Holly's bookshelf: read en-US Fri, 09 May 2025 14:31:20 -0700 60 Holly's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)]]> 55429672
This special edition will feature an introduction by Ian Rankin and the original script of John Rebus: Lockdown Blues � a monologue written by Ian Rankin and performed by Brian Cox (Succession, Adaptation, The Bourne Identity, Manhunter) as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Scenes for Survival project, in association with BBC Scotland.

‘He’s gone…�

When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.

Rebus fears the worst � and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.

He wasn’t the best father � the job always came first � but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?

As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast � and a small town with big secrets � he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn’t want to find…]]> 325 Ian Rankin 1398701122 Holly 4 4.08 2020 A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)
author: Ian Rankin
name: Holly
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> My Story: To Kill a Queen 40944187 192 Valerie Wilding 1443102431 Holly 0 3.75 2005 My Story: To Kill a Queen
author: Valerie Wilding
name: Holly
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler #10)]]> 52199274 Serrailler must confront his demons as Lafferton experiences a series of shocking crimes in this 10th book in Susan Hill’s shattering crime series.

Susan Hill stuns readers once again in The Benefit of Hindsight, the 10th book in her celebrated mystery series. Now recuperated after the violent incident that cost him his arm—and nearly his life—DCS Serrailler has returned to work, though he prefers to spend his spare time sketching the medieval angels being restored on the cathedral roof. With crime rates down, Lafferton has been quiet, until one night when two men open their front door to a distressing scene. Serrailler makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident, and the stress of this, combined with the ongoing trauma of losing his arm, takes its toll. In the tradition of the fabulous mysteries of Ruth Rendell and P. D. James, The Benefit of Hindsight is Susan Hill’s best work yet—a chilling new addition to a highly acclaimed series.]]> 368 Susan Hill 1529110548 Holly 3 3.63 2019 The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler #10)
author: Susan Hill
name: Holly
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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Ending felt rushed and unfinished...
]]> <![CDATA[Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After]]> 61416564
Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And WHY are you people so touch oriented? She moved between 10 schools in 8 years, struggling to become a person she believed society would accept, and was eventually diagnosed with autism and ADHD. It was only after a life-changing group of allies showed her that different did not mean less that she learned to celebrate her true voice and find her happily ever after.

Different, Not Less is a moving, at times funny story of how it feels to be neurodivergent as well as a practical guide, with insights on how autism and ADHD present differently in females, advice for living with meltdowns and shutdowns, tips for finding supportive relationships, communities and workplaces and much more.

Whether you're neurodivergent or supporting those who are, Different, Not Less will inspire you to create a more inclusive world where everyone feels like they belong.]]> 283 Chloé Hayden 1761185047 Holly 4 4.29 2022 Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
author: Chloé Hayden
name: Holly
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[In The Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)]]> 63563268 In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.
Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.

DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal.

AI versus human experience.
Logic versus instinct.
With lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic?

In the Blink of an Eye is a dazzling debut from an exciting new voice and asks us what we think it means to be human.

‘I started reading this morning and ten hours later I’ve finished it! It’s so, SO good � really properly compelling, impossible to put down � I was desperate for the solution to the mystery � but so human and moving and massively thought-provoking on what makes us human� Laura Marshall

‘Completely different and utterly brilliant� Amanda Reynolds

‘SO good. A really clever twist on the police procedural that asks big questions about instinct, bias, and what it means to be human while also delivering a cracker of a plot. Loved it� Phoebe Locke

‘It’s phenomenal . . .Perfect blend of police procedural and techno thriller and kept me guessing right to the end!� StephBroadribb

'It's so much more than a dystopian police procedural and asks questions about who we are and what it means to be human. Brilliant' Nikki Smith

'Thrilling, thought-provoking andcinematic � a slam dunk for movie/TV adaptation'Alexandra Sokoloff, author of the Huntress Moon thrillers

‘Fabulous! A rare crime novel truly as much about character as it is about plot…cried at the ending…huge potential series exploring the human AI connection. Loved'Lindsay Galvin

'I tore through this one in a day. One of the best new crime partnerships to emerge in fiction'Simon Bewick, Bay Tales Festival, Virtual Noir at the Bar]]> 432 Jo Callaghan 1398511196 Holly 5 Could be the near future 4.23 2023 In The Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)
author: Jo Callaghan
name: Holly
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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Could be the near future
]]> <![CDATA[The Accomplice (Eddie Flynn, #7)]]> 200304030
The Sandman killings have been solved. Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes.

THE LAWYER

Eddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent. Now, he has to prove to a jury, and the entire world, that Carrie Miller was just another victim of the Sandman. She didn't know her husband's dark side and she had no part in the murders. But so far, Eddie and his team are the only ones who believe her.

THE FORMER FBI AGENT

Gabriel Lake used to be a federal agent, before someone tried to kill him. Now, he's an investigator with a vendetta against the Sandman. He's the only one who can catch him, because he believes that everything the FBI knows about serial killers is wrong.

THE KILLER

With his wife on trial, the Sandman is forced to come out of hiding to save her from a life sentence. He will kill to protect her and everyone involved in the case is a target.

Even Eddie Flynn...]]> 326 Steve Cavanagh Holly 4 4.5� 4.34 2022 The Accomplice (Eddie Flynn, #7)
author: Steve Cavanagh
name: Holly
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/10
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4.5�
]]> <![CDATA[The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)]]> 45015671
In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.

They’ve been dead for several days.

Who has been looking after the baby?

And where did they go?

Two entangled families.
A house with the darkest of secrets.
A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell.]]> 480 Lisa Jewell Holly 4 4.25� 4.08 2019 The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Holly
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
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4.25�
]]> <![CDATA[The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)]]> 54455489 From Ann Cleeves�New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows�comes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel.

On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat.

Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It’s also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there’s a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow.

As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.]]> 384 Ann Cleeves 1509889523 Holly 4 4.04 2020 The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)
author: Ann Cleeves
name: Holly
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)]]> 59414459
One day her husband persuades her to go to a school reunion and another ex-pupil, Garfield Rice, is found dead, supposedly from a drug overdose. As Garfield was an eminent Labour MP and the investigation is high profile, it's headed by Cassie's new boss, DI Harbinder Kaur. The trouble is, Cassie can't shake the feeling that one of her old friends has killed again.

Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered by one of his political cronies? It's in Cassie's interest to skew the investigation so that it looks like the latter and she seems to be succeeding.

Until someone else is killed...]]> 340 Elly Griffiths 1529409950 Holly 4 4.25� 3.98 2022 Bleeding Heart Yard (Harbinder Kaur, #3)
author: Elly Griffiths
name: Holly
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/15
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4.25�
]]> The Dead of Winter 61747502 It was supposed to be an easy job.

All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace.

From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population.

Edward's new boss, DI Montgomery-Porter, insists they head back to Aberdeen before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge.

The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...]]> 352 Stuart MacBride 1787634930 Holly 2 2.5� 3.60 2023 The Dead of Winter
author: Stuart MacBride
name: Holly
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2023
rating: 2
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2.5�
]]> My Lovely Wife 44024469 🎧Listening Length = 10 hours

A USA Today bestseller with over 39,000 five-star ratings that Harlan Coben calls “a stunner�: On the surface, Millicent and her husband look like a perfect couple � but behind the scenes, they share a dark, disturbing secret�
“I was enthralled by the premise, and it totally delivered. Five-star entertainment� (New York Times bestselling author Jill Mansell)!

Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...

Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.

We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.

We all have secrets to keeping a marriage alive.

Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.]]> 374 Samantha Downing 140593929X Holly 4 3.75� 3.69 2019 My Lovely Wife
author: Samantha Downing
name: Holly
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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3.75�
]]> <![CDATA[The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, #10)]]> 10001693
Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world.

On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer’s past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows He’s already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.]]> 514 Lee Child 0857500139 Holly 4 4.25� 4.17 2006 The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, #10)
author: Lee Child
name: Holly
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/27
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4.25�
]]> <![CDATA[The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)]]> 60207617 Vera Stanhope, star of ITV's Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves' acclaimed series.

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 . . .]]> 384 Ann Cleeves 1509889620 Holly 5 4.5 � 4.07 2022 The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)
author: Ann Cleeves
name: Holly
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/18
date added: 2024/10/20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1)]]> 60305071 At midnight, one of them is dead.
By morning, all of them are suspects.

It's a party to end all parties, but not everyone is here to celebrate.

On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.

But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.

On New Year’s Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.

With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead…but who finally killed him.

In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning. ]]> 432 Clare Mackintosh 172825096X Holly 3 3.5� 3.70 2022 The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1)
author: Clare Mackintosh
name: Holly
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/19
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3.5�
]]> <![CDATA[The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1)]]> 46017286 Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for ISBN 1786487411 / 9781786487414

Death lies between the lines.

A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time?

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer RM Holland, she teaches a short course on it every year. Then Clare's life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an RM Holland story by her body. The investigating police detective is convinced the writer's works somehow hold the key to the case.

Not knowing who to trust, and afraid that the killer is someone she knows, Clare confides her darkest suspicions and fears about the case to her journal. Then one day she notices some other writing in the diary. Writing that isn't hers...]]> 416 Elly Griffiths Holly 4 4.25� 3.88 2018 The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1)
author: Elly Griffiths
name: Holly
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/13
date added: 2024/09/13
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4.25�
]]> Into the Dark 59553874
THE CRIME: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children, Riva and Artie - has vanished from the house without a trace.

THE DETECTIVE: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade.

One late autumn morning, Piper’s best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene � the kettle is still warm, all the family’s phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted.

In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:

Make
Them
Stop.

What happens next?]]> 336 Fiona Cummins 1529040159 Holly 3 3.25� 3.82 2022 Into the Dark
author: Fiona Cummins
name: Holly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/07
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]]> The Guilty Couple 58684151
Now she's finally free, Olivia has three goals: repair her relationship with her teenage daughter, clear her name, and bring down her husband � the man who framed her.

Just how far is she willing to go to get what she wants? And how far will her husband go to stop her? Because his lies run deeper than Olivia could ever have imagined � and this time it’s not her freedom that’s in jeopardy, but her life…]]> 352 C.L. Taylor 0008495742 Holly 3 3.25� 3.72 2022 The Guilty Couple
author: C.L. Taylor
name: Holly
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/28
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]]> The Curfew 58317365 Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE?

It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick The Holiday, now a major TV Drama.

I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm.

The curfew
Andy and Laura are good parents. They tell their son Connor that he can go out with friends to celebrate completing his exams, but he must be home by midnight.

The lie
When Connor misses his curfew, it sets off a series of events that will change the lives of five families forever.

The truth?
Because five teenagers went into the woods that night, but only four came out. And telling the truth might mean losing everything...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?]]> 456 T.M. Logan 1838776710 Holly 4 3.97 2022 The Curfew
author: T.M. Logan
name: Holly
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)]]> 53107564 Thirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods.

He had been living a feral existence, with no memory of how he got there or even who he is. Everyone just calls him Wilde.

Now a former soldier and security expert, he lives off the grid, shunned by the community - until they need him.

A child has gone missing. With her family suspecting she's just playing a disappearing game, nobody seems concerned except for criminal attorney Hester Crimstein. She contacts Wilde, asking him to use his unique skills to find the girl.

But even he can find no trace of her. One day passes, then a second, then a third.

On the fourth, a human finger shows up in the mail.

And now Wilde knows this is no game. It's a race against time to save the girl's life - and expose the town's dark trove of secrets...]]> 371 Harlan Coben 1787462978 Holly 4 3.86 2020 The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)
author: Harlan Coben
name: Holly
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Night School (Jack Reacher, #21)]]> 28165030 400 Lee Child 0593073908 Holly 4 3.89 2016 Night School (Jack Reacher, #21)
author: Lee Child
name: Holly
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) 34853656 A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.

In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.
But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Falk thought was long buried. A secret Luke's death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds in bleed into new ones.

]]> 401 Jane Harper 0349142114 Holly 3 3.5� 4.04 2016 The Dry (Aaron Falk #1)
author: Jane Harper
name: Holly
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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3.5�
]]> The Fall 61250870
At her surprise 40th birthday party, Kate Granger feels like the luckiest woman in the world but just hours later her fifteen-year-old daughter, Caily, is found unconscious underneath a bridge when she should have been at school.

