Title: Seventy Times Seven Author: Alex Mar Genre: True Crime/Nonfiction Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers Publication Date: 9th November 2023 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old black girl kills a white elderly bible teacher in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial … Continue reading Seventy Times Seven by Alex Mar – Blog Tour Review
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All That Is Wicked by Kate Winkler Dawson – Blog Tour Review
Title: All That Is Wicked Author: Kate Winkler Dawson Genre: Nonfiction/True Crime Publisher: Icon Books Publication Date: 6th October 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: The thrilling story of Edward Rulloff - a serial murderer who was called 'too intelligent to be killed' - and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain held … Continue reading All That Is Wicked by Kate Winkler Dawson – Blog Tour Review
The Devil You Know by Dr Gwen Adshead – Book Review
Title: The Devil You Know Author: Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: 3rd June 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'. Whatever their … Continue reading The Devil You Know by Dr Gwen Adshead – Book Review
The Newcomer by Laura Elizabeth Woollett – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Newcomer Author: Laura Elizabeth Woollett Genre: Crime/Fiction Publisher: Scribe UK Publication Date: 9th December 2021 (Paperback) Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: When her 29-year-old daughter Paulina goes missing on a sleepy pacific island, Judy Novak suspects the worst. Her fears are soon realised as Paulina’s body is discovered, murdered. Every man on the island … Continue reading The Newcomer by Laura Elizabeth Woollett – Blog Tour Review
Red River Girl: A Journey into the Dark Heart of Canada by Joanna Jolly – Review
Title: Red River Girl: A Journey Into The Dark Heart of Canada Author: Joanna Jolly Genre: True Crime Publisher: Little Brown Book Group UK Publication Date: 7th November 2019 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, the detective determined to find her killer and a country's hidden … Continue reading Red River Girl: A Journey into the Dark Heart of Canada by Joanna Jolly – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Book Recommendations!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello! I've been super busy lately and I've missed the last couple … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Book Recommendations!
Dead In The Water by Penny Farmer – Review
Title: Dead In The Water Author: Penny Farmer Genre: True Crime Publisher: Diversion Books Publication Date: 2nd April 2019 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: In 1978, two tortured corpses—hooded, bound, and weighted down with engine parts—were found in the sea off Guatemala. Junior doctor Chris Farmer and his girlfriend, Peta Frampton, were still clinging to life … Continue reading Dead In The Water by Penny Farmer – Review
This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman – Review
Title: This Mortal Boy Author: Fiona Kidman Genre: Fiction (based on real events) Publisher: Gallic Books Publication Date: 1st August 2019 Cover: Summary: Auckland, October 1955. If young Paddy Black sings to himself he can almost see himself back home in Belfast. Yet, less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of … Continue reading This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Non-Fiction Books!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. It's time for another Top Ten Tuesday and this week is a … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Non-Fiction Books!
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – ARC Review
Title: Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Author: Casey Cep Genre: True Crime/Biography/Non-Fiction Publisher: Random House UK, Cornerstone, William Heinemann Publication Date: 16th May 2019 Cover: Summary: Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the … Continue reading Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – ARC Review
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