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Her Last Walk Home, by Patricia Gibney

A young woman’s body is discovered early one morning. The race to find the killer intensifies when another woman is reported missing… Her Last Walk Home is the 14th book in the DI Lottie Parker series of police procedurals set in Ireland. There are no spoilers about Lottie’s past cases but her personal circumstances have […]

Little Sister, by Isabel Ashdown

Emily and James are having a rare night out, leaving their baby daughter Daisy with Emily’s little sister Jess. But they arrive home to find Jess unconscious on the floor after a medical episode and Daisy has vanished… Little Sister is a psychological thriller set on the Isle of Wight about the abduction of a […]

Murder at Midwinter Manor, by Anita Davison

1916, Hannah travels to her sister’s home of Midwinter Manor with Aunt Violet to spend Christmas. But it isn’t the relaxing family Christmas they were expecting as one guest dies and a priceless ruby goes missing… Murder at Midwinter Manor is the 3rd book to feature bookshop owners Hannah and Violet as they act as […]

Along Came a Spider, by James Patterson

This was February’s book club choice and it’s a classic I have read many (20+) years ago! This is the first time that I have listened to one of James Patterson’s books as an audiobook and I was not disappointed. Two children go missing, abducted by a member of school staff. Detective Alex Cross is […]

Death in the Mayfair Hotel, by Fliss Chester

Cressida Fawcett is enjoying a Christmas Eve party, hoping her best friend will get engaged. But the evening takes a shocking turn when she finds an acquaintance’s body in the fountain. The hotel is locked down and Cressy hunts the killer… Death in the Mayfair Hotel is the 6th book in the amateur sleuth cosy […]