The world is coming out of lockdown. Smith is bored and not had any murders to investigate for months as criminals stay indoors. Now a clever killer is on the loose, murdering women and leaving their portraits behind… The Painter is the 28th book in the DS Jason Smith series set in York. A woman […]
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American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
TRIGGER WARNING: gang violence, sexual violence Lydia sees her whole family killed by a drugs gang except for her eight year old son Luca. Their only hope for survival is to travel to the United States where she has an uncle. But the drugs cartel boss won’t rest until she is found and she faces […]
The Wicked Lady, by Elena Collins
1640s, Kate Ferrers is forced to marry a man who steals her fortune until she resorts to highway robbery to save her home. Present day, Charlie is trying to rebuild his life after being dumped by his girlfriend. But his new home is haunted by a ghostly presence… The Wicked Lady is a dual timeline […]
The Murders at Fleat House, by Lucinda Riley
A school bully is found dead. Did he deliberately take aspirin that would kill him, was it given accidentally, or did someone swap the medications on purpose to kill? The Murders at Fleat House is a police procedural centred around a boarding school. I wonder if it could have been the first book in a […]
The Wreckage of Us, by Dan Malakin
TRIGGER WARNING: drug use Bryan Webb comes home from a bike ride to find the police on his doorstep. His wife’s car has been found crashed in the woods and she has vanished. Has she had another blackout or has someone taken her…? The Wreckage of Us is a mix of crime, mystery and psychological […]