Find Her: The Story Imagine waking up one morning to unusual surroundings; to be stuck in a small space with no light and no idea what has happened to you. This is the nightmare that Flora Dane finds her in after partying too hard in Florida during Spring Break. “When…
Have you ever picked up a book, started to read it and automatically believed that you know what will happen next? Well, Behind Closed Doors was one such book for me. I truly thought that after the first few pages I would be able to predict the storyline – how…
Black Widow is the twentieth novel by Scottish Writer, Chris Brookmyre , the man often referred to as a Tartan Noir author. As with many Tartan Noir novels, readers will not automatically sympathise with the main character, Diana Jager, but will read the story seeing her as a cold-blooded killer….
On the Bone a mystery crime novel by Barbara Nadel is set in the Turkish city of Istanbul, and is full of controversial topics which many may not wish to read about. The topic of human transgression is rife in this book and includes many taboo subjects that could especially offend…
The Darkest Secret is just that, a novel full of secrets that no-one in particular wishes to share and it seems that it all begins on one fateful night in 2004 when a young girl goes missing in her sleep: “I have no idea what took place at the Jackson…
Rating: ** Pages: 284 Self published by Nicky Black in 2015 Have you ever persevered with a book because deep down you know that eventually, even if it is slow at the beginning, something is going to happen, to grip you, to make you want to read more. ‘The Prodigal’…
“Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind” (St. Jerome) I first met P.D. Viner at Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate last year and whilst I found the man intriguing, his book, or rather his book cover, did very little to engage me. Perhaps it goes…
Big Little Lies is one of those stories that any serious crime fiction reader glances at, looks at the cover and automatically believes it will be too girly for them. It looks all sweet and innocent with the book jacket giving off more of a girly-girl vibe than a hard-hitting…
Why You Should Read ‘Don’t Turn Around’ If someone had suggested that I read a crime novel with an X-files type twist attached to it, I probably would have nodded politely and ignored them. Sci-Fi and anything abstract normally does not appeal to me – I prefer concrete, tangible…
Star Rating: **** First Published by Harvill Secker in 2014 Pages: 358 (Paperback edition) The Story-Line of ‘Dear Daughter’ We all forget, it’s in our nature but imagine forgetting something important. Something like whether you have killed someone. This is exactly what happened to Jane Jenkins. To make matters worse…