Review: The Informant

The Informant by Susan Wilkins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Another author to watch out for. If this first book is anything to go by.

Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to the publishers for a review copy of this book.

This was certainly my sort of book. I enjoyed it right from the beginning. And can not wait to see what Susan Wilkins does next. I believe there is going to be a sequel to this book, and by god I can not wait.

A fantastic read. And I believe fans of authors Like Martina Cole, Casey Kelleher, Helen black, Jessie Keane and on and on (to name just a few) would really enjoy this book. As a very keen reader, I love books in this Genre, and it still amazes me when we get a new author who can deliver the story as good as, if not better than some of the leading authors in this category.

#police #lawyer’s #gangster’s #prison #drugs #murder. What more can you ask for in a book. Once I started this I really didn’t want to put it down, and I found the more I read, the more I wanted to carry on reading. And although it was a fantastic read and I really needed to get to the end, once I was near the end, I wanted to put the book down so that I didn’t finish it. And OH MY GOD What an ending.

We are introduced to the wonderful (ok Not so wonderful) Phelps family.

Joey the up and coming wanna be gangster, has taken over the family firm. After Dad is no longer in a position to run it. Joey seems to be a bit of a loose cannon, and you can’t help liking him and hating him at the same time. Along with his side kick Ash, Joey seems to just be able to find trouble, and being so badly wanted by the police you would think he would try staying out of it. (Although that would have been boring lol)

His sister Karen is just released from Prison after serving 6 years of her 12 year sentence. Karen wants nothing to do with the family business, and is determined to continue her ART studies that she started whilst in prison; she wants to enrol into collage and be left to get on with things. But being part of the Phelps family this might not be the plan that Big brother has for her. Kaz was really likeable throughout the book. At times she seemed a very confused young lady, not knowing what she wanted or how to go about it. Her head was very mixed up at times, but I think that is understandable. Maybe getting a little to close to her Lawyer. And not coping to well with being followed by a not so undercover, undercover cop. But the police want this family off the streets, and it seems they will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Karen’s younger sister has not done to well for herself whilst Karen has been in Prison, and Karen is not happy that Joey hasn’t taken care of her.

When Cousin Sean is also released from Prison, he thinks its only right that he takes over as the head of the family business. But is Joey about to stand back and let him, or has Joey got used to being the main man and doesn’t want Sean by his side. One thing is for sure. Things are going to get messy. Who can survive and come out the other end. Well you need to read it and find out.

A must read..... 5/5

This book will certainly be in *one of my best books read this year* group. Come on Susan you now have a fan club eagerly awaiting your next book, and we are praying you can deliver something just as good if not better.



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Review: Rise and fall

Rise and fall by Casey Kelleher

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



After reading this book a few years ago and loving it. I was thrilled when I got the chance to listen to it on Audio.
Not being sure what to expect, I took my phone and headphones, on a walk, then took it to work, then It ended up going everywhere with me.
It was funny as although I had read the book, with it being a few years ago, I had forgotten a lot of what happened, and found listening to this, interesting and exciting.
Many kindle books have the text to speach enabled, and if you have ever listened to it, you will know it sounds very robotic and hard to follow.
This is not the case witht he audio version, it was like having someone with a great soothing voice follow me around reading to me. Great for when you want to read, but haven't got the chance to sit down. I'm now listening to this for the 2nd time while i get stuck into my housework.
The audio book is brilliant and I would love to listen to more books in future



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Review: Jill Mansell's A-Z of Happiness

Jill Mansell's A-Z of Happiness by Jill Mansell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Happy list A-Z
Day in the life of
Q& A

If you are expecting a sit down and read a book all afternoon, this is not for you.
If you want to make a cuppa, put your feet up and have an hour or so reading something that is lighthearted, fun and interesting, then you should read this.

I actually found myself nodding and agreeing with some of the things on Jill's list, and saying, i do that, I use one of those.



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Review: How the In-Laws Wrecked Christmas

How the In-Laws Wrecked Christmas by Fiona Gibson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Pretty much as it says on the tin, A Fun short read.



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Review: Gypsy Hunted

Gypsy Hunted by Andrea Drew

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Enjoyable and interesting. It does make you want to carry on reading, just to see what is going to happen.

It is quite a well written book. With there always seeming to be something happening, something going on.

Gypsy has psychic powers of some sort, and after an accidemt that leaves her unable to talk, uses her niece Renee who has the same ability as Gypsy, as her communicator.

Connor is the police officer in charge of finding out what happened on the night of the accident Gypsy was involved in, and luckily had met her previousl, so understands to some degree her *powers*.



An easy enjoyable read, with not to many Characters but enough going on to keep you interested.



3.5/5



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Review: Girls Night Out

Girls Night Out by Kate Flora

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Girls night out.

4/5

A Great story of revenge.



I think it is really difficult to imagine what you would do in a situation similar to this. I think that unless you have actually been the victim of a crime, it is really difficult to imagine it at all.

