Tag: Mystery
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[Book Review] Grak: Private Investigator – Joseph J Bailey
Title: Grak: Private InvestigatorAuthor: Joseph J BaileyPublished by: Independently PublishedPublication date: 19th Feb 2017Genre: Urban FantasyPages: 234Format: eBookSource: KindleSeries: Orc PI Affiliate Links Buy the Book – Kindle Buy the Book – Amazon Blurb/Synopsis The city of Alyon is in trouble. Its citizens are turning into monsters. Not the good kind of monsters—terrifying, bloodthirsty, flesh-rending, citizen-killing monsters. When Grak’s favorite barkeep tells […]
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City of the Dead – Jonathan Kellerman (ARC Review)
Title: City of the DeadAuthor: Jonathan KellermanPublished by: Cornerstone, PenguinPublication date: 17th Feb 2022Genre: Thriller/MysteryPages: 322Format: PaperbackSource: Publisher Affiliate Links Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Buy the Book – Waterstones Buy the Book – Book Depository Blurb/Synopsis At 5am in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village, two removal men are making a routine pick-up when they […]
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Amok – Sebastian Fitzek
Title: AmokAuthor: Sebastian FitzekPublished by: Head of ZeusPublication date: 11th Nov 2021Genre: ThrillerPages: 464Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis This morning a dangerous psychopath is playing an old game with new rules. He’s taken six people hostage at Berlin’s leading radio station. Every hour, a telephone will ring somewhere in Berlin. Maybe it […]
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When the Bough Breaks – Jonathan Kellerman
Title: When the Bough BreaksAuthor: Jonathan KellermanPublished by: Penguin, Random HousePublication date: April 1st 1985Genre: Crime/ThrillerPages: 432Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Blurb/Synopsis In the first Alex Delaware novel, we meet Dr. Morton Handler who practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered […]
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The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
Title: The Thursday Murder ClubAuthor: Richard OsmanPublished by: Viking – PenguinPublication date: 3rd Sept 2020Genre: Crime/ThrillerPages: 400Format: HardbackSource: Private Collection Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, […]
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The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith
Title: The SilkwormAuthor: Robert GalbraithPublished by: SpherePublication date: June 19th 2014Genre: Crime/ThrillerPages: 592Format: HardbackSource: Bury Library Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days – as […]
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Last One to Die – Cynthia Murphy
Title: Last One to DieAuthor: Cynthia MurphyPublished by: ScholasticPublication date: January 7th 2021Genre: Young Adult/MysteryPages: 294Format: PaperbackSource: Bury Library Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis Young, brunette women are being attacked in the city of London. 16-year-old, Irish-born Niamh has just arrived for the summer, and quickly discovers that the girls being attacked look […]
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Over my Dead Body – Jeffrey Archer
Title: Over my Dead BodyAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherPublished by: Harper CollinsPublication date: 14th Oct 2021Genre: CrimePages: 384Format: eBook / ARCSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit – a cold case squad – to catch the criminals nobody else can. In Geneva, millionaire art […]
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In the Shadow of Deimos – Jane Killick
Title: In the Shadow of DeimosAuthor: Jane KillickPublished by: AconytePublication date: 3rd August 2021Genre: Science Fiction/WarPages: 352Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis Mars, 2316. The recently created Terraforming Committee arbitrates the dramatic development of Mars by powerful rival corporations. When a rogue asteroid crashes into a research center and kills its lone […]
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Future Perfect – Felicia Yap
Title: Future PerfectAuthor: Felicia YapPublished by: WildfirePublication date: 18th March 2021Genre: Mystery/Thriller & Sci-FiPages: 432Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Buy the Book – Bookshop Blurb/Synopsis A bomb has exploded during a fashion show, killing a beautiful model on the catwalk. The murderer is still at large… and he may strike again. […]