Genre: Mystery

Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Posted January 12, 2022 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Fairyloot, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Series: These Violent Delights #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on November 17, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Retelling, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 464 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tricia Lin at Simon Pulse has acquired, at auction, Chloe Gong’s debut YA fantasy These Violent Delights, pitched as a Romeo and Juliet retelling by way of The Godfather. A monster has awakened in 1920s Shanghai, killing off citizens and stirring trouble between two feuding gangs. The rival heirs, Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai, must work together before the monster destroys all they hold dear, even while the Chinese Civil War breaks out around them. Publication is planned for fall 2020; Laura Crockett at TriadaUS Literary Agency did the two-book deal for North American rights. These Violent Delights is a book that I read over a year ago and have […]

Review: Her Last Holiday by C. L. Taylor

Posted June 14, 2021 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Her Last Holiday by C.L. Taylor Published by Avon on April 27, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 400 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads You come to the retreat to be healed. You don’t expect to die. Two years ago, Fran’s sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind Soul Shrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths of two people. But he has never let on what happened to the third victim: Jenna. Determined to find out the truth, Fran books herself onto his upcoming retreat – the first since his release – and finds herself face to face with the man who might hold the key to her sister’s disappearance. The only question is, will she escape the retreat alive? Or does someone out there want Jenna’s […]

Blog Tour / Review: Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg

Posted May 21, 2021 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg Series: Marion Lane #1 Published by Trapeze on June 10, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 336 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads They were a band of mysterious private detectives who lived beneath the streets of London in a labyrinth of twisted tunnels and ancient hallways, the entrance to which no one had ever found. The Inquirers were something of a myth, a whispered legend that may or may not exist, depending on whom you asked. They were like ghosts, some said, these sleuths who guarded the city… London, 1958: Elaborately disguised and hidden deep beneath the city’s streets lies the world of Miss Brickett’s, a secret detective agency, training and housing the mysterious Inquirers. From traversing deceptive escape rooms full of baited traps and hidden dangers, to engineering almost magical mechanical gadgets, apprentice detectives […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Island by C. L. Taylor

Posted January 23, 2021 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 1 Comment

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Island by C.L. Taylor Published by HQ Young Adult on January 21, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Young Adult Pages: 384 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Lost meets The Hunger Games in the thrilling new young adult novel from C.L. Taylor, the Sunday Times and million-copy bestselling author. Welcome to The Island.Where your worst fears are about to come true… It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare. Because someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re coming true. Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret. Who will make it off the island alive? The Island was a book that I could not stop reading it. […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Search Party by Simon Lelic

Posted August 31, 2020 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Search Party by Simon Lelic Published by Viking on August 20, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 352 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads ‘HUGELY GRIPPING’ Mark Billingham’HEART-STOPPING’ Elly Griffiths’CLEVER AND ATMOSPHERIC’ Mark Edwards 16-year-old Sadie Saunders is missing. Five friends set out into the woods to find her. But they’re not just friends… THEY’RE SUSPECTS. You see, this was never a search party. It’s a witch hunt. And not everyone will make it home alive… THE CHALK MAN meets THE HUNTING PARTY in this gripping story; witness four suspects as, alongside DI Fleet, you attempt to discover the truth about what happened to Sadie…_ If you have read my blog before you know that I love any book by Simon Lelic (although The House is still my favourite!). So I was super eager to dive into The Search Party and see if I could unravel the mystery. Let’s […]

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