An Almost Perfect Summer – Jill Mansell

Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 432Released On: 16/01/2025 Nick is the most intriguing man Nella has met in a while. He’s a 9 in the looks department (no one gets a 10), he makes her laugh, and he keeps her company when she ends up in A&E. But they live hundreds of miles apart.Then Nella loses her job. There’s a perfectContinue reading “An Almost Perfect Summer – Jill Mansell”

An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris

Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 416Released On: 16/01/2025 If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she findsContinue reading “An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris”

The Queen of Fives – Alex Hay

Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 416Released On: 30/01/2025 They whisper her name in every corner of town.The lady with a hundred faces, a thousand lives.Five moves, five days – for such are the rules of her game. 1898. Quinn Le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off the seemingly impossible: trickContinue reading “The Queen of Fives – Alex Hay”

Strange Pictures – Uketsu

Published By: Pushkin VertigoPages: 240Released On: 16/01/2025Translated By: Jim Rion A series of drawings by a pregnant woman conceal a chilling warning. A child’s picture of his home contains within it a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth into a terrifying investigation. CanContinue reading “Strange Pictures – Uketsu”

Murder on the Marlow Belle – Robert Thorogood

Published By: HQPages: 336Released On: 16/01/2025 Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn’t come home last night so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow’s resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, for an exclusive partyContinue reading “Murder on the Marlow Belle – Robert Thorogood”

My Favourite Books of 2024: Part 2 😊

Aaaaaaand we’re back. Hi! By now I assume you’ve already had a look at my Favourite Books of 2024: Part 1 – if not, you can find it HERE! Today I’m posting my favourite reads from July to December, as well as my overall favourite read(s). JULY Victoria might just hold the key to savingContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2024: Part 2 😊”

The Divinexus – Hallie Matthews

Pages: 364Released On: 28/09/2024 A fantasy tale woven with secrets and lies, heartbreak and love, but ultimately centred on the battle between good and evil. It should have been the happiest day of Grace’s life—the day she married Charlie and found the family she had always longed for. But as a war between The CelestialsContinue reading “The Divinexus – Hallie Matthews”

What I Read In 2024

It’s that time of the year again – the time I look back and reflect on what I’ve read. So let’s get started. My aim in 2024 was to read 250 books across the 336 days. In all I managed to read 351! I will just say now that reading is not a competition. WhetherContinue reading “What I Read In 2024”

The Broken River – Chris Hammer

Published By: WildfirePages: 464Released On: 02/01/2025 A body has been discovered on the riverbanks of The Valley, a remote community in the hills of New South Wales. The gold mine at the heart of The Valley was once the lifeblood of this region, but it has been flooded for decades. Over the years, many haveContinue reading “The Broken River – Chris Hammer”

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma – Toon Tellegen

Published By: PushkinPages: 176Released On: 02/01/2025Translator: David ColmerIllustrator: Annemarie van Haeringen The hedgehog is feeling rather lonely, so one day he decides to invite all the other animals for a party. But the hedgehog is also rather a shy, reserved animal, and is terribly worried about doing or saying something he shouldn’t, and about allContinue reading “The Hedgehog’s Dilemma – Toon Tellegen”