"Natalie chose James carefully, because he's different from all the men she'd loved before. Calm. Competent. Kind. And there are three very good reasons she needs to be so careful. Their names are Marc, Luca and George. Natalie prefers not to think about what they did to her. Let alone what she had to do … Continue reading #BookReview: The Exes by Leodora Darlington @michaeljbooks.bsky.social #TheExes #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret – her undead husband. Kesta’s husband, Tim, was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly having … Continue reading #BookReview: One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford @panmacmillan.bsky.social #OneYellowEye #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Nobody knows she's checked into Room 706. Caught in the wrong place at precisely the worst time, Kate must face the most confronting situation of her life - and discover what matters most - in this deeply suspenseful and thought-provoking novel. If she knew it would end this way, would it ever have begun? Kate … Continue reading #BookReview: Room 706 by Ellie Levenson @headlinebooks.bsky.social #Room706 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"One is chasing justice. One is chasing the past. Both are being followed. Deep beneath London, urban explorer Connie Darke stumbles across a mutilated body in the city’s decaying sewer system. Moments later, a strange whistling sound follows her through the tunnels—low, eerie, impossible to trace. DI Lew Kirby is assigned the case. The victim … Continue reading #BookReview: The Whistler by S.W. Kane @AmazonPub #TheWhistler #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"You can't hide from the past… Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a life-changing study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dead. DCI Liz Field and her team have barely started their investigation when there is another frenzied attack. This time, the victim is one of … Continue reading #BookReview: No Safe Place by Hannah Brennan @AvonBooksUK #NoSafePlace #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"A darkly comedic, cinematic horror about a revolutionary group who kidnap an heiress, only to discover she’s pregnant with the antichrist, and she’s about to give birth. Underground revolutionary group, The Nail, and their newest member, Luke have kidnapped 23-year-old heiress Adeline Woolsaw, whose wealthy parents run the Woolsaw Group, a vast outsourcing company. They … Continue reading #BookReview: The Captive by Kit Burgoyne @titanbooks.bsky.social #TheCaptive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? It's an ordinary evening. People are coming home from work, cooking dinner for their children, cuddling on sofas with their lovers. And then the message arrives, shattering everyone's worlds: Missiles are … Continue reading #BookReview: 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon @orionbooks.bsky.social #59Minutes #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed by Peter … Continue reading #BookReview: The Lost Victim by Robert Bryndza #RavenStreetPublishing #TheLostVictim #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever. No-one expects it to end in tragedy. Twenty-five years later, Will gets an invitation: a dinner party. A chance to see the old gang again. But as soon as he … Continue reading #BookReview: The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards @MichaelJBooks #TheWaspTrap #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"You know who. You don't know why. Alice only meant to stop the intruder. She didn't mean to hit him so hard. She didn't mean to kill him. The police conclude that she acted in self-defence, but wracked with guilt, Alice sets out to apologise to Linda, the mother of the young man she killed … Continue reading #BookReview: The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner @BloomsburyRaven #TheBreakIn #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
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