Now, Caily lies comatose in her hospital bed, and the police don’t believe it was an accident. As the investigation progresses, it soon becomes clear that not everyone in the family was where they claimed to be at the time of her fall.

Caily should be safe in hospital but not everyone wants her to wake up. Someone is desperate to protect the truth and it isn’t just Caily’s life that is in danger.

Because some secrets are worth killing for…]]> 448 Louise Jensen 0008508526 Holly 4 4.25� 3.81 2023 The Fall
author: Louise Jensen
name: Holly
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/05
date added: 2024/07/05
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4.25�
]]> A Whole New World 39920115
When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed Princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war.

What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. A princess becomes a revolutionary. And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again.]]> 372 Liz Braswell 1788107683 Holly 3 3.5 � 3.58 2015 A Whole New World
author: Liz Braswell
name: Holly
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/02
date added: 2024/07/02
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]]> Dark Rooms 60604372
Helena Lanark is the only one who knows about the horrors which once occurred in her family's house. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she now resides in a luxurious care home; her mind and memory fading fast.

Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed, starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark's now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found hidden in the walls of the shelter.

As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger . . .]]> 336 Lynda La Plante 1838779515 Holly 4 4.5� 3.63 2022 Dark Rooms
author: Lynda La Plante
name: Holly
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/06
date added: 2024/04/06
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4.5�
]]> <![CDATA[Twelve Secrets (Ben Harper, #1)]]> 58468902
The day his older brother was murdered was the day Ben Harper's life changed forever.

In one of the most shocking crimes in national history, Nick and his friend were stabbed to death by two girls their own age. Police called the killings random, a senseless tragedy.

Twenty years on Ben is one of the best true crime journalists in the country. He has left the past behind, thanks to the support of his close-knit hometown community.

But when he learns about a fresh murder case with links to his brother's death, Ben's life is turned upside down once more. He soon find himself caught in a web of lies, one that implicates everyone around him. And on his quest for answers, Ben discovers one very important truth:

Everyone has secrets.
But some secrets are deadlier than others.]]> 448 Robert Gold 0751582743 Holly 3 3.5� 4.01 2022 Twelve Secrets (Ben Harper, #1)
author: Robert Gold
name: Holly
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/01
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]]> My Darling Daughter 59816607 knows all your secrets . . .

Out of the blue, Susie Jones is contacted on social media by Anna, the girl she gave up for adoption fifteen years ago.

But when they meet, Anna's home life sounds distinctly strange to Susie and her husband Gabe. And when Anna's adoptive parents seem to overreact to the fact she contacted them at all, Susie becomes convinced that Anna needs her help.

But is Anna's own behaviour simply what you'd expect from someone recovering from a traumatic childhood? Or are there other secrets at play here - secrets Susie has also been hiding for the last fifteen years?]]> 380 J.P. Delaney 1529423309 Holly 4 3.78 2022 My Darling Daughter
author: J.P. Delaney
name: Holly
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> The Murders at Fleat House 69554803
The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen’s � a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk � is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.

But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine ‘Jazz� Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, but reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.

Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish’s tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn.

Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.

As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of young pupil Rory Millar and the death of an elderly Classics master provide Jazz with important leads, but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her personal demons . . .

Then, a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined . . .]]> 453 Lucinda Riley 1529094976 Holly 4 4.25� 4.12 2022 The Murders at Fleat House
author: Lucinda Riley
name: Holly
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/20
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4.25�
]]> <![CDATA[Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)]]> 63888345 “This page-turning series never lets the reader down.� —Harlan Coben
“The crowning achievement of a master storyteller� —Nelson DeMille

#1 New York Times bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs’s twenty-first novel of suspense featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who uncovers a series of gruesome killings eerily reenacting the most shocking of her prior cases.

Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe’s place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball.

GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens.

There seems to be no pattern to the subsequent killings uncovered, except that each mimics in some way a homicide that a younger Tempe had been called in to analyze. Who or what is targeting her, and why?

Helping Tempe search for answers is detective Erskine “Skinny� Slidell, retired but still volunteering with the CMPD cold case unit—and still displaying his gallows humor. Also pulled into the mystery: Andrew Ryan, Tempe’s Montreal-based beau, now working as a private detective.

Could this elaborately staged skein of mayhem be the prelude to a twist that is even more shocking? Tempe is at a loss to establish the motive for what is going on…and then her daughter disappears.

At its core, Cold, Cold Bones is a novel of revenge—one in which revisiting the past may prove the only way to unravel the present.]]> 340 Kathy Reichs 1398510815 Holly 2 3.84 2022 Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)
author: Kathy Reichs
name: Holly
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 2
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]]> The Last Remains 123169695 The discovery of a missing woman’s bones force Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings for each other as they desperately work to exonerate one of their own in this not-to-be-missed Ruth Galloway mystery from USA Today bestselling author Elly Griffiths.

When builders discover a human skeleton during a renovation of a café, they call in archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn out to be modern—the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls on Emily’s Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology enthusiast who was part of the group gathered the weekend before she disappeared—Ruth’s friend Cathbad.

As they investigate, Nelson and his team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the archeology group and look for a link between them and the café where Emily’s bones were found. Then, just when the team seem to be making progress, Cathbad disappears. The trail leads Ruth a to the Neolithic flint mines in Grimes Graves. The race is on, first to find Cathbad and then to exonerate him, but will Ruth and Nelson uncover the truth in time to save their friend?]]> 357 Elly Griffiths 1529409756 Holly 5 4.15 2023 The Last Remains
author: Elly Griffiths
name: Holly
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/07
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]]> <![CDATA[You Will Get Through This Night]]> 55336323
‘There’s a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts. A reckoning, when the things you have been pushing to the background, come forward and demand your attention.�

Written by Daniel Howell, in conjunction with a qualified psychologist, in an entertaining and personal way from the perspective of someone who has been through it all � this no-nonsense book gives you the tools to understand your mind so you can be in control and really live. Split into three chapters for each stage of the journey:

� This Night � how to get through your toughest moments and be prepared to face anything.
� Tomorrow � small steps to change your thoughts and actions with a big impact on your life.
� The Days After � help to look after yourself in the long term and not just survive, but thrive.

