 Kim clutches the note tightly as her pulse starts to race. You have 36 hours. If you follow the instructions, no one will get hurt… When Detective Kim Stone is woken before dawn because local journalist Tracy Frost wants to show her a message, she’s not impressed. But her blood turns cold when she reads the note. She has 36 hours to follow a trail set by an anonymous challenger. If she fails, people will die. Kim’s gut tells her this is no hoax. She summons her team, desperate to prevent what lies ahead. With minutes to spare, they solve the first cryptic clue. It leads to a box hidden deep in the woods, containing a second clue and a tape. As she listens to the recording of a heart-wrenching scream, Kim knows her enemy will go to any lengths to achieve his goals… and that she must draw on all her experience of evil men to understand what is driving him. Refusing to blindly follow orders, Kim and the team turn the killer’s clues against him, using evidence buried deep in the tapes to find where he’s hiding his victim. But they are too late… And then, as the sun rises on the second day, someone else goes missing. This time, it’s a skilled surgeon, and if they don’t save her, an eight-year-old girl will die. Exhausted and enraged, with her bosses watching every step she takes, Kim realises the only way to win is to break the rules. But with the clock ticking, can she find the twisted mind behind this murderous game before her time runs out? From the no.1 bestselling author Angela Marsons, 36 Hours is a pulse-pounding race against time that will not let you stop reading for a second. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Robert Dugoni and Val McDermid. Can be read as a standalone. Book 21 of 21: Detective Kim StoneA series I have followed from book one being published. This series is now one that I don't even bother to read the synopsis. If it has Angela Marsons name on it, then I will be reading it. An author who has mastered her writing and gives her readers exactly what they want from a new book. Excitement, anticipation as to what the story will hold. Followed by a nail biting, gripping thriller of a read. Each and every time this author delivers and adds another cherry on top. 36 Hours is a game. A game that Kim and her team didn't want to play. Thrust into the thick of an investigation the team only have 36 hours to find a killer. When Kim is knocked up at home in the early hours it can only be someone with a death wish, who is brave enough to raise Kim from her sleep as she has just checked her phone, she knows it's not one of her team. As the knocking continues Kim is met with a dishevelled and not so bright looking Frost. Tracey Frost is a journalist and her and Kim have developed a love/hate relationship. Ok more of an Hate/Hate relationship. Occasionally they may tolerate each other but believe me when I say that is only occasionally. As Kim is on the verge of killing the reporter she manages to get Kim's attention long enough to explain why she is at her home. Thus the start of a 36 hour torment. Frost has an email that she has received, She is taking it seriously and trying to convince Kim to do the same. After some thought Kim has to agree that somthing isn't right. Can she convince her team and her boss that there is a crime being committed before it's too late. Frost has been given a mission with a deadline, 36 hours to solve clues, report the outcome and stop anyone losing their life and Kim Stone must help her. What sort of individual could do this, have lives hanging in the balance for some sick game. I like a good challenge but I really couldn't have played this game. I must add a warning for this book. If you have any plans then DO NOT start reading it. Once started really is unputdownable. Page after page you are dragged further in to the story. Its all consuming and I challenge you to be able to put this down without thinking - I need to pick it back up. Exceptional, I can't find enough words to say just how good this read is. It really has been a privilege following this series and I'm excited for more to come. 
