After reading several (excellent!) thrillers in a row, it was time for a change of pace and a summer feel-good read! Elle travels to France in search of her birth mother who left her with her father aged just 1 week old. The only clue she has is a postcard wtith a cafe and […]
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book reviews
The Boy in the Photo, by Nicole Trope
The worst fear for a parent is for their child to go missing, with no idea if they are alive or dead. The worst fear for a single parent is that the child’s other parent snatches them. Megan found the courage to leave her manipulative and abusive husband Greg and tried to keep things […]
Murder in the Fens, by Clare Chase
This is the 4th Tara Thorpe book from author Clare Chase. Previously a journalist and now a police officer, Tara and her colleagues are called in to investigate the murder of Cambridge student Julie. The victim’s personal and political background must be investigated for potential motives for her death. During the investigation, police discover […]
Don’t Ever Tell, by Lucy Dawson
Charlotte and Tris are a couple struggling with work and home life balance. She is an author so works from home and does most of the child care while Tris has a well paid job in the city and feels like he gets everything wrong with regard to the children. They snipe and argue with […]
Whisper in the Night, by D.K. Hood
This book opens with the abduction of 14 year old Lindy. I’ll be honest I had a certain amount of dread based on my reading of DK Hood’s other books (The Crying Season and Where Angels Fear), and knew that her chances of survival were zero. Whisper in the NIght sets a mass killer against […]