Month: June 2017

My review Maryanne Doyle went to buy hairspray and never came back on 31st May, 1998... Murdered??? In the present time, a woman is found murdered and dumped at Leamington Square close to the pub, McAuley's... The first line caused me to pick up the book and the second, to continue with it. Both these lines … Continue reading Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear

My review One momentary lapse of intelligent decision leads to uncovering of deception and lies...  This 69 chapter book starts with Jennifer Cornish, a single mother, doing an utterly stupid thing. She picks up her neighbour, Alex Wilson's keys, as he rushes out in a hurry, and instead of giving it to the police, decides … Continue reading Each Little Lie by Tom Bale

My review  The blurb says  A blighted memory. A child who seems never to have existed. A watcher in the shadows. This book blurb made the book sound so much more exciting than it really was, it even starts that way. Evie is attacked, she has a head injury, she was in coma for 3 … Continue reading Part of the Silence by Debbie Howells

My review  When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie - Yevgeny Yevtushenko Fiona Barton, author of The Widow has come out with an absolute cracker of a story with her lead journalist Kate Waters from The Widow  3 women Kate Waters, Angela Massingham, Emma Simmonds, 1 dead baby and a story around all … Continue reading The Child by Fiona Barton

My review  Today my brain stops and my heart speaks .... Mama... I hear you in the wind and in the rain... I hear you in the sun and the stars... I hear you in the sky and the sea... I hear you in my heart with me...  The most heart wrenching emotion, pure love.. … Continue reading Before I was Yours by Virginia Macgregor

My review  This is an easy mystery/suspense novel. A light read.. Three main characters : 1) Alice, an ICU high dependency unit nurse and her two patients  2) Frank, with a tracheotomy and ventilator suffering from "locked in syndrome", post stroke and alcoholism  3) Cassie, a young wife with a head injury and coma, post … Continue reading If you knew her by Emily Elgar

My review How do I review a book which wars against the medical side of me, everything scientific in me keeps rebelling about the story presented in this book. Keeping the doctor in me quiet, I am now attempting to put forth my thoughts about this book. The story is thus Shane, an abusive boyfriend, … Continue reading The Darkness Within by Lisa Stone

My review  My first book in the horror genre, I was told to read it in daylight hours. I had my wingwoman/friend, Melanie just a message away to bat away my fears and shoo the monsters that would arrive under the bed after reading the book. All the preparations were made before starting this book....  … Continue reading Bird Box by Josh Malerman

To everyone who has tagged me; Jay, Nathprasad, Jo ( my lady Gaga) and Shweta ,Noriko, Mojoreb, in my various posts , I thank you for the honour and friendship that you have bestowed upon me. To everyone who has read my posts and liked me and my writing, I thank each and everyone of you for the time taken … Continue reading Nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award

My review  What a beautiful gem of a story, a story of love, life and second chances. A story of hope and forgiveness, from life here and beyond.  The summer visitors are Annie Sullivan, who is coming back home to the village of Ballyanna, after four years and a messy break-up and Daniel O'Connell, his … Continue reading The Summer Visitors by Fiona O’Brien

My review  The story starts with an accident, a car plunging into an utility pole and a bewildered husband, Tom Krupp, searching for his lost wife, Karen. With the door unlocked and dinner half prepared, Karen has disappeared without her purse or cell phone. Her car is also missing. And then the Police appear at … Continue reading A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

My review  Real sisters are more important than blood sisters, aren't they???  3 people : 3 girls growing up to 2 women with an accident in their midst ; misstep or murder?? Why was a kid with learner's license allowed to drive a car?? Where are kids' mothers?? What really happened on that day?? The … Continue reading Blood Sisters by Jane Corry

My review  The book starts with these beautiful soul-touching lines : What we have once loved deeply, we can never lose. For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us - Helen Keller  A book of healing and second chances, of tragedy and strength, of hope and love between three generations of women; grandmother … Continue reading Home For Summer by Holly Chamberlin

My review  Oh how do i review a book that I am so ambiguous about??  The story goes like this; two sisters Megan and Cloe, lose their parents to a car accident, they inherit everything and come to their vacation cottage at Whitecliff, Cornwall. It starts with Megan receiving a postcard from Z. Is Z … Continue reading Two Sisters by Kerry Wilkinson

My review  This book brings home the adage - Loose lips sink ships  It takes a second and few written words to destroy a man's reputation and years to rebuild it, but the scars of the pain undergone are felt forever. Words are that powerful, this simple fact is brought home by Laura Elliot in this … Continue reading GUILTY BY LAURA ELLIOT

My review  Food writer, Estelle Forster, is famous for her 'pure' organic, made-from-scratch recipes and food plating on all social sites mainly Instagram and Twitter. She has her first cookbook coming out in a few days. She seems to have it all ; beauty, supportive boyfriend, fame, popularity, rags to riches, self made story and … Continue reading Her last breath by Tracy Buchanan

My review  Absolute cracker of a thriller, unputdownable, fast paced, addictive page-turner.....I don't have enough superlative words to describe this book. The gist of the story goes like this - Detective Sam Porter has been trying, for 5 years, to bring down a killer known as The Fourth Monkey or 4MK, who keeps taunting Sam, … Continue reading The Fourth Monkey by J. D. BARKER

A great book by Amanda prowse, with her beautiful passionate words. This book tells the story of Nina, who finds out, that things were not as good as she had thought, when her husband dies and leaves her a mountain of debt. Nina has two kids to look after and with no job and no … Continue reading The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse

My review Wow!! Simply Wow!! What a book, totally fabulous. This book is like a magician doing a card trick, I am staring hard at the cards, trying to find out the sleight of his hand, looking in one direction, when WHAM... From the opposite direction, I am hit by a whopper of an end … Continue reading Liar by K.L. Slater

My review  ​Oh, what a beautiful fun-filled, sun-kissed summer read..  The story starts with best friends Winnie, Stella and Frankie, going for a weekend trip to the B&B, the Villa Valentina, on the island, Skelidos. They find themselves gently persuaded to become one-third owners of the B&B and then the fun begins...  All of them … Continue reading The bed and breakfast on the beach by Kat French