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 She lies on the floor, her blue eyes wide and unseeing, arms outstretched as if begging for help. Kneeling next to her, wearing a purple sequinned ballgown and holding a knife in shaking hands, is her daughter… In a quiet kitchen, where two mugs wait by the kettle to be filled, Sheryl Hawne lies in a pool of blood. Her only daughter, Katie, is found at her side, still clutching the murder weapon and apparently incapable of speech. To Detective Kim Stone, the case seems open and shut. But Katie is in no state to be questioned, so Kim and the team must dig deep to understand what triggered this brutal act. Soon, they learn that Katie participated in beauty pageants as a child, and her mother kept a shrine to her achievements. As Kim gazes at the golden trophies and shiny rosettes, she is forced to wonder if this was what set Katie on the path to murder… But then Kim receives a shocking call. Another woman is dead. And with Katie safely locked up, she cannot be the killer. The second victim also entered her daughter in pageants, and a broken tiara is found thrust down her throat. Someone clearly feels that these mothers are guilty – and that they deserve to die. Forcing back the memories of her own monstrous mother, Kim vows to find justice for these women, no matter what pain they caused. Now more than a day behind their killer, Kim races to learn more about a competitive world where appearances are everything and mothers will go to any lengths to ensure their daughters triumph. Buried somewhere in this dark past is the key to unlocking the case… but will Kim be able to find it before another family is destroyed forever? The twentieth book in the international, multi-million-copy bestselling series, Guilty Mothers will have you glued to the pages. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid and Robert Dugoni will devour this gripping crime thriller.  Another absolute corker of a read. The twentieth book in the Kim Stone series. I loved each and every book in this series. To me, the author can do no wrong. I look forward to the next book each and every time I finish one. It's a series I've followed from the beginning. Its a series I really can not get enough of. If Angie Marsons wrote a book a week I'd happily read it. I love spending time with Kim and her team. I feel over the series I have really gotten to know these characters and almost feel like I'm part of their lives. The characters created in this series are first class, the cream of the crop. I have to be honest most of this series I have not read the blurb before starting it. I'm very confident that i'll enjoy it. I have not been disappointed at all. Murder and mayhem, in the latest case for the team. As always everything is thrown at finding the clues, finding the culprit. Finding the who and the way. What do you think of when you hear pageant. For me it's girls dressing up and having fun. For Miss Marsons, its murder and death, the book does not hold back. You want murder, you want the mystery you want the details. Its all here. All here in the pages of this book. Pages you will not be able to turn quick enough. When a woman is found murdered it seems like everything is cut and dry. A quick easy case with the killer caught. However when a second body is found it's clear that the suspect could not have done it as they were in custody. The tangled web needs unwinding and we have just the team to do it. They as always throw everything they can at the case. When the clues start appearing they finally have a motive and can focus on getting the killer before anyone else is killed. I have to say this time around I enjoyed 'Tink' coming into herself. She's growing and she could be an amazing part of the team going forward. Maybe we should get a spin off series of her joining and starting out in the force. Sorry, got carried away a little there. I found the story behind the mother daughter relationship a little tough having just lost my mother. However this also helped me in realising just how lucky I was to have a mother that loved and cared and cherished every moment of me. It's sad to think that there are mothers that are loving and caring. I think the mother daughter relationship was written very well in this story. Absolutely smashed it again with this instalment.   About the author Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 5 million in 7 years. She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers. She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's". After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away. She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 28 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into 30 languages. Many of her books, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone and the translation of Dead Souls, La Verita Sepolte, recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award. To receive news of upcoming releases follow this link http://angelamarsons-books.com/email/ GUILTY MOTHERS by Angela Marsons
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They tried to forget their past. Now it’s the only thing that can save them.
