This was a fast-paced crime thriller, where it’s hard to figure out who you can trust and who is protecting the guilty party. Set in Northern Ireland, eight-year-old Kelly Doherty went trick-or-treating 25 years ago and never came home. Instead, her body was discovered three days later, face-down on the banks of the local reservoir, by twin brothers who were her classmates. A local man was accused and convicted of the crime, but he’s sworn … Read More “Ask No Questions by Claire Allan” »
Publisher: Avon Books UK
I had a lot of fun reading this book — couldn’t put it down — and then I got to the ending. Womp womp. Amber and Nick have separated and decided to sell the home that his mother, Barb, sold to them a few years earlier to make into a home for themselves and their two children. Now that their marriage has fallen apart, Amber wants to sell quickly so she can move on with … Read More “The Open House by Sam Carrington” »
Paige Northwood is a freelance BSL (British Sign Language) interpreter who is brought in by the police after a 15-year-old deaf student (Leon) goes missing on an overnight school camping trip. Also missing is the head teacher, Steve, who is found a short time later, murdered. The police — along with Paige — are desperate to find Leon, but the other residential students and teachers are keeping secrets and slowing down the investigation. I know … Read More “Silent Night by Nell Pattison” »
I really wanted to like this one a lot more than I did. I loved the premise, but unfortunately, for me, it just didn’t live up to the promise. Two weeks before the wedding, Amy’s fiancé Matt doesn’t return home after a dinner with a client. She calls the police to report him missing, but there is no sign of him. Then, Matt is also reported missing by a second woman, Fiona, who tells the … Read More “The Vow by Debbie Howells” »
Alice was recently left by her husband. Ursula’s husband died after a violent crime. And Gareth is a washed out, wannabe police officer working as a security officer in a mall. Ursula, Gareth and Alice don’t know each other — or only on the most superficial basis — when their lives intersect during a horrible crime. Which sounds really exciting and suspenseful, but, unfortunately, it’s not enough to really make this book into a great … Read More “Strangers by C.L. Taylor” »