Title:- The Lost Ones (Detective Jackie Cook series Book 1) Author:- Marnie Riches Date published:- will be published on June 7th 2022 Publisher:- Bookouture No. of pages:- 338 pages Genre:- Thriller Plot rating:- 4.5/5 stars Writing rating:- 4/5 stars Character rating:- 4.5/5 stars Overall rating:- 4.5 /5 stars The girl is sitting upright, her darkContinue reading “The Lost Ones (Detective Jackie Cook series Book 1) – ARC Book Review”
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The Gosling Girl – Book Review
Monster? Murderer? Child? Victim? Michelle Cameron’s name is associated with the most abhorrent of crimes. A child who lured a younger child away from her parents and to her death, she is known as the black girl who murdered a little white girl; evil incarnate according to the media. As the book opens, she has doneContinue reading “The Gosling Girl – Book Review”
Birthday Girl – ARC Book Review
Jonathan’s wife disappeared more than twenty years ago. Now he’s seeing her everywhere . . . New York in the 1990s – impoverished writer Jonathan Dainty takes his wife Maddie out to the beach for her birthday. Hours later he finds himself at the local police precinct trying to explain how on earth he letContinue reading “Birthday Girl – ARC Book Review”
Six Graves (DI Kim Stone series Book 16) – ARC Book Review
It’s a typical teenage bedroom with posters covering the walls and clothes littering the floor. But the girl lying on her bed, wearing a delicate chain around her neck, is lifeless. A circle of red stains her white vest top. How had the girl’s mother looked down at her sleeping child and pulled the trigger?Continue reading “Six Graves (DI Kim Stone series Book 16) – ARC Book Review”
A Botanists Guide to Parties and Poisons – ARC Book Review
Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleagues’ beliefs about women’s academic inabilities and not so subtle hints that herContinue reading “A Botanists Guide to Parties and Poisons – ARC Book Review”
Daisy Jones and the Six – Book Review
Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six. From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation. Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They played sold-out arenas from coast to coast. Then, on 12 July 1979, it all came crashingContinue reading “Daisy Jones and the Six – Book Review”
The Lies I tell – ARC Book Review
Meg Varnum. Maggie Littleton. Meg Upton. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. I’m not a con artist as much as an avenger. A righter of wrongs. But nothing about me is real, other than my desire to hold men like you accountable for the things you’ve done.Continue reading “The Lies I tell – ARC Book Review”
Missing – ARC Book Review
I’ve known him all my life. I know he has taken my daughter. His mother says she can help me. But she’s the last person I can trust… Samuel lived next door when we were children. We were inseparable. But he didn’t like sharing me with my adored little brother. And one terrible night, heContinue reading “Missing – ARC Book Review”
9 books to celebrate Asian-American / Pacific Islander month
According to Goodreads, in the US, May is month of Asian American and Pacific Islander day. So since I have read many Asian American authors, I decided to compile a list of books I have read that match the category Adobo and Arsenic – Mia P Manasala Currently I am reading the second book ofContinue reading “9 books to celebrate Asian-American / Pacific Islander month”
Down to the River – ARC Book Review
Title:- Down to the River Author:- Anne Whitney Pierce No. of pages:- 423 pages Date published:- will be published on May 3rd 2022 Genre:- Historical Fiction Rating:- 2.5 /5 stars Down to the River is a family saga set in the late 1960s in Cambridge, Massachusetts against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Twin brothers,Continue reading “Down to the River – ARC Book Review”
Tropical Girl Reads 