Nicki's book blog

Miranda- Stewart Giles-crime/psychological Miranda is a serial killer by her own admittance. She is in a secure unit. We learn of her story from her side and from that of the police at the time of her killing spree. A man is found by the river possibly the victim of a hit and run. A woman has been killed near a pub and it looks like her boyfriend could be to blame. Three people have supposedly jumped from a block of flats at the same time, one being an elderly woman with a terminal diagnosis. DI Keene has her work cut out with more murders than they have ever had to deal with and she has that gut feeling that they are somehow connected. As yet she is not sure how, but her tenacity just won’t let this one go. I really enjoyed this and took to the characters- even Miranda and felt sorry for how she was treated by Dr French. The pages turned easily and I wanted the book to be longer, if that makes sense , I was enjoying it so much whilst wanting things...

No-one Ever has sex at a Wedding- Tracy Bloom- rom com Braindead. Who on earth would you ever call that? Braindead is really Craig who is a very loveable character however I could totally see by 4 chapters in why he had been given this name many years before. I haven’t read the others in the series and so didn’t know the background to this but I don’t believe it marred it in any way. Braindead and Abby are getting married. Ben is the best man and his pregnant wife Katy is the honorary mother of the groom as Craig lost his mother many years before hand. The plot centres around various weddings and a speech that goes spectacularly wrong. I would recommend this read for anyone of that age where weddings are a plenty and young family are around. For the rest of us, I really got rather bored at Katy “being 4 months pregnant and having to negotiate her way out of a chair” - at 4 months whilst others are running and swimming etc?? Ok so that’s my one small  ...

Reflected Destinies - Florence Keeling- Science fiction romance/time travel - Price promo HALF PRICE!! Reflected Destinies Laura is happy and content, she has a new boyfriend and loves her job teaching primary school pupils in London.  But when she inherits a rundown house from a stranger on her 30th birthday, memories of her prom night come flooding back, memories of a scary encounter and an antique mirror in the very same house. Laura visits the house with all its secrets and as she unravels the clues she reveals the biggest secret of all: her own destiny.  But how can you change the future if it’s already written in the past? Purchase Link – http://mybook.to/reflecteddestinies To celebrate Mother’s Day, Reflected Destinies will be half price from 29th March to 1st April. About Florence Keeling ​ Florence Keeling adopted for her pen-name her Great Grandmother's name, chosen because of the shared birthday of April Fool's Day.  She is marri...

A GIFT FOR DYING MJ Arlidge - Crime Oh wow! A book that draws you in from the very beginning and the” gift” that keeps on giving so to speak! A man is murdered, in fact more than. His body is brutally taken apart. Two young gang members are picked up quickly afterwards in the mans car however it is just their bad luck that the body was in the trunk. Kassie has been having visions. Always just slightly the wrong side of the tracks at 15, she often misses school and has drugs to help her through. On a shoplifting spree she bumps into a man and when she looks into his eyes it disturbs her so much she knows she has to do something about it and warn him of his impending doom. Adam is a forensic psychologist attached to the police department as well as his own practice and is soon to be a father. When Adam agrees to treat Kassie , can he believe her visions or is she hiding something more, much more? I found myself wanting to turn the pages faster and fas...

Whatever happened to Betsy Blake -David M Lyons -Psychological thriller Wow! Sit back and prepare for the ride! One of my books of the year. Gordon is in hospital and may only have a few hours left to live. He is having an operation at 3 pm and the doctors have given him a fifty:fifty chance of survival. Lenny is a private investigator who just about makes enough to keep his family's head above water, mostly by doing simple insurance jobs. In all the years doing this he has never had that one big, urgent case that could make him. Seventeen years ago Betsy Blake was playing on a wall whilst her father nearby talked to a friend. She disappeared and was never seen again. The police closed their case, presuming she was dead after nothing had been found other than some DNA in a car which somehow showed she was no longer alive. Gordon has never given up on his daughter returning and now in what may be his last hours he needs answers and quickly. Lenny’...

Fatal Harmony - Kate Rhodes- Crime/psychological Sit on the edge of your seat and hang on! Adrian Stone is a cold hearted killer. He is also a musical genius. He claims as Bizet did that one is relate to the other. Nine years ago he killed three members of his family and was put not a secure mental facility. He is a narcissist and has severe personality disorder however he is clever and cunning and can turn people in the blink of an ey, having deceived several psychologists in the past . Dr Alice Quentin now works for the Met and was instrumental in putting Adrian away. Stone has faked deafness and on the way to a hospital appointment having turned one of the guards makes his escape, killing two of the guards and leaving the other one very nearly dead also. He very quickly begins his killing spree and is leaving things at the scenes for the team to find. Oh my. Kate knows just how to build tension very quickly and this runs throughout the book. There is...

Stolen Sister- Linda Huber- Family drama/psychological When the parents of three children are killed in a hotel fire, Maisie takes on the two older ones whom she was already looking after for the night whilst the parents and baby, who is only a few days old, had gone to a reunion. A friend also at the hotel managed to save the baby by catching her when she was thrown to her by the mother moments before there was a blast which killed both her and her husband. When Maisie mentions to Vicky, the oldest child about the baby her reaction is “who is Erin?” as if she isn’t aware of her. Sylvie has really taken to looking after Erin and as one of the other children requires special care it gives Maisie a hand for Sylvie to look after Erin for a while until things get more sorted. Sylvie however has her own plans for her and the baby and leaves her boyfriend in order to put this into action. Years later and Vicky becomes aware that there may be another child wh...

The Forgotten Secret by Kathleen McGurl- Historical/present day myster y Set across two timelines in Ireland this tells of the beginning of the struggle for independence in two very different ways. In 1919  Mary- Ellen goes to work at the big house where a wealthy English widow lives. She sees her boyfriend on her day off who lives at Clonamurty farm, and he is a keen fighter for the cause. 100 years later, Clare Farrell  has decided to leave her controlling husband and take up residence in the house left to her by her uncle. Her husband really doesn’t think that she will manage and who is going to be there when the postman calls and to make his tea? Clare begins to embrace her new found freedom and put her talents to work- some she never knew she had. I’m not normally into historical novels but this one somehow drew me. Maybe the air of mystery and the likeability of the two main female characters. I really took to Clare and Ellen (as she liked ...