Mystery | Reading Under The Blankie

All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth

21st August 2018 by Norrie

Love a mystery with teenage drama? All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth Genres: Mystery, Young Adult Published: 10th July, 2018 Goodreads | Bookdepository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 3.5 In the last day of summer, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Allister Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions. Years later, seventeen-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: All These Beautiful Strangers, boarding school, Fiction, Mystery, secret society, YA

You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks

19th July 2018 by Norrie

A dark and harrowing tale set in the beautiful Swedish country side, You Were Made For This is a sophisticated psychological thriller that takes a sharp look at marriage, friendship and the truths of motherhood most people love to sweep under the carpet. You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks Genres: Suspense, Mystery Published: 28th June, 2018 Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 4 In an idyllic house in a Swedish wood, Merry and her […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: domestic suspense, frenemy, Michelle Sacks, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Swedish country side, unlikeable characters, You Were Made For This

The Girls by Lisa Jewell

16th July 2018 by Norrie

An immersive mystery, The Girls is a book about long buried secrets, friendship and forgiveness. The Girls by Lisa Jewell Genres: Contemporary, Mystery Published: 2nd July, 2015 Goodreads | Bookdepository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 4 You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: contemporary, lisa jewell, Mystery, summer, the girls, the girls in the garden

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

9th July 2018 by Norrie

Two truths and a lie. A fifteen year old mystery, a summer camp that holds a long buried secret, and a young girl who might just hold the key to unravel it all. Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager Genres: Mystery, Thriller Published: 3rd July, 2018 Goodreads | Amazon UK | Book Depository Series: N/A Rating: 3.5 Have you ever played two truths and a lie? Emma has. Her first summer away from home, she learned how to play […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: Camp Nightingale, Last Time I Lied, lies, Mystery, Riley Sager, secrets, Suspense, Thriller

The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke

4th July 2018 by Norrie

Unsettling and utterly creepy, The Tall Man kept me guessing till the end not only about what the hell is happening, but also what genre I’m actually reading. The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke Genres: Thriller, Mystery Published: 14th June, 2018 Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 4 A SENSELESS MURDER. A TERRIFYING LEGEND. A FAMILY HAUNTED. 1990: In the darkest woods, three girls devote themselves to a sinister figure. 2000: A young mother disappears, leaving […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: creepy, Mystery, phoebe locke, tall man, the tall man, Thriller, urban legends

Ready For The Beach? These 16 Books Will Put You In Summer Mood

7th June 2018 by Norrie

Even though I like autumn with it’s orange coloured leaves and golden sunsets, pumpkin pies and walks in the crisp mornings, if I could live in eternal summer, I would. There’s just something about warm sand, floaty dresses and the promise of boat trips I can’t get enough of. I grew up in a country where we had proper seasons, and I lived two minutes away from a riverside where we spent almost every day, eating ice cream, swimming, and […]

Categories: Books, List • Tags: beach, beach reads, contemporary, Mystery, reading list, summer, summer mood, summer reading, Thriller, YA

A Book Set At Sea

1st June 2018 by Norrie

I love the sea, and I love spending time at the seaside. That said, I’ve never been on a cruise, or spent significant time on the waters, and I’m not sure how I would cope with it to be honest. The dangers and the vast nothingness out there is somewhat frightening and I don’t think I could put up with spending days on end on a boat or ship without going a bit nuts. The 25th reading prompt for the […]

Categories: Books, List, Reading Challenge • Tags: book list, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Popsugar Reading Challenge, Reading, Reading Challenge, reading list, reading prompt, Sci-Fi, Thriller, young adult

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

28th May 2018 by Norrie

Borderline mind-numbing, The Favourite Sister tells the story of five highly annoying, but wildly successful women who get their lives documented on a reality TV show. The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll Genres: Mystery, Fiction Published: 17th May, 2018 Goodreads Series: N/A Rating: 2 When five hyper-successful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder… Brett’s the fan favorite. Tattooed and only […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: jessica knoll, Mystery, reality show, reality TV, the favorite sister

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

25th May 2018 by Norrie

Lyrical and dreamy, We Were Liars tells the story of a summer that change the lives of four teenagers forever. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Genres: YA, Mystery Published: 13th May, 2014 Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 5 A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: contemporary, e lockhart, Fiction, liars, Mystery, private island, Reading, Review, we were liars, YA

The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall

23rd May 2018 by Norrie

Chilling and heartbreaking, The Woman Before Me is a story of loss and grief with a hearty dose of misogyny. The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall Genres: Psychological Thriller Published: 28th August, 2010 Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon UK Series: Cate Austin #1 Rating: 3.5 ‘They came for me, just like I knew they would. Luke had been dead for just three days.’ Rose Wilks’ life is shattered when her newborn baby Joel is admitted to intensive care. […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: cate austin, Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Review, ruth dugdall, Suspense, Thriller

Darling by Rachel Edwards

14th May 2018 by Norrie

A quiet, chilling, slowly unfolding mystery, Darling is a disturbing story of a teenage girl and her stepmother. Darling by Rachel Edwards Genres: Mystery, Thriller Published: 17th May, 2018 (expected) Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 3 Lola doesn’t particularly want a new stepmother. Especially not one who has come out of nowhere and only been with her dad for three months. And – she’s not racist or anything – but since when did her dad […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: darling, Fiction, Mystery, rachel edwards, Review, Thriller

My Sweet Friend by H.A. Leuschel – #BlogBlitz

13th May 2018 by Norrie

Who needs enemies with friends like this? My Sweet Friend by H.A. Leuschel Genres: Short Stories, Contemporary Published: 6th December, 2017 Series: N/A A stand-alone novella from the author of Manipulated Lives A perfect friend … or a perfect impostor? Alexa is an energetic and charismatic professional and the new member of a Parisian PR company where she quickly befriends her colleagues Rosie and Jack. She brings a much-needed breath of fresh air into the office and ambitiously throws herself […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: H.A. Leuschel, Mystery, novella, Thriller