"Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hoping to ease him back gently into his police duties. Five years previously a shy electrician, Arnold Morinder, disappeared from the face of the earth, the only clue his blue moped abandoned … Continue reading #BookReview: The Axe Woman by Håkan Nesser (translated by Sarah Death) @MantleBooks #TheAxeWoman #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher @ViperBooks #TheWayItIsNow #damppebbles
"WHO SHALL INHERIT THE SINS OF THE FATHER? Twenty years ago, Charlie Deravin's mother went missing, believed murdered. Her body has never been found, and his father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since. Now Charlie has returned to the coastal town where his mother vanished, on disciplinary leave from his job with … Continue reading #BookReview: The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher @ViperBooks #TheWayItIsNow #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Watchers by A.M. Shine @AriesFiction @HoZ_Books #TheWatchers #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"You can't see them. But they can see you. This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind … Continue reading #BookReview: The Watchers by A.M. Shine @AriesFiction @HoZ_Books #TheWatchers #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson @MichaelJBooks #EveryoneInMyFamilyHasKilledSomeone #damppebbles
"Everyone in my family is a killer. Everyone in my family is a suspect. But which of them is a murderer? _________ I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. You see, us Cunnighams don't really get along. We've only got one thing in common: we've all killed someone. So when … Continue reading #BookReview: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson @MichaelJBooks #EveryoneInMyFamilyHasKilledSomeone #damppebbles
#BlogTour | #BookReview: The Family Retreat by Bev Thomas @FaberBooks #TheFamilyRetreat #damppebbles
"When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced - won't all the things they're escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little cottage, the sea air, and the feel of skin sticky from sun-cream, lollies and … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: The Family Retreat by Bev Thomas @FaberBooks #TheFamilyRetreat #damppebbles
#BookReview: Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks @theotherkirsty #RunTime #RunTimeBook #damppebbles
"Movie-making can be murder. The project Final Draft, a psychological horror, being filmed at a house deep in a forest, miles from anywhere in the wintry wilds of West Cork. The lead Former soap-star Adele Rafferty has stepped in to replace the original actor at the very last minute. She can't help but hope that … Continue reading #BookReview: Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks @theotherkirsty #RunTime #RunTimeBook #damppebbles
#BookReview: Summer Fever by Kate Riordan @MichaelJBooks #SummerFever #damppebbles
"A HOT ITALIAN SUMMER. TWO COUPLES. ONE DARK SECRET THAT COULD RUIN EVERYTHING. . . Nick and Laura are the hosts: pretending their marriage isn't on the rocks. Madison and Bastian are the guests: neither is remotely who they claim to be. Under the scorching Mediterranean sun, no secret is safe. No betrayal goes unnoticed. … Continue reading #BookReview: Summer Fever by Kate Riordan @MichaelJBooks #SummerFever #damppebbles
#BookReview: The It Girl by Ruth Ware @simonschusterUK #TheItGirl #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"Everyone wanted her life Someone wanted her dead It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago. It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison? She needs to know the truth. Even if it means questioning her own friends. Even if it … Continue reading #BookReview: The It Girl by Ruth Ware @simonschusterUK #TheItGirl #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: Follow Me to the Edge by Tariq Ashkanani @AmazonPub @CapitalCrime1 @FMcMAssociates #FollowMeToTheEdge #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"Rookie detective Joe Finch knows better than most what tragedy looks like. But trying to solve the brutal murder of an entire family? Just another day in Cooper. Even for the sleazy backwater of Cooper, Nebraska, the multiple murder of an entire family, brutally bludgeoned to death in their beds, is big news. Detective Joe … Continue reading #BookReview: Follow Me to the Edge by Tariq Ashkanani @AmazonPub @CapitalCrime1 @FMcMAssociates #FollowMeToTheEdge #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: The Game by Scott Kershaw @HQstories #TheGame #damppebbles
"To save their life, you have to play. Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST IS IN DANGER. To save them, each must play The Game – a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner. IF YOU … Continue reading #BookReview: The Game by Scott Kershaw @HQstories #TheGame #damppebbles