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book reviews

The Tenant, by Angela Lester

Kate uproots herself and heads to university as a mature student to study music and finally follow her dream. She is a bit strapped for cash but finds a reasonably priced room in Amy’s house. But gradually Kate’s life gets out of control and she starts to suspect a malevolent influence… The Tenant is a […]

Good Neighbours, by Mary Grand

Nia travels to the Isle of Wight to housesit for her aunt. She moves into a close knit community but notices that the perfect neighbourhood is based on secrets… Good Neighbours is a psychological thriller set on the Isle of Wight. The book starts with the creation of a voodoo doll which sets the sinister […]

Mystery at Lovelace Manor, by Clare Chase

An annual festival at Lovelace Manor ends in tragedy with the death of a celebrity historian in a bizarre hot air balloon incident. Amateur sleuth and professional obituary writer Eve Mallow is on hand to investigate the tangled relationships that could provide the motive and identify the killer… Mystery at Lovelace Manor is the eighth […]

The Witch’s Tree, by Elena Collins

TRIGGER WARNING : miscarriage 1682: Grace is a milkmaid but her grandmother is something of a wise woman and wants to teach her about herbs and healing. Present day: Selena’s love life is in tatters after a confrontation with her lover’s wife and she miscarries. She retreats to a thatched cottage to paint and heal […]

Her Child’s Cry, by S.A. Dunphy

A little girl with cancer is snatched from a hospital. Her abductor is found dead shortly afterwards but Rosie is still missing. Behaviour specialist Jessie Boyle and DS Seamus Keneally begin a frantic search for the little girl but her time is running out.. Her Child’s Cry is the third book to feature Boyle and […]