Ever since being adopted as babies, twins Sinead and Orla have been the only family they’ve ever known. But as adults, their lives have taken different paths. Orla’s got the big house in Glasgow, the supportive husband and teenage daughter, Molly Rose, while Sinead’s struggle with drugs and alcohol has taken her to some very dark places. But all of that changes when Sinead receives a call from the woman who gave them up at birth. Their mother, Janey, is back in their lives. But she’s far from what they expected and when the siblings discover their mum is the head of a dangerous gangland firm, their lives are turned upside down. In a firm like Janey’s, you have to watch your back. And when someone from her past targets her new found family, Sinead, Orla and Molly Rose find themselves pawns in a dangerous game, against someone who will stop at nothing to take his revenge on Janey. But when Molly Rose is kidnapped, it’s time for the sisters to show this family will do anything to protect one of their own. A hard-hitting, action-packed Scottish gangland thriller that fans of Jacqui Rose, Kimberly Chambers and Mandasue Heller won’t be able to put down. Readers can’t get enough of Alex Kane’s utterly addictive gangland thrillers: ‘This is a phenomenal read…perfectly written and paced. You absolutely cannot predict this one.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘One hell of a book, full of action… five stars from me, especially for the slap bang ending that I didn’t see coming.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Seriously fast paced and gritty from the very start.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘An absolute belter. I couldn’t put it down. So many twists and turns. The writing was amazing.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A great read, filled with strong female characters… definitely a five-star read and one which I already cannot wait to re-read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I love her ability to make each character likeable, even the bad guys. I’m counting down the days till the next book by this author. Highly recommended.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I read this book in one night and all I have is 3 words. Oh my god.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I was gripped from page one and had sleepless nights because I couldn’t put it down. Worth way more than five stars.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘My only criticism is that I couldn’t put it down. Make sure you’ve got time to read this, you won’t be disappointed.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review
Two Sisters
By Alex Kane Publisher : Hera Books (21 Mar. 2024) An easy ***** 5 star read. Well Well Well.... Alex Kane does it again. What a superb read this turned out to be. Exciting and fresh, I enjoyed this book from the get go. Brilliant characters and a twist I didn't see coming at all. What a gripping read. Thoroughly enjoyable. I read this in one day, I really couldn't put it down once started. Twins Sinead and Orla live very different lives. They are total opposites. They don't have contact with their birth mother and each have a reason not to want or to want have contact. This all changes when a family member is found in trouble. the paths of these individuals has no choice but to cross. But will this be a help or a hindrance to the families involved. I am mindful of saying too much on this story, its one of those you want to say OMG - this happened and this, but don't want to spoil it for the readers. What I will say is My goodness, I need more and more from this author, I could have read this on and on. It's left with what I can only say it a cliff-hanger and there really has to be a follow on. Amazing Writing Alex Kane, please don't leave it too long for the next one. Her Feud: An utterly addictive, totally gripping and absolutely unputdownable crime thriller (The Drew Family Series Book 7) Fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers will love this nail-biting gangland crime thriller from bestselling author Emma Tallon. Family is everything to Lily Drew and she’s always battled to keep hers together. But following the death of her only daughter, Ruby, and after losing her son, Connor, to a rival firm, Lily feels like everything she’s fought so hard to protect is about to fall apart: and when a turf war between two rival gangs starts on the Drew’s doorstep, Lily must pick a side… The right choice could take the firm to a whole new level and bring her beloved son back into the fold. But get it wrong and her empire could come crashing down, and all of their lives could be in danger. When Lily makes a bold decision and goes up against the most powerful firm in the city, she puts all of her men on the case. But the job goes wrong, and when one of London’s most dangerous crime bosses comes after the family, hellbent on revenge, Lily’s heart pounds. Did she just put everyone she loves in danger? And when the bitter feud ends, what will be left of the Drews? 7 books in this series. Each and every one a first class read. Drew family ✔︎ 1. Her Revenge (2021) ✔︎ 2. Her Rival (2021) ✔︎ 3. Her Betrayal (2022) ✔︎ 4. Her Payback (2022) ✔︎ 5. Her Fight (2022) ✔︎ 6. Her Enemy (2023) ✔︎ 7. Her Feud (2024) I have read each and every book in this series. (i've also read each and every book this author has published). As always this is a first class gripping read. Its difficult to keep a series going but this one has been absolutely superb. The author has surpassed expectations on each and every release. Smashing it each and every time. I just could not get bored reading about this family. The Drews, a force to be reckoned with. They'd be great as friends, but I certainly wouldn't want them as an enemy. Cillian and Billie are getting married Lily could not be any more pleased. Her family is expanding. To Lily family is everything. Although we do have a drift between Lily and her other son Connor. Time is passing and neither of them seem to be making the move to make things right. It got so bad that Connor has moved over to another 'firm. Cillian is hoping things will work out with Connor and his mother as he want's both of them at his wedding. Its his and Billies day and they want no tension anywhere. It's their special day and nothing will spoil it. Can Lily and Connor get past pride and finally admit they need each other. Ray and Lily are still at loggerheads after the past has caught them up. Will things ever be right between these two. Has to much water gone under the bridge. If you have got to this book in the series then it's clear you are an avid fan. Its a superb addition and one that should not be missed. If you have not read any of these but enjoy a gritty gangland crime thriller then you really need to start at the beginning of this series. It really is worth reading these books in order for the best experience. I've grown over a few years reading about these character, I've been invested in their lives and I can truly say I've loved each and every page of it.  