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Where the Crawdads Sing – Book Review

Title:- Where the Crawdads Sing Author:- Delia Owens Date published:- November 8th 2018 No. of pages:- 379 pages Genre:- Historical Fiction/ Thriller Rating:- 4/5 For years, rumours of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, theContinue reading “Where the Crawdads Sing – Book Review”

Souvenirs from Kyiv – ARC Book Review

Russia has been trying to wipe Ukraine off the world map for thousands of years. They haven’t succeeded yet. Now, I’m picking up my stone and throwing it at Goliath. I want people to understand. I want to save this country.’ Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, March 2022 Larissa is a renowned embroiderer, surviving in occupied Ukraine during WorldContinue reading “Souvenirs from Kyiv – ARC Book Review”

The Little Cornish House – ARC Book Review

Title:- The Little Cornish House Author:- Donna Ashcroft No. of pages:- 289 pages Date published:- will be published on May 6th 2022 Publisher:- Bookouture Genre:- Romance Rating:- 4/5 stars Step into stunning Indigo Cove on the beautiful Cornish coast, where you’ll find sunshine, secrets, and a summer that will change everything for Ruby Caldwell. Thirty-year-oldContinue reading “The Little Cornish House – ARC Book Review”

The Night They Vanished- ARC Book Review

Title:- The Night They Vanished Author:- Vanessa Savage Date published:- will be published on 5th May 2022 Genre:- Psychological Thriller Rating:- 4/5 A family with a secret.A past about to catch up with them. At thirty, Hanna has finally decided she’s better off without her family. They hold her responsible for the incident that ruinedContinue reading “The Night They Vanished- ARC Book Review”

An English Garden Murder (Book 1 of Julia Bird series) – ARC Book Review

Julia Bird’s picturesque Cotswolds cottage has everything she could want. Rustic charm, cosy fireplaces and, it turns out, a dead body in the garden… Recently divorced and reluctantly retired, Julia Bird has fled London to enjoy idyllic rural life in the Cotswolds. Determined to have the perfect English garden, her first job is to tear down theContinue reading “An English Garden Murder (Book 1 of Julia Bird series) – ARC Book Review”

The Doctor’s Daughter – ARC Book Review

Auschwitz, 1941: It was her father’s job to save the lives of the SS. But she chose to risk everything and save the lives of prisoners. In Nazi-occupied Poland, Sofia cannot look her father in the eye. Sofia’s mother, her papa’s cherished wife, is Jewish—how dare he work as a doctor for the SS? She cannot forgiveContinue reading “The Doctor’s Daughter – ARC Book Review”

The Book of Cold Cases – Book Review

Title:- The Book of Cold Cases Author:- Simone St James Date published:- March 15th 2022 No. of pages:- 350 pages Genre:- Thriller/Supernatural Rating:- 4.5/5 stars A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling authorContinue reading “The Book of Cold Cases – Book Review”

Valleyesque – ARC Book Review

Psychedelic, dazzling stories set in the cracks of the Texas-Mexico borderland, from an iconoclastic storyteller and the author of Tears of the Trufflepig. No one captures the border—its history and imagination, its danger, contradiction, and redemption—like Fernando A. Flores, whose stories reimagine and reinterpret the region’s existence with peerless style. In his immersive, uncanny borderland, thingsContinue reading “Valleyesque – ARC Book Review”

The Silent Child – ARC Book Review

1944 LEO STERN arrives at the Nazi camp at Borek with his wife Irena and his two daughters. The Sterns are spared from the gas chamber when they witness a murder. But in a place that humanity has deserted, Leo is forced to make unimaginable choices to try to keep his family alive. 1961For seventeen years,Continue reading “The Silent Child – ARC Book Review”