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book review

The Girl I Thought I Knew, by Kelly Heard

  Daisy Ritter’s whole life has been overshadowed by the chemical plant in the town. It has led to her father’s drinking, her mother’s recurrent miscarriages. Finally it led to her being estranged from her family for 17 years after she witnessed a girl dying in a fire but no one believed her and she […]

Flowers On Her Grave, by Jennifer Chase

A personal case for Katie Scott as her aunt is murdered and her uncle suspected. She is desperate to prove his innocence but must keep away from the investigation due to the family connection. Instead she focusses her attention on a cold case that her uncle investigated 12 years ago and believes there is a […]

Mine, by Clare Empson

Alice is reunited with Luke, the son she gave away 27 years ago. He found her after having his own child. Now Luke needs to negotiate a new relationship with his birth parents and be sensitive to his adoptive mother. Alice agrees to help out with childcare so that Luke’s partner Hannah can return to […]

Knock Knock, by Chris Merritt

Women are being murdered with metal balls in their throats. Detective Inspector DanĀ  Lockhart is convinced he is dealing with a serial killer but is battling his superiors to make the links. He asks his psychologist Lexi Green for her input. Dan is dealing with his own demons from the army and the mysterious disappearance […]

The Girl You Gave Away, by Jess Ryder

  It seems a little strange to review this book on Mother’s Day as it has such a powerful theme about motherhood. Erin was just 14 when she became pregnant. She was forced to give away her baby daughter and hid her secret from her husband and children. On her 40th birthday, her long lost […]