Author Bio: Emma Tallon is a British author of gripping, gritty, organised crime thrillers. With a number of bestsellers published by Bookouture since early 2017, Emma continues to write full time and has many ideas in the pipeline for future novels. For more information on Emma or to join her mailing list, please go to: www.emmatallon.com www.facebook.com/emmatallonofficial https://twitter.com/EmmaEsj www.emmatallon.com http://www.thread-books.com/sign-up/?source=endmatter&author=emma-tallon-43    The victim is lying under the trees, arms lifted above his head, unnaturally still. His muscles are slack. His eyes are empty. There are no signs of life. But he is not quite dead… When Detective Kim Stone races to the crime scene, there is no body waiting for her: the paramedics are desperately trying to save the victim’s life. But there is something very strange about the way the man was found, his arms raised above his head, his legs spread apart. When he dies on the way to the hospital, Kim is certain she’s on the hunt for a killer… but all evidence at the scene has been destroyed. The dead man, Eric Gould, seems ordinary, until the team dig into his past. As a teenager, he was locked away for attacking his girlfriend, and Kim suspects he was hurting his fiancé now. Was someone trying to stop history repeating? Then another man is found on the verge of death, his bones broken to force him into an unnatural shape. The team realise the killer is sending a message – the victims’ bodies are spelling out their sins. As boys, they were both part of a group of six who bragged about their terrible crimes. But they were children then, and when she sees the grief on the faces of their loved ones now, Kim swears to find answers. Is someone finally getting revenge… or do they think these men are still dangerous? The killer is threatening to strike again, and the only way Kim can crack the case is by tracking down the rest of the six first. But then a revelation about what one of her team is suffering makes Kim understand why people take the law into their own hands. Do these victims deserve what’s coming to them? Or is there even more to fear from their brutal killer? Unputdownable from start to finish, Bad Blood is a brilliantly gripping crime thriller with a reveal you’ll never see coming. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Robert Dugoni and Val McDermid will love the latest compulsive read from multi-million-copy bestseller Angela Marsons. My Thoughts on this book..Just how the blooming heck have we got to book 19. Book 19 in a series I have absolutely loved following. Back with the team, Kim, Bryant, Penn and Stacey. Things are a struggle for the team at the moment. One of the gang is having problems and hasn't found the courage to tell the others as yet. This makes for an uncomfortable time for the team. We kick off with a bit of strange case as the murder victim is actually still alive, he is however in a rather strange pose when found. Absolutely no evidence at the scene where he was found as it's been destroyed while paramedics were attending to him. What can have happened to this ordinary man, is there more going on than meets the eye. What happens when another man is found in a similar way. The team kick in to action. The story ramps up another notch and we are in full Kim Stone mode. Nothing matters but solving the case. That is until Kim realises she is needed more than ever. Needed for something a littles closer to home. Murders she can solve, but can she solve what seems to be a barrier in her team. Has she got what it takes to be the boss that is needed but also a friend. This book I feel really has brought out another side to the team, What lengths would you go to, to protect one of your own. Just like every other book this author has written, this is gripping, adrenaline filled excitement. As always a stonking good read. With each and everyone of these books I always tell myself to take my time, read a little each evening and savour the book. I start reading.. Chapter one... OMG before i know it I'm almost at the end, then I tell myself off for racing through. Yet I do it each and every time, you'd think I'd learn by now. These are not books to be read over a period of time. These are books that need devouring, in one sitting if possible, because our queen of the Crime Thrillers has done it again. Boy I'm glad Angie has a twisted, warped mind that allows her to write such gripping, exciting and thrilling stories. The Author Author Bio Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 5 million in 7 years. She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers. She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's". After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away. She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 28 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into 30 languages. Many of her books, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone and the translation of Dead Souls, La Verita Sepolte, recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award. To receive news of upcoming releases and also to get a free short story from Angela, please follow this link https://bookouture.com/subscribe/angela-marsons/ Fancy reading the whole series. Check it hour here.. Sometimes I'm not sure authors understand just how they help so many people escape the reality of life,. The enjoyment I get from reading is something else. While reading this book it has helped me escape what can only be a very difficult time in my life. With so much shit going on around us, its amazing that we have authors like Angie who give us a story so good it takes you away from everything else. even just for a short time. For that I'm grateful .
