Fiction

Review: No Mercy by Martina Cole

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Back in the 1980’s Diana Davis found herself, after the death of her infamous bank-robbing husband, as head of one of the most notorious families known in the gangland underworld.  She may have been a woman in a predominately man’s world, but there was no one brave enough to mess…

Review : Q by Christina Dalcher

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“I almost can’t remember how it felt before we all started carrying the Q numbers around with us, like an extra and unnatural print on the tips of our fingers, a badge of honour for some, a mark of shame for others.” These Q numbers now run lives. It dictates…

Scabby Queen by Kristin Innes is a novel about a woman doesn't quite succeed with a folk music career and ends up with depression and commits suicide

Review: Scabby Queen by Kristin  Innes

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Clio Campbell first hit the headlines back in 1990 when she appeared on Top of the Pops wearing an anti-poll tax t-shirt and singing a song she had actually written for groups at protests. She killed herself in 2018 just days before her 51st birthday. Sadly, her death didn’t come…

The Sideman by Caro Ramsay is the 10th in the Costello-Anderson Series set in Scotland. Read the full review via @tbookjunkie

Review: The Sideman by Caro Ramsay

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DI Costello is done. No longer does she feel that she has respect for her boss or the force. She knows with all her senses that George Haggerty has killed his family yet he has an airtight alibi; the bloody Scottish Police Force. It seems that George Haggerty has managed…

The Memory Wood by Sam Lloyd is an enthralling novel that will captivate you from the very beginning. A masterpiece in psychological thriller writing.

Review: The Memory Wood by Sam Lloyd

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Elijah is a troubled young lad. There is something spooking him at home but his vagueness only leads the reader to speculate for themselves. Something has happened to him to cause a trip to the police station but other than a hint, we are none the wiser at this stage…