The Burgeoning Bookshelf

Every year I look forward to Karen Swan's Christmas book and All I Want for Christmas was another 5 star read for me!    Set in the bea...

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth is a compelling mystery thriller centred around two married couples, Pippa & Gabe and Amanda & Max, ...

Before I Go to Sleep is the tension-filled debut novel from S. J. Watson.   Christine wakes each morning in a strange house in bed with a s...

The Paris Mystery is a cosy crime novel set in 1930's Paris, on the cusp of WWII. It is the first book in Kirsty Manning's Charlott...

I enjoyed this cosy murder mystery set in the 1920’s and around a meeting of suffragettes. The murder is discovered quite early in the book ...

Shadow City is my first book by Natalie Conyer and as soon as I'd finished I was searching out more of her work. Shadow City is set in...

  All You Took From Me by Lisa Kenway Publisher: Transit Lounge Publishing Publication date: 1st August 2024 Genre: Crime / Thriller Pages: ...

Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald Publisher: Bookouture Publication date: 2nd September 2024 Series: An Ally McKinley Myster...

  Liars by James O'Loghlin Everyone is guilty of something   Publisher: Echo Publishing Publication date: 30th July 2024 Genre: Crime / ...

 Murder in Punch Lane by Jane Sullivan Publisher: Echo Publishing Publication date: 2nd July 2024 Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery Pages:...

 All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Publisher: Hachette Australia Imprint: Orion Publication date: 25th June 2024 Genre: Crime/ M...

 Among the Grey Gums by Paula J. Beavan Secrets, corruption and bushrangers.   Publisher: Harlequin Australia Publication date: 5th June 202...

  The Lost Letters of Rose Carey by Julie Bennett Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication date: 1st May 2024 Genre: Historical Fiction P...

The Mistress of Dara Island by Averil Kenny A tropical paradise is her birthright ... but will its dark secrets destroy her dreams?   Publis...

  The Wartime Vet by Ellie Curzon Publisher: Bookouture Publication date: 4th April 2024 Series: A Village at War #3  Genre: Historical Fict...

  Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey A MISSING CORPSE. A SHOCKING CRIME.  FAMILY SECRETS TOO CLOSE TO HOME.   Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publica...

 Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey A MISSING GIRL. HER MURDERED BOYFRIEND. A COP ON THE EDGE .   Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication da...

  Into the Night by Sarah Bailey A BRAZEN MURDER WITH HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES - A CASE WHERE NO ONE CAN BE TRUSTED  Publisher: Allen & Unw...

  Devil's Lair by Sarah Barrie A lonely widow, a sinister act, a darkness rising from the past. Publisher: Harlequin Australia Publicati...

The Accident by Fiona Lowe She thought their life was perfect.  She was wrong.   Publisher: Harlequin Australia Publication date: 6th March ...