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The Religious Body by Catherine Aird

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


When the body of a murdered nun is discovered at the Convent of St. Anselm in the village of Cullingoak, Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D. finds himself with fifty suspects—all black-habited nuns who at first look exactly alike to him. It’s the sardonic Sloan’s first venture inside convent walls and, for most of the nuns, their first encounter with the police. Before the killer is unmasked, both the police and the nuns will come to learn a great deal about each other.

Another totally delightful Aird murder mystery with plenty of red herrings and a murderer I would never have guessed!

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Days of Throbbing Gristle

50% read so far. I'm really enjoying it.

Sandra wrote: ""

Excellent story - 5/5 stars!

Evenfall Vol. 1 Director's cut by Ais and Santino Hassell, it's a sci-fi, dystopian, m-m romance I found while searching on the top 5 reads of the year list :).

Completely free on the website of the books if anyone's interested.

Imperfect Strangers by David Staniforth

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Sally has friends who are bitches.

When they are being cruel to the night-watchman in their workplace, Sally smiles at him in sympathy.

It is probably the biggest mistake she is ever going to make....

I was hooked on this book from the opening paragraphs.

David Staniforth has done a great job of writing this psychological thriller.

It is a fast paced, but easy read. The author obviously has a sense of humour which he unleashes every now and then, and has researched his subject well.

I am looking forward to further books from this author.





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@Sandra, sounds intriguing. I've just started Three Day Road

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


If I could give this book 6 stars I would!

This has to be the best book I have read in 2014 (sorry to Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane - you've just been bumped into 2nd place!). I want to never let this book go.

I found myself cheering on Vic in her fight against Charles Manx, feeling her pain when her son Wayne was in danger..... This book sucked me right in and I felt for it's characters.

Joe Hill is definitely his father's son......but I think that here he may even have out written Stephen King. if you are a Stephen King/Neil Gaiman fan, this is a book you have to read.



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The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I enjoyed the book, Camilla Lackberg's first, although there were a few issues/unlikely scenarios in the book which were not resolved to my satisfaction and I felt the ending was a bit of an anti-climax.

I am a fan of the TV series Fjallbackamorden and it was interesting to see how Erica's character had started out.

The book deals with the issues of child and spousal abuse, the outcomes of keeping dark secrets and telling lies in the guise of protecting those one loves.

I enjoyed it enough to purchase the next book in the series The Preacher and look forward to seeing how Camilla's writing style progresses.



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All Good Deeds by Stacy Green

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


4 1/2*! I really enjoyed All Good Deeds by Stacy Green.

Demoralised by the CPS' inability to protect children at risk, Lucy Kendall has quit her job as a Social Worker for CPS, obtained her PI Licence and, as a sideline, begins meting out her own brand of justice to paedophiles.

Then another child goes missing. When Lucy discovers that a boy she feels she and the system failed to protect some years earlier may be responsible, she launches a one woman offensive against him in an effort to find the girl before it is too late.

Only someone has discovered exactly what Lucy is doing. Is he an ally or a threat? And why is no-one quite who they seem to be?

The twist and turns in this plot are quite breathtaking! An excellent read, so good in fact that I am off to download See Them Run, the second Lucy Kendall book, because I just have to know....







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Im reading "thirst" & "vampire wake"

Currently reading "The Bone Clocks" by David Mitchell.

The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Do some people deserve to die?

In their schooldays, seven boys at Potter's Field, an exclusive school for the very rich, become friends. They look out for each other, not only as friends, but because they share a very dark secret.

One commits suicide at the age of eighteen. So then there are six.

Merchant banker, Hugo Buck, is found with his throat slit from side to side. So then there are five.

Did his wife, sick of his philandering, pay to have him killed - or is there something more sinister going on?

Detective Max Wolfe, newly arrived at London's West End Homicide Division believes the answer lies in the past and that the surviving members of the group, some very frightened for their lives, know the answer.

But no-one is talking - yet. How many more of the group will have to die before the truth is revealed?

This was a brilliant "I can't put it down" book - to the extent that I have pre-ordered the sequel The Slaughter Man due out May 21st (my birthday present to myself!).

This book is fast paced, thrilling, compelling but with very, very human characters.

A definite recommendation! Thank you Tony Parsons - I will be reading more from you.



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When I Was Jane by Theresa Mieczkowski

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


When I Was Jane by Theresa Mieczkowski is a book that I was looking forward to reading.

A woman awakens in hospital following a car accident, to a life she does not remember.

She has a husband and a daughter that she does not remember.

She does not recognise her name - so adopts the name Jane.

She doesn't seem to have any friends.

She doesn't seem to have any family of her own.

She doesn't trust the man who is apparently her husband.

She has recurring nightmares featuring a lot of blood.

Unfortunately, the reality of the book did not live up to my expectations.

It tried to be too many things to be really good at any one of them, and so ultimately was a failure for me.

What Alice Forgot was a much better read.



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