Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel - In the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval. Eight months later, Bess, a young teacher, returns home to Gerandaroo where her family still reside along with old school friends. A childhood game of dare with her former best friend forces Bess to form a women's footy team to play against Denby, the … [Read more...] about Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel – Book Review
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The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller – Book Review
The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller is the beginning of a wonderful, new crime series featuring Freya Lockwood. It starts with a letter from her recently deceased mentor, Arthur Crockleford, which begins, “Freya, it’s down to you to finish what I started...”Freya has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last 20 years. That is until … [Read more...] about The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller – Book Review
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves – Book Review
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves – begins when Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and legend - blows into the local pub, The Maiden's Prayer, to escape the autumn gale, much to the delight of the residents of Greystone. The whole village and its surroundings have a peculiar feel of unreality, as in “the village that time forgot.” Seldom visited by tourists, it consists of a few … [Read more...] about The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves – Book Review
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney – Book Review
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney – bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors returns with another nail-biting mystery. Things occasionally happen to good people, making these good people do bad things in return. Some twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. If the two crimes are somehow linked, could a good … [Read more...] about Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney – Book Review
All of Us are Broken by Fiona Cummins – Book Review
All of Us are Broken by Fiona Cummins - The Hardwicke family haven’t been on holiday for a while, but, finally, thirteen-year-old Galen’s wish has come true. She has been asking to see the wild dolphins at Scotland’s Chanonry Point for years! Finally, her mother, Christine, still hurting since her husband left, has decided that she will drive Galen and her younger brother, … [Read more...] about All of Us are Broken by Fiona Cummins – Book Review