Review: CROSS HER HEART, Sarah Pinborough
THEY SAY Lisa. Ava. Marilyn. Three women, three secrets and a hidden past that could destroy them all. I SAY Winning the award for...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Review: SNAP, Belinda Bauer
‘A different slant on a detective novel’ THEY SAY SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
Review: SALT LANE, William Shaw
‘William Shaw’s writing, plotting, and sense of light and shade, of when to rush and when to pause, are faultless’ THEY SAY SHE ALWAYS...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Apr 10, 2018
- 2 min
Review: THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE, Joanna Cannon
‘Transports you inside the characters, making you feel exactly what they are feeling’ THEY SAY There are three things you should know...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Feb 6, 2018
- 2 min
Review: FORCE OF NATURE, Jane Harper
‘The plotting is clever and intricate’ THEY SAY FIVE WENT OUT. FOUR CAME BACK... Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Review: THE CHILD FINDER, Rene Denfield
‘Heartbreaking, stunning, beautifully-phrased, and delicately judged’ THEY SAY Naomi Cottle finds missing children. When the police have...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
Review: THE DRY, Jane Harper
‘Transports the reader so that I wasn’t simply reading these things, I was right there’ THEY SAY WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? I...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
Review: BRING ME BACK, B.A. Paris
‘B.A. Paris has what it takes to have real longevity as a writer.’ THEY SAY The Disappearance: Twelve years ago Finn’s girlfriend...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
Review: MOTHER, SE Lynes
‘Wonderful story-telling builds slowly to a crescendo’ THEY SAY Christopher would never hurt anyone. Not intentionally. Even after...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Dec 5, 2017
- 1 min
Review: THE SECRET MOTHER, Shalini Boland
'An incredible hook, it’s a real ‘what the heck?’ moment.' THEY SAY ‘Are you my mummy?’ Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
Review: BROKEN BONES, Angela Marsons
Angela Marsons packs a punch, and she knows right where to hit you. THEY SAY They thought they were safe. They were wrong. The murder of...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Nov 15, 2017
- 2 min
Review: MY SISTER’S BONES, Nuala Ellwood
A tense, slow-burning tale that has a blistering end. THEY SAY If you can't trust your sister, then who can you trust? Kate Rafter has...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min
Review: THE SURROGATE, Louise Jensen
'Louise Jensen is queen of sleight of hand, making you look in all directions apart from the one you should be looking. ' THEY SAY She...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Oct 31, 2017
- 2 min
Review: DARK MATTER, Michelle Paver
‘A spine-tingling atmosphere that feels both scarily large and claustrophobically close’ THEY SAY A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
Review: A PATIENT FURY, Sarah Ward
‘Every time you think you have the plot sorted, it slips through your fingers like water’ THEY SAY When Detective Constable Connie Childs...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Aug 22, 2017
- 2 min
Review: THE REAL CSI, A FORENSIC HANDBOOK FOR CRIME WRITERS, Kate Bendelow
'Perfect for anyone interested in crime or crime writing' THEY SAY Who is allowed access to a crime scene? What happens when a body is...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Aug 8, 2017
- 2 min
Review: CITY OF MASKS, S.D. Sykes
'There’s something for everyone in this gentle crime fiction' THEY SAY 1358. Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, is in Venice, awaiting a...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
Review: SWEETPEA, CJ Skuse
‘A serial killer with one-liners sharp enough to slice a throat’ THEY SAY The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… I...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 25, 2017
- 2 min
Review: TATTLE TALE, Sarah J Naughton
‘This tale leads the reader along a well-trodden path - but the destination isn’t the one that’s expected.’ THEY SAY Packed with twists...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
- Jul 17, 2017
- 1 min
Review: THE SECOND SISTER, Claire Kendal
'Claire Kendal is one to watch in this genre' THEY SAY It is ten years since Ella's sister Miranda disappeared without trace, leaving her...
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