book reviews
Sarah Rock appears to lead a sad and lonely life, despite living in a beautiful and spacious apartment in Upper East Side Manhatten and being able to go to museums, art exhibitions and social events she used to love so much. Her children have been sent to attend a boarding school and she is missing …
Continue reading “# Book Review #The Woman in the Park by Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist”
If you are lonely, sad, and blue, the Whisper Man will come for you… Dark, creepy, eery… Today is the publication day for Alex North’s debut crime novel which has already received a lot of attention. My expectations were really high and the book did not disappoint. It kept me up for hours with its …
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The truth will set you free. But it’s the lies that keep you safe. At the beginning of the book a woman dies, falling down from a treacherous mountain path and leaving her child motherless. Who is she? what kind of secrets and frustrations made her go on the fateful mountain climb when she was …
Continue reading “#Book Review # Because you’re mine by Rea Frey”
On Monday morning a security employee hears two gun shots coming from a largely unused elevator. He calls the police who manage to open the door…and retreat in shock at the amount of blood covering the small space. What exactly led to this situation? Who were the four people confined in this elevator and why …
Continue reading “#Book review # Escape Room by Megan Goldin”
What would you do if you accidentally discovered your lazy but so loveable teenage son has a dangerous hobby of breaking into your neighbours ‘ houses and hacking into their computers? Would you consider writing an anonymous letter to apologise for his wrongdoing? Just to make sure that his prank e-mails do not have serious …
Continue reading “#Book review # Someone we know by Shari Lapena”
‘This morning, I was packing up lunches, ironing, putting on the laundry I should have done last night. Now my precious daughter is accused of murder. ‘ When ten-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested for a terrible crime, Maddy’s mother Juliet cannot believe it. How could her bright, joyful daughter be capable of such …
Continue reading “#Book Review #The Silent Ones by K.L.Slater”
Phoebe’s recently lost her wealthy father Daniel, so she can probably be forgiven for keeping to her suburban house in a quiet cul-de-sac. She has no desire to interact with other people and would definitely like to avoid journalists and paparazzi. Since his death, Daniel has been accused of various kinds of harrassment and even …
Continue reading “#Book review # The other Mrs Miller by Allison Dickson”
Imagine coming back home after ten years away. Imagine the more you think about the accident that killed your father, the less you are convinced it was an accident. Imagine investigating a grisly murder and realising your father is your primary suspect. This is the reality Nell Flynn, the protagonist of Cristina Alger’s new thriller …
Continue reading “Girls like us by Cristina Alger #Book review”
A gripping, compelling psychological thriller that explores interesting issues related to reproductive rights, motherhood, friendships and relationships in general. Lana Stone and her partner Tyler Jones have been trying to start family for years and have even undergone several unsuccessful IVF cycles. Lana, who is determined to continue, decides to use an egg donor. She …
Continue reading “#Book Review #Her daughter’s mother by Daniela Petrova”
Whatever you think you know… you’re wrong. Following a whirlwind four-month romance, lawyer Claire and hotel entrepreneur Angus are engaged to be married. Happy and successful, and ready to start their new life together, Claire and Angus find what they believe to be the perfect home. But when Claire meets Mark, the man selling them …
Continue reading “Past is the greatest illusion… #Book Review #The Couple by Sarah Mitchell”
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