Safe and Sound By Philippa East

Safe and Sound By Philippa East

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Home can be the most dangerous place…

In a small London bedsit, a radio is playing. A small dining table is set for three, and curled up on the sofa is a body…
 
Jenn is the one who discovers the woman, along with the bailiffs. All indications suggest that the tenant – Sarah Jones – was pretty, charismatic and full of life.

So how is it possible that her body has lain undiscovered for ten whole months?

My Thoughts:

Wow this book left me utterly breathless, the speed in which I read it shocked me, I just wanted to find out what had happened. This is a very engaging story that left me shocked by the ending. It was an absolutely brilliant story line and the characters were all brilliant, it kept me guessing till the end and the ending made me say oh my god. I liked how it felt as though two stories were running alongside each other, Jenn’s story but also Sarah’s story. It was an intriguing tale that I just didn’t want to put down. I feel as though this book is going to be a major hit next year. It would make a good film.

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The Promise By Lucy Diamond

The Promise By Lucy Diamond

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When Patrick Sheppard suddenly and tragically dies, he leaves behind a family in pieces. Zoe has lost the love of her life. Ethan, Gabe and Beatrice have lost their larger-than-life dad. There’s a hole where Patrick should be and none of them can see a way forward.

For Patrick’s brother Dan, though: his mission is clear. He needs to help the Sheppards to find some sort of happy again, and he makes a promise to himself to try and come close to the man Patrick was. But as he immerses himself in the frantic school run, dishing up tea and sorting the bills, Dan begins to see he might not have known the man Patrick really was, underneath it all. His brother was keeping secrets.

Juggling his heartbroken family and the catastrophic truth that could break them all over again, Dan has to face what he’s been keeping from himself all this time: what really happened on the night that Patrick died.

My Thoughts:

You really can’t go wrong with a Lucy Diamond book. I loved this story, it is about Patrick and his family, when Patrick dies he leaves behind his wife and his children. Zoe his wife doesn’t know how to cope without him, his brother Dan tries to step in to help her out as he sees she is struggling but unearths something truly devastating, should he tell her? trying to do what is best for everyone involved he tries to help everyone out. I liked Dan, he always thinks about others first, he put his feelings on hold to help his family first. I really felt for Zoe and what she has been through and I can never imagine the pain she must of felt when Patrick died but also when she discovers the truth. You never really know what is going on behind closed doors. A truly heartbreaking ending made this book a wonderful yet emotional read.

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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot By Marianne Cronin

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot By Marianne Cronin

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As seventeen-year-old Lenni is about to learn, it’s not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with.

Dodging the doctor’s orders on the terminal ward, she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years.

To celebrate their shared century, they tell each other their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything.

As their extraordinary friendship grows, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with them yet.

My Thoughts:

I can assure you now, you will need a tissue or two to read this emotional but tender story about Lenni and Margot. I fell in love with Lenni and Margot and loved seeing their friendship develop, it was heartwarming to see. I really liked how the book is set out, we go from the past to the present where we find out more about their lives. This book really made me grateful for the life that I live and my family and friends. The ending really got me and I was glad to have a tissue. A beautiful tale of two friends who form an unbreakable friendship through tough times.

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Long Shadows( The Silver Lake Series Book 5)

Long Shadows( The Silver Lake Series Book 5)

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Jake and Lori return to Rehoboth Beach to pick up the threads of family life.
As they look forward to Jake’s first solo tour with Garrett, the album launch and the arrival of the new baby, life is looking good but then a cruel twist fate casts Long Shadows over the Silver Lake family.
Will life ever be the same?

Long Shadows is the final book in the Silver Lake series

My Thoughts:

I have been waiting patiently for this book to read as I just loved all the other books in the series, I would thoroughly recommend to read all of the other books first to get a sense of all the characters and their stories. Jake and Lori have come back to pick up the pieces of their families life, so when they are looking forward to a number of different things including Jake’s first tour on his own and a baby, life is perfect for them until something completely out of the blue happens and threatens all of the Silver Lake Families lives. What could it be? Can anyone’s life go back to normal? I think Coral wrote a cracking last book to the Silver Lake Series. It is a shame to finish reading about their lives but all good things must come to an end. I look forward to seeing what Coral is going to write about next.

