Murder Beyond the Precipice by Penny Goetjen ~ #BookReview for #RBRT #Murder & Mayhem in Maine #FridayReads

Posted in Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Murder, Mystery by Cathy

Published: October 2018 by Secret Harbor Press

Category: Contemporary Fiction, Mystery, Murder, Book Review

The Livingston family is no stranger to tragedy. Losing both parents at a young age in what authorities ruled an accident, Lucretia Livingston, the sole heir to the estate, is left to pick up the pieces. But many locals question the circumstances surrounding their deaths and if the family’s wealth was an irresistibly seductive motive for crossing the line.

Elizabeth Pennington returns to the coast of Maine after receiving an unexpected wedding invitation. Hoping to surprise her friend, she arrives unannounced at the Livingston Estate-turned-inn, only to discover no one knows her whereabouts. Just as disconcerting is the disappearance of the innkeeper’s young bride, Lucretia. Frantic for answers, Elizabeth becomes tangled in a tortured trail of deception, betrayal, love lost and murder.

This is the follow up to Murder on the Precipice but can be read as a standalone.

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7Aug2019

Heavy on the Dead (Leo Waterman #12) by G.M. Ford ~ Murder/Mystery #AudiobookReview

Posted in Audiobook, Book Review, Crime, Fiction, Murder, Mystery, Thriller by Cathy

Author: G.M. Ford

Performed by Patrick Lawlor

Published: July 2019 by Brilliance Audio

Category: Murder, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Audiobook, Book Review

After seven months laying low in Ocean Beach, California, Seattle PI Leo Waterman has finally stopped looking over his shoulder—specifically, for the vengeful band of Washington white supremacists who blame Leo for blindsiding their big plans for America. Where better to disappear with his bodyguard, Gabe, than this laid-back stretch of San Diego heaven? But when Leo finds a boy’s body on the beach, he comes out of hiding to investigate.

The Leo Waterman series is one of my favourites and one I’ve followed from the start. I love the way G.M. Ford writes and Patrick Lawlor’s narrations have been very enjoyable and easy to listen to throughout.

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6Aug2019

Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining) by Vivian Barz #CrimeFiction #NetGalley #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Book Review, Crime/Thriller/Suspense, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal by Cathy

Author: Vivian Barz

Published: August 2019 by Thomas & Mercer

Category: Crime, Mystery, Murder, Paranormal, Book Review

An unlikely pair teams up to investigate a brutal murder in a haunting thriller that walks the line between reality and impossibility.

When small-town police officers discover the grave of a young boy, they’re quick to pin the crime on a convicted felon who lives nearby. But when it comes to murder, Officer Susan Marlan never trusts a simple explanation, so she’s just getting started.

Skipping over the prologue, which I thought was too long and actually unnecessary since the characters don’t feature again, Police Officer Susan Marlan responds to a road traffic accident where the decades old remains of a child’s body is discovered buried next to a telephone pole that had been knocked down.

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1Aug2019

The Fifth Grave (A DCI Jacob Mystery) by Rob Jones ~ Murder/Mystery set in Wiltshire @AuthorRobJones @BOTBSPublicity

Posted in Blog Tour, Crime, Murder, Mystery, Police Procedural, Suspense, Thriller by Cathy

Today I’m joining the blog tour for The Fifth Grave, courtesy of Sarah Hardy at BOTBSPublicity

My Thoughts

An atmospheric and tense prologue, events that happened more than twenty five years previously, opened the story.

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27Jul2019

#BlogTour ~ The Summer House in Santorini by Samantha Parks #RomanticMystery @samanthajgale @rararesources

Posted in Blog Tour, Guest Post, Mystery, Romance by Cathy

Today I’m joining the blog tour for The Summer House in Santorini, organised by Rachel’s Random Resources.

Author Samantha Parks discusses why she wishes she was more of a pantser than a planner. Over to you, Samantha…

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26Jul2019

#GuestPost and #Giveaway ~ Jean Rabe #Author of The Dead Of Summer – A Piper Blackwell Mystery @LetsTalkLTP

Posted in Blog Tour, Giveaway, Guest Post, Murder, Mystery by Cathy

Today I’m happy to be hosting Jean Rabe as part of the blog tour organised by Let’s Talk! Promotions. Her new book The Dead Of Summer is due to be released on the 5th August.

Jean talks about the inspiration behind her characters and her perfect day.

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11Jul2019

#ThrowbackThursday ~ The Skeletons of Birkbury by @DianaJFebry A rural detective #mystery (Peter Hatherall Mystery Book 1)

Posted in Book Review, Crime, Murder, Mystery by Cathy

This week’s Throwback Thursday is The Skeletons of Birkbury, the first in the DCI Peter Hatherall murder/mystery series, published in 2012.

My Thoughts

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9Jul2019

Suspicion by Brenda Guiton #BookReview for #RBRT @BGuiton Contemporary Fiction/Mystery #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted in Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery, Psychological by Cathy

Author: Brenda Guiton

Kindle Edition

Category: Romance, Psychological, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Book Review

A lightning romance and hastily arranged marriage takes Holly up north to live at the heart of Nathan’s family business – a luxurious log-cabin park on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. She has everything to look forward to, but within days of her arrival she falls prey to a series of unsettling events. It is obvious that someone doesn’t want her there.

Wanting to escape the miserable British weather, Holly, a self employed web designer, decides to accept her mother’s invitation to stay at her villa on the Costa de la Cruz.

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17Jun2019

The Last Widow (Will Trent #9) by Karin Slaughter #BookReview Intense & Compelling #CrimeFiction #Netgalley #TheLastWidow

Posted in Book Review, Crime, Murder, Mystery, Thriller by Cathy

Author: Karin Slaughter

Published: June 2019 by Harper Collins

Category: Crime, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Terrorist, Book Review

It begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end…they find nothing. It’s as if she disappeared into thin air.

I didn’t realise when requesting this book it was so far into a series. Having said that, it does read well as a standalone. There was no confusion and I soon had enough feel for the characters from the information drip-fed through the narrative, by means of dialogue and observations, to become invested in them.

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3Jun2019

West Cork by Sam Bungey & Jennifer Forde ~ an #Audible Original #TrueCrime #Murder #Mystery

Posted in Murder, Mystery, True Crime by Cathy

West Cork

Narrated by Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde

Non Fiction, True Crime, Murder, Mystery, Audio Review

Released: February 2018

This much we do know: Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered days before Christmas in 1996, her broken body discovered at the edge of her property near the town of Schull in West Cork, Ireland. The rest remains a mystery.