Only the Truth

Only the Truth by Adam Croft

Title: Only the Truth

Author: Adam Croft

Published: March 17

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Pages: 268

Price on Amazon: Paperback: £4.99 Kindle: £3.98

ISBN: 1503941795

When everything points to you, only the truth can set you free. 

Daniel is away for work, staying in a hotel in Herne Bay. He sees no harm in having a little fun with the hotel receptionist Jess while he’s there. One day after returning to his room from dinner in the hotel restaurant, Daniel finds his wife’s dead body in his bathtub. In her hand is her mobile phone which has an incriminating text message on it which seems to have been sent from Daniels phone. 

Two things are clear to Daniel at this moment. First, his wife has been murdered and second he is being framed for her murder. In that second Daniel decides to run, taking Jess with him. Can he escape whoever killed his wife and framed him whilst also trying to escape the police. Can Daniel clear his name?

When I read this blurb of this book, I thought it sounded really interesting. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I found Daniel to be the single most annoying and stupid character I have ever encountered. I can understand the instinct to run when faced with what he was faced with, however, to run away with the receptionist, a woman he was sleeping with behind his wife’s back. Apart from making himself look even more guilty. Jess could be anybody, he hardly knew her at all. Without giving away any spoilers. I knew who the killer was straight away and I could see all the trouble Daniel was going to get himself into. 

All in all this book I found to be completely predictable and just rediculous. The only reason I finished it was to confirm I was correct in whom the killer was and I was. I have chosen to give this book a single star as I will not reread nor will I recommend this book. I found it to be badly written and too predictable. 

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The Stolen Girls

The Stolen Girls by Patricia Gibney

Title: The Stolen Girls
Author: Patricia Gibney
First Published: July 17
Publisher: Bookouture
Pages: 450
Price on Amazon: Paperback £10.99 Kindle: £1.99
ISBN:1786812193

Lottie Parker returns to catch a serial killer and find a missing girl.

Lottie Parker is back and this time she is on the trail of a serial killer with the help of her team Lottie treads the waters of sex trafficking, missing girls, murder and drug lords. All while trying to keep her family together and safe.

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Well, Gibney has done it again. A fantastic read and another book have gone straight into my favourite category on my Kindle. I love Lottie Parker and her team. I cannot wait for the next book, so much so I have it on pre-order already.

I had no idea who the killer was and was completely surprised at the end which is what I love in a good mystery book, keeps you guessing right till the end and I think a great sign of a mystery book is when you can’t guess who the killer is.

I am desperately waiting for Lottie and Boyd to get together they would make such a great couple and the sexual chemistry between them is amazing.

All I can say about this book is wonderful and roll on book three. Five out of Five stars, truly well deserved.

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When I Cast Your Shadow

When I Cast Your Shadow by Sarah Porter 

Title: When I Cast Your Shadow 

Author: Sarah Porter

First Published: Oct 17

Publisher: Tor Teen

Pages: 384

Price on Amazon: Hardback £13.91 Kindle: £11.45

ISBN: 0765380560

Even in death she can’t let him go.

Ruby’s brother died and Ruby is haunted by him in her dreams what she doesn’t know is if it is a dream come true or a nightmare she’ll never be able to escape. 

Everett is Ruby’s twin brother and he’s always been jealous of his older brother, but can Everett save Ruby from his clutches now before its too late?

Dashiell a handsome and manipulative young man who is running afoul with powerful forces on the other side using Ruby and Everett. 

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I thought this book was right up my street and sounded really good. I just couldn’t get into. I found i couldn’t follow the plot and I wasn’t drawn into the story at all. For this reason I give this book a single star. 

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Fix Me

Fix Me by Lisa M Cronkhite

Title: Fix Me

Author: Lisa M Cronkhite

First Published: Sept 17

Publisher: Flux

Pages: 256

Price on Amazon: Paperback £9.27 

ISBN: 1635830087

Can it be love if he’s only real in my drug fuelled state? 

Pen is addicted to the illegal drug called Fix. Fix changes your perception of everything and causes extremely vivid hallucinations. When Pen take Fix she sees a guy called Nate, the problem is Pen thinks she is in love with Nate but can it be love if hes only a figment of her drug fuelled imagination? Pen wants to stop taking Fix but when she tried Nate tells her he loves her too. 

When a girl who also takes Fix goes missing can Pen stop taking Fix before shes the next girl who goes missing?

