Crime
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Book Review- The Survivors
Title: The Survivors Author: Jane Harper Publisher: Little, Brown Book Published: 21st January 2021 Genre: Thriller, Mystery TWs: Drowning, Death, Suicide, Death of a child, Rating: 4/5 stars The compelling new novel from Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry. Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home. Kieran’s parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea, that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all…
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Book Review- The Murder of Harriet Monckton
Title: The Murder of Harriet Monckton Author: Elizabeth Haynes Published: 27th September Pages: 504 Genre: Historical fiction, mystery, crime Rating: 3.5/5 stars The Murder of Harriet Monckton is based on a true story that shocked and fascinated the nation. On 7th November 1843, Harriet Monckton, 23 years old and a woman of respectable parentage and religious habits, was found murdered in the privy behind the dissenting chapel she had regularly attended in Bromley, Kent. The community was appalled by her death, apparently as a result of swallowing a fatal dose of prussic acid, and even more so when the autopsy revealed that Harriet was six months pregnant. Drawing on the…
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Book Review- The Way of All Flesh
Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Ambrose Parry Published: 2nd October 2018 Pages: 416 Genre: Historical, Mystery, Crime Rating: 4.5/5 stars A vivid and gripping historical crime novel set in 19th century Edinburgh, from husband-and-wife writing team Chris Brookmyre and Marisa HaetzmanEdinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder.Young women are being discovered dead across the Old Town, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. In the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.Simpson’s patients range from the richest to the poorest of this divided city. His house is like no other, full of visiting luminaries and daring experiments…
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Book Review- The Late Show
Title: The Late Show Author: Michael Connelly Published: 18th July 2017 Pages: 400 Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Series: Renee Ballard #1 Rating: 3/5 stars From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she’s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn’t want to part with: the brutal beating…
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Book Review- The Fourth Monkey
Title: The Fourth Monkey Author: J.D Barker Published: June 27th 2017 Pages: 416 Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery Rating: 4.5/5 For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive. As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a…