"If my sister hadn’t been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family’s world to implode. Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of … Continue reading #BookReview: The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent @PenguinUKBooks #TheTruthAboutRubyCooper #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead? When bestselling author Annie Morrissey is found dead, her daughter Niamh knows in her gut it’s no accident – even if the case needs a good edit. The village is strangely uneventful. The suspects are suspiciously normal. The leads quickly turn into dead ends… But when Annie’s … Continue reading #BookReview: How to Kill a Crime Writer by Sarah Lotz @HarperCollinsUK #HowToKillaCrimeWriter #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But now the colossal Apex Corporation has been hired to commence an “eviction action” – exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored … Continue reading #BookReview: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman @michaeljbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Twenty haunting stories from the Bram Stoker Award nominated, and bestselling author of Come With Me. A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, … Continue reading #BookReview: We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone by Ronald Malfi @titanbooks.bsky.social #WeShouldHaveLeftWellEnoughAlone #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Two girls went into the Hanging Woods. Only one returned. Twenty years ago Caitlin vowed never to return to her small Irish hometown. Now she drifts from temporary jobs to temporary men, trying to escape memories of the Hanging Woods. Of what happened to Roisin there. But with news of her estranged mother's sudden death, Caitlin is … Continue reading #BookReview: Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan @BooksSphere #Darkrooms #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"The Killer His most valuable possession has been stolen. Now he must retrieve it, at any cost. The Girl Angela Wood wanted to teach the man a lesson. It was a bag, just like any other. But when she opens it, the worst nightmare of her life begins. The Detective A journal ends up on … Continue reading #BookReview: Written in Blood by Chris Carter @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #WrittenInBlood #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"FIVE PERFECT MURDERS DCI Matilda Darke receives an anonymous email from someone claiming to have committed the perfect murder. Experience tells her this isn’t possible, but as she investigates, she discovers a killer questioning everything she’s ever known. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Now, Matilda is on the trail of a murderer who targets the most … Continue reading #BookReview: Last One Left Alive by Michael Wood @0neMoreChapter_ #LastOneLeftAlive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver … Continue reading #BookReview: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney @panmacmillan.bsky.social #BeautifulUgly #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, … Continue reading #BookReview: In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #InTheBlinkOfAnEye #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Hannah can always spot a killer. Until she looks in the mirror. Hannah Herbst is Germany's most experienced facial resonance expert. She can successfully 'read' a suspect through a tiny twitch of the lip or the flicker of a pupil. As a consultant to the police, she has already helped convict a number of violent … Continue reading #BookReview: Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek @AriesFiction @headofzeus.bsky.social #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
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