Diagnosis: Bookaholic

SYNOPSIS Sun, sea and inescapable exes... Peach is excited to hear that her sister, Di, is getting married. Of course, she would have preferred her little sister to be engaged to someone she's known longer than a week - and the fact that his name is Charles doesn't bode well - but who is she to judge?! After all, her own love life is non-existent, and who doesn't love a destination wedding...? Whisked away to the gorgeous Italian coast, Peach assumes her role as chief bridesmaid and, despite her reservations about the groom, she tries to ensure everything goes to plan. But weddings are never straightforward affairs... throw in some unexpected guests in the form of ex-boyfriends and one night stands, and soon enough there is more drama than a reality TV show. Can Peach keep the show on the road, or might she end up in a whirlwind romance of her own...? Title: Life's a beach Author: Portia MacIntosh Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication date: May 6, 2021 Portia MacIntosh ...

SYNOPSIS He jumped to his death in front of witnesses. Now his wife is charged with murder. Five years ago, Erin Kennedy moved to New York following a family tragedy. She now lives happily with her detective husband in the scenic seaside town of Newport, Long Island. When Erin answers the door to Danny's police colleagues one morning, it's the start of an ordinary day. But behind her, Danny walks to the window of their fourth-floor apartment and jumps to his death. Eighteen months later, Erin is in court, charged with her husband's murder. Over that year and a half, Erin has learned things about Danny she could never have imagined. She thought he was perfect. She thought their life was perfect. But it was all built on the perfect lie. Title: The perfect lie Author: Jo Spain Publisher: Quercus Publication date: May 13, 2021 REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don’t you just love when you come into a book with no expectations at all and it blows your mind away? That’s exactly what happened ...

  SYNOPSIS There’s a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. So it’s her job to figure out who it is—and her headache when the autopsy reveals that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. Jessie is hot on the murderer’s trail, then an earthquake sends her and her whole city reeling. When the dust clears, her case has fallen apart and an innocent man is being framed. Jessie knows she’s the only one who can prove it, and she races to piece together the truth—before it gets buried and brings her down in the rubble. Title: Aftershock Author: Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell Series: Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery #2 Publisher: Hanover Square Press Publication date: January 19, 2021 REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐ I guess no one will be surprised when I say I love books with a medical examiner as the main character. In fact, the Scarpetta series and the Temperance Brennan series are in part to blame for me being a med...

  SYNOPSIS Till death do us part... Lucy has dreamt of her wedding day for as long as she can remember. And now the day is almost here. Her nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic Greek island and she just knows it's going to be perfect. It has to be. But even the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong. Why are her parents behaving so strangely? Why won't the rather odd lady from the airport stop hanging around? Who is the silent stranger her sister brought as a plus-1? And then they find the body. It's going to be a day to remember. Title: The wedding party Author: Tammy Cohen Publisher: Black Swan Publication date: August 19, 2021 REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐💫 Dear reader, you are cordially invited to celebrate the marriage of Lucy and Jason. The ceremony will be held on the island of Kefalonia on the afternoon of the 15th of June 2019. This will be followed by dinner and…MURDER! At least that’s what it looks like when a body at the bottom of a cliff is being guarded by the ...

SINOPSIS En pleno mes de diciembre, en la playa de San Lorenzo de Gijón un niño encuentra el brazo amputado de un hombre en el agujero del muro donde guarda sus tesoros. El brazo pertenece a Alfredo Santamaría, que estaba siendo investigado en la comisaría central de Oviedo por una presunta estafa piramidal. El jefe de la Policía del Principado asigna el caso al comisario Rafael Miralles. Gracia San Sebastián, investigadora de fraudes contratada por la policía para indagar en las finanzas de la víctima, tiene que desentrañar un complejo entramado de blanqueo de dinero en el que interviene un poderoso grupo de mafiosos rumanos sin escrúpulos. En su vida personal, la relación con Rodrigo sigue viento en popa para disgusto de su exmarido, Jorge, que viene de visita desde Estados Unidos para gestionar un ambicioso proyecto empresarial. Título: Los muertos no saben nadar Autor: Ana Lena Rivera Serie: Gracia San Sebastián #3 Editorial: Maeva Ediciones Fecha de publicación: 10 Marzo 2021 RESE...

SYNOPSIS A lot has changed in the years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she’s worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her ten-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads “We need to talk about what we did that night.” It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia’s past—and the people she thought she’d left there—aren’t as buried as she’d believed. Amb can’t stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane “Sully” Sullivan, Amb’s former best friend, who could make anyone do anything. At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they’re being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused—the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to ...

  SYNOPSIS The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight. Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café. Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary). Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon. Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack. Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable. Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart. But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the booksh...