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Must Reads 29th January 2018

Happy Monday Y'all! (I've been watching a Netflix series set in Texas, kind of makes me want to up sticks and become a Southern Belle!) Here's my top picks of new releases for today - hope you like them! Dark Game by Rachel Lynch (General Fiction, Mystery/Thriller) Kelly’s gut turned over as she realised the danger she was in. She heard no sirens. She knew that she was simply collateral. To these men who made a lot of money from the suffering of others, they’d have no problem snuffing her out. After a scandal forces DI Kelly Porter out of the Met, she returns to her home turf in the Lake District. Crimes in the Cumbrian constabulary tend to be of the minor sort, but Kelly begins work on a cold case that shocked the local community – the abduction and brutal murder of ten-year-old Lottie Davies. Meanwhile, Kelly is also investigating two seemingly straightforward crimes: a case involving an illegal immigrant, and a robbery following the death of local busines

I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of this book by the lovely people at Smith Publicity and it was one of the best books I have read...to the point that my daughter now has her nose in it as I was raving about it so much! What I Learned: Poignant - and definitely something you start thinking about more and more with age, I think especially my generation. It's nice to see the younger generations thinking about these things earlier now too, especially when it comes to the state of our planet and it's natural resources (even with Trump in charge!) I love this spotlight on this very "human" behaviour that I think if we're honest we are all guilty of, even if it's just in small ways. I think this is a nice wee reminder that regardless of what "groups" people belong to, or a perceived to belong to, everyone is still an individual with their own thoughts and feelings. So the Saamaa, being a faction of an alien "race&quo

Morning all, here are some new releases for your perusal - I want to read them all!!!! Red Snow by Larraine Susan Harrison (Children's Fiction,Mystery & Thriller) Twelve-year-old Megan thought she knew everything there was to know about her mother’s death, but she was wrong. Confronted by a web of deceit and lies from her family and ignored by her schoolmates, she befriends her new neighbour, Ryan. But Ryan is hiding a dangerous secret in the nearby woods. He has found some blood on the snow next to an old watchtower and Megan is drawn into a situation that she would rather avoid. When the two friends are saved from danger by an intriguing woman called Irene, Megan begins to realise Irene has information that could shed light on the mysterious events surrounding her mother’s death. Meanwhile, Megan’s father sinks deeper into depression and forbids her from reaching out to Irene again. As the mystery deepens, a failed burglary and the discovery of an intruder in

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