You will laugh and learn � but most of all, this book will assure you that even in your darkest times, there is always hope.

You will get through this night.]]> 320 Daniel Howell 0008407487 Holly 5 Outstanding 4.26 2021 You Will Get Through This Night
author: Daniel Howell
name: Holly
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/05
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Outstanding
]]> <![CDATA[Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)]]> 23018776 This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780007527557. Other editions can be found here and here.

Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything � until she lost her life.

Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.� Yet in this exotic setting� nothing is ever quite what it seems…]]> 373 Agatha Christie Holly 4 4.18 1937 Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1937
rating: 4
read at: 2019/08/20
date added: 2024/02/02
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]]> Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6) 54465690
Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes.

Ari Thór Arason is now a police inspector, but he’s separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air.

Three days before Easter, a nineteen-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street. A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident, and when an old man in a local nursing home writes ‘She was murdered� again and again on the wall of his room, there is every suggestion that something more sinister lies at the heart of her death�

As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjörður, Ari Thór must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth � one that will leave no one unscathed.

Chilling, claustrophobic and disturbing, Winterkill marks the startling conclusion to the million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series and cements Ragnar Jónasson as one of the most exciting authors in crime fiction.]]> 210 Ragnar Jónasson 1913193454 Holly 5 favourites 3.91 2020 Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6)
author: Ragnar Jónasson
name: Holly
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Truly, Darkly, Deeply 63284431
Matty Melgren is a convicted serial killer serving life without parole for the murders of several women in London in the 1980s. He has consistently protested his innocence, and the evidence against him was largely circumstantial. At the time of his arrest, Matty’s girlfriend was Amelia-Rose, a single mother to 12-year-old Sophie. Sophie adores Matty. He’s handsome, funny, respectable—she could never suspect him of the brutal killings in the headlines. Then a police sketch of a suspect is released that looks a lot like Matty. Was it him? Sophie is consumed with doubt and guilt, causing her to act impulsively, ripping her family apart. Years later, she is still haunted by her actions. Was she wrong to have done what she did all those years ago? Then Sophie receives a letter from Matty—he’s dying and asks her to visit him in prison. Will she finally get the answers she needs to be able to reclaim her future?

Already a bestseller in the UK, this twisty, true crime-inspired mystery thriller is perfect for fans of page-turning crime books like The Last Thing He Told Me or Before I Go to Sleep , or readers of serial killer books about Ted Bundy and other infamous murderers.
]]> 304 Victoria Selman 1454950919 Holly 5 3.56 2022 Truly, Darkly, Deeply
author: Victoria Selman
name: Holly
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Apples Never Fall 56313460
But now Joy Delaney has disappeared and her children are re-examining their parents' marriage and their family history with fresh, frightened eyes. Is her disappearance related to their mysterious house guest from last year? Or were things never as rosy as they seemed in the Delaney household?]]> 485 Liane Moriarty 0241396085 Holly 3 3.75 2021 Apples Never Fall
author: Liane Moriarty
name: Holly
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> Holly (Holly Gibney, #3) 83822732
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns to investigate the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town. In this novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.

Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harbouring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.

Holly must summon all her formidable talents to out-think and outmanoeuvre the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.]]> 433 Stephen King 1399712918 Holly 4 4.15 2023 Holly (Holly Gibney, #3)
author: Stephen King
name: Holly
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/23
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4.5� disturbing and brilliant.
]]> <![CDATA[Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)]]> 60219987 LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch’s “white whale”—a man responsible for the murder of an entire family.

A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving “the Late Show� to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division.

For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn’t been able to crack—the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his “white whale� with the resources of the LAPD behind him.

The two must put aside old resentments to work together again and close in on a dangerous killer. Propulsive and unstoppable, this new novel demonstrates once again why “Connelly is the real deal� (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review).]]> 400 Michael Connelly 0316421464 Holly 5 4.49 2022 Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)
author: Michael Connelly
name: Holly
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> One of the Girls 60482983
It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away. Six very different women travel to a sun-soaked Greek island for a bachelorette trip, to celebrate Lexi’s upcoming wedding. From the glorious ocean views to the quaint tavernas and whitewashed streets, the vacation seems too good to be true. But dangerous undercurrents run beneath the sunset swims and midnight cocktails � because each of the women is hiding a secret. Someone is determined to make sure that Lexi’s marriage never happens � and that one of them doesn’t leave the island alive.

Gripping, twisty, and full of sun-soaked suspense, this timely thriller examines the joys of female friendship…as well as the deadly consequences when a relationship goes wrong.]]> 448 Lucy Clarke 0008462410 Holly 4 3.99 2022 One of the Girls
author: Lucy Clarke
name: Holly
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Binding Room (Inspector Angelica Henley #2)]]> 60487325
When Detective Anjelica Henley is called to investigate the murder of a popular preacher in his own church, she discovers a second victim, tortured and tied to a bed in an upstairs room. He is alive, but barely, and his body shows signs of a dark religious ritual.

With a revolving list of suspects and the media spotlight firmly on her, Henley is left with more questions than answers as she attempts to untangle both crimes. But when another body appears, the case takes on a new urgency. Unless she can apprehend the killer, the next victim may just be Henley herself.

Drawing on her experiences as a criminal attorney, Nadine Matheson deftly explores issues of race, class and justice through an action-packed story that will hold you captive until the last terrifying page.]]> 512 Nadine Matheson 0008359482 Holly 4 4.25� 4.21 2022 The Binding Room (Inspector Angelica Henley #2)
author: Nadine Matheson
name: Holly
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/20
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4.25�
]]> The Only Suspect 61991782 THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGER

Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.

Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.

That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .

As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.

And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn’t.

No one else could have done it. Could they?
]]> 432 Louise Candlish 1398509728 Holly 4 3.87 2023 The Only Suspect
author: Louise Candlish
name: Holly
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Girls Who Disappeared 59582133 PRE-ORDER CLAIRE DOUGLAS', BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9, NEW GRIPPING NOVEL NOW

Three missing girls. A twenty year mystery. A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .

