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June 17, 2019 british / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas

I’ve read a lot of books in the last 2 months but been really naughty about reviewing them. A Good

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May 28, 2019 british / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

Bleep Bleep! Sassy thriller lover alert! I am so picky when it comes to liking thrillers, I know- but this

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May 10, 2019 british / horror / mystery / novel / page turner / paranormal / suspense / thriller

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Short take: This is a tense page-turner with supernatural elements,  does a wonderful portrayal of a new mum and the

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May 7, 2019 American / debut / Literary Fiction / novel

The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

Short take: this is a novel about a middle-class but not so rich Jewish family, the mum Frances has passed

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April 25, 2019 Australian / debut / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare

A short take: For fans of Before I Go to Sleep, Call Me Evie is a story that develops slowly

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April 24, 2019 british / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

Disturbance by Marianne Kavanagh

Short take: Here is a well-written book for domestic thriller lovers, set in a small circle of people, showing the

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March 25, 2019 American / debut / novel / suspense / thriller

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing: The unbearable “thrill” of a good marriage

My Lovely Wife is Samantha Downing’s debut novel, and it’s really difficult to believe it’s a debut because it’s damn

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March 18, 2019 british / historical / Literary Fiction / Netgalley / novel

Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

Stella had been disturbed by her mother’s behaviour, had thought that manifestation of grief barbaric -inhuman. Now she understood. She

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March 15, 2019 contemporary / Literary Fiction / Nigerian / novel / Prize / Womens prize for fiction

Family always comes first: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

It’s a funny one to write a review on, this one. I really enjoyed reading it, it was DEFINITELY a

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February 26, 2019 Australian / contemporary / mystery / novel

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Reading Liane Moriarty’s new book was a bit like meeting with an old friend, realising how much you missed them!

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February 18, 2019 American / dystopia / novel / Psychological

This story starts after the world ends: The Last by Hanna Jameson

Welcome to my second from the last Blog tour, The Last 🙂 It would have been an amazing coincidence if

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December 10, 2018 American / historical / mystery / novel / page turner / Romance

Seven Husbands, Hundred Troubles: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

One cannot argue that Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a page turner. But does it go beyond

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