Julie Smith - Death Turns A Trick

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Hey guys, I picked up this book from Amazon for free on the Kindle, you can still get it for free here.

It was a short book at less than 200 pages, but the description had me intrigued.

Rebecca our main character is a lawyer who is almost busted playing piano in a bordello.

Herself, and to her surprise the Senator are rushed out the back and given the keys to the owners car to get out of there. Only the senator has left something so escapes out of the car - which Rebecca has just crashed into a tree.

After answering questions at the police station, Rebecca goes home to find a dead prostitute on her carpet, the sister of the guy she is currently seeing, a guy who is now the main suspect in this murder case.

For having less than 200 pages this book has a lot of things happening.

Definitely one to curl up with a nice blanket and hot chocolate and spend a cosy night in with.

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Robert Galbraith - The SIlkworm

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Hey guys, I finally got my hands on the second novel from Robert Galbraith - who I think everyone and their frogs know is JK Rowling. I absolutely loved the Cuckoo's Calling and really warmed to Cormoron Strike the main character - even if he's not really a warm character, I couldn't help but admire him and the way his brain worked. 

I don't know why it took me so long to get this book, but thanks to my sister and the Amazon voucher she got me for my birthday, this was the first book I bought and read it straight away.

We get to see more of Strike in this book, discover him a bit more - see his family and friends. Again he's not a character that is warm, but I find myself admiring him all the same.

This book is based around the disappearance of a fairly known author Owen Quaine. We never actually meet this character, but we find out a lot about his writing style, his private life and his quirks. He is an interesting character. 

His latest book is based on people he knows from his wife to his publicist, none of it nice in fact if it was to get published it would ruin a lot of lives.

That's why when he is found dead - in a very horrific way I may like to add - there is multiple suspects. Strike and his assistant Robin have a lot of people to interview and question that need answering, all without the police finding out and avoiding being followed by someone in a black coat.

This book is another great read. I love mysteries like this whether it be books, shows or films so it was always going to be a winner for me, the fact it's actually JKR who writes it makes me admire her so much more. I can't wait to read more of her work - whether it be in her own name of Robert's, but I really hope there are more books involving Cormoran Strike, he's a character that really intrigues me. 

You can get your own copy for as little as £6.99 here.

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Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl

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Hey guys today's book is Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.

I actually downloaded this book on my Kindle years ago, it was one of the first books I bought for my Kindle, according to my account I ordered it on the 27th August 2012 - yet for some reason it took for me to partially see the trailer for me to finally get around to reading it. I believe the words "Gone Girl? I'm sure that's a book! I believe I own it!" were said. 

The story is told from both Nick and Amy's point of view, both from past tense and future.

Nick and Amy are a married couple who have issues in their marriage that they continue to ignore. Both lost their jobs and decide to move back to Nick's home town to look after his sick mother, the last of Amy's inheritance going towards funding a bar that Nick and his twin sister Go run.

On their 5th Wedding anniversary Amy goes missing, the living room has been turned over and Nick isn't acting how a grieving / worried husband should be.

This book is full of twists and turns in every chapter, a complete page turner.

The main characters Nick and Amy; you want to like them, hate them, blame them and believe them  all at the same time, it's a weird feeling. These are two very twisted people and after I completed this book the first thing I said was "I never want to get married!" if this is what marriage is like. 

I would highly recommend this book but expect strangeness. 

I like a book that can confuse me, make me feel a million things and have me rushing to finish so that I can find out it's ending - that is exactly what this book did.

I've now seen the trailer and the film doesn't look like anything how I pictured it when reading the book - which is why I'm glad I read it first, that's not to say I won't enjoy the film but I'll see them as two different things.  

I'd say read the book first.

You can buy it for as little as £2.85 on Amazon.

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Michaela Thompson - Paper Phoenix

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Hey guys when I first started reading this book, I didn't know if I was going to like it. 

It starts off with a woman who is understandably upset after her husband leaves her for a younger woman, she contemplates killing him, but that's only to keep her mind busy as she doesn't leave the house, why should she? Being the ex (and embarrassed) wife of Richard a big shot in the town, Maggie is determined she is never leaving the house again.

Only the owner (Larry Hawkins) of the local paper has apparently committed suicide, and Maggie remembers over-hearing a phone conversation of Richard's where he told someone that "Larry won't be a problem any more," with this information she cannot stay at home, not when her ex husband could be a murderer.

This is where the story got interesting for me, there was excitement, drama, love even, all based in the 70's. 

A good read if you get the chance.

You can buy this on the Kindle for £1.81. 

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Bob Avey - Footprints of a Dancer

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Hey guys, today I shall be reviewing this Bob Avey book for you, I got this on Amazon for free - if you don't check out the freebies on Amazon you really are missing out on some great deals.  This book has now gone back up to £2.67.

This was a strange one, Kenny Elliot spots Laura Bradford 8 years after she disappeared. Kenny's friend Gerald Reynolds also spots her and calls Kenny, before Kenny gets to Gerald he is killed, his body is in an abandoned building, left in a ritualistic fashion. There is a noise outside which Kenny goes to investigate, when he goes back in the body of his old friend has disappeared. 

The rest of the book Kenny - who takes a break from his job as a Police Detective to unofficially investigate his friends death, and how his old class mate Laura is involved.

This book is a mix between mystery and paranormal activity, it does leave you confused at some points but it all pulls together at the end. 

You can get your own copy for as little as £2.67.

Sara Shepard - Toxic

Hey guys, I finally got my hands on the 15th (and second to last) book in the Pretty Little Liars series. 

I love the TV show, I love the books. I know most people rant about the show and also how many books there are in this series, but I love them.

One thing I have to say was this wasn't a file intended for the Kindle, I think it was a Nook(?) file that my Kindle then converted to get it to work, only it doubled the amount of pages that were in the book as the writing was huge, after reading it all text looked so small against it. You can buy this on iTunes and Nook, but not on the Kindle for some reason, I'm not sure why but she never releases her books on the Kindle until at least 6 months later. 

It had been so long since I read the last PLL book and I'd read so many other books since then that I was confused when I started reading this, I thought I'd read it before - technically I had but not from that characters view, it was only the first few pages and explained a lot so it wasn't exactly the same. 

I would advise you not to have just watched the show before reading this, the show is completely different to the books but as both have so much going on you can get easily confused. 

Things seem to be looking up for the Liar's in this book, movie roles, selling art, book deals and true love - a little too good for them if you think of how much they have suffered in the past books. Of course you'll have to read the book to discover if A is going to ruin their lives again, or if the girls are actually going to be able to have their dreams come true. 

One thing is for certain though, Alison is alive whilst a lot of other people are dying. 

The next and last book in the series Vicious is expected to be released in December 2014 and I for one cannot wait. 

You can buy this book for £9.94 on Amazon.

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