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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

May 16, 2021  
Come see a cool scrapbook page from Covey's travels from the mystery novel THE CHINESE MURDER OF EDWARD WATTS by Shelly L. Williams on my blog. Enter the giveaway to win signed copies of all the books in the series!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/05/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-chinese.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Covey and JayJay travel to China and then return home to deal with shady characters, spies, gangsters, and other tough customers. In an exciting last act, they solve a murder most foul.
     
Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)
Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)
Nalini Singh | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Wow!

I think I fell in love with this series about half way through the book and I cant wait to start book two.

The chemistry between Elena and Raphael was smoking hot and I was loving reading their relationship unfold while trying to track down the bad guy.

I almost cried too, near the end when Raphael was cradling her in his arms, had to take deep breaths and blink rapidly lol, I don't think he realises just quite how good he is.
  
Running Wilde (Immortal Vegas, #9)
Running Wilde (Immortal Vegas, #9)
Jenn Stark | 2017
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Hmm...

I've enjoyed this series a lot and as I'm currently on holiday in Vegas I thought it would be great to read this while I was here, imagining the Councils residences above the hotels of the Strip, but most of this book isn't even set in Vegas and I kinda lost interest about half way through for a while.

Eventually I picked it back up and finished it. The war on magic is almost here now and everything is intensifying.

Off to start book 10
  
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Talia Jackson recommended Trashed in Books (curated)

 
Trashed
Trashed
Mia Hopkins | 2019 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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"There aren’t many authors who can get me invested in a one-night stand right off the bat, but this book was real and raw enough to make it work. Written solely from the hero’s point of view, Trashed follows an ex-con gang member trying to get back on his feet as he develops feelings for the prickly chef he works for. Sexy, funny, heart-warming and intensely romantic, this book is one of my all-time faves. In fact, I adore this whole series."

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The Whole Truth (DI Adam Fawley #5)
The Whole Truth (DI Adam Fawley #5)
Cara Hunter | 2021 | Crime, Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I have had this book on my 'to-be-read' pile for ages only realising (because my pile is so big!) when book 6 came along. I am so disappointed with myself that I didn't read it earlier because this is yet another cracker from Cara Hunter and a great addition to the series. I don't think you have to read the others in the series to enjoy this as it works pretty well as a standalone.

Once again, we are treated to an up to date story line of alleged abuse by a female in a powerful position against a male student and an old case that is coming back to haunt DI Fawley, his team and his wife. Ms Hunter uses different types of media, including podcasts and transcripts from interviews, to enhance the story and make it feel current and relevant and definitely enhances the reading experience.

The Whole Truth, and in fact the whole series so far, is full of excellent characters that are well developed but what I particularly like is that at the very beginning, there is a brief summary of the main characters in the series which gets you up to speed and jogs your memory which, for people who read a lot of books/series or for those, like me, who have memory lapses from time to time, is really useful. I would certainly recommend this to other authors who write series.

I have one small quibble in what is a really good book and that is the reproduction of Alex's written notes and some of the excepts from text conversations and social media didn't reproduce very well on the Kindle in that they were too small even when the font was set to maximum; I realise in a physical book this is likely not to be an issue but it might be worth thinking about this for future books.

Like I said, this is a cracker and one I would recommend to those of you who enjoy a really good police procedural with some great twists, turns and suspense.

Many thanks to Penguin Books UK and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my views of The Whole Truth.