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20/11/2018 0 Comments

Review: The Broken Girls

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Page length: 338 pages
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publication Date: 29 November 2018 (Paperback)
Publisher: Wildfire
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars: 5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT THE BROKEN GIRLS
 
THEY WON'T FORGIVE. THEY WON'T FORGET.
 
1950 - At the crumbling Idlewild Hall school for unwanted girls, four room-mates begin to bond over dark secrets and whispered fears - until one of them mysteriously disappears...
 
2014 - Journalist Fiona Sheridan can't get over the murder of her sister twenty years ago, near the ruins of Idlewild. And when another body is found during renovations of the school, she begins to uncover horrors that were meant to remain hidden - and a voice that won't be silenced.
 
For fans of Lisa Jewell and S.K. Tremayne, The Broken Girls is a chilling story of murder, revenge, and secrets that refuse to stay buried...
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My Review:

The Broken Girls has been out as an e-book since March 2018, and this review coincides with the paperback release (out 29 November 2018). The story surrounds an old boarding school Idlewild Hall. The school closed in 1979 and in 2014 has been bought.
 
The tale flits between two timelines – when the school was still open and functioning in 1950, four friends who share a dorm room. And one of the girls goes missing. And 2014 when a reclusive millionaire has bought the school with plans to bring it back to life, and a local journalist, Fiona Sheridan, who with a hidden agenda wants to find out why?
 
Fiona is fighting her own demons; her sister was murdered and dumped outside Idlewild Hall, and it's not only ghosts from her past who are scaring her. The stories of the haunted school, the missing girl, the dead sister are woven together beautifully. I was fearful, mystified and curious for answers!
 
Such a good book, I hope we see more of Fiona Sheridan.
 
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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4/11/2018 0 Comments

Review: My Name is Anna

My Name is Anna by Lizzy Barber
Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller
Publication Date: 1 November 2018
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  5 out of 5

 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

ABOUT MY NAME IS ANNA
 
Two women – desperate to unlock the truth.
How far will they go to lay the past to rest?
 
ANNA has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth birthday she defies her Mamma’s rules and visits Florida’s biggest theme park. She has never been allowed to go – so why, when she arrives, does everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious letter she receives on the same day?
 
ROSIE has grown up in the shadow of the missing sister she barely remembers, her family fractured by years of searching without leads. Now, on the fifteenth anniversary of her sister’s disappearance, the media circus resumes in full flow, and Rosie vows to uncover the truth. But will she find the answer before it tears her family apart?
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My Review:

Not a spoiler – the back cover says it all. Rosie's older sister went missing fifteen years previously, and Anna wonders about her real parentage is. What I thought was going to be a straightforward thriller, how wrong was I! It got murkier and murkier the further I read. I was completely embroiled in Anna and Rosie's stories respectively. And at one point shouting 'No!!!!!' at the book.
 
A fantastic debut from Ms Barber.
 
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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2/11/2018 0 Comments

Review: Before I Find You

Before I Find You by Ali Knight
Page length: 352 pages
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Crime Fiction
Publication Date: 1 November 2018
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars: 5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)


 
ABOUT BEFORE I FIND YOU:
 
MAGGIE IS A HUSBAND WATCHER. A snooper, a marriage doctor, a killer of happy-ever-afters. She runs her own private detective agency specialising in catching out those who cheat. And she's very good at it. Until Helene walks through her door.
 
HELENE IS A HUSBAND CATCHER.. A beautiful wife, a doting stepmother, a dazzling presence at parties. She counts herself lucky to have married one of the most eligible men in town - Gabe Moreau. Until she sees something that threatens her little family of three.
 
ALICE IS A PERFECT DAUGHTER. Apple of her father's eye, a kind stepchild to Helene, a tragic daughter of a dead mother. She lives a sheltered but happy life. Until she finds a handwritten note on her father's desk: 'You owe me. I'm not going away.'
 
All three women suspect Gabe Moreau of keeping secrets and telling lies. But not one of them suspects that the truth could result in murder...
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My Review:

A brilliant thriller. It was delightful to pick up the clues left as crumbs, with the red herrings thrown in. I loved Maggie Malone's character – a private detective who is a little rough around the edges but lives in stilettos.
 
The first chapter opens ominously – something bad has happened. Then we flash back to eight weeks earlier where the story is told chronologically from the perspectives of the three women – Maggie (the private detective), Helene (the suspicious wife), and Alive (Helene's stepdaughter). I was ahead of the game for one of the twists, but then they kept coming from all directions. It was a captivating finish. Maybe in vain, but I very much hope to see more from Maggie Malone and her Blue and White Detective Agency.
 
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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