Although maybe most people would not do what the girls in this book have done, I can truly believe that most victims of assault could possible dream of doing this to there abuser.

I think the story covered the revenge very well, and enjoyed it, A quick easy read, that kept my interest right through it.

A couple of *hold your breath moments* made the book all the better.



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Review: Fear No Evil

Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Fear No Evil

a book that mixes paranormal and crime fiction together and does it really well. It was also quite an easy read, so didn’t take long to get into, and wanted to carry on reading just to see what happened.

It also has its fair share of humour and one liners.

The story is set in Liverpool with Private investigator called Jayne McCartney (Not related to Sir Paul)

Jayne takes on a case of a young girl who has apparently committed suicide jumping from a flat window. She enlists the help of a rather sexy and hunky former priest Dan Lennon. And together they work at trying to figure out if it was suicide or something more sinister.

I was a little slow with realising the names. Lennon and McCartney. But chuckled once it clicked. Lol.

Fear No Evil is a really good enjoyable read.



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Review: Bad Bridesmaid

Bad Bridesmaid by Portia Macintosh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Bad Bridesmaid

Absolutely hilarious.



This is the first book I have read from this author. And it’s only recently I have started to read a few more chic lit books than I normally would. And so far I have been very lucky as each one I have read I have really enjoyed.

This book just seemed FUN. I laughed out loud most of the way through it.


Formally Mia Harrison now Mia Valentina is hot shot movie writer in LA living in her Lad Pad and doing pretty much as she pleases. She returns to the UK to be the chief bridesmaid at her sister's wedding. I think getting on the plane heading home was Mia’s biggest mistake I think she just brought with her a bad luck cloud, because if it could go wrong it would go wrong, and most the time it went wrong is spectacular style. She is not very well liked by her family and certainly seems like the black sheep of the family. Many times through the book I just kept thinking. Mia get back on that plane and go home before anything else can go wrong. Just as you think one incident is over she clangs right into the next one.



Belle is Mia’s sister, and I had mixed feeling for her. Sometimes I wanted to slap her, and others I wanted to feel sorry for her. Belle used to Bully Mia, and to say they are not really close sisters may be a bit of an understatement. There was times when I thought that Belle was just a spoilt brat. But as the story went on I grew to like her.



There is the normal chic lit hunks a plenty in this book, and Mia seems to like the try before you buy style. She wants’ casual sex, not serious relationships. She wants fun not commitment. But most of all I think she just wants to be liked, by her family or at least accepted.



A really good light hearted fun read. I will definitely look into reading more books from this author, I really did enjoy it. If you are feeling a little down or fed up, then read this, it really does have the feel good factor and anyone feels better after a good laugh, and this book has plenty of laughs.

#Sundaychallenge



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Review: Vendetta

Vendetta by Dreda Say Mitchell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Well worth the wait.
OMG How excited was I to receive an early copy of this book. I couldn't wait to get stuck in. It seemed like foreverago since I read Dreada Say Mitchell books.

Although this book is different from her other books, right from the first page I loved this book. It didn't take me long to get sucked right into the story.


We start off this book with a Murder. What do you do if you wake up in a sleezy hotel room, and the woman you went there with is now dead in the bathroom, brutally murdered, you have a gun shot wound to your head, and you have no bloody idea what the hell happened.
Well you go searching for answers, answers that might just get you into trouble, or at best just killed. No big deal, as long as you get the truth.


Well that is exactly what happened to Mac. I really liked him, although he was at times hard to figure out, and a little crazy. Well more than a little, he was kind of crazier than a big bag of crazy things. But likable. I found myself many times talking to the characters in the book, now i'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. lol. But to me it means that the author has managed to get you sucked in and involved in what is going on. I sooo needed to know Who-What-Why.? all the way through I suspected everyone of not being what they say they are, I become very suspicious of everyone, and didn't know who could and couldn't be trusted.
An amazing book, well worth reading. This book is certainly going to be in my top 10 read of 2014. Just Brilliant.


I wanted to sit and read this in one sitting, but I found I was actually really good (bloody hard to do) but I took my time and just read a few chapters at a time.
I really liked the short chapters in this book, as it's easy to *read just one more chapter*.


'Breathless from the first word, thrilling to the last.' Lee Child
'Wonderful vivid writing and a truly original voice.' Peter James

Two murders. Two different crime scenes. One killer?

Mac wakes in an smashed-up hotel room with no recollection of what has happened. With his lover's corpse in the bathroom and the evidence suggesting that he killed her, Mac is on a mission to uncover the truth and find the real killer.

But he's in a race against time with less than a day to unravel the mystery. Still reeling from a personal tragedy Mac isn't afraid of pain. Hot on his heels is tenacious Detective Inspector Rio Wray. Double-crossed and in the line of fire, Mac has to swim through a sea of lies to get to the truth.

But only Mac knows he's been living a double life. Can he be sure he doesn't have the blood of a dead woman on his hands?



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