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Archive for September 2024

The Reunion, by M.J. Arlidge and Steph Broadribb

1994, Jennie waits for her best friend to arrive so they can escape their unhappy homes and make a fresh start in London. But Hannah never shows up at the station as planned, and actually disappears completely. Present day, Jennie is a police detective and is called to her former school when a body is […]

Holiday 2024 Day 5: Banham Zoo

Just me and the kids! Due to the high temperatures, we decided that Chris would stay home with the dogs to keep them cool. This meant that me and the kids could pick somewhere that didn’t welcome dogs and the kids wanted the zoo. We had booked tickets in advance so entry was quick and […]

Nighthawking, by Russ Thomas

A woman’s body is discovered in a botanical garden with Roman coins in her eye sockets. The victim is identified as a Chinese student from a prominent family and the pressure is on for the police to catch the killer quickly… Nighthawking is the second book to feature DS Adam Tyler. I recently reviewed the […]

The Hitchhiker, by Stewart Giles

Smith and his team investigate a spate of murders. All of the victims are killed in their green Ford Fiestas… The Hitchhiker is the 29th book in the DS Jason Smith series. The books all work as standalone cases but events from earlier books have a huge impact on Smith and his family. Plus the […]

#Project52 2024 week 36

Final week of the summer holidays. It feels really odd (as it always does!), too short and too long, time racing by and crawling along. Chris and I have been watching all of the Alien movies over the past fortnight (I had only seen the original previously) so that we could watch the latest instalment […]