"Holly seems like the perfect girlfriend. Clever, funny, beautiful – Patrick feels like he’s hit the jackpot. Until he meets her family. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend. Her sister is unwelcoming. Her brother is clearly lying about something. And Patrick gets the sense all of them share a dark secret – even Holly. … Continue reading #BookReview: One of the Family by Mark Edwards #OneOfTheFamily #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"SOME THINGS RUN IN THE BLOOD… Plenty of people have lousy parents, but Nicola Fischer’s father has just been convicted of murdering five young women, including her best friend. Fired from her job and hounded by reporters, Nicola passes the time by doomscrolling and drunk-dialling Greer Woods, the alluring host of the hit show To Catch … Continue reading #BookReview: The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez #TheDeathRowClub #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Welcome to North Falls―a small town with big secrets. The house at 1601 Iris Drive looks like any other in the quiet, residential street. But rumours are rife about the Vickery family – a couple in the midst of a volatile separation and a daughter with secrets of her own. Then one afternoon gunshots ring … Continue reading #BookReview: The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter #TheSecretsWeHide #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Never turn your back on a friend. Jade, Stef and Zoe are hiking Washington's Bones Hollow Trail, braving cougars, snakes and the storms that roll in without warning. The friends' paranoia isn't helped by listening to a true crime podcast about the serial killer whose hunting ground they're hiking through. Then when Stef twists her … Continue reading #BookReview: Backstabbers by Eliza Jabore #Backstabbers #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"The year that Florida fell into the sea, I killed a man and joined a cult and ran away to Mexico. I ate human flesh for the first time.It’s another sticky summer in New Orleans, and the world is ending. Tourists are descending on the city, natural disasters abound, and Marcy’s old boxing scar has … Continue reading #BookReview: Welcome to the Chaoskampf by Jane Flett @doubledayuk.bsky.social #WelcomeToTheChaoskampf #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Every town has a Main Street. Now every town is a target.Four murders. Four weeks. One impossible connection: every victim lived at 138 Main Street.FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and rookie officer Zoe Hill know the killer’s next address. But with more than seven thousand Main Streets across America, they have no idea where he’ll strike.Then … Continue reading #BookReview: 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #138MainStreet #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"She knows every killer twist.But she won't see this one coming... Bestselling crime author Marian Lane is surrounded by adoring readers when she learns that her husband Dane is dead. Marian returns home in shock to discover a stranger on her doorstep. A woman who not only claims she's Marian's biggest fan but says that … Continue reading #BookReview: The Woman Who Wasn’t There by William Hussey @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #TheWomanWhoWasntThere #GuestReview #BookTwitter #BookSky #damppebbles
"When the Church of the Invincible Sun is looking for someone to do its dirty work, they call on Sister Svangerd and her priest. Stealing a book might sound like a relatively simple task, but this isn't any old book.To get their hands on it, they must impersonate a legendary figure, create the world's most … Continue reading #BookReview: Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know by K.J. Parker @orbitbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #SisterSvangerdandtheDevilYouKnow #GuestReview #BookTwitter #BookSky #damppebbles
"Oh, God. There’s so much blood. Panic skitters around every cell in my body. I can’t breathe. I need to hide the evidence. From everyone. What have I done? When Mia Finch begins documenting her daughter’s battle with a rare blood disorder, she never expected to become a popular social media influencer. And she never … Continue reading #BookReview: I Did A Bad Thing by Louise Jensen @hqstories.bsky.social #IDidABadThing #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Revenge is tough to swallow... Things for Renee Landis are finally looking up. She just quit her dead-end job at a chicken shop after landing the coveted role of junior chef at London’s pristine NOVA restaurant. But it's not the restaurant that draws Renee in - it's the executive chef. Gracie Fitzgerald is as legendary … Continue reading #BookReview: Maneater by Ellie Graves @bantambooksuk.bsky.social #Maneater #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
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