Category Archives: Crime
Put Aside: Glenn Chandler – Dead Sight
Synopsis: As far as Detective Inspector Steve Madden is concerned, the dead don’t speak to anyone. But old childhood memories are stirred when psychic Lavinia Roberts tells him that one of her clients is about to become a killer. When Roberts herself is struck down, Madden is forced to ask the question: did she foresee [...]
Share on FacebookMonday’s Trip to the Library
Now I think I was a good girl yesterday when I went to the library. Not only did I return more books than I took out, but there was a book sale on, where every book was 20p, but I didn’t even look. Yay for me… I think! Haha! I did however take out 3 [...]
Share on FacebookIts Monday! What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list. (taken from http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/) Here is what I am [...]
Share on FacebookGrave Secret by Charlaine Harris
Waterstones Synopsis: When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning, which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body, headaches, and episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. And she can find dead people. It’s taken a while, but at last Harper’s pretty happy with her life: [...]
Share on FacebookSherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery by Val Andrews
This novel sees Val Andrews writing a Sherlock Holmes mystery. In this book Holmes comes out of retirement and solves a murder in Brighton. A woman has gone missing and a man has mysterious turned up at the Royal Pavilion but there are no signs of forced entry. The police are clueless and as a [...]
Share on FacebookHold Tight by Harlan Coben
Synopsis from Amazon: Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they’d become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill – the latest in a string of issues at school – they can’t help but [...]
Share on FacebookThe Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Synopsis from Amazon: The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel’s cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and [...]
Share on FacebookNotes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Synopsis from Amazon: When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the [...]
Share on FacebookThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Synopsis by Amazon: Everyone has a dark side. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems [...]
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