#BookReview: The Birthday Girl by Sarah Ward @CaneloCrime #TheBirthdayGirl #BookTwitter #damppebbles

"Welcome to Eldey, an island with deadly secrets. Mona: a carefree artist, staying at the Cloister to work on her illustrations. Beth: the harried mother of a toddler, on the remote Welsh island for a weekend with her family. Charlotte: a reluctant stepmother who wanted a romantic getaway with her husband. One of them is … Continue reading #BookReview: The Birthday Girl by Sarah Ward @CaneloCrime #TheBirthdayGirl #BookTwitter #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Twenty by Sam Holland @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #TheTwenty #BookTwitter #damppebbles

"The countdown has begun. Who will die next? A shocking crime scene… DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-painted daubs reveal a horrific truth: the killer is counting down… A case that twists and turns… When Dr Romilly Cole learns of … Continue reading #BookReview: The Twenty by Sam Holland @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #TheTwenty #BookTwitter #damppebbles

#BlogTour | #BookReview: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward @ViperBooks #LookingGlassSoundBlogTour #LookingGlassSound #BookTwitter #damppebbles

"Writers are monsters. We eat everything we see... In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked the New England town where they spent their summers. Of a horror that … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward @ViperBooks #LookingGlassSoundBlogTour #LookingGlassSound #BookTwitter #damppebbles

#BookReview: This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #ThisCharmingMan #GuestReview #damppebbles

"Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . . Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet … Continue reading #BookReview: This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #ThisCharmingMan #GuestReview #damppebbles

#BookReview: Exiles by Jane Harper @panmacmillan #Exiles #damppebbles

"A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night. Her baby lies alone in the pram, her mother’s possessions surrounding her, waiting for a return which never comes. A year later, Kim Gillespie’s absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to … Continue reading #BookReview: Exiles by Jane Harper @panmacmillan #Exiles #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheMysteriousCaseoftheAlpertonAngels #AlpertonAngels #TheAlpertonAngels #damppebbles

"Open the safe deposit box. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. You must read the documents, then make a decision. Will you destroy them? Or will you take them to the police? Everyone knows the sad story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl and convinced … Continue reading #BookReview: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett @ViperBooks #TheMysteriousCaseoftheAlpertonAngels #AlpertonAngels #TheAlpertonAngels #damppebbles

#BookReview: Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza #DevilsWay #damppebbles

"THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. During her recovery, she befriends Jean, an elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of how her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, went missing … Continue reading #BookReview: Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza #DevilsWay #damppebbles

#BookReview: Black Widows by Cate Quinn @orionbooks #BlackWidows #damppebbles

"Aged nineteen, devout Rachel marries fundamentalist Mormon, Blake Nelson, and moves to a remote homestead in rural Utah. Isolated and alone, Rachel obeys her husband's advice to keep sweet and prepare for End of Days. Soon after their disappointing wedding night, Blake takes his second wife - emotionally-troubled, jailbait, Emily. Though it's not until the … Continue reading #BookReview: Black Widows by Cate Quinn @orionbooks #BlackWidows #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks @CapitalCrime1 #TheNothingMan #damppebbles

"I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him... You've just read the opening pages of The Nothing Man, the true crime memoir Eve Black has written about her obsessive search for the man who killed her family nearly two decades ago. Supermarket security guard … Continue reading #BookReview: The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks @CapitalCrime1 #TheNothingMan #damppebbles

#BookReview: The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #TheStrangerTimes #damppebbles #GuestReview

"There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . .A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable.At least that's their pitch. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #TheStrangerTimes #damppebbles #GuestReview