Two Nights by Kathy Reichs

Publisher: William Heinemann Publication date: 29 June 2017 Publisher Synopsis: Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct … Sunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing. But a girl has gone missing, lost in

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A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson utilises both in-depth historical research and his imagination to create an intricate and ingenious story line to explain the mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie in December 1926. This is an extraordinary novel due to both the subject matter and the way it has been handled and written by Andrew Wilson. I highly recommend it.

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Death of an Avid Reader by Frances Brody

Kate Shackleton Mystery #6 Publisher: Piatkus Publication date: 13 September 2016 Page count: 482 pages Publisher Synopsis: An intricate plot in the post-WWI English countryside and Frances Brody’s “refreshingly complex heroine” (Kirkus) make for absorbing 6th installment in this mystery perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Agatha Christie. The Search for a Daughter Lady

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Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication date: 14 March 2017 Page count: 320 pages I received a review copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my review and all opinions are my own. Publisher Synopsis: Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of

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Inaugural Reading Compendium

November and December 2016 Firstly, I want to wish you all good health and happiness in 2017! It has occurred to me that I read more books than I am able to review and that it would be nice to produce a compendium of all the books I read as they all deserve a mention.

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Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin

Publisher: The Witcherley Book Company Publication date: 1 July 2013 Publisher’s synopsis: When the hapless Andy Caplet, then an inept local reporter, is first assigned to Inspector Hobbes he has no idea what horrors his future holds. Besides coming to terms with Hobbes’s weirdness and with the bizarre eccentricities of Mrs Goodfellow, he soon realises

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Tuppenny Hat Detective by Brian Sellars

My Chronicle Book Box Review: I was first attracted to this book by the local interest of it being set in Sheffield, a city in the north of England known as the steel city because of it’s history of steel production.  Its author Brian Sellars grew up in the area the story is set and

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The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: The 3 November 2016 saw the release of The Hanging Tree, the sixth novel in the Peter Grant series. Coming almost two years after the publication of the last novel, Foxglove Summer, the anticipation for this novel had built up to epic proportions. And I am very pleased to say

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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: In this, the first published novel by Ben Aaronovitch, we meet Peter Grant, Police Constable of the London Metropolitan Police: easily distracted by his own admission and on track to making a valuable contribution in the Case Progression Unit (CPU). Peter introduces us to PC Leslie May, good friend of

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