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Kiss Her Goodnight, by D.K. Hood

Sheriff Jenna Alton and Dave Kane are finally ready to tie the knot but their plans are in jeopardy when a woman’s body is found in the town’s playground. Meanwhile, other women live in terror in underground caves… Kiss Her Goodnight is the 15th book to feature Kane and Alton. The main plot thread started […]

The Fire Killer, by Ross Greenwood

  A skip burns. When the flames dies down, the fire brigade find a charred body. DI Barton needs to discover if the death was deliberate and the fire intentional, or could both have been accidental…? The Fire Killer is the 5th book in the DI Barton series and I have reviewed the previous book […]

A Little Hotel in Cornwall box set of books 1-8, by Laura Briggs

Maisie Clark is desperate to find an author to act as her mentor for a prestigious writing scheme. She travels from LA to Cornwall to seek out a reclusive author and ends up working as a maid at the hotel where he writes. A Little Hotel in Cornwall box set contains 8 novellas, all between […]

The Midwife of Auschwitz, by Anna Stuart

TRIGGER WARNING: graphic Holocaust violence including infanticide Ana and Ester are friends in Lodz, Poland when the Nazis invade. Both are forced from their homes as a ghetto is established and Ester is locked inside. Ana is eager to help the Jewish community but this brings her to the attention of the Gestapo. Both women […]

The Summer of Secrets, Patricia Wilson

Olivia is distracting herself from her divorce and the death of her mother by writing a cook book based on her Greek heritage. Encouraged by her great uncle George, she travels to the island of Castellorizo to discover her family’s past… The Summer of Secrets is a dual timeline novel set mostly on the Greek […]