"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
published in 2021
#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 Night Shift by Alex Finlay @AriesFiction @HoZ_Books #TheNightShift #damppebbles
"What connects a massacre at a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later? It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. Only one survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the … Continue reading #BookReview: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay @AriesFiction @HoZ_Books #TheNightShift #damppebbles
#R3COMM3ND3D2022 with #Reviewer Me And My Books (@yvonnembee) #MeAndMyBooks #BookRecommendations #publishedin2022 #booktwt #whattoread #damppebbles
Hello and welcome to damppebbles on this, the first Saturday of November 2022. Not only is it the first Saturday of 2022, it's also day five of #R3COMM3ND3D2022 (as well as being Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK, which I'll quickly gloss over 😂). Joining me to share the book love today is the … Continue reading #R3COMM3ND3D2022 with #Reviewer Me And My Books (@yvonnembee) #MeAndMyBooks #BookRecommendations #publishedin2022 #booktwt #whattoread #damppebbles
#R3COMM3ND3D2022 with #Author Anne Coates (@Anne_Coates1) #AnneCoates #StageCall #HannahWeybridgeSeries @RedDogTweets #BookRecommendations #publishedin2022 #booktwt #whattoread #damppebbles
It's Friday, hooray! A very warm welcome to damppebbles and to day four of #R3COMM3ND3D2022. I am thrilled to welcome our first author of the year to the blog today, particularly as I am a huge fan of their books. Joining me today is the fabulous Anne Coates who writes the brilliant Hannah Weybridge Series … Continue reading #R3COMM3ND3D2022 with #Author Anne Coates (@Anne_Coates1) #AnneCoates #StageCall #HannahWeybridgeSeries @RedDogTweets #BookRecommendations #publishedin2022 #booktwt #whattoread #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Beresford by Will Carver #TheBeresford @OrendaBooks #damppebbles
"Just outside the city – any city, every city – is a grand, spacious but affordable apartment building called The Beresford. There’s a routine at The Beresford. For Mrs May, every day’s the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer and an afternoon nap. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Beresford by Will Carver #TheBeresford @OrendaBooks #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
#BookReview: The Island by C.L. Taylor @HQstories #TheIsland #damppebbles
"Welcome to The Island. Where your worst fears are about to come true… It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime turns into a nightmare. Because someone … Continue reading #BookReview: The Island by C.L. Taylor @HQstories #TheIsland #damppebbles
#BookReview: Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi #EightDetectives #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. In the 1930s, Grant McAllister, a mathematics professor turned author, worked them out, hiding their secrets in a book of crime stories. Then Grant disappeared. Julia Hart has finally tracked him down. She wants to know what happened to him. But she's about to discover that … Continue reading #BookReview: Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi #EightDetectives #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: The Collective by Alison Gaylin @orionbooks #TheCollective #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"How far would a mother go to right a wrong? Camille Gardener is a grieving and angry mother who, fives years after her daughter's death, is obsessed with the man she believes to be responsible. Because Camille wants revenge. Enter: the Collective. A group of women who desire justice above all else. A group of … Continue reading #BookReview: The Collective by Alison Gaylin @orionbooks #TheCollective #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
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