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book reviews

The Family Reunion, by Karen King

Mary gave away her baby when she was a teenager. Now her husband has died and she wants to find the daughter she has never forgotten. She is delighted to find her long lost daughter Cathy but her other children are not so thrilled… The Family Reunion is a family drama and psychological thriller set […]

First Degree Murder, by M.J. Weatherall

TRIGGER WARNING: recreational drug use Matilda Darcy returns to her university course and shared house after the Christmas break. She split up with Dean just before the holidays and is looking to party to heal her broken heart and show him what he is missing. But another student dies during a party game and other […]

Dive, by Jon Barton

Drugs and female corpses are found in the River Thames by the marine police. Frogman David Cade usually passes the bodies on but his new colleague Naomi Harding wants to pursue the deaths. He is convinced to listen to her when his own daughter goes missing… Dive is a murder mystery and detective novel set […]

Murder at the Charity Ball, by Helena Dixon

It’s the lead up of Christmas 1934, but more importantly… Kitty and Matt’s wedding! Kitty’s father Edgar has come over from New York and they reunite at a charity ball. Later that evening the host is found dead and Edgar is the main suspect for murder… Murder at the Charity Ball is the 11th book […]

The Lie In Our Marriage, by Anna Lou Weatherley

TRIGGER WARNING: suicide, mental health Maggie and Len are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. But as Maggie pops into the loft to grab a surprise for her husband, she discovers a woman’s scarf. Initially she suspects he may have had an affair, but then she sees a photo of a murdered woman wearing the same […]