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The Silver Lake Series include:

Book One – Stronger Within

Book Two – Impossible Depths

Book Three – Bonded Souls

Book Four – Shattered Hearts

Book Five – Long Shadows

Falling Into All By Ben R. Teeter

Falling Into All By Ben R. Teeter

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A Collection of Deep and Nuanced Musings on the Divine 

Falling into All details the essence of knowing, and the seeking out of truth, inspired by the author’s study of spiritual teachings across cultures and the ages.

Falling into All was written in the morning quiet, meditated on, and is sprung from words always stirring within the heart of the poet, and now ready for the world. The words within are meant to be shared, to encourage others to look inside themselves, and to open a way to understanding beauty and truth, so it may spread to all who seek it.

Do you have a spiritual artist in your heart? 

Are you seeking to be closer to a higher sense of Self? 

Open the pages, awaken your mind, and fall into the waiting divine.

My Thoughts:

At times like this, I feel as though we need to regroup and assess our lives, I find reading poetry not only calms me but also refocuses my mind into more positivity.

The poetry that is written has a feeling of calm and understanding of oneself. One may want to read these poems to oneself but also to help others I would read them to another. A book that I will certainly be going back to time and time again. There is not one poem I do not like. They all affect me in different ways. I also enjoyed reading about the author Ben at the back of this book, his life is very interesting.

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An Ordinary Life By Amanda Prowse

An Ordinary Life By Amanda Prowse

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Christmas Eve, 2019. Ninety-four-year-old Molly lies in her hospital bed. A stroke and a fall may have broken her body—but her mind is alive with memories.

London, 1940s. Molly is a bright young woman, determined to help the war effort and keep her head up despite it all. Life becomes brighter when she meets and falls in love with a man who makes her forget everything with one dance. But then war forces her to make an unforgettable sacrifice, and when she’s brought to her knees by a daring undercover mission with the French Resistance, only her sister knows the secret weighing heavily on Molly’s heart.

Now, lying in her hospital bed, Molly can’t escape the memories of what she lost all those years ago. But she is not as alone as she thinks.

Will she be able to find peace—and finally understand that what seemed to be an ordinary life was anything but?

My Thoughts:

I love reading books about the past especially ones that date back to the 1940’s, it seemed an interesting era with lots going on. The story is about Molly and her life, the book is mainly to do with her growing up in the 1940’s but does flit forward to her present. I really felt as though I was a part of the story, it seemed to wrap itself around me and I wondered what would happen to Molly. She seemed a strong woman that could hold her own. The things she had to do whilst growing up in that era shocks me but then that is what you had to do. Each chapter shows Molly at each age of her life, and what happened to her at that age, she goes through a lot and the story makes you feel grateful for what you have. I shed a few tears at the end for this courageous and smart lady. I loved it.

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Find You First By Linwood Barclay

Find You First By Linwood Barclay

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One will change your life.
One will end it.
Who will…
FIND YOU FIRST?

It’s a deadly race against time…

Tech billionaire Miles has more money than he can ever spend, and everything he could dream of – except time. Now facing a terminal illness, Miles knows he must seize every minute to put his life in order. And that means taking a long hard look at his past.

Somewhere out there, Miles has children. And they might be about to inherit both the good and bad from him – possibly his fortune, or possibly something more sinister.

So Miles decides to track down his missing children. But a vicious killer is one step ahead of him. One by one, people are vanishing. Not just disappearing, every trace of them is wiped.

My Thoughts:

This is my first book by Linwood and it wont be my last, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the story fast paced, chilling with believable characters. I liked the storyline, Miles many years ago did something to help better himself fast forward many years later and with a illness that could be inherited he has to rewrite his future plans and help others that have fallen victim to something that happened back then. This is sure a suspense novel like no other I have read. It pulled me in and I didn’t want to let go, the twists too, I never saw coming.

