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21/3/2019 0 Comments

Review: She Lies in Wait

She Lies in Wait by Gytha Lodge
Page length: 400 pages
Genre: Crime Fiction, Thriller  
Publication Date: 21 March 2019 (Hardback)
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT SHE LIES IN WAIT
 
Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust?
Seven friends go down to the woods.
But one never comes home.
Now, a body has been found.
They thought they'd got away with it.
But now they're all suspects.
Who do you trust?
 
On a hot July night in 1983, six school friends go camping in the forest. Bright and brilliant, they are destined for great things, and young Aurora Jackson is dazzled to be allowed to tag along.
 
Thirty years later, a body is discovered. DCI Sheens is called to the scene, but he already knows what's waiting for him: Aurora Jackson, found at long last.
 
But that's not all. The friends have all maintained their innocence, but the body is found in a hideaway only the six of them knew about.
 
It seems the killer has always lurked very close to home...
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My Review:

DCI Sheens gets a call he's been waiting thirty years for. The decomposed body of the missing girl, Aurora, has been finally been found. The story is told in two timelines a) now –Sheen's police investigation and b) then – Aurora's story. The chapters are well thought out and you are able to keep up with the clues in real time investigation against what happened in 1983. Everyone is a suspect.
 
I really enjoyed She Lies in Wait, and it kept me guessing and changing my suspects until the very end.
 
I hope to see more of DCI Sheens and especially DC Hanson.
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review. 
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21/3/2019 0 Comments

Review: Run Away

Run Away by Harlan Coben
Page length: 384 pages
Genre: Crime Fiction, Thriller  
Publication Date: 21 March 2019
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT RUN AWAY
 
YOU’VE LOST YOUR DAUGHTER.
 
She’s addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. You haven’t seen her in six months.
 
Then you find her busking in New York’s Central Park.
 
But she’s not the girl you remember. This woman is frail, filthy, terrified, and in more trouble than you ever imagined.
 
You don’t stop to think. You approach her. You beg her to come home.
 
SHE RUNS.
 
You follow. What choice do you have? And as you descend into the dark, dangerous world she's lost herself in, you quickly find yourself out of your depths. Down here, no-one is safe – and now both of you might never make it out alive…

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10/3/2019 0 Comments

Review: Cherry

Cherry by Nico Walker
Page length: 336 pages
Genre: Crime Fiction, Thriller  
Publication Date: 28 February 2019
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  4.5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT CHERRY
 
Cleveland, Ohio, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York, and he flunks out of school and joins the army. Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq. But as an army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him. His fellow soldiers smoke; they huff computer duster; they take painkillers; they watch porn. And many of them die. He and Emily try to make their long-distance marriage work, but when he returns from Iraq, his PTSD is profound, and the drugs on the street have changed. The opioid crisis is beginning to swallow up the Midwest. Soon he is hooked on heroin, and so is Emily. They attempt a normal life, but with their money drying up, he turns to the one thing he thinks he could be really good at – robbing banks.
 
Hammered out on a prison typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America.
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My Review:

There are few novels that make you want to dip your toe into the murky waters of crime, but this is one of them. The prologue starts with a heist. And then chapter one goes back in time to the protagonist's freshman years. Politically the message was strong throughout the middle of the book set in Iraq. Why are we sending young men to war?
 
The last third was set is the US after the long stint in Iraq, and seen through the eyes of PTSD suffering junkie. A lot of his behaviour was reprehensible yet it was told with such candor and charm!
 
I could see this being made into a television series or a film.
 
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review. 
 
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7/3/2019 0 Comments

Review: The Bridal Party

The Bridal Party by JG Murray
Page length: 194 pages
Genre: Crime Fiction, Thriller  
Publication Date: 7 March 2019
Publisher: Corvus
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  4 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT THE BRIDAL PARTY
 
Sometimes friendship can be murder...
 
It's the weekend of Clarisse's bridal party, a trip the girls have all been looking forward to. Then, on the day of their flight, Tamsyn, the maid of honour, suddenly backs out. Upset and confused, they try to make the most of the stunning, isolated seaside house they find themselves in.
 
But, there is a surprise in store - Tamsyn has organised a murder mystery, a sinister game in which they must discover a killer in their midst. As tensions quickly boil over, it becomes clear to them all that there are some secrets that won't stay buried...

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My Review:

The thing about weddings and hen weekends is that they are meant to be fun. So why do they always feel like forced-aren't-we-having-fun-fun. The first chapter was perfect in instilling hesitation from the bride-to-be when following the maid of honour's directions to a mysterious location.
 
I enjoyed getting to know the women and forgot about the pending twists and turns. There was enough intrigue and mystery that anyone could've done it. And about two-thirds during the book I was sure I had nailed the ending, only to be completely wrong. It was a great story that kept you guessing to the very last chapter. Bravo!
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review. 
 
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5/3/2019 0 Comments

Review: Daisy Jones & the Six

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Page length: 335 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction, Oral History  
Publication Date: 5 March 2019
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital  
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT DAISY JONES & THE SIX
 
For a while, Daisy Jones & The Six were everywhere. Their albums were on every turntable, they sold out arenas from coast to coast, their sound defined an era. And then, on 12 July 1979, they split.
 
Nobody ever knew why. Until now.
 
They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals. They couldn't believe their luck, until it ran out. This is their story of the early days and the wild nights, but everyone remembers the truth differently.
 
The only thing they all know for sure is that from the moment Daisy Jones walked barefoot onstage at the Whisky, their lives were irrevocably changed.
 
Making music is never just about the music. And sometimes it can be hard to tell where the sound stops and the feelings begin.

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My Review:

SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL
 
I had heard so many good things about Daisy Jones and the Six – to the point that I was worried my expectations were too high. But worry not - it really is that good.
 
Daisy Jones & The Six is such a detailed and well-accomplished oral history of a fictional rock band in the 1970s that you have to remind yourself it's fiction. I have nostalgia for the Los Angeles scene in the seventies and the sunset strip and the heady parties held at Chateau Marmont. I love that music – Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, I loved the story and the telling of the rock music journey from an idea for a band to super stardom.
I want to know Daisy Jones, I want to hear her music. When I finished the book, I suffered immense grief at the loss of the world that Taylor Jenkins Reid had painted.
 
Before I read this book and before it was even published it had been bought by Reese Witherspoon's production company to turn into a television series. Bring it on!
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review. 

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