"Two children lost. The wrong one found.The town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer ever year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.And then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, … Continue reading #BookReview: The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani @viperbooks.bsky.social #TheHollowBoys #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Every mark tells a story. This one ends in blood.. A MONSTER. A MOTHER. A MURDER? When Vice Admiral Boyer, RN (retd) died without leaving a will, his estranged daughter inherited his - not inconsiderable - estate. Called home to sort through his belongings, she found an AegisBox - a tamper proof safe within a … Continue reading #BookReview: The Killer’s Mark by M.W. Craven @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social #TheKillersMark #BookTwitter #booktwt #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
"Five years ago, Sam Crowley vanished on his twenty-first birthday. The only clues were his footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses.One set in. One set out.Now, his mother Ro returns to the dying town of Carralon Ridge. The community is a ghost of its former self, fractured by the encroaching mining operation and … Continue reading #BookReview: Last One Out by Jane Harper @panmacmillan.bsky.social #LastOneOut #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"The residents of Mariner’s Cove are changing… In the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighbourhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, … Continue reading #BookReview: The Hive by Ronald Malfi @titanbooks.bsky.social #TheHive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective Inspector Foley is called out to a crime scene, nothing could have prepared him for the level of brutality inflicted on the victims. And with terrifying similarities to another recent murder case, he fears there might be a serial killer running loose in London. A PATTERN OF MURDER With no … Continue reading #BookReview: Evil in the Family by Michael Wood @0neMoreChapter_ #EvilInTheFamily #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Six friends. One storm. A secret to die for… We arrived at the beautiful, sprawling Spanish villa ready to celebrate – over twenty years of friendship, and of course, Alexis’s big birthday. It’s paradise. Alexis has pulled out all the stops, and like always, I know we’re meant to be grateful… But the tensions begin on … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: Just Between Us by Barbara Copperthwaite @bookouture.bsky.social #JustBetweenUs #BarbaraCopperthwaiteBookTour #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead? When bestselling author Annie Morrissey is found dead, her daughter Niamh knows in her gut it’s no accident – even if the case needs a good edit. The village is strangely uneventful. The suspects are suspiciously normal. The leads quickly turn into dead ends… But when Annie’s … Continue reading #BookReview: How to Kill a Crime Writer by Sarah Lotz @HarperCollinsUK #HowToKillaCrimeWriter #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"The Nowhere Children are expecting you... High in the mountains sits Nowhere, a verdant valley surrounded by walls of rock. People have lived at Nowhere for centuries, though never for long, and rarely happily. Its last owner was its most famous: movie star Leaf Winham, who built Nowhere House as a refuge to hide from … Continue reading #BookReview: Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward @viperbooks.bsky.social #NowhereBurning #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Twenty haunting stories from the Bram Stoker Award nominated, and bestselling author of Come With Me. A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, … Continue reading #BookReview: We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone by Ronald Malfi @titanbooks.bsky.social #WeShouldHaveLeftWellEnoughAlone #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
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