected in his flat for months, it seems an unremarkable life and an … Continue reading #BookReview: The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by C.S. Robertson @HodderBooks #TheUndiscoveredDeathsofGraceMcGill #damppebbles

#BookReview: Keeper by Jessica Moor @PenguinUKBooks #Keeper #damppebbles

"He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes. Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside. When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, the police decide it's an open-and-shut case. A standard-issue female suicide. But the residents of Widringham women's refuge where Katie … Continue reading #BookReview: Keeper by Jessica Moor @PenguinUKBooks #Keeper #damppebbles

#BlogTour | #BookReview: All For You by Louise Jensen @HQstories #AllForYou #damppebbles

"MEET THE WALSH FAMILY Lucy: Loving mother. Devoted wife. And falling to pieces. Aidan: Dedicated father. Faithful husband. And in too deep. Connor: Hardworking son. Loyal friend. But can never tell the truth. Everyone in this family is hiding something, but one secret will turn out to be the deadliest of all . . . Can this family ever recover … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: All For You by Louise Jensen @HQstories #AllForYou #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt @noexitpress #TheKillingHills #damppebbles

"A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel The Killing Hills is a compelling, propulsive thriller in which a suspicious death exposes the loyalties and rivalries of a deep-rooted and fiercely private community in the Kentucky backwoods. Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, is home on … Continue reading #BookReview: The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt @noexitpress #TheKillingHills #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheTwyfordCode #damppebbles

"It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Wanting to know more, he took it to his English teacher Miss Iles, not realising the chain of events that … Continue reading #BookReview: The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheTwyfordCode #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson @FaberBooks #TheGirlWithAClockForAHeart #damppebbles

"George Foss never thought he'd see her again, but on a late-August night in Boston, there she is, in his local bar, Jack's Tavern. When George first met her, she was an eighteen-year-old college freshman from Sweetgum, Florida. She and George became inseparable in their first fall semester, so George was devastated when he got … Continue reading #BookReview: The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson @FaberBooks #TheGirlWithAClockForAHeart #damppebbles

#BookReview: Opal Country by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks #OpalCountry #damppebbles

"Opals... In the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap, police struggle to maintain law and order. Thieves pillage opal mines, religious fanatics recruit vulnerable youngsters and billionaires do as they please. Bodies... Then an opal miner is found crucified and left to rot down his mine. Nothing about the miner's death is straight-forward, not even … Continue reading #BookReview: Opal Country by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks #OpalCountry #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel @MichaelJBooks @PenguinUKBooks #TheRecoveryofRoseGold #damppebbles

"Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years. Turned out her mother was a really good liar. After five years in prison, Patty Watts is finally free. All she wants is to put old grievances behind her, reconcile with the daughter who testified against her - and care for her new infant grandson. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel @MichaelJBooks @PenguinUKBooks #TheRecoveryofRoseGold #damppebbles

The damppebbles Top Ten(ish!) of 2021 #amreading #amreviewing #amblogging #Bestof2021 #TopReadsof2021 #BookRecommendations #bookblogger #BookTwitter #damppebbles

Hello bookish friends, I've missed you! After posting every day for fifty-three days straight, when you don't post, it feels a little...odd. Like you've forgotten to do something really, REALLY important! Anyway, it's only been a week and a smidge since I last officially posted and I have lots of reviews coming your way starting … Continue reading The damppebbles Top Ten(ish!) of 2021 #amreading #amreviewing #amblogging #Bestof2021 #TopReadsof2021 #BookRecommendations #bookblogger #BookTwitter #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Christmas Carrolls by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu @FarshoreBooks #TheChristmasCarrolls #mglit #kidlit #damppebbles

"Funny festive middle grade about the world's most Christmassy family from the founder of Authorfy, perfect for 8+ readers and fans of Matt Haig, Ben Miller, Sibeal Pounder’s Tinsel, and the Nativity! films Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in … Continue reading #BookReview: The Christmas Carrolls by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu @FarshoreBooks #TheChristmasCarrolls #mglit #kidlit #damppebbles