Check back here 17.11.23 to check out my thoughts on this... Book 19 in the Kim Stone series. The Flood (A Fiona MacLeish Crime Thriller Book 1) By G.N. Smith @bookouture @GrahamSmith197210/10/2023 A superb, quick and easy read. Once started it's hard to stop reading.
There was a shape in the raging water. Fiona waded forward until she was knee-deep, holding her breath, steadying herself. Hoping. But the closer she got, the more Fiona was sure. She was looking at another victim. The murderer was here, with them.
Police officer Fiona MacLeish has been ordered to step back from her role in Police Scotland. Haunted by the murder of her parents, she’s dangerously close to breaking point: and is back in her remote childhood home nestled in a valley on the Scottish border. But there’s a terrifying storm coming… When Fiona finds the bloodied body of a neighbour in their flooded house, a chill runs through her veins. The bruising around his throat tells Fiona someone wanted this elderly man dead. And with the torrential rain cutting the farming village off completely, the murderer must still be nearby. But flood waters continue to rise, and landslides force Fiona to take shelter with a crowd of locals at the highest-standing farm. Then, another victim is found, with more suspicious wounds. Trapped at the farm with a killer, with no hope of outside help, can Fiona catch them before more of the isolated community become victims?
Book 1 in what is looking like a new superb series.
The Flood By G N Smith is a great start to a series. The flood waters are rising. And so is the body count… Police officer Fiona MacLeish has been ordered to step back from her role in Police Scotland. Haunted by the murder of her parents, she’s dangerously close to breaking point: and is back in her remote childhood home nestled in a valley on the Scottish border. But there’s a terrifying storm coming… Fiona has gone staying with her aunt, the woman who has always been there for her, the woman who brought her up after losing her parents. Fiona and Aunt Mary soon become trapped when their attempt to leave the valley is stopped with a mud slide blocking the road. The only thing they can do is return to one of the farm houses that the other locals have gone to. The problem now is Fiona knows one of the neighbors in the farm house is a killer. What she doesn't know is who the killer is. It could be anyone of them. Fiona will need her police nose and skills to sniff out which one of her aunts friends or neighbors is a brutal murderer. A gripping, intense and exciting read. Especially when you are reading it while 'Storm Agnes is forecast for your area. I could feel the tension, the fear but also the determination to come out the other side of the storm that has hit the valley. Superb read, loved every bit of it and I can't wait to read the next books in the series. 2 The Island 3 The Shelter Baton down the hatches a storm is about to hit.. 
The woman’s bright blonde hair floats in the breeze. She almost looks like she could be resting on the soft green grass. But her brown eyes stare unblinking up at the sky, and the final cut across her mouth is dark with blood. Her words silenced forever…
Late one evening, as the final church bell rings out, Sandra Deakin’s cold and lifeless body is found in the overgrown graveyard with multiple stab wounds. When Detective Kim Stone rushes to the scene, the violence of the attack convinces her that this murder was deeply personal. What could have caused such hate? As the team dig into Sandra’s life, they discover she believed she could communicate with the dead. Was that why she was targeted? The last people to see her alive were a group of women who had a session with her the night before she was killed, and as Kim and her team pay them a visit, they soon learn each of the women is lying about why they wanted Sandra’s help… Kim realises she must dig deep and open her mind to every avenue if she’s going to stand a chance at solving this case. And when she learns that Sandra was banned from the church grounds and had been receiving death threats too, she’s ever more certain that Sandra’s gifts are at the heart of everything. But just when she thinks she’s found a lead, the broken body of a nineteen-year-old boy is found outside a call centre – a single slash across his mouth just like Sandra’s. Kim knows they are now racing against time to understand what triggered these attacks, and to stop a twisted killer. But they might be too late. Just as Kim sits down at a local psychic show she discovers something that makes her blood run cold. Both Sandra and the call centre were named in an article about frauds. And this show stars the next name on the list. She looks around the audience with a feeling of utter dread, certain the killer is among them…
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And what did I think
