loopyloulaura

My very own website!!! Yikes!

book review

Fire on the Island, by Stewart Giles

48 drones carrying explosives hover over Guernsey. Luckily there are only 5 fatalities. Liam O’Reilly abandons his honeymoon to start investigating and discovers a link between 4 of the victims… Fire on the Island is the 13th book in the DI O’Reilly series. There are some mentions of earlier cases but no spoilers. One teenager […]

In Her Grave, by Willow Rose

TRIGGER WARNING: rape, drugs, child murder Billie Ann Wilde is a detective but the latest case is personal as her family are targeted… In Her Grave is the third book in the Detective Billie Ann Wilde series. I have not read the earlier books but intend to catch on them urgently as this one was […]

A Song of Silence, by Steve N. Lee

TRIGGER WARNING: Nazi ideology and brutality 1940, Poland. Mirek runs an orphanage but the Nazi occupation means it is a daily struggle to feed the 100 children in is care. Can Mirek escape Poland and save as many children as possible…? A Song of Silence is an historical book set in Poland during the Second […]

The Perfect Guest, by Ruth Irons

Dinah spends a weekend with her friends at a luxury holiday home but quickly becomes obsessed with the owners and wants to inveigle herself into their lives. Can Dinah get the life she has always dreamed of…? The Perfect Guest is a psychological thriller set in the UK. Dinah has not had an easy life […]

Homecoming, by Isabel Ashdown

TRIGGER WARNING: teen pregnancy, forced adoptions, miscarriage, sexual abuse, drug abuse Katrin Gold seems to have the perfect life. She has created it for herself, having come from nothing. But as she hosts a celebration for her latest achievement, an incident occurs that could change her life forever and reveal secrets… Homecoming is a psychological […]