In a rural Wilshire town lies The Devil's Corridor. A road which has witnessed eerie happenings from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying at night.

But nothing more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls drove home but after their car crashed only Olivia was found.

Twenty years later, journalist Jenna Halliday is covering the case. But the locals aren't happy with this stranger's arrival. Least of all Olivia.

Jenna soon starts receiving threatening notes and it is clear someone wants her out of this town before she suffers a dark fate . . .

Praise for Claire Douglas
'Thrillingly tense and twisty' - B. A. Paris

'Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit' Jane Corry

'Twisty, exciting yet so very real' Gillian McAllister]]> 392 Claire Douglas 1405951192 Holly 3 3.90 2022 The Girls Who Disappeared
author: Claire Douglas
name: Holly
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/02
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]]> Do No Harm 62675545 ‘Probably the fastest thriller and most unrelentingly tense thriller I've read since The Chain’�4 starreader review

‘Absolutely phenomenal’�5 starreader review

‘Kept me hooked from the very start!'5 starreader review

‘Believe me, you’ll not want to put this down�5 starreader review

‘Everything about Do No Harm was absolutely brilliant'5 starreader review

‘Had me GRIPPED!’�4 starreader review

‘So full of tension and twists!’�5 starreader review

‘It gripped me from page 1� Reader review

‘An absolute edge of your seat belter. I urge you to pre-order it now’�Reader review

‘Let me be the first one to call it: Do No Harm is going to be HUGE!� Reader review
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'Thriller fans will be in heaven'Louise Candlish

'Chilling and perfectly paced, one to put on the very top of your TBR!' Sarah Pearse

My son has been taken. And I’ve been given a choice�
Kill a patient on the operating table. Or never see him again.

The man lies on the table in front of me.
As a surgeon, it’s my job to save him.
As a mother, I know I must kill him.
You might think that I’m a monster.
But there really is only one choice.
I must get away with murder.
Or I will never see my son again.

I’VE SAVED MANY LIVES.
WOULD YOU TRUST ME WITH YOURS?

DON'T MISS THE HEART-STOPPING THRILLER OF 2022
#DONOHARM

'With proper breath-taking, pulse-racing levels of tension. Tracking heart surgeon Anna as she grapples with an impossible moral dilemma, I almost felt I was going under the knife myself'LOUISE CANDLISH

'When you pick up a book to read the first page and then can’t put it down . . . ' SARAH PEARSE

‘Utterly gripping, addictive and brilliantly tense’�KAREN HAMILTON

�Do No Harm hooked me . . . What a terrifying ride!� GILLY MACMILLAN

‘With an agonising dilemma at its heart and a pace that never lets up . . . A corker of a thriller� KATE RIORDAN

'Had me on the edge of my seat . . . Do No Harm is brilliantly thrilling' NADINE MATHESON

'Seriously terrifying, chilling and unputdownable' EMMA CURTIS

'An edge-of-your-seat, head-spinning thriller with emotion and depth woven through its heart' LAUREN NORTH

'A brilliant example of psychological crime writing at its very best'KATE RHODES

'The ultimate page turning edge-of-your-seat thriller. Loved it'NIKKI SMITH

'A real winner: gut-wrenching, nail-biting and thought-provoking'ROBIN MORGAN-BENTLEY

'The definition of edge of your seat, nail-biting, buttock-clenching thriller'LOUISE BEECH

'The most nail biting book I’ve read this year. . . An absolute rollercoaster, you won’t be able to put it down'HOLLY SEDDON]]> 432 Jack Jordan 1398505706 Holly 4 4.25� 3.81 2022 Do No Harm
author: Jack Jordan
name: Holly
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/27
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4.25�
]]> <![CDATA[I Will Find You: From the #1 bestselling creator of the hit Netflix series Fool Me Once]]> 61302412 416 Harlan Coben 1529135508 Holly 4 4.13 2023 I Will Find You: From the #1 bestselling creator of the hit Netflix series Fool Me Once
author: Harlan Coben
name: Holly
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/19
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]]> The Hike 61424779 Wish you were here?
Think again . . .

Maggie, Liz, Helena & Joni. Old friends bound by history, adventures, old secrets.

And now, bound by murder.

They lace up their hiking boots for the adventure of a lifetime in the Norwegian wilderness: a place of towering mountains, glass-like lakes, log cabins and forests stolen from a fairytale.

It’s the perfect place to lose yourself � until a broken body is found at the bottom of a ravine.

Somewhere out there, someone knows exactly why a woman has died. And in this deep, dark wilderness, there’s a killer on the trail . . .]]> 384 Lucy Clarke 0008462429 Holly 5 3.66 2023 The Hike
author: Lucy Clarke
name: Holly
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/07/14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Locked Room (Dr Ruth Galloway #14)]]> 59884115 Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor--until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer. Three years after her late mother's death, Ruth is finally sorting through her things when she finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of Jean's Norfolk cottage with a peculiar inscription. Ruth returns to the cottage to uncover its meaning as Norfolk's first cases of COVID-19 make headlines, leaving her and Kate to shelter in place there. They struggle to stave off isolation by clapping for frontline workers each evening and befriending a kind neighbor, Zoe, from a distance. But when Nelson breaks quarantine to rush to Ruth's cottage and enlist her help in investigating a series of murder-suicides he has connected to an archeological discovery, he finds Zoe is hardly who she says she is. The further Nelson investigates these deaths, the closer they lead him to Ruth's friendly neighbor--until Ruth, Zoe, and Kate all go missing, and Nelson is left scrambling to find them before it's too late.]]> 374 Griffiths Elly 1529409675 Holly 4 3.95 2022 The Locked Room (Dr Ruth Galloway #14)
author: Griffiths Elly
name: Holly
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> Wrong Place Wrong Time 61209646 New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family.

Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened?

It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger.

She doesn’t know who the victim is, or why Todd has committed such a devastating act of violence. All she knows is that her life, and Todd’s, have been shattered.

After her son is taken into custody, Jen falls asleep in despair. But when she wakes up…it is yesterday. The murder has not happened yet—and there may be a chance to stop it. Each morning, when Jen wakes, she is further back in the past, first weeks, then years, before the murder. And Jen realizes that somewhere in the past lies the trigger for Todd’s terrible crime…and it is her mission to find it, and prevent it from taking place.

