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Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet). But when Vera wakes up oneContinue reading “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers – Book Review”

Will Trent and Sara Linton are back! This is the 11th electrifying thriller featuring GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton from New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter.After that night, nothing was ever the same again …Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton’s life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in aContinue reading “After That Night – ARC Book Review”

‘I don’t know who you are or why you’ve come here,’ I say, jabbing my finger at her, shaking as much as my voice. ‘But you are not my daughter. You are not Abigail.’Fourteen years ago , our family holiday ended in tragedy when my darling four-year-old girl was snatched from us on the beach.Continue reading “She Says She’s My Daughter – ARC Book Review”

hey lie on the hillside, wearing matching white dresses, tiaras in their blonde hair. Each of them clutches a red rose. They could be sleeping, but frost shines on the lashes of their wide blue eyes, frozen open forever… Detective Lexi Bennett is devastated when she finds the two teenagers lying side by side onContinue reading “The Girls on Chalk Hill Lexi Bennet Series Book 1 – ARC Book Review”

Title:- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Author:- Silvia Moreno Date published:- July 19th 2022 No. of pages:- 306 pages Genre:- Scientific Fiction/Horror Rating:- Plot:- 4/5 Writing:- 4/5 Overall rating:- 3.5/5 A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in aContinue reading “Daughter of Doctor Moreau – Book Review”