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: Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler

Publication date 2 March 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? Yes Why I picked this I’ve always felt Lady Macbeth was vilified for ambition that in a man of her time would have been seen as a positive, so I was interested in reading a different take on her story. Review

Review: The Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride

Publication date 16 February 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this Because it’s by Stuart MacBride. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publishers Transworld and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and voluntary review. What

Review: Make Me Clean by Tina Baker

Publication date 16 February 2023 Standalone or series Standalone First time reading this author? No Why I picked this I enjoyed a previous book by this author. Review copy or purchase Thank you to the author, publisher Viper, and online book club The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this. This is an honest and

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: 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

Review: Final Girls by Riley Sager

Book release date: 13 July 2017 Book blurb: Three girls. Three tragedies. One unthinkable secret. The media calls them the Final Girls – Quincy, Sam, Lisa – the infamous group that no one wants to be part of. The sole survivors of three separate killing sprees, they are linked by their shared trauma. But when

Review: The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd

Book release date: 19 January 2023 Book blurb: You can get in. But you can’t get out. Welcome to the library… Twins Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their mother. Everyone knows who drove Elena, the renowned novelist, to suicide – her long-term literary critic, Eben. But the twins need proof if

Review: A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk

Book release date: 15 April 2019 Book blurb: Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed ‘Mister Whisper,’ earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process. Now, he spends his days working in

Review: 1989 by Val McDermid

Book release date: 18 August 2022 Book blurb: There’s nothing like a killer story . . . The world is changing, and Allie Burns is still on the front line, covering the stories that count. Although Allie is no longer an investigative journalist, her instincts are sharper than ever. When she discovers a lead about