The Disappearing Oil Tycoon
Ed Baker ran an oil investment firm in the state of Texas. In the 1980s, he made millions and was a leader in the industry. However, Ed’s...
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Shaun Baines
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
The Reincarnation of April and Mary Robinson
In West Sussex, England, 1979, twins April and Mary Robinson died age nine in a tragic car accident. Following an afternoon at the cinema...
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Shaun Baines
- Sep 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Bobby Dunbar Case
In 1912, the Dunbar family took a camping trip to Swayze Lake, Louisiana. They'd enjoyed a pleasant morning fishing and decided to...
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Shaun Baines
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
Grave Intent by AM Peacock
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
The Slayings in Sydenham by Alice Castle
The story centres on Beth, a lovable character with a gift for sniffing out trouble. She is the perennial outsider; someone who wants to...
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Shaun Baines
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Dead Game by Susanne Leist
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers by Mitzi Szereto (ed.)
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Oct 27, 2019
- 3 min
What He Did by JG Roberts
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
A Book of Bones by John Connolly
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
The Boxer Boys Collection by Nick Rippington
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk
Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed 'Mister Whisper,' earning himself a commendation, a drinking...
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Shaun Baines
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Life's a Banquet by Robin Bennett
Shaun Baines Life’s a Banquet is the unofficial but essential ‘guide book’ to negotiating your way through life –through education,...
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Shaun Baines
- Jul 11, 2019
- 2 min
The Cinderella Plan by Abi Silver
When James Salisbury, the owner of a British car manufacturer, ploughs his ‘self-drive’ car into a young family, the consequences are...
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Shaun Baines
- Jun 29, 2019
- 2 min
Nocturnes by John Connolly
Short story collections are oft maligned by publishers and unfairly so in my opinion. In the age of the box set, they represent a...
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Shaun Baines
- Jun 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Death of Jessica Ripley by Andrew Barrett
Sometimes you can’t forgive and forget. Jessica Ripley didn’t kill her ex-husband. But everyone thinks she did. After serving twelve...
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Shaun Baines
- Jun 9, 2019
- 2 min
The Boss by Caz Finlay
As the daughter of a notorious Liverpudlian gangster, Grace Sumner commands respect – and she’s earned it on her own terms too. But when...
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Shaun Baines
- May 28, 2019
- 2 min
The Brotherhood by Jo Fenton
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...
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Shaun Baines
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Revenge Runs Deep by Pat Young
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Apr 27, 2019
- 2 min
The Only Weapon in the Room by B Baskerville
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...
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Shaun Baines
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min
Dying Seconds by Nick Rippington
May contain spoilers. Dying Seconds is the third book in the Boxer Boys series. It chronicles the changing circumstances of the Dolan...
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