Review: The Trial by Rob Rinder

Publication date 22 June 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this The author’s own background as a criminal barrister made this intriguing despite the hit and miss experience I’ve had with celebrity authors. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publishers Century and NetGalley UK

Review: Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant

Publication date 2 June 2022 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this The book description sounded interesting. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publisher Hodder and Stoughton, and online book club The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this. What it’s about Ali and Sean

Review: No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

Publication date 11 May 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this I have enjoyed previous books by this author. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publisher Bantam, and online book club The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this. This is an honest and

Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

Publication date 20 April 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this Ever sine The Last House on Needless Street I’ve been drawn to Catriona Ward’s weirdly fantastical world. I don’t always get it, but it fascinates me. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publishers

Review: The Curator by Owen King

Publication date 7 March 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this While I’ve read Sleeping Beauties by the same author that was a joint project so I wanted to try a book where they were the sole writer. Review copy or purchase Purchased as ebook. What it’s

Review: End of Story by Louise Swanson

Publication date 23 March 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this I liked the sound of it. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publishers Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and

Review: The Wilderness Retreat by Jennifer Moore

Publication date 22 February 2023 (ebook); 27 April 2023 (paperback) Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this Book description looked interesting. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publisher HQ Digital, and online book club The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this. This is an

Review: The Drift by C.J. Tudor

Publication date 19 January 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this After being disappointed by this author’s first couple of novels, I’ve seen many people with similar book tastes to me rave about subsequent books, so I thought it was time to give them another chance. Review

Review: Surrounded By Idiots by Thomas Erikson

Publication date 30 July 2019 Standalone or series Non-fiction series (part of the Surrounded By series) First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this I liked the title and it was recommended by someone else working in the same field as me. Review copy or purchase Purchased as paperback. What it’s about Do

Review: The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

Book release date: 2 February 2023 Book blurb: Dylan Kasper is stuck. Living in self-imposed reclusion from his former life in the police, he’s been in a downward spiral since his daughter’s death five years ago. All that changes when the son of an esteemed professor jumps under an inner-city train. His former colleagues call