The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke’s.

Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.

Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders? And can our unnamed narrator’s version of the events be trusted?

My Thoughts:

I love reading something a little different, having numerous trips to hospital because of certain health conditions that I have, for some reason I love reading about the medical professionals. This is set in 1999 and we see what life on a ward is like and what ailments the patients have. We literally see the life of a patient in the doctors hands. Also running alongside the stories is there is a serial killer on the loose but who is it? this made it seem slightly more less heavy going. It is all real life too which makes it more interesting to see what doctors go through on a daily basis. I really enjoyed this read.

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In search of a new life, sixteen-year-old Adriana Clark’s family moves to the ancient, ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then she goes missing. Faced with hostile locals and indifferent police, her desperate parents turn to private investigator Sadie Levesque.

Sadie is the best at what she does. But when she finds Adriana’s body in a cliffside cave, a seaweed crown carefully arranged on her head, she knows she’s dealing with something she’s never encountered before.

The deeper she digs into the island’s secrets, the closer danger creeps – and the more urgent her quest to find the killer grows. Because what if Adriana is not the last girl to die?

My Thoughts:

Wow!! Helen has done it again and has absolutely pulled a stunner out of the bag. I always read her books and think they can’t get any better than this and then I read her latest one and it really is the best. I actually had to read this book in one sitting with no interruptions as I knew it was going to be as good as it was. You won’t even believe the twists and turns that you are going to experience reading this book, there were just phenomenal, there were so many parts to this book where I didn’t realise how much I was holding my breath, I felt committed to the story that nothing else mattered. It was just so good, I feel as though I want to read it again just to experience it all once more.

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Fifty years ago, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion.

Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then, and now . . .

But with the tide rising, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . .

My Thoughts:

This is the second book I have read by Anne and I cannot wait to read a lot more. This one was even better than the first one I had read. We follow Vera as she is investigating a hanging but what are the dead man’s friends hiding and what happened in the past that could of led to this happening. But as always there is very little time to work it all out. The suspense in this story really got to me, I was so drawn into this story that when I did come up for air I was still thinking about it. There are twists that are so unexpected they made me gasp and the ending was fantastically dramatic. The characters are all courageous and serious and they made the book shine aswell with Anne’s fantastic writing.

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THREE CHILDREN WENT OUT TO PLAY. ONLY TWO CAME BACK.

The Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose.

One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity.

Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing.

And the Flower Girls are about to hit the headlines all over again…

My Thoughts:

I really enjoyed this read and I look forward to reading more by Alice. This is a police Procedural story which I always find fascinating and insight, with this story it explores children that kill, it is quite an intense read and truly shocked me. I liked the way Alice has alternated between past and present so we get more of an insight into the girls lives before and after. The twist at the end will shock you, I was not expecting it to end the way it did. The tension builds through the book and left me on the edge of my seat. Such a brilliant thought out book.

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A crimewave sweeps through the city and no-one is safe. An arson at the docks. A carjacking gone wrong. A murder in a country park. What connects all these crimes without causes, which leave no clues?

Detective Inspector Helen Grace faces the rising tide of cases which threatens to drown the city. But each crime is just a piece of a puzzle which is falling into place.

And when it becomes clear just how twisted and ingenious this web of crime is, D.I. Grace will realise that it may be impossible to stop it . . .

My Thoughts:

I couldn’t wait to start this book, I really enjoy these books in the D. I Helen Grace series and I couldn’t wait to see what she was up to next in the next instalment. Would recommend to anyone who wants a great thriller at at a fast pace, it kept me on the edge of my seat through out, wondering if the killer would be caught. It is intense, gritty and thought provoking, we follow Helen Grace on her next job as a Detective Inspector, you don’t have to read this books in order, I haven’t and still thoroughly enjoyed them. There are hidden twists and turns that make this book unbelievably good and the ending just made me excited to read the next book.

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Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In The Real Prime Suspect, Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife.

Jackie dealt with rapists, wife beaters, murderers, blackmailers and armed robbers but it was tackling the corruption in her own station that proved the most challenging. Ostracised and harassed by fellow officers furious that she reported the illegality of some colleagues, Malton used alcohol to curb her anxiety.

A chance meeting with writer Lynda La Plante five years later changed the course of her life. Together they worked on shaping Jane Tennison, one of TV’s most famous police characters, in the ground-breaking series Prime Suspect. Not long after, Malton recovered from alcoholism and now works as an AA volunteer in prison and as a TV consultant.

