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Book Review: Where There's Smoke by Jodi Picoult

22/8/2017

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Serenity Jones has always known she can reach the other side. Even as a child her incredible psychic ability set her apart from the everyone else. And it has served her well. Now as a famous medium with her own TV talk show (think Oprah but with messages from dead loved ones) she has the world at her feet. But her quest for fame and fortune is at the expense of her psychic instincts and after a reading goes wrong she tries to recover her reputation but when this backfires her world quickly unravels on live TV.

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Book Review: The Missing Hours by Emma Kavanagh

5/7/2017

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When Selena Cole vanishes, apparently abandoning her children in the park, the police and her family fear for her safety. But when Selena appears 20hours later safe but with no memory of what happened during those lost hours suspicions being to stir. And the discovery of a dead body nearby raises even more questions. Is Selina's amnesia genuine or a clever deception?

​Regular readers of my blog will know I am a big Emma Kavanagh fan. I first reviewed her debut novel Falling back in 2014 and Emma has also writtenguest posts for my blog as part of her book launch tours. So this book had big shoes to fill...

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Book Review: What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan

8/6/2017

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Previously published as Burnt Paper Sky, this debut novel tells the story of a Mother's desperate search for her lost son.

​After allowing her 8yr old son, Ben, to run on ahead during their walk, Rachel Jenner looses her son in the woods. A frantic search ensues but all the Police can find are Ben's discarded clothes and trainers. After a press conference goes wrong, Rachel finds herself at the centre of a media frenzy painting her as a 'Bad Mother' and suggesting her involvement in Ben's disappearance is deeper than she claims. Even the Police begin to doubt her story. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust Rachel begins to unravel as she realises the greatest threat may not be from strangers but the people she loves the most.

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Book Review: The Mirror by Deborah A Stansil

10/5/2017

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When Amy's daughter, Lily, spots an old mirror in a local antiques shop she immediately falls in love with it. Seeing her daughter so infatuated Amy can't resist buying it for her, esspecially as it is such a bargain price for a beautiful antique.

But once they get the home Amy starts to feel uneasy about the mirror. She can't quite put her finger on it but something is off. Lily clearly loves it so she pushes the thoughts aside. But as Lily's behaviour starts to dramatically change and tension in their once happy home rises, Amy wonders if it is just coincidence, or if the mirror really was such a good deal after all.

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Book Review: The Bones of You by Debbie Howells

20/3/2017

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When 18yr old Rosie goes missing and is later found dead her village is in shock. Who would want to kill beautiful and gentle Rosie? And why? Local gardener Kate was close to Rosie and is wracked with guilt. Why didn't see this coming?

​Kate finds herself drawn into the investigation, sure the Police are missing something. And while her guilt turns to obsession she discovers that Rosie's perfect life was not all it seemed.

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World Book Day 2017: Fantastic Mr Fox

2/3/2017

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Little E is Fantastic Mr Fox
Boggis, Bunce, and Bean
One fat, one short, one lean!
These horrible crooks
So different in looks
Are nonetheless equally mean!

​From Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl


As you have probably guessed Little E chose to be Fantastic Mr Fox for this year's World Book Day. And the reason was pretty special; it is my favourite book.

​Yes, really it is. When it comes down to it and I'm pressed to choose my all time favourite book it would win hands down (closely followed by The Lord of the Rings trilogy, cause they are clearly so similar...). As a child I would read the whole book before bed, sometimes twice. I just couldn't get enough of it and it is a pivotal memory of my childhood.

​My Roald Dahl collection survived parental divorce, various moves, Art college and settling down to start a family. Of course Fantastic Mr Fox was the first 'proper' book I read Little E from my own tatty 30year old copy.

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Book Review: Wolf by Mo Hayder

20/2/2017

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14 years ago two teenager lovers were brutally murdered in a vicious manner in remote woodland. The suspect confessed and is behind bars. But years later the nightmare returns to an isolated house and a family who are trying to put the past behind them.

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Book Review: Because She Loves Me by Mark Edwards

23/1/2017

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When Andrew meets Charlie he can't believe his luck has changed; she seems perfect in every way and miraculously just as into him. Life is on the up.

But then a series of seemingly unrelated events unfold and one by one the people around Andrew get scared, hurt or worse. Slowly Andrew begins to suspect the events may be connected and starts to doubt if his perfect girlfriend is a perfect as she seems...

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Book Review: Behind Closed Doors by B.A.Paris

9/1/2017

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Jack and Grace are the perfect couple... or at least they appear to be.

​They look amazing together, host elaborate dinner parties, finish each other's sentances and dissappear away on romantic exotic holidays.

​But Grace is never seen alone, she always cancels plans and  she never answers the phone. What is going on behind the front door of their perfect home?

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Book Review: Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott

13/11/2016

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When Olivia Brooke's Husband disappears with her two children she is convinced she will never see any of them again. After all this is not the first time someone she loves has disappeared without a trace. Fast forward two years and this time Olivia and the kids have disappeared. Her bag is in the kitchen, car in the garage but they are gone. And bizarrely every photograph of the family has been removed from the house and computers. Detective Tom Douglas is called in to investigate the disappearance and soon finds more questions than answers. Is Oliva's Husband hiding something or is he an innocent party as confused as the rest? And if so where are Olivia and the children?​

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