Both the story of a mother’s love and the sacrifices she will make for her child, and a thriller with a brilliant twist, Wrong Place Wrong Time is a one-of-a-kind novel that begs to be read in one sitting.]]> 370 Gillian McAllister 1405949848 Holly 3 4.03 2022 Wrong Place Wrong Time
author: Gillian McAllister
name: Holly
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/05
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]]> Her Perfect Twin 61425329
When Megan discovers photographs of her estranged identical twin sister on her husband's phone, she wants answers.

Leah already has everything Megan has ever wanted. Fame, fortune, freedom to do what she wants. And when Megan confronts Leah, an argument turns to murder.

The only way Megan can get away with killing her twin is to become her.

But then lockdown hits. How can she continue living two lives? And what happens if someone else knows her secret too?

HER PERFECT TWIN IS THE MOST ADDICTIVE, TWISTY THRILLER YOU'LL READ IN 2022. DON'T MISS THIS WILD RIDE OF A NOVEL.]]> 325 Sarah Bonner Holly 4 Made my skin crawl 3.85 2022 Her Perfect Twin
author: Sarah Bonner
name: Holly
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/30
date added: 2023/06/30
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Made my skin crawl
]]> <![CDATA[Peril At End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)]]> 1124460
Poirot quickly takes a particular interest in the young woman. Recently, she has narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. Something like a bullet! It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life.]]> 191 Agatha Christie 000616613X Holly 5 favourites 3.82 1932 Peril At End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1932
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/20
date added: 2023/06/28
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]]> A Daughter's A Daughter 36134376
Ann Prentice is in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only daughter, cannot contemplate the idea of her mother marrying again and wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship as each seeks relief in different directions. Are mother and daughter destined to be enemies for life or will their underlying love for each other finally win through?]]> 272 Mary Westmacott 0008131422 Holly 4
There were several times where I felt they were a bit overly involved in each others personal life's which probably lead to the disputes. I understand the fact they are mother and daughter and want to be there to support one another but I believe they should respect each others choices even if they don't like it themself and should be happy for their happiness.

Overall I did like the book, it is the first Westmacott I've read, and I have previously read some of her crime books so it was nice to see a different side of Christie. Will definitely read another one ]]> 3.75 1952 A Daughter's A Daughter
author: Mary Westmacott
name: Holly
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1952
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/13
date added: 2023/06/28
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Really goes into the detail of the relationship between mother and daughter which was both painful and beautiful through their separate aspects of life and how they wish to lead it.

There were several times where I felt they were a bit overly involved in each others personal life's which probably lead to the disputes. I understand the fact they are mother and daughter and want to be there to support one another but I believe they should respect each others choices even if they don't like it themself and should be happy for their happiness.

Overall I did like the book, it is the first Westmacott I've read, and I have previously read some of her crime books so it was nice to see a different side of Christie. Will definitely read another one
]]> <![CDATA[Little Sister: Is she witness, victim or killer? A nail-biting thriller with twists you'll never see coming]]> 59785478 Is she the victim, or the killer? . . . THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER GYTHA LODGE'Addictive, fast-paced and so expertly plotted' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Smart, moody, intense and tangled. I loved it' GILLIAN MCALLISTER________Two sisters, Keely and Nina, disappear without a trace.Days later, Keely comes back, covered in blood.It's not her blood.Detective Jonah Sheens knows that she must know what happened to Nina. But before she tells him, Keely insists on telling their full story from the beginning.Is she a traumatised young woman, in need of help?Or is she playing a deadly game?Can Jonah find the truth - and the missing girl - before it's too late? . . .________'Brilliantly sharp, and wonderfully paced, it is a page-turner not to be missed' L.V. Matthews, Richard and Judy bestselling author of The Twins'Perfectly paced, with twists and turns to keep you hooked' Amanda Jennings Praise for Gytha 'Gripped me from the first page and kept me turning the pages long into the night' Erin Kelly'Fast-paced but never rushed, with clues and twists to keep you absolutely hooked from the first page to the last' Jane Casey'Filled with twists and turns made to suck you in and prove once again that Gytha Lodge is a master of crime detective stories' 5**** Reader Review'A novel that literally makes you hold your breath then gasp out loud' VAL MCDERMID'Full of corkscrew twists and subtle turns' DAILY MAIL 'A dark, deep, terrific thriller' NICCI FRENCH]]> 416 Gytha Lodge 1405947039 Holly 5 favourites 3.99 2022 Little Sister: Is she witness, victim or killer? A nail-biting thriller with twists you'll never see coming
author: Gytha Lodge
name: Holly
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/25
date added: 2023/06/28
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Brilliant plot and story, loved it very much
]]> <![CDATA[The Blackbird (David Raker #11)]]> 61028384 448 Tim Weaver 1405943742 Holly 5 favourites 4.22 2022 The Blackbird (David Raker #11)
author: Tim Weaver
name: Holly
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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Absolutely outstanding, a very intricate case I enjoyed every page
]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)]]> 18925235
‘Beware! Peril to the detective who “It is so small � it does not matter…� Everything matters.�

After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory.

Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement �

The first Hercule Poirot mystery, now published with a previously deleted chapter and introduced by Agatha Christie expert Dr John Curran.]]> 212 Agatha Christie Holly 5 4.08 1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
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name: Holly
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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]]> Three Act Tragedy 63231811 260 Agatha Christie Holly 4 3.82 1934 Three Act Tragedy
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1934
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)]]> 16316
Librarian's note #1: the concept of The Big Four first appeared as weekly short stories very loosely connected in 'The Sketch' in 1924. The 12 original stories were: 1) The Unexpected Guest, 2) The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow, 3) The Lady on the Stairs, 4) The Radium Thieves, 5) In the House of the Enemy, 6) The Yellow Jasmine Mystery, 7) The Chess Problem, 8) The Baited Trap, 9) The Adventure of the Peroxide Blond, 10) The Terrible Catastrophe, 11) The Dying Chinaman, and 12) The Crag in the Dolomites. For her 1927 novel, Christie enhanced the linkages between the stories and shuffled them somewhat.

