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Archive for July 2021

Coldharbour, by John Mead

A murdered woman is traced back to a trafficking ring. Can DCI Matthew Merry put his personal issues to one side and work with international colleagues to solve the case…? Coldharbour is the fourth book from John Mead and the first that I have read. This works perfectly well as a standalone novel as there […]

Marshlight, by Joy Ellis

Christie visits the fens to conduct research for her employer’s book. She stays with her cousin Liz and partner Matt, retired cops now private investigators. The couple are investigating a woman’s disappearance and are then invited by the police to help with a murder enquiry. But Christie soon provides them with another case… Marshlight is […]

Those I Have Lost, by Sharon Maas

India 1930s. Rosie’s first loss is the death of her mother at the age of 10. She goes to live with her mother’s friend Silvia in Ceylon. An idyllic childhood ensues but the Second World War is imminent: who else will she lose…? Those I Have Lost is an historical novel set during the 1930s […]

Queen of Blood, by Sarah Kennedy

England 1553. Mary Tudor ascends the throne and restores Catholicism. But not everyone is happy and rebellion brews… Queen of Blood is the fourth book in Sarah Kennedy’s The Crown and the Cross series but the first book by this author that I have read (something I will swiftly amend!) Set in Tudor England, the […]

Cross My Heart, by D.K. Hood

Jenna Alton’s home is under attack and her life in danger. A killer from her past, a copycat or a coincidence? In the woods, couples are being hunted and murdered by a killer with a crossbow, again echoing a previous killing spree that Jenna investigated. But that killer is in prison… Cross My Heart is […]