Category: Mystery

ARC Book Review | How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

Posted September 19, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, Mystery, YA / 2 Comments

Good evening, my wonderful readers. As I’m writing this, I’m wrapped up in a blanket, I can certainly feel that Autumn is coming. Today’s is an ARC review, I feel I haven’t read a book before publication for ages and it feels so good. I’m really excited for you to read this book and this is great for your Autumn TBRs too. I’lll also be interviewing the author on publication day about this book so welcome to How to Find a Missing Girl themed week! On to the review shall we… How to Find a Missing Girl saved my reading! […]

Blog Tour – Book Review | Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy – something a little different…

Posted April 28, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Adult Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, New Author / 0 Comments

Okay so I did a terrble thing, I judged a book by it’s cover and not realising quite was this book has instore. It took me by complete surprise but what’s more is that I haven’t been able to put it down over the weekend either. This book was the perfect welcome disraction, I love mixing up what I read but whilst I am a YA reader, adult mysteries are the perfect in-between books. Scorched Grace is anything but a typical crime thriller. This is a queer Sister Act (who doesn’t love those films) with a unsaintly nun who has […]

Book Review | Murder She Wrote: By The Time You Read This I’ll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn

Posted April 8, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Murder, Mystery, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my fellow booklovers, another day, another book review! Being on holiday is really inspiring me and I love it. Today I’m reviewing a book that got my out of my reading slump. To this day I live by thrillers and mystery books being my go to to get back into reading and this book certainly did that. Trigger warnings – anxiety, depression, mention of suicidal attempts/thoughts Did you ever watch Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury aka Jessica Fletcher? I grew up with these in my house, my mum and my grandparents would stick them on and whilst they […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

Blog Tour | Spotlight – Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Posted September 14, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Bookish Post, Murder, Mystery, Thriller, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday evening my lovely bookworms. Hope your doing good. I’m back today with another spotlight for a YA Mystery Thriller that is perfect for this season. I find I love them more in the autumnal/spooky season don’t you? I’m really excited to be part of the #UltimateBlogTour with The Write Reads – they are seriously the best tours. Today’s spotlight is for Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez that I really excited to read. I would have been reviewing today but with buying an apartment my reading has taken a back seat and I’m dipping in and out […]

Blog Tour Review – Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Posted May 2, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Mystery, UKYA / 0 Comments

Hello my bookish friends and fellow detectives too! A first for a Saturday post that’s for sure. Today Pip is once again taking over my blog for Part 2 of the Good Girl, Bad Blood blog tour. All week I’ve been reading this very book and today I finally put into words how amazing this book is… I have been giving subtle hints all week as well. My Review “Mysteries always seem to find their way to you, don’t they?” I’ve hinted all week but whilst both books are 5 stars, Good Girl, Bad Blood is even better than […]

Review – My Secret Lies With You by Faye Bird

Posted June 12, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA / 0 Comments

I first discovered Faye’s books when I went to my first author event as a librarian, it was an exciting moment being a blogger and librarian. I bought both of her books and devoured them instantly, so gripping and thrilling, Faye’s latest book My Secret Lies With You is no exception. This book was totally addictive and definitely what I needed last weekend. I read it practically in one sitting. Cait is on holiday in Wales for the first time since my her dad died. Along with her mum and her new partner, she is missing her dad a lot. […]

Blog Tour: Faye’s Favourite Mysteries – My Secret Lies With You by Faye Bird

Posted June 10, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Blog Tour, Guest Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, Usborne Publishing, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Monday Everyone. Today I’m really excited to kicking off the blog tour for Faye Bird’s latest YA thriller, My Secret Lies With You! It’s amazing and it’s certainly this summer’s top YA thriller of the year. You can read it one sitting like me. My full review will be up later this week. I’ve met Faye years ago when I first started as a librarian, and I bought her books at the event there and I couldn’t put them down. So I would highly recommend Faye’s book if you love Karen McManus and most recently Holly Jackson. The theme […]

Review – TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET by Karen M. McManus

Posted April 2, 2019 by Emma in 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Karen M. McManus, Mystery, Penguin Book UK, Thriller, YA / 6 Comments

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus Publisher – Penguin Books UK Release Date – January 10th 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Ellery’s never been to Echo Ridge, but she’s heard all about it. It’s where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen’s murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother lands in rehab. No one knows what happened to either girl, and Ellery’s family is still haunted by their loss. Malcolm grew […]