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Space Hopper By Helen Fisher

Space Hopper By Helen Fisher

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They say those we love never truly leave us, and I’ve found that to be true. But not in the way you might expect. In fact, none of this is what you’d expect.
 
I’ve been visiting my mother who died when I was eight.
And I’m talking about flesh and blood, tea-and-biscuits-on-the-table visiting here.
 
Right now, you probably think I’m going mad. 
Let me explain…
 
Although Faye is happy with her life, the loss of her mother as a child weighs on her mind even more now that she is a mother herself. So she is amazed when, in an extraordinary turn of events, she finds herself back in her childhood home in the 1970s.  Faced with the chance to finally seek answers to her questions – but away from her own family – how much is she willing to give up for another moment with her mother?

My Thoughts:

I didn’t think I was going to enjoy this book as much as I did. It is a bit like the time traveller’s wife which I didn’t like, But this book has exceeded all my expectations and is a really good read. It is all about Faye, who has lost so much as a child, while longing for her childhood and her mother comes about, she jumps at the chance to revisit her past, I won’t say how but it is quite magical. What will she find out when she travels back in time, will there be lies, secrets or betrayals that she didn’t know about? It is a very unique storyline but one that works really well. The story really showed me that the past can really shape what happens in the future. I would highly recommend this book to everyone.

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The Art of Death By David Fennell

The Art of Death By David Fennell

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Death is an art, and he is the master . . .

Three glass cabinets appear in London’s Trafalgar Square containing a gruesome art installation: the floating corpses of three homeless men. Shock turns to horror when it becomes clear that the bodies are real.

The cabinets are traced to @nonymous – an underground artist shrouded in mystery who makes a chilling promise: MORE WILL FOLLOW.

Eighteen years ago, Detective Inspector Grace Archer escaped a notorious serial killer. Now, she and her caustic DS, Harry Quinn, must hunt down another.

As more bodies appear at London landmarks and murders are livestreamed on social media, their search for @nonymous becomes a desperate race against time. But what Archer doesn’t know is that the killer is watching their every move – and he has his sights firmly set on her . . .

He is creating a masterpiece. And she will be the star of his show.

My Thoughts:

This is a serial killer thriller at it’s best. And this is a debut novel which I couldn’t get over as it is absolutely brilliant. Once you start reading, you wont want to stop, it is very dark and twisty and the further you get into the story, the further you get drawn in more. Bodies are appearing at London Landmarks and the murder is live streaming them on the internet, for all to see. Can DI Grace Archer find out who the killer is and stop them before it is too late? I found the writing descriptive and there are parts that are a little gruesome but I was not put off, books like this make you more aware of your surroundings and I did have to check over my shoulder a couple of times. Creepy and dark but oh so good. I cannot wait for David’s next book now.

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The Shadow Man By Helen Fields

The Shadow Man By Helen Fields

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He collects his victims. But he doesn’t keep them safe.

Elspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in a flat. They don’t know where they are, and they don’t know why they’re there. They only know that the shadow man has taken them, and he won’t let them go.
 
Desperate to escape, the three of them must find a way out of their living hell, even if it means uncovering a very dark truth.
 
Because the shadow man isn’t a nightmare. He’s all too real.
 
And he’s watching.

My Thoughts:

I am a big fan of Helen’s books and I couldn’t wait to read this book, If you like tense, creepy, scary books, then this is the one for you, I loved how when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. Helen never disappoints and always has you guessing. My skin crawled reading this book, it was very eerie but made me want to read on. Three victims are taken and locked up but they have no idea why. What they discover in there will break your heart, The shadow man is a dangerous man who has got issues himself, what will happen when his victims try to escape, him being weak himself, will they make it? It all wraps up into a outstanding ending. I cannot wait to read Helen’s next book.

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