This is an okay book. I was hoping to start on a new cozy mystery series, but I guess this won't be the one. This is (most) probably the first and last book I will read of this series. It was okay in a way that watching-anything-on-TV-when-there's-nothing-else-to-do kind of okay. There were some ...
Stretches the boundaries of the cozy mystery by being set in bustling London with all sorts of villains afoot, and the worst of the nasty plots tucked inside a plastic duck! But the adventures are rollicking, except perhaps for the race through the sewers between Regent's Park and Hyde Park. Char...
It didn’t much. He put the wig down in the center of the mahogany desk in front of him—which was wrong to do, at least for any length of time, because they lose their shape—and he stared at it. He could hardly expect a jury to resist public pressure if he could not do so himself. He had managed i...
The bleach stung his eyes, and he could feel tears rolling down his cheeks. He screwed his nose up against the potent chemical stench and used the cold wall to guide himself. Fortunately, he didn't have to travel far. Accompanied by Sarah's screams, he carefully placed one foot in front of the o...
He kept it propped open as he stared at Rhys and Vicky. Other than the twitch of his head from side to side as he seemingly took in Rhys, and then Vicky, and then Rhys again, he stood still. A low rattle ran through his chest with his laboured respiration. Malice then twisted his features as he d...
"Go without me. I can't walk." Looking at Jake for a moment, his eyes pinching at the sides, Tom nodded and turned his back. After one step, he stamped on the floor and spun around again. "Fuck it!" "Just go. There's nothing you can do to save me." "Fuck it!" "Go!" "Fuck it!" "Stop saying that!" ...
“Do you think they’re coming back?” Archie, at seventeen, was three years older than Josh. “I don’t know. Maybe, but it’s been three days, and we can’t wait in a house that’s on fire.” “So what shall we do?” “We’ve got to go to Nana’s. If any of our family are still in London, that’s where they’l...
The sudden movement had triggered the pain at the base of his back from the bike crash. A dull throb resided around his coccyx; however, the searing agony of a hot bullet in his body seemed absent. He moved slowly, as if he’d been shot anyway. The shock had hit him hard. He then looked up at Osca...
There were no streetlamps; there were in fact no lights visible of any kind in any direction. Still standing with the umbrella in the rain, Laura asked if she should get the torch out of the boot. “No,” said Reggie. “Nearly done.” And he was, but it was a bloody good thing. He was pretty sure the...
All a bit stuffy for Laura’s taste. But she had to admit that even with her recent success, if she herself wanted one of these stately white-stone Edwardians, she would hardly be able to afford it.So … great legs and family money, thought Laura, as the cab came to a stop. The more she learned of ...
Covering his mouth and nose, he stepped into the freezing garage, ducking to avoid the thick part of the cloud and ignoring the burn in his eyes as best as he could. The discomfort from both the sharp drop in temperature and the restriction of his breathing was nothing compared to the anxiety he ...
Larissa said as she frowned deeper than before and the car sped up. After he’d looked down at her foot on the accelerator, Rhys said, “She’ll look after him. I’m sure of it.” “Forgive me if I don’t trust your judgment, Rhys. After all, you were the one who left him with her in the first place.” M...
Michael yelled as they tore the tape from his mouth. It left behind a throbbing sting like it had taken his skin with it. Tears blurred his view of the room. He’d cried the entire way to the warehouse. It felt worse this time around. The first time, he didn’t have a clue what to expect, and he’d ...