"It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is … Continue reading #BookReview: Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell @transworldbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur @cobaltaxolotl.bsky.social #RingtheBells #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
published in 2025
#BookReview: Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @wildfirebooks.bsky.social #Legacy #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM - OR BURY HIM? A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire in his hometown. Someone wants journalist Martin Scarsden dead. Fleeing for his life into the outback, he learns that nowhere is safe. The killers are closing in, and it's all he can do … Continue reading #BookReview: Legacy by Chris Hammer @Wildfirebks @wildfirebooks.bsky.social #Legacy #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon @orionbooks.bsky.social #59Minutes #20BooksofSummer2025 #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
#BookReview: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social #TheImpossibleFortune #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets … Continue reading #BookReview: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social #TheImpossibleFortune #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: How to Survive a Horror Sequel by Scarlett Dunmore @LittleTigerUK @littletigeruk.bsky.social #HowtoSurviveaHorrorSequel #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Can you be a final girl and survive your own horror movie - twice? Almost a year after the horrors of Harrogate, Charley is slowly regaining some semblance of a normal life in a small village called Briar's Hill, AKA 'The Devil's Punchbowl'. Then she befriends the local misfits and learns of her new home's ties … Continue reading #BookReview: How to Survive a Horror Sequel by Scarlett Dunmore @LittleTigerUK @littletigeruk.bsky.social #HowtoSurviveaHorrorSequel #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: Fiend by Alma Katsu @TitanBooks #Fiend #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Some families have skeletons in their closets. This one has a demon in its boardroom. When Maris Berisha was nine years old, she heard something scratching at the walls of her family's penthouse. It felt like something malevolent was there, watching them. The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, … Continue reading #BookReview: Fiend by Alma Katsu @TitanBooks #Fiend #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning @PenguinUKBooks #HeadsWillRoll #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Willow is in need of an escape. A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet after posting something she really shouldn’t have. She checks in to Camp Castaway, an adults-only retreat based at an old campground in the woods. It’s the first night and the campers gather round the fire to tell … Continue reading #BookReview: Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning @PenguinUKBooks #HeadsWillRoll #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Night I Killed Him by Gill Perdue @PenguinUKBooks #TheNightIKilledHim #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"The world of beloved influencer, Gemma Fitzgerald, seems ready to implode when the body of her brother, Max – who disappeared 18 years earlier – is washed up on a beach. Everyone thought Max had taken his own life the night of his twenty-first birthday party, but Gemma knows the truth – she is responsible … Continue reading #BookReview: The Night I Killed Him by Gill Perdue @PenguinUKBooks #TheNightIKilledHim #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Final Vow by M.W. Craven @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK #TheFinalVow #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even those closest to Washington Poe . . . A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, seconds after she slips on her new ring. It's brutal and bloody but she isn't the first victim and she … Continue reading #BookReview: The Final Vow by M.W. Craven @TheCrimeVault @LittleBrownUK #TheFinalVow #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Outback by Sara Ochs #TheOutback @TransworldBooks #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"It was supposed to be paradise. For one group of friends, it’s a study abroad program like no other: a month-long adventure filled with sunshine, whirlwind romances, and all-night parties. But it isn’t long before their trip of a lifetime unravels into betrayal, heartbreak, and one missing girl. Until one of them didn’t come home. … Continue reading #BookReview: The Outback by Sara Ochs #TheOutback @TransworldBooks #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
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