Jackie has spent her life working in crime. Now she’s ready to share her story.

My Thoughts:

I do love a nitty gritty memoir that involves subjects I wouldn’t necessarily know about. We follow Jackie as she makes her way into the world of policing, it was interesting to go back to the 70’s and see what life was like there for a woman police officer. I found this an interesting read working my way through Jackie’s life and all the different jobs she did felt like an honour to go behind the scenes and see some very eye opening things. There were parts of this story that were funny but other parts really shocked me, I feel as though I have a better understanding for certain things I had no clue about before. This book has definitely taught me things and I am grateful for Jackie writing this book.

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Every day of Algernon’s 97 years has been broken up into an ordered routine. That’s how it’s been since the war, and he’s not about to change now.

Until his 15-year-old granddaughter arrives on his doorstep, turning Algernon’s black-and-white life upside down. Everything from Anna’s clothes to the way she sits glued to her phone is strange to Algernon, and he’s not sure he likes it.

But as the weeks pass, Algernon is surprised to discover they have something in common after all – Anna is lonely, just like him. Can Algernon change the habits of a lifetime to bring the colour back into Anna’s world?

My Thoughts:

This book came to me at the exact right time, when I needed it the most, it is a beautiful and heart warming story about Algernon, he stole my heart right from the start, I knew there was more to him than meets the eye. When his fifteen year old granddaughter turns up on his doorstep, Algernon doesn’t know what to do, he has been on his own for a very long time and that is how he likes it or is it? deep down he is craving the love and attention that his daughter and his granddaughter show him but can he open up to them. Such a lovely story that made me have every emotion under the sun, I laughed , I cried and I remembered memories from long ago. I needed this book and It was everything I could of ever asked for and a lot more. I would highly recommend reading it.

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It starts quietly enough. A tick tick ticking you can hear in your ear. Tinnitus, you think. It will pass. BUt it doesn’t. It gets worse. And then you pass it on…

Before you know it, it spreads. Elsewhere across the globe, it emerges: small outbreaks at first, but then suddenly it’s a plague – and only days later it is already killing people.

In an increasingly affected north London school, teacher Kit Chaplin is struggling to understand what he is witnessing. Even Lilly Slater, his partner and an eminent vaccinologist, can’t work out what’s happening. As it spreads, little by little, they are inexorably drawn into the mystery behind the illness. And what they discover will change the world as they know it…

My Thoughts:

This is my first book by Simon, I never knew he had written a couple of other books. I have to be honest and say that the first part of the plot sounded great but the rest of it just made me think of Covid. It was like how can I use something that has happened recently but use a different illness instead a ticking in people’s ears. But it is all of the same wavelength. I read to escape the real world. The story had a good flow to it and I liked how each chapter is a different time of the day so you get the full effect, but I just felt a little let down that it was not as good as I would of liked.

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Daniel and Luke are unlikely best friends. Their bond has stood the test of time, through marriages, children and tragedies. But midlife is upon them and hidden truths are beginning to surface. Luke’s hedonism is spiralling out of control, while Sarah fears for their future. And now Daniel has made a shocking discovery about his wife Kate, and doesn’t know where to turn.

Four people, two couples, and a secret that threatens to destroy them all . . .

My Thoughts:

There is a lot going on in this book which explores two very different relationships between husband and wife. Daniel and Kate and Luke and Sarah are good friends but they all have something to hide, see you never know what goes on behind closed doors. They are real issues that each couple face and the author has done well to bring the sensitive topics to light. It was a good mix of exploring different relationships and seeing what the outcome would be. It made me feel grateful for what I have.

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It looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DI Adam Fawley suspects there’s something more to it.

When the police discover a connection to a high-profile case from years ago, involving a child’s murder and an alleged miscarriage of justice, the press go wild.

Suddenly Fawley’s team are under more scrutiny than ever before. And when you dig up the past, you’re sure to find a few skeletons…

My Thoughts:

This is an author I have heard of but never read any of her books and I don’t know why, this one was so good. I can’t wait to read more of Cara’s books now. I really loved how this book is laid out, you really feel as though you are involved in the case with the interview recordings, the different text really makes it even more interesting. I felt involved and part of the team trying to work out what was going on. God I got a shock with one of the twists, there were so many parts that I was thinking did that really happen, I just couldn’t believe it. Such a brilliant read and I would highly recommend. Now I am off to order more of Cara’s books.

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