One, two...he is coming for you

Rebekka Franck and her daughter Julie have recently moved back in with her father after fleeing from her husband when he became ausive.  She starts working at the local newspaper on the day that the town has their first murder.  The team of Franck and Sune, the photographer, soon start looking deeper into the case than the police seem to and it is not long before they believe they are looking for a serial killer.

The book is well written, I thought I had worked it out who the killer was fairly early into the story but was pleased that it was a red herring.  The characters develop well throughout the course of the book with more and more coming to light about each of them as the story progresses.

I shall now be downloading the second book onto my kindle to see if it lives up to the first in the series.

White bones- Graham Masterton

John Meagher finds the skeletons of 11 women on his farm arranged in a strange pattern. Detective superintendent Katie Maguire is called to investigate but quickly discovers that they are very old bones. Meanwhile a teenage girl is abducted and resources have to be plowed into searching for her. Soon Maguire discovers that the two cases are linked. Whilst dealing with these cases she is also fighting her own demons at home- the death of her baby boy and her not-always-law-abiding husband.

I loved the main characters in this book, I thought they were really well built up. In parts the story was a bit gory, I found myself skim reading a couple of paragraphs! I saw half of the ending coming but not the entirety of it which I think makes it all the more satisfying.

Dark Side- Belinda Bauer

Jonas Holly is a local police officer whose beat takes in a number of small villages.  He is called in when an elderly, paralysed lady is found dead.  soon it becomes clear that she has been murdered and reinforcements are called in in the form of DCI Marvel and his team.  Marvel is a very rude, brusque individual who does not like Holly, or in fact many people.  Soon more dead bodies are found, the link between them all is they were suffering from some life limiting illness.  In amongst all of this Holly is dealing with his wife who is suffering from MS.

I really enjoyed this book, I foudn it was really gripping and I couldn't put it down.  I did feel that the ending didn't quite sit right with me though.

I loved the fact that the chapters in this book were a countdown to how many days were left in the investigation.  I didn't realise this was the second book in a series so I shall be hunting out the first one to see what happened prior to this story.

John Kear Coaching is Chaos

John Kear is a man who lives, breathes and loves rugy league.  This much is clear from his autobiography.  It is a very easy to read book, filled with some great anecdotes about well known Rugby personalities.  Kear is honest about the things he has got wrong as well as the times he has been hurt by people.  He is not naive though, he realises that his time in the game isn't forever and is up front with his opinions about changes that should be made to the sport.

Apologies

I haven't posted here for nearly a year primarily due to the birth of my little girl.  I am hoping to be more active in my reviewing now!!

Gone missing- Linda Castillo

This is the fourth book in the Kate Burkholder series.  In this book Kate is called in to help with an investigation into missing Amish teenagers.  The teenagers are all keen to leave the Amish community before their disappearance.  As Kate was brought up in this society it is hoped that she will be able to offer some insights into the case.
I enjoyed this book but felt that a lot of it focussed on Kate's private life and relationships.  It is not a fast moving thriller but it is a well written police procedural.

Me and my sisters- Sinead Moriarty

A pleasant read if a little predictable in places.  Julie, Sophie and Louise are very different personalities and have drifted apart slightly as they have grown older but as problems hit them they discover that blood is thicker than water and they do all pull together.  The story is nicely told with chapters alternating between the three of them and we also have the funny storyline of their brother Gavin who insists on being called Willow to blend in with his tree hugging friends!!