Nicki's book blog

  The House of Mystery by Joy Ellis- Crime A young boy is missing and DCI Bob Foreman and his team have little to go on other than he was seen with another boy with a limp- someone they have yet failed to find. The Surrey healing centre deals with the unusual. Each of the staff members has a special gift. Some can see aura’s, others even the dead occasionally, some have synaesthesia and all have found they know there is something brewing- something they have experience of. A boy of five is brought to them who is drawing like an aircraft engineer and speaks as if he has flown the ones in his pictures. Another wants to write a book but due to his age can't get the words down. When he dictates to them it is as if he is a mature adult. What is going on and why? This follows on from Joy’s two other novels with the same characters, A Colour of Mystery and An Aura of Mystery. It would probably stand alone, however I more than thoroughly enjoyed the other two so why miss out? It is a crim...

  The Spider by Stewart Giles- Crime The Spider- a parkour athlete like no other, flitting in and out and murdering quickly and quietly. Murdering those who are victims- hard done to by their partners. Jason Smith has little to go on other than that the man has been seen climbing like his arachnoid namesake. What is he achieving and why? Wow! Yet another brilliant concept from Stewart that kept me in its web (!) right the way through. Its tense, its spellbinding and tantalising. There is a domestic thread to Smith which gives a nice contrast from his work life with drama of its own. I love Stewart's characters- they are ones you can't help but like, and Smith is one that says it as it is, no messing! A fabulous, clever, brilliant, more than highly entertaining read.  __________________ THE SPIDER (Detective Jason Smith #36) by Stewart Giles From bestselling author: Stewart Giles comes another brilliant addition to the Detective Jason Smith series. If you're in his web, you...