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My review of
Blood Fountain by David J. Gatward -- 5★ -- 11/01/2025
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review of A Deadly Promise, the latest instalment in British-Australian author Rachel Amphlett's series featuring D.I. Kay Hunter. 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.5 stars for true crime non-fiction
The Widow of Walcha by Aussie Author Emma PartridgeMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If they've found The Wrong Hands, then whose are they? This is Mark Billingham's Detective Miller #2, but it could easily be a standalone. He is an experienced author who leads us gently through back stories without making me feel guilty for not remembering who's who. 😊)
My review of The Wrong Hands
My review for Pick of the Litter: A Heartwarming Story of the Dogs Who Rescue Us by Kay Bratt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my review of Mrs Sidhu’s Dead and Scone, a cosy mystery and the debut novel of screenwriter Suk Pannu (who created and wrote the television series Mrs. Sidhu Investigates, featuring the same heroine).
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One of my goals for 2025 is to get up to date with some of the series I have been reading, and in the last week have read the last 3 books in the Bess Crawford series by Charles ToddA Cruel Deception
An Irish Hostage
The Cliff's Edge
To be honest, I had been finding the Bess character increasingly unlikely, and I was hoping that this would be the end of the series but some series storylines still unresolved, and it looks like there is at least one more to come, but maybe not till 2027.
So maybe not finished, but at least up to date for a while
★★★ x 3
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by Margaret HickeyMy review 3 stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
by Lucia Osborne-CrowleyMy review 5 stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson, a woman struggling to overcome her trauma and feelings of guilt over the death of her brother, finds hope and redemption in the stories attached to a family antique ceramic jar, made by an enslaved ancestor and passed down through the generations.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clarkhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Making a Killing by Cara Hunter is #7takes us back to the first episode in the series where a women convicted of murdering her 8 year old daughter may in fact have been innocent. An intriguing mystery by one of my favourite crime writers.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Carolyn wrote: " Making a Killing by Cara Hunter is #7takes us back to the first episode in the series where a women convicted of murdering ..."Just when I am trying to get my TBR down, now I have gone and added another new author / series...
Today I finished Sierra Six by Mark Greaney Dual timeline stories that are interconnected, with one of the storylines being the Gray Man origin story, which filled in some of the blanks for me (or maybe some things I have just forgotten as I have been reading this series over more than 8 years now!)
- ★★★★☆[Planning to have this series up to date in 2025!}
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The Lion and Miss Lamb by Elizabeth Leydin (Pamela Freeman)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 "𝙰𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚖" 𝚋𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙾𝚛𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 1999 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙰𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜! 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚖𝚎 💟
𝙸'𝚖 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝙸𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚄𝙺. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢, 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛, 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎.
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𝙰𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜! 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚖𝚎 💟
𝙸'𝚖 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝..."
Mary, you don't need to add your information every time you post. And to add your books/covers/authors, just click on "add book/author" in your comment box and follow the prompts :)
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney is a wickedly slow burn of a suspense where a self centred man is given a chance to redeem himself.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
Captain's Dinner Cruise Murder by Dawn Brookes is here.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I enjoyed
The School Run by AA Ali Lowe, especially the way competing to get their boys into a prestigious school brought out the worst in their mothers!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars for contemporary/domestic drama
The Venice Hotel by Aussie Author Tess WoodsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One Dark Night by AA Hannah Richell where a teenager dies at a Halloween party in the woods is an atmospheric murder mystery.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burkehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Teacher by Freida McFadden is a fast paced, very twisted psychological thriller featuring a sixteen year old who is having a difficult year at school. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.5 stars for Christmas themed rural romance
A Country Farm Christmas by Aussie Authors Pamela Cook Penelope Janu Lily Malone Stella QuinnMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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