Tag: Thriller

Review: Under Ground by S. L. Grey

Posted July 22, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Under Ground by S. L. Grey

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.Under Ground by S.L. Grey Published by Pan Macmillan on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Pages: 368 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Sanctum is a luxurious, self-sustaining survival condominium situated underground in rural Maine. It’s a plush bolt-hole for the rich and paranoid – a place where they can wait out the apocalypse in style. When a devastating super-flu virus hits the States, several families race to reach it. All have their own motivations for entering The Sanctum. All are hiding secrets. But when the door locks and someone dies, they realize the greatest threat to their survival may not be above ground – it may already be inside . . . Having reflected on this book for a while I can no longer decide if I love Under Ground or merely like it. When I finished the book it was definitely love, but now […]

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Review: Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne

Posted July 21, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne

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.Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne Published by Piatkus on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 437 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The crash is the unravelling of Margaret Holloway. Trapped inside a car about to explode, she is rescued by a scarred stranger who then disappears. Margaret remembers little, but she’s spent her life remembering little – her childhood is full of holes and forgotten memories. And now she has a burning desire to discover who she is, why her life has been shrouded in secrets, and if it has anything to do with the mysterious man who saved her life. In a thriller that flits effortlessly between past and present, this is a harsh, gritty yet ultimately uplifting journey of an estranged father and daughter, exploring the strength of family ties and our huge capacity for forgiveness. Published in the US as: Everything She Forgot […]

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Review: The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton

Posted July 12, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton

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.The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton on July 2, 2015 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 340 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads On 24 November Yasmin and her ten-year-old daughter Ruby set off on a journey across Northern Alaska. They’re searching for Ruby’s father, missing in the arctic wilderness. More isolated with each frozen mile they cover, they travel deeper into an endless night. And Ruby, deaf since birth, must brave the darkness where sight cannot guide her. She won’t abandon her father. But winter has tightened its grip, and there is somebody out there who wants to stop them. Somebody tracking them through the dark. I’m glad that I got to finish this in the end. There was a couple of points in the first 100 pages of The Quality of Silence where I was ready to give in and just DNF, and perhaps if […]

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Review: Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc

Posted March 16, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc

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.Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc Published by Trapdoor on April 1, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 444 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Winter is savage and cold in Lapland. When a priceless local relic is stolen from Kautokeino, a village in the middle of the isolated snowy tundra, detectives Klemet Nango – a familiar face in the rural community – and Nina Nansen, fresh out of the local police academy, are called to investigate. There are just a few days until the locals will host a UN World Heritage conference, and Klemet and Nina are under pressure to retrieve the artefact, due to be presented to a world-renowned French scientist as part of the celebrations. When a local reindeer herder is found brutally murdered, Klemet and Nina immediately suspect that the two events are linked. But the villagers don’t take too kindly to having their secret […]

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Review: The Three by Sarah Lotz

Posted March 11, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 3 Comments
Review: The Three by Sarah Lotz

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.The Three by Sarah Lotz Series: The Three #1 Published by Hodder and Stoughton on May 22, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller Pages: 492 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Black Thursday. The day that will never be forgotten. The day that four passenger planes crash, at almost exactly the same moment, at four different points around the globe. There are only four survivors. Three are children, who emerge from the wreckage seemingly unhurt. But they are not unchanged. And the fourth is Pamela May Donald, who lives just long enough to record a voice message on her phone. A message that will change the world. The message is a warning. ‘Really wonderful’ Stephen King ‘You’ll come up gasping’ Lauren Beukes ‘The finest thriller I’ve read in years’ Sarah Pinborough The Three is a book where I struggled to engage with the characters, to feel […]

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