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  Publication date UK 3/6/23 audio time 6 hrs 41 m, book 249 pages I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis   My daughter thought she had found the man of her dreams. But now her life is in danger… When Ellie tells me she has a new boyfriend, I am absolutely thrilled and can’t wait to meet him. She finally seems so happy and in love. But there’s a catch. Ellie has never met him in person. In fact, he doesn’t even live in the same country. Our home is in England, but Daryl is in Los Angeles. When handsome Daryl invites Ellie to stay with him at his luxury Los Angeles mansion for a few weeks, I insist on joining her. I need to find out more about the man who has my daughter so enamoured. Daryl welcomes us into his whitewashed house, complete with a stunning swimming pool and sun-drenched patio. Then one morning, I discover a terrible secret in his basement that changes everythi...

  Publication date UK 30/3/23 Book 400 pages I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis  ALL KILLERS WANT TO MAKE THE FRONT PAGE . . . The brilliantly gripping new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audiobook. ______________________ It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But it was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him - and no one will say why. As Warr digs into Middleton's past, Ridley calls pleading for help, now accused of a murder he insists he didn't commit. To catch a monster and exonerate his friend, Warr must weed out the lies. But what awaits Warr if...

  Publication date UK 2/5/23 BOOK 288 PAGES I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis  Dark secrets are revealed when investigative journalist and horse expert Ben Copperfield is hired to find the long-lost heir of a dying millionaire in this gripping murder mystery. When freelance journalist Ben Copperfield hands his business card to a woman whose runaway horse he's helped recapture, he couldn't possibly predict the events that are triggered by this simple gesture . . . For the woman is the wife of none other than multi-millionaire horse owner and businessman Neville Manning. Manning has everything money could buy, but money can't solve his current problem. He's dying - and after the tragic death of his only child, there's no one he's willing to leave his business to. Manning has just one hope a grandchild, whose mother's name he doesn't even know. Ben ...

  Publication date UK 16/9/21 book 509 pages I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis Don’t miss the captivating new book from the internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis! High-flying lawyer Jessica Wells has it all. A successful career, loving husband Tom and a family she adores. But one case – and one client – will put all that at risk. Edward Blake. An ordinary life turned upside down – or a man who quietly watched television while his wife was murdered upstairs? With more questions than answers and a case too knotted to unravel, Jessica suspects he’s protecting someone… Then she comes home one day and her husband utters the words no one ever wants to hear. Sit down… because I've got something to tell you… Now Jessica must fight not only for the man she defends, but for the man she thought she trusted with her life – her husband. A page-turning thriller, pe...

  Publication date UK 31/3/21 book 331 pages I would like to thank the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to pick this to read and review. all my reviews are honest. Synopsis  You trust her with your home, your husband, your baby… but she is about to destroy it all. Sophy Pemberton is struggling to cope with the pressures of becoming a new mother. Her nine-month-old son never settles in her arms and the unrelenting tiredness from late night feeds is all-consuming. So, when Liv Granger from the mother and baby group offers her services as a nanny, Sophy is overcome with relief. Now she can finally get some sleep… She can stop failing at being a mother. But Liv has a secret. She is convinced that Sophy was accountable for her brother’s tragic death and she has been searching for her for years. And now that Liv’s found her, she’s outraged Sophy seems oblivious to the pain she has caused her family. Sophy’s perfect house, perfect husband and perfect baby are too much...