I was lucky enough to win a copy of Will Dean's debut novel Dark Pines; the first in a series featuring Tuva Moodyson and then I was offered a copy of the second in the series by the publisher Point Blank (Thank you Margot) so I read both books in quick succession and I loved them. Tuva works as a reporter on a small local paper in the far North of Sweden. She moved back from London as her mother is very ill and she's desperate for a big story she can really get her teeth into. When two bodies are discovered in the Elk forest outside of town with their eyes removed everyone in the quiet and peaceful community of Gavrik is frightened and as Tuva begins to investigate, the connection to a murder from twenty years ago become obvious. In Red Snow the apparent suicide of the owner of the Liquorice Factory; the towns major employer and a cold blooded murder on the factory grounds might seem unconnected but Tuva is determined to find out what the eccentric family who have run the factory for generations are hiding. I found both books to be haunting, atmospheric and really unputdownable. The small town, the eccentric characters and especially Tuva herself, make this compelling reading, highly recommended.
Over Christmas and new year I caught up on some of the books I had on my kindle. Claire Allan's Apple of my Eye is a fantastic thriller. Nurse Eliana is pregnant and looking forward to her maternity leave when she begins to receive strange anonymous notes that imply that her husband has been having an affair. Feeling she can trusts no-one Eliana questions her marriage, her friendships and her sanity. But Eliana is being watched by someone who is desperate to become a mother. I just couldn't put it down. So thrilling and twisty. If you like books by Fiona Barton or C. L. Taylor then this is for you. Apple of my Eye is out now from Avon.
Elly Griffiths' newest Ruth Galloway mystery is out now. The Stone Circle is the eleventh book in the series and once again the author leads the reader on a wonderful fast paced twisty adventure in which the characters are as stand out and as sharp as the plotting. DI Nelson is receiving threatening letters that are uncannily similar to those he received years before during the case in which he first met Ruth. The letters warn him about the Stone Circle and the child buried there. The links between the two cases are hard to ignore especially as a new dig on the beach reveals another henge and the archaeological team who uncover it are led by a very familiar face. The Ruth Galloway mysteries are top notch and I love them. The Stone Circle is out now from Quercus.
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