by Helen | Feb 19, 2026 | Book reviews
I really enjoy the Forgotten series from Wes Markin, and book 6 was no exception, though I did find this one sadder than most. As always, it begins with a cold case, this time a body discovered in a disused railway tunnel. As Frank and Gerry investigate, they also...
by Helen | Feb 17, 2026 | Book reviews
Six Strikes is a dark and twisty tale.I’m not always a dark and twisty sort of reader, but I was for this book. Main character Maddie has had a horrendous youth, and she carries the trauma with her forward, going after wretched abusive men she calls...
by Helen | Feb 13, 2026 | Book reviews
A charming, cosy crime novel with an intriguing mystery.Bookshop owner Beth Cunningham has been embroiled in crimes before (please note here this is book 2 in the series, but I hadn’t read book 1 and could still follow everything), but it’s still a shock...
by Helen | Jan 9, 2026 | Book reviews
A clever title that might give the wrong impression.It’s not chick-lit, and it’s not a thriller about serial killer middle-aged women, either.Instead, Middle Rage is a slowburn contemplation of life as a woman in four different forms. There’s Clover,...
by Helen | Dec 27, 2025 | Book reviews
A fun new outing from the author of the incredible Dungeon Crawler Carl series.Operation Bounce House follows the fate of some young farmers on the recently(ish) colonised planet New Sonora. Oliver Lewis and his sister are the last surviving members of their family,...
by Helen | Dec 20, 2025 | Book reviews
As you’d expect from the title and cover (it’s always nice when these things align), this is a darkly humorous story of a sociopath and a body or two that get in her way. Lalla Rook is an ambitious sociopath, with a husband she needs to make partner, a...
