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Book Review: The Shrouded Path by Sarah Ward
The Shrouded Path by Sarah Ward My rating: 4 of 5 stars What I immediately loved about this story was the familiarity that I had with the setting. Having grown up in the area of North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, … Continue reading
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Tagged bamford, book review, crime, crime fiction, crime series, hathersage, hope valley, peak district, sarah ward
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Book Review: A Deadly Influence by Mike Omer
A Deadly Influence by Mike Omer My rating: 4 of 5 stars In the main, this is a gripping, fast-paced chiller thriller. The characters, especially the main protagonist, Abby Mullen, are authentic. Abby is a negotiator and the opening scene … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime fiction, cult, mike omer, negotiator, thriller
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Book Review: Definitely Dead by Kate Bendelow
Definitely Dead by Kate Bendelow My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a truly excellent debut novel. There is no question in my mind that it fully deserves my five-star rating. From start to finish, the pace never lets … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, characterisation, conflict, crime, crime fiction, CSI, debut novel, humour, mixed race, pacey, police procedural, SOCO, thriller
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Book Review: Naked Truths by Karen Botha
Naked Truths by Karen Botha My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was OK and it was an enjoyable read. It could have been so much better though. The ideas behind the plot were good and, like any good … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime, crime fiction, karen botha, police procedural, thriller
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Book Review: Spellbreaker by Charlie N Holmberg
Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is imaginative and creative writing. There is no doubt in my mind that the author is very clever. I kept asking myself how she came up with some … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, charlie n holmberg, creative, crime, crime fiction, intrigue, magic, mystery, spells, tension
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Book Review: The Herb of Death (a Miss Marple short story) by Agatha Christie
The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple by Agatha Christie My rating: 3 of 5 stars A charming parlour game that starts with a fragment of a story about an ill-fated dinner in a big house and ends with the … Continue reading
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Tagged agatha christie, book review, crime fiction, miss marple, short story
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Book Review: Hunter’s Chase by Val Penny
Hunter’s Chase by Val Penny My rating: 4 of 5 stars As you’d expect from the first book in a crime series, there is plenty of character development. I must have met about twenty characters in the first four chapters … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime fiction, edinburgh, hunter, Scotland, thriller, val penny
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Book Review: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths My rating: 4 of 5 stars The ideas behind this story are great. The crimes in the book are closely tied to a ghost story which was written by an author who lived in … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime fiction, elly griffiths, harbinder kaur
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