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Something More To Say (The DI Jimmy Bliss Crime Series Book 12) by Tony J. Forder @TonyJForder @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: BLISS IS BACK... AND THIS TIME HE'S TWICE THE THREAT.Jimmy Bliss’s first unsolved case is proving to be a puzzle. Despite an original investigation and subsequent case reviews, the police still do not have a suspect in the 1999 murder of a local authority worker. The only lead Bliss and his three new…
Hope to Die (DI Fawley Book 6) by Cara Hunter – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Midnight.A call out to an isolated farm on the outskirts of Oxford.A body shot at point-blank range in the kitchen.--------'One of the finest crime writers we have' Mark Billingham'Fawley is back and better than ever' Shari Lapena'Emotionally riveting, taut, and suspenseful' Karin SlaughterIt looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DI Adam Fawley suspects there's something…
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A beautiful collector’s hardback of the prequel novela to the bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Guide to Murder series. Find out where it all began for Pip! THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER SERIES IS A TIKTOK SENSATION AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for…
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Every killer claims a soul.Every phantom wants revenge.All contract killer Lachlan Kane wants is a quiet life. But when he botches a job for his boss's biggest client, Lachlan knows he'll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to…
Past Promises (The Harrogate Crime Series Book 14) by Malcolm Hollingdrake @MHollingdrake – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: For DCI Bennett and his team, the New Year brings a series of challenges.Concurrent investigations are underway: DI David Owen is leading a case involving the discovery of human remains, excavated during road works on the A59 at Kex Gill. Evidence suggests that this could, in fact, be the work of the Yorkshire…
Frozen in Time (DI Sally Parker Book 14) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author M A Comley author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 5 million copies world wide.After a weekend away, supply teacher Elijah Abagun, returns home to find a ghastly odour, permeating his house. Elijah calls on his builder friend, Dick, to help locate…
The Sticky Toffee Pudding Club by Rosie Green @Rosie_Green88 @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Little Duck Pond Café fans (and pudding lovers), get ready for a funny, sometimes emotional but ultimately uplifting wallow in total deliciousness. After bonding with the lovely Jensen as they save a dog in trouble, Annalise is gutted when they part without swapping numbers. She'd had the weirdest feeling he could be The…
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: This viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and sizzling chemistry is unlike anything you've read before . . . perfect for fans of The Mind F*ck series.Even serial killers deserve a meet-cute.When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something…
A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole @tillie_cole @PenguinUKBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: READ THE HEARTBREAKING SEQUEL TO THE TIKTOK SENSATION A THOUSAND BOY KISSES . . . A beautiful and life-affirming novel about grief, love and friendship from the international bestselling phenomenon Tillie Cole---CAN TWO BROKEN HEARTS MAKE A WHOLE . . . ?After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. When Savannah's…
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, Book 2) by Laurie Gilmore – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just need someone to help her out. Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a…
To Judge Them (DI Sam Cobbs Book 14) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times bestselling author M A Comley, author of the Justice series, who has sold almost five million copies worldwide comes yet another page-turning thriller set in the stunning Lake District.Success is a double-edged sword, and DI Sam Cobbs is about to experience its deadly side. As she basks in the glow…
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore @0neMoreChapter_ – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip at all costs. But Jeanie’s arrival disrupts Logan’s routine and…
Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara @AndreaMaraBooks @TransworldBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Home alone? Think again...Anya is enjoying a relaxing bath when she hears a noise in the roof. Through the open bathroom door, she sees the attic hatch swing open, and a masked figure drops to the floor. Thirty seconds later, Anya is dead.Across town, Anya's old school friend, Julia, sees an online video…
