By Sophie Flynn Review Four friends gather for a hen-do weekend at a rented cottage on Dartmoor. The friendships have become strained and fractured over the years so it's no surprise when old rivalries resurface. Three of the group share a tragic past and someone is determined to expose the truth about what really happened all those years ago. As the weather takes a turn for the worse, the friends find themselves trapped with nowhere to hide. . .    Told from multiple viewpoints and a dual timeline of 'then' and 'now', What Stays Unsaid is a twisty psychological thriller. Althoug ..read more

By Will Dean Review Ellen Brooke is a deep sea diver heading out to complete a job in the depths of the North Sea repairing oil pipelines. She knows she'll have to spend nearly a month sealed inside a hyperbaric chamber with five colleagues. Although the financial rewards are high, it's dangerous work. Everything goes according to plan until one of the divers is discovered critically ill in his bunk. Soon, another diver suffers the same fate. Desperate to prevent more deaths, what follows is a game of cat and mouse, sealed inside the chamber. . .   This is yet another cracking th ..read more

  By Alice Winn Review Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood are pupils at an English boarding school when the country finds itself on the brink of war in 1914. Gaunt's German mother asks her son to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks. Gaunt sees it as a means to escape his feelings of love for Ellwoood. However, Ellwood and their classmates soon follow and also enlist in the army. Together they experience the horrors of the trenches, where death and decay surround them. Their lives hang by a thread.        In Memoriam is simply beauti ..read more

  By C. J. Tudor Review A 2024 Top Rated Read Deadhart, Alaska. Barbara Atkins is an out of state detective from the Forensic Vampyr Anthropology Department who is assisting a murder investigation. A teen has been brutally slayed; his throat slashed and body drained of blood in what appears to be a copycat killing from 25 years earlier. The townsfolk believe the local vampyr colony are responsible and want them destroyed in a mass cull. But Barbara isn't so sure. As tension mounts, a fierce storm threatens to cut the town off from outside help. Can Barbara solve the case or will s ..read more

By John Boyne Review When two high-profile footballers go on trial for sexual assault, a media frenzy ensues. In the dock are Evan Keogh and Robbie Wolverton. Evan reflects on his life and the events/choices that led him to where he is now.  Earth is the second John Boyne novella in his Elements series. Although harrowing at times, the writing is beautiful and pulled me in from page one. It deals with unpleasant themes exposing the more seedier side of life, yet there are glimpses of hope and redemption. An excellent thought-provoking read.     ★★★★☆ Hardcover: 176 ..read more

  By Elly Griffiths Review Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway receives a shocking phone call telling her that Dan Golding, an old university pal, has been killed in an arson attack on his home. He had been on the brink of revealing a massively important archaeological discovery that would have changed history forever. However, it would appear someone wanted him silenced. Ruth, alongside DCI Harry Nelson, feels compelled to investigate; putting her own life in danger. Dying Fall is the fifth book in this wonderful series. Once again Ruth and Nelson cross paths in their professional ..read more

  By James Oswald Review Edinburgh, Scotland. Every Christmas for ten years a young woman has been found murdered. The final victim was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake which led to his capture and imprisonment. Fast forward twelve years and the Christmas Killer is dead. But when a body turns up during the festive season with striking similarities to the earlier murders, McLean is convinced a copycat killer is at work. Others begin to wonder if an innocent man was convicted. . .  The second book in the Inspector McLean series by Ja ..read more

  By Blake Crouch Review A 2024 Top Rated Read NYC cop Barry Sutton investigates a phenomenon known as False Memory Syndrome (FMS); a condition causing false memories of a life that hasn't been lived — in many cases leading to despair and suicide. As FMS tightens its grip not just on the US but the entire world, Barry comes into contact with neuroscientist Helena Smith. Helena isn't aware of it yet but she alone holds the key to what's happening and the means to eradicate it completely.  What a fantastic read! It blew my mind just thinking about the various timelines and per ..read more

By Murray Bailey ?Blog Tour? Review A 2024 Top Rated Read Today is my stop on the blog tour for Murray Bailey's The Prisoner of Acre. I'm delighted to share my thoughts on this thrilling read. April 1949. When Sergeant Alfred Duffy goes AWOL from his garrison in Cyprus, he makes his way to Israel where he hands himself in to Acre Prison. SIB investigator Captain Ash Carter is assigned the task of travelling to Acre to collect Duffy from prison. But upon arrival Carter discovers Duffy and his cellmate, a notorious gangster, have escaped. A frantic search ensues across many locations as ..read more

  By Kristin Hannah Review A 2024 Top Rated Read In 1965 Frances 'Frankie' McGrath's brother enlists for Vietnam. Frankie, a newly qualified nurse, decides to follow and joins the Army Nurses Corps, but at 20-years-old she's totally unprepared for the horrors of war. She's surrounded by death and destruction — men with limbs blown off and those so close to death all she can do is offer comfort in their final moments. But through all the bloodshed and loss of life, she finds enduring friendship with fellow nurses Barb and Ethel.  On returning home to Coronado Island in California ..read more