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I didn’t finish this book as it didn’t grab me and make me want to read on. The book didn’t hook me in and make me feel like i needed to read on know what happened next. Because of this I wouldn’t read it again or recommend to anyone therefore I am going to give this book a single star rating. 

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The Devils Claw

The Devils Claw (Sampler) by Lara Dearman

Title: The Devils Claw

Author: Lara Dearman

First Published: Nov 17

Publisher: Tropeze

Pages: 368

Price on Amazon: Paperback £7.99 Kindle: £1.99

ISBN:1409170284

Going home isn’t always a good idea. 

Jenniffer has returned home to Guernsey and is living with her mother and working as a journalist whilst trying to escape her past. One night Jennifer takes her mother to the bonfire and firework display. This is the night the body was found on the beach. 

I received a sample of this from NetGalley and I was really enjoying it, just as it was about to get really interesting the sample ended so needless to say I am going straight to preorder the book. 

I’ve never read anything by Dearman before but if this sample is anything to go by I have high hopes. It is hard to rate a sample but given that this sample has got me hooked and heading straight to the Kindle store to preorder the book I am giving it four out of five stars. 

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Woman of State

Woman of State by Simon Berthon

Title: Woman of State

Author: Simon Berthon

Published: July 17

Publishers: HQ

Pages: 384

Price on Amazon: Hardback: £12.08 Kindle: £7.99

ISBN: 9780008214364

One act can change your life forever. 

It’s 1991 in Belfast, Marie Anne McCartney agrees to do a one of mission or her boyfriend who is a part of the IRA. She’s told there will be no violence and she will be okay. She is lied to. In order to survive eighteen-year-old, Marie must flee Belfast and start again. 

It’s now the present day and Marie is now a human rights lawyer appointed as minister of state for security and immigration. Can she keep hold of her new life or will her old life rear its ugly head?

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I didn’t it very far in this book I must admit only about ten chapters. I found it didn’t grab me and entice me to read more and I just wasn’t enjoying it. So, unfortunately, I am unable to give a full review on this book.  I shall be giving this book a single star as I won’t be reading it again and won’t be recommending it. I found it very slow and rather boring. 

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Birdcage Walk

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore

Title: Birdcage Walk

Author: Helen Dunmore

Published: Nov 17

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Pages: 416

Price on Amazon: Paperback: £3.85 Kindle: £4.99

ISBN: 97808021227143

She is his property, law and custom says so.

It’s 1972, the French Revolution is well underway and Lizzie Fawkes has grown up in radical circles. Recently married to John Diner Tredevant who is a property developer heavily invested in the Bristol housing boom and is set to lose everything with the social upheaval from the prospect of war on the horizon. 

Diner is determined to squish his wives independent and questioning nature by coercion and forcing her to live as he wishes. His passion for Lizzie deepens to the darkest parts of the human soul and soon Lizzie finds herself in grave danger.

I got the book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. To be honest I got half way through this book felt nothing had happened yet. I must admit I was bored by this point. I gave up on the book so therefore am unable to give a full review. 

This book was an extremely slow book and it did not engage me in any way. I found I kept waiting for something to happen but it never did. therefore I am only able to give this book a single star rating as I won’t be recommending this book nor will I be rereading it again.

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The Child

The Child by Fiona Barton

Title: The Child

Author: Fiona Barton 

Published: March 2018

Publisher: Corgi

Pages: 448

Price on Amazon: Paperback: £7.99 Kindle: £7.99

ISBN: 055272456

The stories have been hidden but the truth always comes out. 

Kate Winters is a journalist and when the skeleton of a newborn baby is discovered after a house is demolished in a gentrifying section in London Kate jumps on the case, Setting out to uncover who the child is and to tell the story behind what happened. But as Kate goes house by house into the past she soon learns there is more to this story than she ever imagined. 

Soon Kate finds herself the keeper of many secrets that could explode the lives of all those around her and involved in this case. What can she tell and who can she tell it to? 

 

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I have never read any of Barton’s other books before. I found this book to be a bit of a slow starter but once it got started my goodness, it kept me up all night reading. A fantastic read with some amazing twists, looking back on it now the slow start actually helped the book as it helped you get to know the characters really well so much so I actually wanted to reach into my Kindle and hug or slap the characters depending on where I was in the book. 

I think Kate would make a great character to write a series of books about. 

I shall definitely be recommending this book to people including my book club and it shall be going into my favourite category on my Kindle. I have chosen to give this book five stars. 

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