by sherylbrowne | Jun 26, 2024 | Review
I’ll say up front that I have to choose my reads carefully. I have limited reading time and I need to be absorbed. The Wreckage of Us (recommended by a reviewer) gripped me from the prologue to the epilogue totally. So much so, I couldn’t bear to pause to make notes –...
by sherylbrowne | May 15, 2024 | Review
A Bonsai Tree Called Geoff: Police Stories I Probably Shouldn’t Share by John Donoghue My rating: 5 of 5 stars You know when life is doing that thing it does: throwing so many things at you you feel you’re going to self-combust? Don’t. Read John Donoghue...
by sherylbrowne | Oct 7, 2022 | Review
6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ooh what a cleverly written and tense thriller this is. I was so enjoying trying to figure out whodunnit, I was silently screaming ‘Nooo’ when I realised I was about to find out. Well I was near the end and so I...
by sherylbrowne | Mar 25, 2022 | Book Launches, Review
As with all straightforward guides Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon’s Catching a Killer is an incredibly inspiring and informative reference book. While reading, my mind was pinging with ideas of murder scenarios where, say, diminished responsibility might be claimed –...
by sherylbrowne | Aug 21, 2021 | Bookouture, Review
One Left Behind by Carla Kovach My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! Talk about a book that packs a punch. Just a few pages in I was blown away by One Left Behind. The police procedural element, where every detail is well-researched and fed in seamlessly, is simply excellent....