"Durton. Dirt town. Dirt and hurt – that’s what others would remember about our town . . . When twelve-year-old Esther Bianchi disappears on her way home from school in the small town of Durton in rural Australia, the local community is thrown into a state of grief and suspicion. THE DETECTIVE As Detective Sergeant … Continue reading #BookReview: Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor @panmacmillan #DirtTown #damppebbles
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#BookReview: The Botanist by M.W. Craven @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK #TheBotanist #TeamPoe #TeamTilly #damppebbles
"This is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe's life... Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. Insanely brilliant, she's a bit of a social hand grenade. He's … Continue reading #BookReview: The Botanist by M.W. Craven @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK #TheBotanist #TeamPoe #TeamTilly #damppebbles
#BookReview: WAKE by Shelley Burr @HodderBooks #WAKEBook #damppebbles
"EVERYBODY THINKS THEY KNOW MINA McCREERY. EVERYONE HAS A THEORY ON WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SISTER. NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH... Mina McCreery's sister Evelyn disappeared nineteen years ago. Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, she lives alone on … Continue reading #BookReview: WAKE by Shelley Burr @HodderBooks #WAKEBook #damppebbles
#BookReview: One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke @HarperCollinsUK #OneoftheGirls #damppebbles
"ONE IS A LIAR. ONE IS A STRANGER. ONE IS A CHEATER. WHO IS A KILLER? We were dying for a holiday . . . The six of us arrived on that beautiful Greek island dreaming of sun-drenched beaches and blood orange sunsets, ready to lose ourselves in the wild freedom of a weekend away … Continue reading #BookReview: One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke @HarperCollinsUK #OneoftheGirls #damppebbles
#BlogTour | #BookReview: The Homes by J.B. Mylet @ViperBooks #TheHomes #damppebbles
"There were good people in The Homes. But there were also some very, very bad ones... A thousand unwanted children live in The Homes, a village of orphans in the Scottish Lowlands on the outskirts of Glasgow. Lesley was six before she learned that most children live with their parents. Now Lesley is twelve, and … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: The Homes by J.B. Mylet @ViperBooks #TheHomes #damppebbles
#GuestReview: Don’t Play Dead with Vultures by Jack Leavers (@jackleavers) #TheBookGuild @cobaltdinosaur #DontPlayDeadWithVultures #damppebbles
"Summer 2008 sees former Royal Marine John Pierce lured from running convoys in Iraq to a lucrative contract in the steamy jungles of French West Africa. He soon discovers this new theatre is even more dangerous than the war zone he left behind. Corrupt officials, drug cartels, and competing military factions rub shoulder-to-shoulder in a … Continue reading #GuestReview: Don’t Play Dead with Vultures by Jack Leavers (@jackleavers) #TheBookGuild @cobaltdinosaur #DontPlayDeadWithVultures #damppebbles
#BookReview: When I Was Ten by Fiona Cummins @panmacmillan #WhenIWasTen #damppebbles
"Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter – nicknamed the Angel of Death – spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family … Continue reading #BookReview: When I Was Ten by Fiona Cummins @panmacmillan #WhenIWasTen #damppebbles
#BookReview: Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew @BloomsburyRaven #LittleNothings #damppebbles
"With friends like these, who needs enemies? Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met fellow mums Beth and Binnie. The three women become inseparable as they muddle through early parenthood together. Then along comes Ange. Ambitious, wealthy and somehow able to do it all. Under Ange's guiding presence, the group finds new vigour … Continue reading #BookReview: Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew @BloomsburyRaven #LittleNothings #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean @HodderBooks #TheLastThingtoBurn #damppebbles
"He is her husband. She is his captive. Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name. She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to the UK: no one knows she is there. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean @HodderBooks #TheLastThingtoBurn #damppebbles
#BookReview: Sundial by Catriona Ward @ViperBooks @ThePigeonholeHQ #Sundial #damppebbles
"You can't escape the desert. You can't escape Sundial. Rob fears for her daughters. For Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. For Annie, because of what Callie might do to her. Rob sees a darkness in Callie that reminds her of the family she left behind. She decides to take Callie … Continue reading #BookReview: Sundial by Catriona Ward @ViperBooks @ThePigeonholeHQ #Sundial #damppebbles
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