Unfreakingbelievable as always. Angie certainly knows what her readers want and she delivers each and every time. Another unbelievable read. Book 18, most series of books have got a little stale, a little samey by the time you get into double digits. This is book 18 and the stories and characters are nowhere near having had their day. There is still life, zest and umphh in each and every character and new story. Delivered each and every time with more grit, more power behind the stories. I really can not praise this series enough. So much so, that after completing book 18, I have decided to treat myself and go right back to book 1 and start reading them again. So far it's just as good the 2nd time around. I seem to say this with each and every book, so I wont disappoint and not say it - I don't know how the hell Angie does it, but i'm so glad she does. OUTSTANDING! What do I like about these books? Well, firstly the characters, we've certainly grown and aged with each other. I love the strength, determination and the wit of these characters. I certainly do feel as though I know them, as though opening each new book is like a telephone catch up with a friend you haven't seen for a while. I wan't to know what they are doing, what they have been up to at what point they are currently at in life. I feel i'm really invested in these characters. Secondly the story lines, the crimes. Each time it feels fresh, It's exciting, i'm left wanting and needing to know what is going to happen. I then get to the end of the book and I want it to carry on, and on, and on... I think I could read these books forever and a day. Kim Stone and her team are tasked with searching for a killer, when a woman's body is found in a graveyard. Quite a brutal killing that makes it look personal rather than a random killing. Now follows the who and the why and it's down to the team to piece together what could have happened. I loved the psychic element that was weaved into this story line, it added something different. Something that really does get you thinking while reading. I don't think you particularly have to know about or like the psychic elements in this book but it certainly adds to the story. Bravo, now ready for the next one. Angie really does like to add pressure to herself because we all know that the next book will be just as, if not more, epic. 
Publication date: 4th April 2023
DI Kate Young’s team is hunting for a killer. What they don’t know…is that the killer is her. DI Kate Young has known for years that her boss, Superintendent John Dickson, is a violent and evil man. But when she finally confronts him and accidentally shoots and kills him, she’s forced to cover her tracks before anyone can pin his death on her. With revelations about his corruption soon to become public knowledge, Kate sets up a trail of evidence to make it seem that Dickson has conveniently vanished… But Kate knows the corruption doesn’t end with Dickson. As she heads up the team investigating his supposed disappearance, she also pursues other loose ends. Stanka, the sex worker who supplied the evidence against Dickson, leads her to crucial information on another corrupt officer, DI Harriet Khatri, and her dubious involvement with sex traffickers. As the noose starts to tighten on Kate, she finds herself targeted by traffickers, the bent cops on her force and even her own team of detectives. Can she stay one step ahead of them all and bring Harriet to justice? Can she trust anyone around her? And can she possibly get away with murder?
This is a real edge of your seat read. At times I found myself holding my breath. I was second guessing every step of the way. I liked how the author has continued with the story of the voices in Kate's head. This really does help with the story plot. We get a good understanding of each side.
The twists, the turns, the suspense - all just done perfectly. I can not fault this book at all. The Author has exceeded all expectations and smashed it out the water with this one. I really can't emphasize how good it is. I really don't want to wait for the next installment, I need to know where this series is going. A Score To Settle
Well, Well, Well.
Caz Finlay has smashed it again. Another epic read. Book 8 in the Bad Blood Series. As always this book has everything the reader wants from a gritty gangland thriller. Everything and a little more. This time around a feud boiling isn't business, it's personal. Find out what happens when the grandchild of one of Liverpool's gangland bosses is kidnapped. Everyone is on their toes, everyone doing their bit to try and help find her. Grace Carter and her Husband Michael are on the first flight home to Liverpool as soon as they hear the news. Everyone is out of their minds with worry and stress and when you family is the Carter family worry and stress do not mix well. The storyline is this book was first class, amazing real life characters that you just can't help but to like. The characters have been built up superbly over the series and really do get under your skin. Its had to believe at book 8 that everything still feels fresh and new, each time a book is released I thing Caz Finlay is going to struggle to top the last one. I'm pleased to say i have never been disappointed and each one just gets batter and better. Any fans of a gangland crime books will absolutely love this one and if you haven't read the previous book I would say you get a better feel for the characters by reading them in order, but it could be read as a standalone if you wanted. Why not download the whole series now!
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