A Matter of Time (DI Birch #4) by Claire Askew #CrimeFiction #PoliceProcedural #TuesdayBookBlog

Author: Claire Askew Published: March 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton Category: Police Procedural, Crime, Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ At 8am the first shots are fired. At 1pm, the police establish the gunman has a hostage. By 5pm, a siege is underway. At 9pm, DI Helen Birch walks, alone and unarmed, into an abandoned Borders farmhouse to negotiate … Continue reading A Matter of Time (DI Birch #4) by Claire Askew #CrimeFiction #PoliceProcedural #TuesdayBookBlog

Opening lines from a few books on my reading list #Books #Reading #TBR

It's a good while since I've put together an opening lines post, but rather than favourite opening lines from books I've already read as I've done previously, I'm choosing some samples from the books on my TBR. From Listening Still by Anne Griffin Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the last words of … Continue reading Opening lines from a few books on my reading list #Books #Reading #TBR

Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew #CrimeFiction #Mystery @OneNightStanzas #TuesdayBookBlog

Author: Claire Askew Published: August 2020 by Hodder & Stoughton Category: Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Robertson Bennet returns to Edinburgh after a 25-year absence in search of his parents and his inheritance. But both have disappeared. A quick, routine police check should be enough - and Detective Inspector Helen Birch has enough … Continue reading Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew #CrimeFiction #Mystery @OneNightStanzas #TuesdayBookBlog

All The Hidden Truths by Claire Askew @OneNightStanzas Contemporary Fiction #NetGalley #AllTheHiddenTruths #FridayReads

Author: Claire Askew Published: August 2018 by Hodder & Stoughton Category: Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Murder, Mystery, Book Review All the Hidden Truths is the story of a tragic shooting at an Edinburgh college and its aftermath. It is narrated by three women at the heart of the story - the mother of a victim and … Continue reading All The Hidden Truths by Claire Askew @OneNightStanzas Contemporary Fiction #NetGalley #AllTheHiddenTruths #FridayReads