The Iron Ship (The Gates of the World #1)
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The Twin flees across the sky, bringing in its wake the Great Tide. The Earth trembles under the...
Something Evil This Way Comes: Haunted House (The Haunting of Briar Park Book 1
Carrie King and Caroline Clark
8.3
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An ancient book, a lonely monastery, a house all alone in the woods. Journey to Briar Park if you...
Dragondoom (Mithgar book #5)
6.0
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One of Dennis L. McKiernan's most acclaimed novels, Dragondoom brings the fascinating world of...
Let It Go: A Frozen Twisted Tale
8.5
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Book published in the USA as Conceal, Don't Feel by Disney-Hyperion. What if Anna and Elsa...
The Perfect Wife
8.3
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The perfect life. The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before...
The Tempest Sea
10.0
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A rescue mission turns into a fight against a force more powerful than they could have imagined. ...
Dungeon Drop
5.0
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Gather your gear and prepare to dive into the labyrinth! Teeming with untold treasure, the tunnels...
ClareR (5748 KP) rated The Close (Maeve Kerrigan #10) in Books
Apr 9, 2023
Maeve starts investigating the murder of a hospital consultant, whose body is found in his car in the hospital car park. She is also roped in to helping Josh on another case. One where they have to go undercover as a house/ dog sitting couple, whilst they investigate the death of a man with a learning disability. Oh, what a bind - to be stuck in a house with Josh Derwent for weeks!
Well, all doesn’t go quite as expected, but the tension is high with both Maeve, Josh and the case!
There are some great interactions in what appears at first glance to be an idyllic neighbourhood. It really isn’t.
The crimes are shocking, and it comes as no surprise that outwardly good people do terrible things.
I can’t wait to see what happens between Kerrigan and Derwent in the next book, but I suppose I’ll just have to!
Highly recommended!
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Assistant in Books
Apr 11, 2023
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The Assistant
By S.K. Tremayne
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend's spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous Home Assistant, called Electra, that takes care of the heating, the lights - and sometimes Jo even turns to her for company.
Until, late one night, Electra says one sentence that rips Jo's fragile world in two: `I know what you did.' And Jo is horrified. Because in her past she did do something terrible. Something unforgivable.
Only two other people in the whole world know Jo's secret. And they would never tell anyone. Would they? As a fierce winter brings London to a standstill, Jo begins to understand that the Assistant on the shelf doesn't just want to control Jo; it wants to destroy her.
This book was a very good reminder of why I do not have an Alex in my home! Very dark very mean and chilling to the bone. Well worth a read!
Violeta tells the story of a woman’s life over 100 years. It starts during the Spanish flu and it’s terrible repercussions, and goes on through both tumultuous political times and Violeta’s own turbulent past - her life and her country’s history pretty much mirroring one another.
I felt consumed by this story and I’d come up for air, wondering why on Earth I hadn’t heard of Allende before A Long Petal?!
This, I believe, is the history of Chile and there are a fair few autobiographical bits of Allende’s own life thrown in for good measure. What a life the fictional Violeta and her family experience - and what a force Violeta is. She needs to be as well.
I can’t believe that 100 years could be fit into such a relatively short book without it feeling rushed.
It really is a wonderful read.