Twenty years ago, a young girl was brutally murdered in Florida. Dennis Danson was arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. He swore he was innocent. Now he's the subject of a true-crime documentary that's whipping up an online frenzy to uncover the truth and free a man who has been wrongly convicted. A thousand miles away in… Continue reading The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd
After hearing about a bookish advent calendar earlier on in the year, I thought to myself that I would have to check it out when December comes. I placed my order in October and I went for the 25 day calendar and the multiple genres option. Because I went with the multiple genres option I… Continue reading Bookish Advent calendar- Part One
This month was another slow month for reading. I am finding more and more difficult to find time to read because of the added pressure with work, but any free time I do have I usually spend it with my head in a book. Some of the books this month have been chunky reads and… Continue reading November Wrap up
A serial killer to chill your bones. A psychopath more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum. Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his… Continue reading Rattle by Fiona Cummins
1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who took that fateful trip, and the flimsy testimony… Continue reading Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
Beautiful. Rich. Mysterious. The Roanoke girls seem to have it all. But there's a dark truth about them which is never spoken. Every girl either runs away, or dies. Lane is one of the lucky ones. When she was fifteen, over one long, hot summer at her grandparents' estate in rural Kansas, she found out… Continue reading The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome… Continue reading Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight the monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from… Continue reading A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
This year I have bought so many books. I have bought so many books that I needed to buy another two bookcases to store all of my books. The only problem with buying so many books is that you don't get time to read all the new books you bought. This is definitely the case… Continue reading Books I want to read in 2017
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