Swimming to Lundy by Amanda Prowse @MrsAmandaProwse @RandomTTours – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A poignant and inspiring story from multi-million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about how it’s never too late to follow your dreams and find your way back to happiness. Tawrie Gunn feels stuck. She’s spent her whole life in the same seaside town with her beloved Nana and grief-stricken mum, all of them still…
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney @ZaffreBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney is different.While her friends play, Ava searches for roadkill. She knows studying animal decomposition is an unusual hobby, but Ava doesn't care what other people think.Then, one night, when Ava sneaks out to find a fox, she instead stumbles upon the body of Mickey Grant.Despite his many years in the…
Up Close and Personal by Kathryn Freeman @0neMoreChapter_ @KathrynFreeman1 – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: She can’t let him out of her sight… Sizzling chemistry, a page-turning will they/won’t they romance and the hottest twist on one of your favourite movies… British actor Zac Edwards is the latest heartthrob to hit the red carpets. Hot, talented and rich, he sends women wild…all except one. Close protection officer Kat…
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera @TransworldBooks @amytintera – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Am I a murderer? You tell me . . .My name is Lucy Chase, but you already know that. Yes, I’m the woman who doesn’t remember murdering her best friend.You probably think I did it, too. I get it. Being found covered in her blood doesn’t exactly scream ‘innocent’.Look, I’m as frustrated as…
The Trial by Jo Spain @QuercusBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though…
Gone… But Where? (DI Sara Ramsey Book 24) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author M A Comley author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 5 million copies world wide.Could a parent’s murky past, be the key to a teenager’s disappearance?Teenager, Sophie Todd has been reported missing, but she’s no ordinary teenager, she happens to be the…
The Sunshine Sisters: Blossom by Rosie Green @Rosie_Green88 @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Blossom Sunshine's life is anything but boring right now. She's determined to finally solve the mystery of who her biological father is – despite Mum Ada putting a spanner in the works. What is Ada trying to hide? Meanwhile, best friend Billy is doing his best to impress Jenna. This means cutting back…
The Lost Victim (Private Investigator Kate Marshall Series Book 5) by Robert Bryndza – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: When school girl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed…
The New Guy by Kathryn Freeman @0neMoreChapter_ @KathrynFreeman1 – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Sam Huxton doesn’t do one-night stands, especially not with men she’s just met! But the hot guy at the bar was hard to resist and one night is all they share – no names, no numbers, just some much needed fun… Until the same guy walks into Sam’s life the next day as…
Old Girls on Deck by Maddie Please @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @MaddiePlease1 – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: It’s never too late to sail a new course... When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks…
Forget Me Not by M.J. Arlidge @mjarlidge @Tr4cyF3nt0n @orionbooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A city on the brink.A mother on the edge.A nightmare that only DI Helen Grace can end.Sometimes, the darkest secrets hide in plain sight... GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN A gang war grips the city, and the police force is under fire from all sides. But Detective Inspector Helen Grace defies direct orders as…
A Good Place to Hide a Body by Laura Marshall @Laurajm8 @Tr4cyF3nt0n @HodderBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: 'Can you come round?' Dad says tremulously.'Of course. Are you OK? Is it Mum?''No!' He almost shouts it. 'Just come quickly. The garden...the...body... we need you, Penny.'For women of Penny's generation, being on hand for elderly parents is just part of life. But for Penny, things have become a little more serious...When she receives a…
Vengeance is Mine by Michael Wood @MichaelHWood @0neMoreChapter_ – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series and Dr Olivia Winter series, comes a standalone thriller to keep you up all night! A GRUESOME MURDER Twenty years ago, a young girl vanished from a quiet street in Northumberland. When her body was found in an attic close to her home,…
For Once In My Life by Sian O’Gorman @msogorman @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A Tale of Love, Discovery, and Second Chances... In the bustling world of Dublin's advertising scene, Kitty O’Sullivan, a copywriter, feels an unexplainable void in her life that she can't quite pinpoint. Her five-year relationship with Dave is stagnant, her creative juices have dried up and she’s even entertaining thoughts of marriage as…
