Review of The Secret Keepers by Tilly Bagshawe

 

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Today is my stop on the Random Things blog tour for The Secret Keepers by Tilly Bagshawe.

The Challant family have been spending their summers in Beaulieu in the French Riviera for years. However, on stormy night in 1928 a terrible tragedy occurs and a young girl local boy is killed.

The four Challant children are deeply affected, especially Ines. However, as time goes by their memories of the time begin to fade.

However, local rumours swirl even as the years go by about what truly happened. In searching for the truth, what hidden family secrets are they about to reveal?

A novel full of family secrets set between the French Riviera and the Cornish coast. I loved the dual timeline of this book and I can’t wait to read more Tilly Bagshawe books.

4.5 stars

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Review of Seven Days by Robert Rutherford

 

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for Seven Days by Robert Rutherford.

Alice has not seen her father for years when her sister tells her that he is on death row and has only seven days to live.

Even though they are estranged and she knows he is guilty of many things, Alice is not sure that even he is capable of murder.

With only seven days to prove his innocence, will Alice be able to do it and does she truly want to?

This is a gripping book that had me hooked from the first page. This is an amazing debut novel and I can’t wait to read more by this author.

Highly recommended for thriller fans!

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Review of Five Bad Deeds by Caz Frear

 

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Today is our stop on the Random Things blog tour for Five Bad Deeds by Caz Frear.

Ellen and Adam Walsh have recently moved to The Meadowhouse in Thames Lawley, an upmarket village outside London. Adam`s wealthy parents loaned the couple the money to purchase the home which needed considerable renovation. Ellen is mother to awkward teenage daughter Orla and two-year-old twins Max and Kian as well as doing part-time tutoring to enable students to improve their English grades. She also has the ambition to work at their prestigious school as Head of English, Secretly, she coaches a bright but erratic student, Zane, on a local run-down estate.

She befriends Nush and Tom, a local couple with a daughter at university, and Gwen, who lives opposite the Meadowhouse on the village green and who has a daughter Bella, the same age as the twins, Ellen has great plans for her new home, She wants to modernise it completely, but not everyone agrees with her vision, least of all Adam and Orla.

Ellen is well-meaning and good-hearted, but very garrulous and opinionated. She has built a very comfortable life in Thames Lawley with Adam and her family. She sees herself as doing good deeds and giving good advice while juggling her other commitments, along with Orla`s moods and Max`s tantrums.

It is this trait which leads to her new life gradually crumbling.  She fails to realise that well-meant advice and actions do not always have the desired effect on others; innocent words and heartfelt acts can have dire repercussions.

Refreshing, gripping and disturbing in its innocence, this is an amazing book. A very different and arresting story and a marvellous read!

 5 Stars.

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About the Author

Caz Frear has a first class degree in History and Politics, and spent twelve years working as a headhunter before she started writing.  She hasn’t lost her enthusiasm for networking, and is a popular member of the crime fraternity.  She lives in Coventry with her husband. Her debut, the number one bestseller Sweet Little Lies, was the winner of the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition 2017 and went on to sell over 250,000 copies. It was followed by Stone Cold Heart and Shed No Tears, both of which feature her police detective Cat Kinsella. Five Bad Deeds is her first standalone thriller.