Murder Ahoy! Famous crime writer Bella Tyson is hired to co-host a Murder Mystery cruise, on a luxury liner sailing from Southampton to New York. She’s expecting an easy ride; fun and games, surrounded by amateur sleuths and fans of her books, all the while staying in a deluxe cabin and enjoying the spa and… Continue reading Murder Ahoy! by Fiona Leitch
Category: Mystery
Lady Anne and the Menacing Mystic by Victoria Hamilton
Synopsis While in Bath preparing for her upcoming marriage to Lord Darkefell, Lady Anne learns of a profoundly accurate mystic working in town whose uncanny predictions have stunned the gullible and the sceptical alike. Certain there’s a harmless rational explanation for the medium’s supposed otherworldly abilities, Anne’s tolerance turns to defiance when the seer’s dark… Continue reading Lady Anne and the Menacing Mystic by Victoria Hamilton
Vanishing Act by Charlie Hodges
Synopsis A darkly funny whodunnit of sex, death and the tragi-comedy of old age Ex-SAS officer Tom Knight is now a 73-year-old private detective in a seaside town, with a bad leg, a taste for good weed and a morbid fear of growing old. He’s also fallen in love with Fran, a sprightly 52-year-old carer… Continue reading Vanishing Act by Charlie Hodges
A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin
Bologna: city of secrets, suspicion . . . and murder A dark and atmospheric crime thriller set in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna, perfect for fans of Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin and Philip Gwynne Jones. When the body of a radical protestor is found floating in one of Bologna’s underground canals, it seems that… Continue reading A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin
Winter’s Gift by Florence Keeling
Winters’ Gift: A heart warming, feel good romantic comedy. Bea Winters is in desperate need of a fresh start. Being bullied at work is not her idea of fun and she longs to follow her dream of becoming a published author. When an advert appears in her local paper to work in a publishing house in… Continue reading Winter’s Gift by Florence Keeling
An Implacable Woman by K T Findlay: a gritty black comedy
Synopsis If a tooth costs a tooth and an eye costs an eye When a man hits his wife, then it’s his turn to die Furious that the courts and police can’t prevent respected surgeon John Kirby from beating his wife, Sally Mellors steps in to save her. Permanently… But Grace Kirby isn’t the only… Continue reading An Implacable Woman by K T Findlay: a gritty black comedy
The Lazarus Charter by Tony Bassett: entertaining and edgy
Synopsis Bob Shaw is baffled to see a man in a brown coat at a bustling Underground station. Surely it can’t be his friend, the scientist Professor Morley? Morley perished weeks before in a blazing car. Is the man an impostor or did his friend fake his death? This fascinating and ingenious thriller tells of… Continue reading The Lazarus Charter by Tony Bassett: entertaining and edgy
A Thoughtful Woman by KT Findlay
Synopsis They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but where’s the fun in that? Artist Sally Mellors has planned the perfect revenge, but with two secret agents on her tail, and her best friends running the police investigation, getting away with murder is going to be tricky… Everybody loves Sally. She’s a funny,… Continue reading A Thoughtful Woman by KT Findlay
A Prison in the Sun by Isobel Blackthorn
After millennial ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, he moves in to find his muse. Instead, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to – and should he hand it in… or keep it? Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor unravels the harrowing true story of a… Continue reading A Prison in the Sun by Isobel Blackthorn
Hattie Goes To Hollywood by Caroline James: a quacking good read!
Phew. Unforeseen technical problems put the Books Are Cool website out of action for a couple of days, but now we’re up and running again. Apologies to Caroline for running late with this review. Hattie Goes to Hollywood A Cumbrian Village… Three suicides… A red-hot summer… Join super-sleuth Hattie as tempers and temperatures rise in… Continue reading Hattie Goes To Hollywood by Caroline James: a quacking good read!