The Lover of the Grave (The Lydmouth Crime Series -3) by Andrew Taylor #FridayReads #BookReview

After the coldest night of the year, they find the man’s body. He is dangling from the Hanging Tree on the outskirts of a village near Lydmouth, with his trousers round his ankles. Is it suicide, murder, or accidental death resulting from some bizarre sexual practice? Journalist Jill Francis and Detective Inspector Thornhill become involved

The Lost Notebook by Louise Douglas #TuesdayBookBlog #NewRelease

A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of Morranez… It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his

Murder in the Fens (Tara Thorpe Mysteries Book 4) by Clare Chase #Bookreview

When the body of twenty-year-old Julie Cooper is found – her pockets stuffed full of wilting flowers – in an iron-age hill fort on the edge of the fens, Detective Tara Thorpe and her team are called in to investigate. The evidence points to an illicit affair gone wrong… but is there more to the

Death Comes to Call (Tara Thorpe Mystery 3) by Clare Chase #FridayReads

When a promising local artist disappears, the victim’s brother begs Detective Tara Thorpe to take the case. It seems there’s no evidence of foul play… he simply disappeared without a trace. Tara agrees to do some digging… never mind that her unorthodox approach to policing has got a few of her colleagues’ backs up. Amongst