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on ŷ.]]> 272 Agatha Christie 0007120818 Holly 4 3.54 1927 The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)]]> 30523669
It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of ‘Lovely Louise�, wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner.

In a few days� time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late…]]> 288 Agatha Christie Holly 5 3.94 1936 Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1936
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)]]> 21085299 267 Agatha Christie Holly 5 4.04 1936 The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1936
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)]]> 74829 here.

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back�

An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.

But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse…]]> 320 Agatha Christie 0007119283 Holly 4 3.71 1923 The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1923
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)]]> 121647
After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?]]> 352 Agatha Christie 0007120745 Holly 4 3.82 1933 Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1933
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)]]> 140344 320 Agatha Christie 000713682X Holly 5 3.57 1939 Murder is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1939
rating: 5
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]]> Crooked House 1100976 302 Agatha Christie 0007136862 Holly 5 4.01 1949 Crooked House
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)]]> 21099828
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer � in case he or she decides to strike again.]]> 288 Agatha Christie Holly 5 4.17 1934 Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1934
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)]]> 18741301 The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting DOCTOR SLEEP picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.'

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival . . .]]> 500 Stephen King Holly 5 4.28 2013 Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
author: Stephen King
name: Holly
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 5
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]]> The Heights 59588358 But he’ll never be safe from you.

The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among the warehouses of Shad Thames, its roof terrace so discreet you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren't standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that’s when you see a man up there � a man you’d recognize anywhere. He’s older now and his appearance has subtly changed, but it’s definitely him.

Which makes no sense at all since you know he has been dead for over two years.

You know this for a fact.

Because you’re the one who killed him.]]> 464 Louise Candlish 1471183513 Holly 4 4.25 stars � 3.64 2021 The Heights
author: Louise Candlish
name: Holly
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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4.25 stars �
]]> <![CDATA[Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)]]> 36336078 Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference. But during the restless summer weeks that follow, unrelenting buried currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire, intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them. What grows from the depths of their spirits is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

The psychological maneuvers that accompany attraction have seldom been more shrewdly captured than in André Aciman's frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion. Call Me by Your Name is clear-eyed, bare-knuckled, and ultimately unforgettable.]]> 248 André Aciman 1786495252 Holly 5 4.08 2007 Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
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name: Holly
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]]> <![CDATA[Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)]]> 31134072 270 Agatha Christie Holly 4 3.86 1938 Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1938
rating: 4
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]]> Lightseekers 61306076
As the legal trial begins, investigative psychologist Philip Taiwo is contacted by the father of one of the boys, desperate for some answers to his son's murder. But Philip is an expert in crowd behaviour and violence, not a detective. After travelling to the sleepy town that bore witness to the horror, he soon realises that someone really doesn't want him there and will do anything to prevent him learnign the truth.


Will he uncover the truth of what really happened to the Okiri Three?]]> 421 Femi Kayode 1526657716 Holly 4 3.60 2021 Lightseekers
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> A Flicker in the Dark 59483141
Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?

From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.]]> 368 Stacy Willingham 0008454485 Holly 4 3.90 2022 A Flicker in the Dark
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> What Once Was Mine 58563577
For as long as she can remember, Rapunzel has stayed in the tower, knowing her silver hair's intense powers are dangerous, even deadly. But when she is drawn out of the only home she's ever known, she gets caught up in an exciting quest across the kingdom. And soon Rapunzel learns that there may be more to her story, and her magical tresses, than she ever thought possible ...]]> 492 Liz Braswell 1800222092 Holly 4 3.86 2021 What Once Was Mine
author: Liz Braswell
name: Holly
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Mirror, Mirror 45185844
Following her beloved mother's death, the kingdom falls into the hands of Snow White's stepmother, commonly referred to as "the Evil Queen" by those she rules. Snow keeps her head down at the castle, hoping to make the best of her situation.

But when new information about her parents resurfaces and a plot to kill her goes haywire, everything changes for Snow. With the help of a group of wary dwarfs, a kind prince she thought she'd never see again, and a mysterious stranger from her past, Snow embarks on a quest to stop the Evil Queen and take back her kingdom. But can she stop an enemy who knows her every move and will stop at nothing to retain her power... including going after the ones Snow loves?]]> 384 Jen Calonita 1789053722 Holly 4 3.74 2019 Mirror, Mirror
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 4
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]]> Breathless 61399746 THIS YEAR'S MOST GRIPPING THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
'A high-altitude, high-stakes thriller. I loved it' MATT HAIG
'Had me on the edge of my seat. A must read for 2022' SARAH PEARSE
'Suffocatingly tense, highly original and exhilarating' DAILY EXPRESS
'Tense, chilling and terrifying' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Chilling, vivid and entirely unique' ABIGAIL DEAN

SIX STRANGERS. ONE KILLER. AND NO ESCAPE . . .
________

Near the top of one of the world's tallest mountains, journalist Cecily Wong feels out of her depth.

This trip was supposed to be the highlight of her career. Now, she knows that to reach the summit, she must trust her fellow climbers.

But when strange accidents start to happen, the blistering conditions are the least of her worries.

Because little does she know:

This gruelling climb is about to become deadly . . .
________

'Breathtaking. Totally immersive, I truly felt transported to Nepal, becoming a part of the expedition. Gripping, chilling and exhilarating' 5 READER REVIEW

'It was so tense, the air in my bedroom felt as thin as in the mountains. A total triumph' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of THAT NIGHT

'You can't get more claustrophobic than this! My pulse was racing. The adrenaline of the character seeps through to the reader' 5 READER REVIEW

'Gripping. Thrilling. A visceral account of a novice's struggles with thin air and exhaustion' Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month

'A great page-turner' HILARY DUFF

'Truly full of atmosphere. Oozes tension - you are never quite sure which direction you will be taken . . .' 5 READER REVIEW

'An addictive, tightly plotted thriller that will leave you chilled to the bone' Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of THE CASTAWAYS

'Amy is a writer who knows how to draw the reader into the setting. It makes you feel as though you are there' 5 READER REVIEW

'The ultimate high-altitude mountain thriller. Ice-cold, twisting, deadly' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of THE APPEAL

'A very atmospheric read. It takes you right to the edge of your seat' 5 READER REVIEW

'Nail-biting, chilling, totally exhilarating - a true triumph' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS

'A real page-turner. Tense, terrifying and fascinating in equal measure' Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of THE CHALET

'A truly terrifying thriller with a tense and twisty plot. Superbly executed' Allie Reynolds, bestselling author of SHIVER]]> 394 Amy McCulloch 140595034X Holly 4 3.64 2022 Breathless
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]]> The Great Plague (My Story) 22944239 157 Pamela Oldfield 1407146076 Holly 0 3.50 2001 The Great Plague (My Story)
author: Pamela Oldfield
name: Holly
average rating: 3.50
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rating: 0
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]]> The Party House 59573664
Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the villagers of Blackrig in the Scottish Highlands are outraged when they find that the nearby estate plans to reopen its luxury ‘party house� to tourists.

