DCI Lambert is back. Having read the author's first book – Open Grave – I was more than ready for its sequel. Set in the north-east of England, gruff DCI Lam...

The story centres on Beth, a lovable character with a gift for sniffing out trouble. She is the perennial outsider; someone who wants to do her best, but nev...

The setting is a strong part of this book for me and I loved the location of Oasis as a bohemian beachside resort. On the surface, it is bright and colourful...

Review No matter how acclaimed a serial killer film or book may be, it will never capture the gravity, the scope or devastation of real life events. Mitzi Sz...

Blurb Your husband’s car crash wasn’t an accident… Maddy Shaw learns the life-shattering news in the most horrific way: live on air. As the shaky mobile phon...

Blurb He is our best hope. He is our last hope. On a lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vani...

Some Family feuds just won’t go away… For 40 years the Dolans and the Marshalls have lived side by side on the same rundown housing estate in east London. Wh...

Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed 'Mister Whisper,' earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marri...

Shaun Baines Life’s a Banquet is the unofficial but essential ‘guide book’ to negotiating your way through life –through education, family life and business,...

When James Salisbury, the owner of a British car manufacturer, ploughs his ‘self-drive’ car into a young family, the consequences are deadly. Will the car’s ...

Short story collections are oft maligned by publishers and unfairly so in my opinion. In the age of the box set, they represent a literary equivalent. When a...

Sometimes you can’t forgive and forget. Jessica Ripley didn’t kill her ex-husband. But everyone thinks she did. After serving twelve years for his murder, it...

As the daughter of a notorious Liverpudlian gangster, Grace Sumner commands respect – and she’s earned it on her own terms too. But when her dangerous ex-hus...

The Brotherhood: When a young woman becomes pregnant in a religious sect, how far will she go to escape the abusive leader and save the people she loves? The...

Your boss is a bully. How far would you go to get revenge? Thomas Smeaton is a powerful man who makes life a living hell for his employees. When his bullying...

Book Blurb Sisters tell each other everything. Don’t they? Athena Fox works as a professional fighter in the north of England. It’s not your usual 9-5, and ...

May contain spoilers. Dying Seconds is the third book in the Boxer Boys series. It chronicles the changing circumstances of the Dolan family and their attemp...

On this blog, I'll be posting my thoughts on the books I read. Nothing new there, you might think, but at the end of the review, I'll let you know which book...

Best of Crime Book Reviews On this blog, I'll be posting my thoughts on the books I read. Nothing new there, you might think, but at the end of the review, I...

Best of Crime Book Reviews On this blog, I'll be posting my thoughts on the books I read. Nothing new there, you might think, but at the end of the review, I...