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Emily and James are having a rare night out, leaving their baby daughter Daisy with Emily’s little sister Jess. But they arrive home to find Jess unconscious on the floor after a medical episode and Daisy has vanished… Little Sister is a psychological thriller set on the Isle of Wight about the abduction of a […]

1916, Hannah travels to her sister’s home of Midwinter Manor with Aunt Violet to spend Christmas. But it isn’t the relaxing family Christmas they were expecting as one guest dies and a priceless ruby goes missing… Murder at Midwinter Manor is the 3rd book to feature bookshop owners Hannah and Violet as they act as […]

It has been a strange week. Did I mention I have another job? I’m now clerking at 4 schools as well as the exam invigilation. So this week I went into my new school which was fun but I also had a discipline committee at another school which was decidedly less enjoyable. Zach lost a […]

This was February’s book club choice and it’s a classic I have read many (20+) years ago! This is the first time that I have listened to one of James Patterson’s books as an audiobook and I was not disappointed. Two children go missing, abducted by a member of school staff. Detective Alex Cross is […]

Cressida Fawcett is enjoying a Christmas Eve party, hoping her best friend will get engaged. But the evening takes a shocking turn when she finds an acquaintance’s body in the fountain. The hotel is locked down and Cressy hunts the killer… Death in the Mayfair Hotel is the 6th book in the amateur sleuth cosy […]