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‘Last of the Magpies’ by Mark Edwards ⭐⭐⭐⭐ *full review on the blog Thank you to NetGalley, Thomas & Mercer and Mark Edwards for the chance to read this novel. The gang are all back one last time. Lucy Newton is still missing after her dramatic escape following the terrifying events in Shropshire a year ago. Her victims, Jamie Knight and his ex-wife Kirsty, are still tormented by their experiences and struggling to move on knowing their tormentor is out there biding her time to strike again. Frustrated that the police appear to be idly sitting by waiting for Lucy to make a mistake, Jamie decides he has to take action. So when his friend suggests talking to true crime podcaster Emma Fox, he agrees in the hope that she’ll be able to do what the police haven’t and Lucy will soon be safely behind bars. Kirsty is taking a different approach. Having seen multiple therapists and tried various ways to try and exorcise herself of the demon of Lucy Newton, she is still haunted by her and decides to sever the small amount of contact she still has with Jamie in the hope that it will help. But the pair are thrown back together into a final showdown with Lucy that they will all be lucky to survive… Wow! This book ended the trilogy on the high note it deserved. A lot of the book is focused on how Lucy’s nefarious games have affected Jamie and Kirsty and their struggle to regain a sense of normality. Lucy’s point of view is for the most part given in the form of the unedited, and far more damning, version of her memoir. In Lucy this author has created a villain who if she were real would be up there with the best known psychopathic killers of our age. and reading the unfiltered inner-workings of her mind was truly chilling. I thought I’d got it sussed but boy was I wrong. The final quarter of the book had me unable to tear myself away as the tension reached its pique. Most of all I loved that as we spent most of the story with Lucy’s whereabouts a mystery so when they were revealed I had the same jaw-dropping sense of shock that the characters did. I would recommend this, and the series, to anyone who loves a well written psychological thriller. Out 30th April.

A trip to Sainsburys today to buy the much anticipated Perfect Crime led to me seeing No Way Out was available for just £2 and I couldn't resist. I just need book 2 in @carahunterauthor series and I can read them in succession 😊 Happy Publication Day to these books. . . #PublicationDay #PerfectCrime #helenfields #NoWayOut #catshunter #avonbooks #penguinuk #crimeseries #crimefiction #books #bookstagram #instabook #booklover #bookaddict #bookworm #booknerd #bookshelf #booklife #bookblog #bookblogger #bibliophile #ilovebooks #fiction #reading #amreading #readinglife

Happy Publication Day ‘Call Me Evie’ by J. P. Pomare ⭐⭐⭐⭐ *full review on the blog Thank you to Little, Brown Book Group, Netgalley and J. P. Pomare for the chance to read and review this novel. I had seen a lot of buzz on bookstagram about this novel so I was excited to be approved for an arc copy and eager to read the book for myself. Narrated by Evie and is split into “before” and “after” the night that she did something terrible, we have no idea what she did, or in fact if she actually did it, and that made the book very confusing for me at first. I found it hard to follow what was happening and it was hindering my enjoyment, but I never give up on a book before I’m a quarter of the way through and I was intrigued by the plot. But it wasn’t too long before the story began to flow more smoothly and I was completely hooked. The book starts with Kate, who is now Evie to hide her identity, having her head shaved by a man she says she once loved. She’d tried to run from the house in the secluded beach town that he’s brought her to but the man, Jim, found her and reminds her that “they” are looking for her and she isn’t safe. Evie begins to recall pieces about the night of the incident: drinking, the mysterious ‘him’ lying face down with blood spreading under his head and herself in the car. She’s afraid to remember more even though she is sure she didn’t do anything bad, that it had to be Jim and he’s lying to her. She is determined to escape but who can she trust? And can she trust what she remembers? As the book goes on we learn more about Evie’s life back in Melbourne, her relationship with her dad, friendships and blossoming relationship with a boy named Thom. But we still don’t know much about that night or who Jim really is. I had my suspicions but they went back and forth as more of the story was told. This was a strange book at times but highly addictive as I needed to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. I wasn’t prepared for the shocking twists in this story and how even the one I had guessed correctly would play out. The complex plot and multifaceted characters are cleverly written and you are kept guessing until the final sentence.

Happy Publication Day ‘The Evidence Against You’ by Gillian McAllister ⭐⭐⭐⭐ *full review live on the blog It’s the day her father will be released from jail. Izzy English has every reason to feel conflicted - he’s the man who gave her a childhood filled with happy memories. But he has also just served seventeen years for the murder of her mother. Now, Izzy’s father sends her a letter. He wants to talk, to defend himself against each piece of evidence from his trial. But should she give him the benefit of the doubt? Or is he guilty as charged an luring her into a trap? Gillian McAllister has written another riveting character-driven story that I couldn’t put down.I was completely hooked and so desperate to know what happened that I forced my eyelids open and stayed up until 4am to finish it. The story is narrated by both Izzy and Gabe and they do this very differently: Izzy’s narration involves a lot of her private thoughts and memories, while Gabriel speaks directly to Izzy. Not giving us a glimpse inside his head means you can only take him on face value, just like Izzy has to, and like her I doubted his integrity. How can you believe what someone tells you when you know they speak so many lies? And how can you comprehend loving the man who was convicted of taking your mother away from you? As a reader I rarely had any doubts of Gabe’s guilt but understandably Izzy wavered. Her doubts of his guilt a constant whisper in her ear, an inviting chance to have one of her parents back and rebuild some of what she lost. This is a complex, multi layered story about love, grief, family, truth, lies, secrecy, pain and betrayal. It is also a story about living life in a prison, though not necessarily one made of bars with guards at the doors, institutionalisation and what happens to the family of victims of a crime and those who are convicted of a crime. It is intelligently written and thought provoking with flawed characters who are the key to the story being so compelling. It is steadily paced and pulls you in so you’re completely immersed in Izzy’s search for the truth. This book has cemented my love for this author’s writing style. Out today.

Milky coffee and my latest read - the perfect start to my day after a night of no sleep. I'm so glad I'm reading this book as the humour and lightness is just what I need today. QOTD - What are you reading today? . . #books #bookstagram #instabook #booklover #bookaddict #booklife #booklove #bookish #booksofinstagram #bookblog #bookblogger #ilovebooks #reading #readersofinstagram #instaread #fiction #novels #biblophile #theflatshare

The final season starts tonight! I'm so ready but so nervous too. Who will end up on the iron throne? Will all our questions be answered? QOTD - What team are you on? . . #gameofthrones #seasonpremiere #forthethrone #skyatlantic #HBO #books #bookstagram #instabook #booklover #bookaddict #booklife #booklove #bookish #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #reader #instaread #readinglife #bibliophile

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