"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
crime fiction
#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
#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: 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: Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks #DeadMansCreek #damppebbles
"Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her hometown, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder - a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, her arrival provoking an unwelcome and threatening response from the small-town community. As more bodies are discovered, and she begins to question how well she truly knows … Continue reading #BookReview: Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks #DeadMansCreek #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: Hunting Evil by Chris Carter #HuntingEvil #damppebbles
"Every story has a beginning...They met for the first time in college. Two of the brightest minds ever to graduate from the prestigious Stanford University. They met again in Quantico, Virginia. Robert Hunter has become the head of the LAPD’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit. Lucien Folter has become the most prolific and dangerous serial killer in FBI … Continue reading #BookReview: Hunting Evil by Chris Carter #HuntingEvil #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Buried by Sharon Bolton @orionbooks #TheBuried #damppebbles
"AN OLD ENEMY IS LAID TO REST . . . AND A NEW CRIME IS DISCOVERED Florence Lovelady, the most senior serving policewoman in Britain, visits convicted serial killer Larry Glassbrook in prison. Larry is coming to the end of his life but has one last task for Florence: to learn the identity of the … Continue reading #BookReview: The Buried by Sharon Bolton @orionbooks #TheBuried #damppebbles
#BookReview: Outback by Patricia Wolf @emblabooks @bonnierbooks_uk #Outback #damppebbles
"Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown of Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita, vanish from the area, he finds himself unofficially on the case. But why all the interest from the Federal Police when they have probably … Continue reading #BookReview: Outback by Patricia Wolf @emblabooks @bonnierbooks_uk #Outback #damppebbles
#BookReview: True Crime Story by Joseph Knox #TrueCrimeStory #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"'What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?' In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months. She was never … Continue reading #BookReview: True Crime Story by Joseph Knox #TrueCrimeStory #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
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