Keeper of Pages
95 FOLLOWERS
I’m Janel, the author behind Keeper of Pages. I’m crime fiction obsessed, so much so I decided to create this blog to share my love of the genre. I do read outside of the genre occasionally but my heart lies with crime, mystery & thriller novels.
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
Fans of vigilante killers, Scarlett is here for your reading pleasure!
Book Description
Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder.
Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided drawing attention to herself–but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates herself into the investigation and charms the wom ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
Today, I’m kicking off the blog tour for The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, and I’m calling on fans of Japanese fiction, or those looking to read some, to read this book!
Book Description
The Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched. Someone is following her, always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes; what she eats; whom she speaks to. But this invisible observer isn’t a stalker – it’s much more complicated than that.
My Thoughts
Our narrator, The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, is watching The Woman in the Purple Skirt, documenting her moves… She wants ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
Calling all gangland fiction fans – this is a must read for you!
Book Description
1964 – London Dolly Vincent is born to an East End gangster but is sent away for her own protection. Mad Mick is hell bent on his revenge and will stop at nothing to kill her.
Estranged from her family, she becomes a successful barrister, but after a defending a young Italian man she finds herself caught up in a secret held by a high court judge. Tortured and left for dead she flees London and heads to New York. Only the Vincent’s know where she is, but even they don’t know the truth.
1990 Francesca is back to f ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
One of my favourite books of 2020, an astounding debut!
Book Description
After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in the back seat. Rumours spread about what they did to her, but later they’ll tell the police a different version of events. Alice will never remember what truly happened. Her fracture runs deep, hidden beneath cleverness and wry humour. Nick – a sensitive, misguided boy who stood by – will never forget.
[…]
Startlingly relevant and enthralling in its brilliance, True Story is by turns a campus novel, psychological thriller, horror story ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
Kia Abdullah is a welcomed new voice in the crime fiction genre.
Book Description
IT’S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE ON THE JURY.
The victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother. Who accuses the boys of something unthinkable.
The defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hardworking immigrant families. All with corroborating stories.
WHOSE SIDE WOULD YOU TAKE?
My Thoughts
Wow, what a stunning, thought-provoking novel Abdullah has written!
As this is the first instalment in the series, it is the readers first introduction to the main character, Zara Ka ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
Can you even say you’re a fan of Halloween if you don’t read at least one Stephen King book in October?
Book Description
Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine…
Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn’t a rabbit warren anymore.
And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . . .
My Thoughts
Let’s get right to it – King loves a ba ..read more
Keeper of Pages
3y ago
How long can you fight sleep, what do you do when someone wants you to go to sleep and never wake up again?
Book Description
All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty…
To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare.
Each of the guests have a secret, but one of them is lying – about who they are and why they’re ..read more
Keeper of Pages
4y ago
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Peter Swanson’s newest release, Rules for Perfect Murders, I’m delighted to be sharing my review with you today.
Book Description
If you want to get away with murder, play by the rules
A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.
The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled ‘My Eight Favourite Murders,’ and there seems to be a deadly link between ..read more
Keeper of Pages
4y ago
Today, I’m opening the blog tour for Ted Bundy: The Only Living Witness, a book the New York Daily News are calling “one of the 10 best true crime books ever written.”
Book Description
ENIGMATIC. ARTICULATE. EVIL. KILLER.
Two journalists with unprecedented direct access speak to Ted Bundy and those closest to him.
What follows is a candid and chilling full account of the life and crimes of the most notorious serial killer in history.
What Bundy had to say in over 150 hours of face-to-face interviews is as relevant today as it was at the time.
My Thoughts
Where do you e ..read more
Keeper of Pages
4y ago
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Die For Me, I’m thrilled to be sharing my review with you all today as the final stop on this tour.
Book Description
A depraved stalker preys on innocent women in Copenhagen.
DI Axel Steen begins an obsessive manhunt that sends him spiralling out of control.
The investigation is fraught with heart-stopping near-misses, dark mysteries, and a final revelation that has devastating consequences…
A raw psychological thriller from a master of crime storytelling.
My Thoughts
Fans of Scandinavian Noir, let me introduce you to DI Axel St ..read more