Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated To Catch a Killer in Books
Nov 28, 2021
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To Catch a Killer
By Emma Kavanagh
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NO ONE KNOWS THE MIND OF A KILLER LIKE EMMA KAVANAGH.
I've been watching you DS Alice Parr.
I saw you trying to save the poor young woman you found in the park.
The woman I tried to kill.
I've been waiting for you to find her family. To find someone who cares about her.
But you can't can you?
You've never had a case like this.
I know everything about you. You know nothing about me.
Even though I'm the man you're looking for.
And you will never catch me...
This was such a good book! I really enjoyed it, well written with a great plot and from what I can gather it continues into her next book. Definitely want to read more from this author.
French Kiss (Flying into Love #1) by C.F. White
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Clean-cut London businessman Dale Calverley doesn’t do relationships. Rugged French handyman...
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Till Death Do Us Port
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When a wedding turns into a crime scene, young vintner Parker Valentine investigates the full-bodied...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Betrayal in Books
Sep 23, 2022
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Betrayal
By Martina Cole
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Aiden O'Hara has been head of the family since he was a kid, and he's going to keep it that way.
Jade Dixon watches his back. Mother of his son, she's the one who makes him invincible.
But Jade's been in the game a lot longer than Aiden. She knows no one's indestructible.
And when you're at the top, that's when you've got to watch the hardest.
Especially the ones closest to you . . .
I usually love a Cole book but this one just didn’t do anything for me! I found it kinda repetitive and predictable. Which is such a shame as I was so looking forward to it. I had no care for any of the characters at all I think it was kind of a cop out with Agnes and her part in this story I thought she could have been a bit more than she was. Overall it was just an ok read.
Our Hideous Progeny
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Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious...
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Family on Smith Street in Books
Aug 20, 2023
The story definitely kept me guessing and it was difficult to know who to trust; it's told from multiple points of view and from different timelines but once I was into the story, I found it quite easy to keep up.
I enjoyed the mystery and intrigue running throughout the book and the unravelling of secrets and lies until the very satisfying ending.
Overall, a really enjoyable audiobook and one I would recommend to lovers of domestic and/or psychological thrillers and my thanks goes to the Author, Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for enabling me to listen to and share my thoughts of The Family on Smith Street.
Murder at the Marina
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She's got to solve this-or her friends are sunk . . . Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove...
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Skulduggery Pleasant in Books
Jan 26, 2024
I read (or heard) somewhere that this was attempting to be the heir to the Harry potter crown, and I can definitely see the similarities: a secret world alongside our own full of magic, where a dark sorcerer wants to gain control over the mortal world, and where a young pre-teen is introduced to the world and has (to them) unknown connections to it already, and some unpleasant relatives...
However, unlike the Harry Potter series, this is primarily set in and around Dublin (rather than London) - and so, to me, is closer to home - while the home life of the protagonist is far more settled: she's not an orphan, and lives with her family.
I also found Skulduggery Pleasant to be more of an interesting character than Dumbledore, as well as playing a far larger role in the proceedings.
Finally, I may yet read more of these.
ClareR (5906 KP) rated The Flower Girls in Books
Jan 17, 2019
We see what happened 20 years ago in short flashbacks, which can have some disturbing moments (not gory, not of the original murder - at least not at the start), and we meet the aunt of Kirstie Swann (the toddler who was murdered), who has campaigned tirelessly to keep Laurel behind bars. We are also kept in the loop of the police investigation of Georgie's disappearance. There are a lot of characters to contend with in this book, but I think it was done well, and I didn't have any problem remembering who they were. I really enjoyed this, despite the rather macabre subject matter. The pace was just right, there was a good amount of skin-crawling moments, and an unresolved ending which really suited the rest of the story - and an unresolved ending? Well, that has to be one of my favourite things!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this book, and to Alice Clark-Platts for reading along and commenting on the story with the readers! If you haven't tried The Pigeonhole, it's well worth a go. I've found some really good books on this platform.