This edition available from Amazon on Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C7RPW5K1 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner (July 2, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 333 pages Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1668030993 #4 in the Cyrus Haven series Synopsis (Amazon) The mystery of Evie Cormac’s background has followed her into adulthood. As a child, she was discovered hiding in a secret room where a man had been tortured to death. Many of her captors and abusers escaped justice, unseen but not forgotten. Now, on a hot summer’s day, the past drags Evie back as she watches the bodies of seventeen migrants wash up on a Lincolnshire b ..read more

This edition an e-book read on my Kindle from Amazon ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C1SYK85Q Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hanover Square Press (April 23, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 468 pages #2 in the series  Synopsis ( Amazon) I am waiting for someone to kill me. Tonight would be a good night for it. Agent Seventeen, the most infamous hit man in the world, has quit. But whoever wants to become Assassin Eighteen must track him down and kill him first. So when a bullet hits the glass inches from his face, he knows who fired it—doesn't he? It turns out that the sniper isn't the hardened killer he was expecting. It's ..read more

This edition an e-book read on my Kindle from Amazon ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09FZJ4B1X Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hanover Square Press (November 1, 2022) Print length ‏ : ‎ 425 pages *Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller* *A Financial Times Best Thriller Book of 2022* Synopsis (Amazon)  You'll never know my name. But you won't forget my number. Behind the events you know are the killers you don’t. When diplomacy fails, we're the ones who gear up. Officially we don’t exist, but every government in the world uses our services. We’ve been saving the world, and your ass, for one hund ..read more

this edition published by Penguin Random House 2024 ISBN 97815299098 405 pages Synopsis (publisher) Obsession, intrigue - and revenge. Get ready for an all-night read with one of the twistiest thrillers of 2024. A woman falls to her death from a London bank's twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You're arrested for her murder. You tell the police that you only met the victim the previous night at your office party. She was threatening to jump from the roof, but you talked her down. You've got nothing to do with tragedy. You're clearly being framed. So why do the police keep picking holes ..read more

 this edition from my local library originally published 2022 by St. Martin's Publishing large print edition 645 pages #18 in Chief Inspector Gamache series Synopsis (Fantastic Fiction) It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should return. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators' lives after many y ..read more

 Here are my top 12 reads for the first half of this year 5..0, HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER? Nicci French 5.0, THE RUNNING GRAVE, Robert Galbraith 5.0, ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, Louise Penny 5.0, THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, Louise Penny  5.0. THE DINNER PARTY, Rebecca Heath 4.8, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? Dervla McTiernan  4.8, THE BIRDCAGE, Eve Chase 4.8, THE ZIG ZAG GIRL, Elly Griffiths 4.8, ONE GOOD TURN, Kate Atkinson  4.8, INSIDIOUS INTENT, Val McDermid 4.8, DARLING GIRLS, Sally Hepworth 4.8, THE SCHOOL RUN, Ali Lowe ..read more

this edition supplied by my local library published by Kensington Books 2019 330 pages #1 in Home to Ireland Mystery Synopsis (publisher) In the first installment of bestselling author Carlene O'Connor's new Home to Ireland Mystery series, New York Tara Meehan's first trip to Galway, Ireland may be her last. Jump right into the beauty and splendor--and murder--of Tara's Irish adventure! With a gorgeous setting, suspicious characters, and a deadly mystery--Murder in Galway will have you packing your bags... Tara never imagined her introduction to Ireland like this--carrying her mam's ashe ..read more

This edition made available by my local library published by Raven Books 2019 ISBN 978-1-5266-0210-7 435 pages #1 in the Casey Benedict series Awards 2020 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) 2020 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award 2019 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Synopsis (Fantastic Fiction) An international thriller featuring a female journalist who stumbles upon a dark conspiracy, and her determination to follow the clues, no matter how far that takes her. Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players ..read more

this edition from Hodder Stoughton UK 2024 ISBN 978-1-399-71781-6 389 pages Synopsis (publisher) How far would you go to protect your reputation? For parents living in the beautiful coastal town of Pacific Pines, all their hopes and dreams are pinned on the outcome of the annual Gala Day hosted by St Ignatius Boys' School. To be accepted into the prestigious institution, their sons must battle it out, facing rigorous rounds of physical and mental tests. Their parents will stop at nothing to ensure their sons succeed. But after one boy is struck down in a hit and run, the scandals, secret ..read more

This edition an e-book from Amazon on Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CTLHWLV5 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Four Tails Publishing Ltd. (March 18, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 319 pages #9 in the WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries Synopsis (Amazon)  ‘I KNOW IT WAS MURDER – PLEASE HELP ME PROVE IT!’ The Duke of Chellingworth’s beloved butler is grieving his brother’s death…but was it a really a tragic accident, or was it – as the man’s widow believes – murder? Mavis and the dowager Althea offer the services of the WISE Enquiries Agency to investigate, which puts one of their team in a dangerous situation. Meanwhile ..read more