"A terrible confession In an isolated room in Hollowpines, an infamous psychiatric hospital, Joe Sinclair is confessing to a violent murder. An impossible crime Locked away, Joe couldn't possibly have killed the man, so how does he know so many of the horrifying details? A detective at her limits Suspended after a colleague was stabbed … Continue reading #BookReview: The Killer in Room Five by Sam Holland #TheKillerInRoomFive #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"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
"Five strangers are locked inside New York’s most notorious library.The famous author. The journalist. The professor. The bookseller. The architect.For one night only, the library welcomes them for an exclusive after-hours tour.They expect to see a legendary book. Instead they witness a gruesome murder.And now they must find the killer among them before morning, or … Continue reading #BookReview: The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego @bantambooksuk.bsky.social #TheLibraryAfterDark #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a lie.Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm … Continue reading #BookReview: Trad Wife by Sarah Langan @torbooksuk.bsky.social #TradWife #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Every town has a Main Street. Now every town is a target.Four murders. Four weeks. One impossible connection: every victim lived at 138 Main Street.FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and rookie officer Zoe Hill know the killer’s next address. But with more than seven thousand Main Streets across America, they have no idea where he’ll strike.Then … Continue reading #BookReview: 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #138MainStreet #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Hazel is twenty-seven, and her life is falling apart. As an amateur mycologist - someone who studies mushrooms - Hazel's hobby takes her to some dark places, but following a traumatic divorce she reluctantly finds herself back in her childhood home in the shadow of the sprawling Idless wood. To start rebuilding, she takes the … Continue reading #BookReview: Dark Is When The Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce @orbitbooks.bsky.social #DarkIsWhenTheDevilComes #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"She knows every killer twist.But she won't see this one coming... Bestselling crime author Marian Lane is surrounded by adoring readers when she learns that her husband Dane is dead. Marian returns home in shock to discover a stranger on her doorstep. A woman who not only claims she's Marian's biggest fan but says that … Continue reading #BookReview: The Woman Who Wasn’t There by William Hussey @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #TheWomanWhoWasntThere #GuestReview #BookTwitter #BookSky #damppebbles
"When the Church of the Invincible Sun is looking for someone to do its dirty work, they call on Sister Svangerd and her priest. Stealing a book might sound like a relatively simple task, but this isn't any old book.To get their hands on it, they must impersonate a legendary figure, create the world's most … Continue reading #BookReview: Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know by K.J. Parker @orbitbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #SisterSvangerdandtheDevilYouKnow #GuestReview #BookTwitter #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
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