Tag Archives: Thriller
Seven Bridges (DCI Ryan #8) by @LJRoss_author #Crime in Northumberland #BookReview #FridayReads
Author: LJ Ross
Kindle Edition
Category: Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Book Review
It’s been five months since a killer walked free and DCI Ryan is preparing to leave Newcastle to hunt him down – this time, for good.
But Ryan’s plans are scuppered when events take a dramatic turn and he is forced to stay and face his past one last time, or watch a friend suffer the consequences.
The prologue works well, going back ten years and giving the background to DCI Ryan’s toxic relationship with the woman who is now his boss.
Madam Tulip and the Bones of Chance by @DavidAhernWriter ~ #CozyMystery with a #Paranormal Twist
Author: David Ahern
Published: April 2018 by Malin Press
Category: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Book Review
A surprise role in a movie takes actress Derry O’Donnell to a romantic castle in the Scottish Highlands. But romance soon turns to fear and suspicion. Someone means to kill, and Derry, moonlighting as celebrity fortune-teller Madam Tulip, is snared in a net of greed, conspiracy and betrayal.
Derry O’Donnell aka Madam Tulip, society fortune teller, has a habit of getting herself into situations she would much prefer to avoid.
UNSUB by Meg Gardiner ~ Serial Killer #CrimeFiction @MegGardiner1 #BookReview
Author: Meg Gardiner
Published: July 2017 by Dutton
Category: Crime Fiction, Murder, Suspense, Psychological, Book Review
A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier.
Recently appointed Narcotics Task Force Detective Caitlin Hendrix is taken to the scene of a gruesome murder, and recognises the man waiting for her. Senior Homicide Sergeant Joe Guthrie. When Guthrie shows her a body it hits her like a punch in the gut, taking her back twenty years to when her father, Mack, was the lead detective in the hunt for a serial killer. The Prophet, as he was called, was never caught and his subsequent reign of terror all but destroyed Mack, physically and mentally, as his obsession to catch the killer escalated. Then—after a five year killing spree—nothing. The trail and the case went cold. Now, after so many years, he’s back and has Caitlin in his sights.
#ThrowbackThursday ~ Bridged by @KendraElliot ~ a well written tale of mystery and suspense #CrimeFiction #BookReview
Renee at It’s Book Talk began this meme as a way to share old favourites, as well as books that have been waiting on the ‘to be read’ pile for however long, and are finally getting an airing.
My pick for this week is an audiobook, Bridged by Kendra Elliot, narrated by Nick Podehl and Amy McFadden. It was released by Brilliance Audio in February 2015.
The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5) by @anncleeves #Crime in Northumberland @MacmillanAudio #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Ann Cleeves
Narrator: Charlie Hardwick
Released: May 2018 by Macmillan Audio
Category: Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Audiobook, Review
The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, VERA. DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew and conversation. But when one of them goes missing, her path leads her to more than a missing friend.
Returning home after work and looking forward to some down time, DI Vera Stanhope, not really the sociable type, is annoyed to find her neighbour, Jack, waiting for her.
The Puppet Master by Abigail Osborne ‘Who is pulling all the strings’ #BookReview for #RBRT @Abigail_Author #FridayReads
Author: Abigail Osborne
Published: November 2017 by Bloodhound Books
Category: Psychological Thriller, Book Review
Manipulated by fear and love…could you cut the strings and take back control?
Billie’s hiding from the world, believing it to be the only way to take control of her life as she lives in fear of the man who nearly destroyed her. But what she doesn’t realise is that she’s exactly where he wants her; isolated and afraid. A chance meeting with budding journalist Adam sparks a relationship that could free her from the terror that controls her. But will Adam be able to see the real Billie buried under her terror and pain?
The story, set out in three parts, beginning in the present day, followed by flashback chapters from the past, before returning again to the present.
#ThrowbackThursday ~ Dangerous Games by Tess Diamond #Thriller #Mystery @T_DiamondBooks
Renee at It’s Book Talk began this meme as a way to share old favourites, as well as books that have been waiting on the ‘to be read’ pile for however long, and are finally getting an airing.
