Author Archives: rhirhireader

Yikes, never has a dedication chilled me to the bone as did this one; ‘Dedicated to William, Kathleen and Elizabeth. I’ll forever be haunted by your story’…. And that was before the book even began! From page one, our main character William Jackson Crawford, is portrayed as a flawed, deeply sad individual. Desperate, in everythingContinue reading “The Spirit Engineer”

With a slow build up, my interest started about 150 pages in, and this is where it gets to the real grit of the story.Introduced within 2 timelines, Violets story begins as a young land girl during WW2 where she lives and works under a fake ID just to escape her sharp tongued mother andContinue reading “The Orchard Girls”

Wow, this was real dark material! Not once did the author hold back.As a fan of horror films, this book really gave me the skin crawling sensation that I have been craving! It’s been so long since a real horror like this has come along.With strong similarities to A Nightmare On Elm Street, I was Continue reading “August’s Eyes”

Josh and Claudia have been dealt with their fair share of bad cards in life as a married couple. Coming to terms with being parents is always difficult enough  without the added complications of a child with extra needs or a disability. This novel Centers around Josh mostly, and his way of dealing with aContinue reading “Not Sleeping”

Well this was a treat of a book ❤Ferry Lane Market is the new setting for @author_nicola ‘s newest series.And what a setting it is! Purely gorgeous. I got the privelage of being in Cornwall in person recently and must say, it’s my new obsession. Here we have the very lovely Kara Moon. So beautifulContinue reading “Welcome to Ferry Lane Market”

This felt like an American Pie reunion, 30yrs later! With a dark streak running below the surface! I enjoyed the introduction to the group of friends, lost some interest somewhere in the middle – but when it all came together at the end I saw that every chapter was needed. My eyes watered and aContinue reading “One Last Question”

The Rule review  This took me a while to get my head around, but only because I’m currently going through a phase of wanting to read them Nice happy books  But winning this proof copy from @viper.books spured me on to read it asap. Once my head was in it, I could reallyContinue reading “The Rule”

Review 朗 I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. I think, once I had it in my head it wasn’t a hard core thriller, and more of a domestic family drama kinda thing – it made the whole experience more enjoyable personally. The crime that is committed right at the beginning isContinue reading “The Lies We Tell”

Blog Tour spot  Thank you @rachelsrandomresources once again for getting this book out to me very early on. This is the second in a series, it follows Gordon Square which I really enjoyed.In Gordon Square, we did get a typical crime thriller – and this was so very quick and pacey.In Arlington Terrace, weContinue reading “Arlington Terrace”

I love anything to do with the Loch Ness monster 秊秊秊 so when I saw this in my emails, I jumped at it! That artwork is so pleasing to the eye 朗 Now, the story!…. well, this was an unexpected tragic love story!I did not expect saucy love scenes, and in contrast – uncomfortable degradingContinue reading “The Loch”