Sunday, 19 October 2025
12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas by Natasha Bache
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Friedland
Description from Goodreads:
"The Traitors Circle tells the true, but scarcely known, story of a group of secret rebels against Hitler. Drawn from Berlin high society, they include army officers, government officials, two countesses, an ambassador's widow and a former model - meeting in the shadows, whether hiding and rescuing Jews or plotting for a Germany freed from Nazi rule. One day in September 1943 they gather for a tea party - unaware that one among them is about to betray them all to the Gestapo. But who is the betrayer of a circle themselves branded 'traitors' by the cruellest regime in history?
In another page-turning work of nonfiction that reads like a thriller, Jonathan Freedland, acclaimed author of The Escape Artist, sheds light on one of the most dramatic episodes of the second world war, telling a story of courage, resistance and ultimate betrayal that has deep moral resonance for our own time, and asks what kind of person it takes to risk everything and stand up to tyranny."
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This is a heart-wrenching and compelling biography about a little-known Anti-Nazi group made up of ordinary citizens. The book details how their quiet discussions about a better Germany were enough to sign their death warrant and the fallout is devastating.
This is a non-fiction book but unlike many in this genre, it reads like a thriller and is one that I can recommend especially if, like me, you have little knowledge of German civilian resistance to the horrific regime during a very dark period in history and is a reminder not to tar everyone with the same brush.
Many thanks to the author, John Murray Press and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts on this important book.
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Deadly Mistake (simon Peake #2) by Rob Sinclair
Sunday, 21 September 2025
Short hiatus
Monday, 25 August 2025
The Lucky Winners by K.L. Slater
Sunday, 17 August 2025
The Final Vow (Washington Poe #7) by M.W. Craven
Mr Craven certainly knows how to pull you in and keep you there until the end; that has got to be the best start to a book I have read and I would have read this in one sitting had it not been for work getting in the way! What a book!
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Kill Code (Wolf Six #2) by Alex Shaw
Many thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this action-packed book.
Kill Them With Kindness by Will Carver [Audiobook]
Monday, 4 August 2025
How to Slay at Christmas by Sarah Bonner
I absolutely loved this book; yes it might be a little implausible but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless and it's a great, deliciously dark and really quite amusing story.
Sunday, 3 August 2025
The Singer Behind the Wire by Shari J. Ryan [Audiobook]
This is another great book from an author I enjoy reading and listening to and the narration only makes it better.
No Safe Place (Detective Liz Field #1) by Hannah Brennan
Sunday, 27 July 2025
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
Description from Goodreads:
Two Kinds of Stranger (Eddie Flynn #9) by Steve Cavanagh
Sunday, 20 July 2025
The Hanging Dolls (Zoe Storm #1) by Ruhi Choudhary
Sunday, 13 July 2025
Beneath These Walls by Shade Owens [Audiobook]
Love, Mom by Iliana Xander
This is one of those books that you will either love or hate; me? I didn't love it and I didn't hate it but I did find it enthralling.
The story cleverly unfolds through dual perspectives and multiple timelines, slowly revealing a family falling apart under the weight of trauma, secrets, and lies. While I did see a couple of twists coming, others completely caught me off guard.
Whilst this book might not be everyone's cup of tea, I really enjoyed it and many thanks to the author, Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this intriguing and enthralling book.
Daughter, Missing by Jill Childs
I haven't read anything by Jill Childs before (I know, where have I been living?!!?) but if this book is anything to go by, I won't be making that mistake in the future.
The plot is enthralling and had me reading way longer into the night than I should and whilst there are bits that are a little implausible, it didn't ruin my enjoyment of this book and I have no hesitation in recommending it to lovers of psychological thrillers that aren't full of violence and gore.
Thanks to the author, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this absorbing book.
Sunday, 6 July 2025
Dead Reckoning (Simon Peake #) by Rob Sinclair
Sunday, 29 June 2025
What the Night Brings (Tom Thorne #19) by Mark Billingham
I won’t go into any details about the story-line as the description above says it all but I will say that it is captivating, thrilling, absorbing, exciting, shocking and all the other superlatives that you normally use to describe a brilliant read.