Redemption by Jack Jordan @JackJordanBooks @simonschusterUK @RandomTTours – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: THE LATEST PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF THE MORAL DILEMMA AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, JACK JORDAN.Aaron Alexander has just been released from jail after serving eleven years for causing the death of Joshua Moore in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow and leave his troubled past behind…
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley @TransworldBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: When age makes you invisible, secrets are easier to hideDaphne knows that age is just a number. She also knows that society no longer pays her any attention – something she’s happy to exploit to help her hide a somewhat chequered past.But finding herself alone on her 70th birthday, with only her plants to…
One Love by Matt Cain @MattCainWriter – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 2002Danny arrives at Manchester University determined not to hide from the world any longer. This is the year his life will begin.He locks eyes with a handsome stranger across the hall at the Freshers' Fair. It starts with a wink and soon Danny and Guy…
Could It Be Him? (DI Sally Parker Book 13) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author M A Comley author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 5 million copies world wide.Can a serial killer strike again when he’s currently sitting behind bars, sentenced to life?DI Sally Parker delves into a baffling case of murder, when the remains of…
The Golden Gals’ French Adventure by Judy Leigh @JudyLeighWriter @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Sixty-nine-year-old Fliss has lived a life! A career running her own successful business, a beautiful home, a wardrobe full of designer clothes – Fliss has everything she ever wanted. So why does she feel so lonely? Sixty-six-year-old Shirl didn’t expect to be looking after a baby again, let alone a grown woman who…
Conviction by Jack Jordan @JackJordanBooks @simonschusterUK – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: TO STEAL A MAN'S FREEDOM ALL IT TAKES IS . . . CONVICTIONWade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept before burning the family home to the ground. When the case lands on barrister Neve Harper’s desk, she knows it could be the career making case she’s been…
Escape to Happy Ever After by S J Crabb – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Escape to Happy Ever After where all your happy endings are guaranteed.When Susie Mahoney was gifted a break to Happy Ever After she couldn’t pack her bags quickly enough, she had to do something to break the run of bad luck she was experiencing.She was fast approaching the age where all her friends…
The Sunshine Sisters: Skye by Rosie Green @Rosie_Green88 @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: The Sunshine Sisters: Skye's storyBOOK TWO of a TRILOGY in the popular Little Duck Pond Café series Skye Sunshine has a theory that workmen, when in your house, should be seen and not heard. But Saul, the annoyingly sexy handyman clearly hasn't received the memo! He's far too cheeky and irritating for her…
Thorn In My Side b C.J. Skuse – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Sometimes, you can be your own worst enemy… Rhiannon Lewis thought she finally had it all: thanks to the pandemic she’s had to keep a much lower profile but has found happiness with her fiancé Rafael and his family. For once, she is surrounded by people who love her for who she is…
Frank & Red by Matt Coyne @mattcoyney @Wildfirebks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the 'ghost' of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his front gate.…
To Blame Them (DI Sam Cobbs Book 13) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times bestselling author M A Comley, author of the Justice series, who has sold almost five million copies worldwide comes yet another page-turning thriller set in the stunning Lake District.When life becomes too much… what’s the answer? How much misfortune can one family take?When a tragic event leaves teenagers Josh and…
Was It Good For You? by Kathryn Freeman @KathrynFreeman1 @0neMoreChapter_ – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: If you’re not a ten on Sophie’s spreadsheet, you’re never getting her between the bedsheets… No aspect of Sophie’s life goes unrecorded in her Excel spreadsheets, so when she accidentally sends it to her entire contact list instead of just her best friend, Sophie has a lot of uncomfortable explaining to do. First…
The Intruders by Louise Jensen @Fab_fiction @HQstories – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: They were told to leave. They should have listened. The perfect opportunity… A manor house available rent-free to house-sitters is an offer too good to miss for Cass and James, who have been saving for a deposit on their own home for so long. Although it had been abandoned for almost thirty years,…