As animosity sparks amongst the locals, part of the property is damaged and, in the ensuing chaos, the body of a young girl is found in the wreck. Seventeen-year-old Ailsa Cummings went missing five years ago, never to be seen again � until now.

The excavation of Ailsa’s remains ignites old suspicions cast on the men of this small community, including Greg, the estate’s gamekeeper. At the beginning of a burgeoning relationship with a new lover, Joanne, Greg is loath to discuss old wounds. Frightened by Greg’s reaction to the missing girl’s discovery, Joanne begins to doubt how well she knows this new man in her life. Then again, he’s not the only one with secrets in their volatile relationship . . .]]> 360 Lin Anderson 1529084539 Holly 4 3.75� 3.42 2022 The Party House
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3.75�
]]> Girl, Forgotten 63198163 Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead. A murder that remains a mystery...
Forty years later, Emily's murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that's about to change. One final chance to uncover a killer...
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily - and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too... A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021 'This thriller delivers. It's twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing' Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret 'This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal 'An effortlessly accomplished thriller' The Times Karin Slaughter's book 'Girl, Forgotten' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14-11-2022.]]> 400 Karin Slaughter 0008303606 Holly 3 3.89 2022 Girl, Forgotten
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.89
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rating: 3
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3.5 � Didn't always grasp with the writing style which made it feel like there were small drags at times and there were some parts to me that didn't fully make sense however the story itself I liked just felt like some parts weren't needed overall was worth a read but unsure of reading another novel of hers.
]]> <![CDATA[Desperate Acts (Pike, Wisconsin #4)]]> 61193023 Fans of Lisa Jackson, Lucinda Berry, and Kendra Elliot won’t want to miss the New York Times bestselling author’s suspenseful story of a small town with more secrets than residents, and a woman searching for the truth about a long-ago night…as killer prepares to silence her forever.

Teenager Lia Porter shouldn’t have been anywhere near the railroad bridge that night. Sneaking home after a party in the fields outside Pike, Wisconsin, she glimpsed a woman in a leather jacket, running in terror. Lia puts the incident from her mind—until a body is found near the same spot fifteen years later, wearing the same jacket. The police rule it a suicide. Lia knows different. The woman she saw was trying to save her own life, not end it. But whatever she was fleeing from found her first . . .

The stranger who arrives at Lia’s store shares her suspicions. Hollywood stunt driver Kaden Vaughn has come home to Wisconsin to learn the truth about what happened to his brother’s fiancée years ago. The leather jacket, the timing—he believes the dead woman is Vanna, and that Lia may be the only person who can help. Together they retrace Vanna’s steps, but the more they dig, the darker the secrets become.

The killer is still out there, stalking the streets of Pike again, willing to do whatever is necessary to keep the truth locked in mystery. One by one, all those who know something about that night must be silenced, until there is no one left to tell . . .

“A fast-paced tale of a small Wisconsin town with dark secrets.� �Publishers Weekly]]> 368 Alexandra Ivy 1420155504 Holly 5 3.92 2023 Desperate Acts (Pike, Wisconsin #4)
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average rating: 3.92
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Brilliant, loved the ending on how it all came together, didn't expect it at all.
]]> The Cleaner 32713750 458 Elisabeth Herrmann 1786580209 Holly 3 3.19 2011 The Cleaner
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average rating: 3.19
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)]]> 909818 Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.]]> 258 Agatha Christie 0007119348 Holly 4 3.86 1936 Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.86
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rating: 4
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]]> Reflection 39350210
When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily. With the help of Shang's great lion guardian ShiShi, Mulan must traverse Diyu to find Shang's spirit, face harrowing obstacles, and leave by sunrise⁠—or become King Yama's prisoner forever. Moreover, Mulan is still disguised as the soldier called Ping, wrestling with the decision to reveal her true identity to her closest friend. Will Mulan be able to save Shang before it's too late? Will he ever be able to trust her again? Or will she lose him--and be lost in the Underworld⁠—forever?]]> 406 Elizabeth Lim 1788103165 Holly 5 3.93 2018 Reflection
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Carrie 11740831
To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie � the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. Until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of terror and destruction that no one will ever forget.]]> 248 Stephen King Holly 5 4.5 stars � 3.79 1974 Carrie
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.79
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rating: 5
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4.5 stars �
]]> <![CDATA[Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)]]> 21065320 268 Agatha Christie Holly 5 4.06 1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1938
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)]]> 21064438
Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew that the woman he loved had been harbouring a guilty secret - she poisoned her first husband. And yesterday she killed herself.

But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her before her death? Had it really driven her to suicide? And would it all be revealed in the letter that arrived in the evening post? Sadly Roger Ackroyd wasn't going to live long enough to find out...]]> 304 Agatha Christie Holly 5 4.35 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1926
rating: 5
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]]> Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 982223 Why didn’t they ask Evans? Haunted by these words, Bobby sets out to solve a mystery that brings him into mortal danger.]]> 361 Agatha Christie 0007122608 Holly 4 3.80 1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
author: Agatha Christie
name: Holly
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32)]]> 121622 Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.

Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn’t seem like a murderer.

Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . .]]> 244 Agatha Christie 1572707313 Holly 4 3.85 1952 Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32)
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name: Holly
average rating: 3.85
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Holly 4 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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name: Holly
average rating: 4.13
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