From the first chapter I was hooked. Henry and Effie arrive in a deserted holiday town out of season. They consummate their marriage in a quick perfunctory manner and head out to see what little is on offer in the deserted holiday town.
 
They get to know each other, properly, the longest they've spent alone together. And start to discover and enjoy each other's bodies as any honeymooning couple.
 
Effie is disappointed that she isn't able to show Henry the Cape May she remembers. When Effie and Henry bumps into the overbearing Clara, a gorgeous socialite from the city, they join Clara's party scene, their Southern morals are loosened by the hard liquor and decadent living. They decide to extend their stay, to unexpected consequences. How will the Christian couple keep up with the partying? And can they ever return to their sleepy town in the south?
 
The story was sublime, and was beautifully told.
 
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. 
 

The e-book of The Break was published in 2018. This review coincides with the paperback being launched on 18 April 2019.
 
I really enjoyed the first two books in this Soho Nights Trilogy and COULD NOT WAIT to read The Break. And what a delight it was. It revisits Frankie, owner of the Ambassador Club and him trying to avoid getting involved in the plans of warring local mobsters. All he wants is an easy life. Frankie has set up a legitimate snooker competition but on the eve before the launch someone is trying to fix the outcome. That is the least of his worries when a ghost from his past comes back to haunt him and coerces him to be part of a heist.
 
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.

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. 

A riveting read from start to finish.
 
The book is told from three the perspective female characters:
- Evie - 16 years earlier she accidentally killed her father and she has rebuilt her life and comes home to find her husband dead from a gunshot wound.
- DD - A senior policewoman who first questioned Evie all those years ago.
- Flora - The survivor of a violent kidnapping, and now works as DD's confidential informant.
 
From the very first chapter I was hooked. Why did Evie act so unexpectedly when she found her husband's body?
The book looks at the old case of Evie's father in more detail. DD is adamant Evie isn't going to get away again. Yet, when her informant Flora recognises Evie's husband, there is more than meets the eye in both deaths. Everyone is harbouring secrets. Flora's story is heartbreaking, her courage seeps through with her every action  - I hope to see more of her in the future!
 
I read this in as close to one sitting as possible, with meals and sleep getting in the way.
 
A brilliant book. And if you like Karin Slaughter and Gillian Flynn do not hesitate to read Never Tell.
 
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.