The Silent Witness

 Welcome to me blog tour for The Silent Witness which is been hosted by Bookouture

Title: The Silent Witness

Series :Detective Amanda Steele Book 3

Author: Carolyn Arnold

Rating : 5

Would I recommend it? Yes , in fact I recommend this hole series .

Would I read more by this author: Yes

Would I read more of this series: Yes

Now on to my thoughts

First off  like always I  want to say a  huge  thank you to the publisher Bookouture , the author  Carolyn Arnold, and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.Wow out of the three that I read so far this might be my all time favorite one of them and that's hard to say, in this one you get to our main character Amanda grew more and you see her come more to live in this one, and while the crime is more going forward then meet the eye , and any questions you might have had from the last 2 books will be answered about who is friend or foe , who can be trusted , and secrets will be told.And yes to get a better idea on what is going on you have to read the first 2 books, because they interlink

Book: The Silent Witness

Author: Carolyn Arnold 

Pub Day: Sept 24th 2021

Buy Links: 

Amazon: https://geni.us/B09236T3JFsocial

Apple: http://ow.ly/xODf50EmlNI

Kobo: http://ow.ly/ZPy050EmlFW 

Google: http://ow.ly/jl8S50EmlKE

About the Book: 

It’s 4 a.m. when her mom shakes her awake. “Get up baby, we’re going to play hide and seek.” The little girl presses back into the dark space, holding her breath as she hears the shots ring out. She knows she’s next…

When the bodies of a local family are discovered on a quiet street in the small town of Dumfries, Virginia, Detective Amanda Steele takes charge of the case. Brett and Angela Parker were shot three times each, leaving no hope of survival, and their tidy suburban home has been ransacked. But there is no sign of their beloved six-year-old, Zoe.

Zoe is the same age as Amanda’s daughter was when she died, and Amanda can’t bear the thought of another little girl in danger. She’s organizing a search for the child, when she notices something strange about the ottoman at the foot of the Parkers’ bed. She opens it to find Zoe, mute and traumatized, but alive.

With Zoe completely uncommunicative, Amanda must find another way to untangle what destroyed this seemingly perfect family. It’s clear that the killer is searching for something the Parkers had, and until she has this monster behind bars, Amanda fears that he may return for Zoe. When she learns that Brett Parker cut short the family’s recent lakeside vacation, she wonders why. What happened at that lake house, and did it ultimately get them killed?

Amanda heads out to Lake Chesdin on the feeling it might be key to the case, and when she finds a cell phone in the murky waters next to the Parker cabin, she knows she’s made a breakthrough. But then terrible news reaches her from Dumfries; Zoe has been taken from her school playground.

Someone wants to silence the Parker family for good, can Amanda catch them before the little girl she’s desperate to protect pays the price?

A completely gripping and addictive crime thriller that will keep fans of Rachel Caine, Lisa Regan and Robert Dugoni entertained into the early hours.

Author Bio

Carolyn Arnold was born in a small Canadian town and enjoys spending time outdoors, but she also loves the lights of a big city. Grounded by her roots and lifted by her dreams, her overactive imagination insists that she tell her stories. Her intention is to touch the hearts of millions with her books, to entertain, inspire, and empower. As an international bestselling and award-winning author, she has several continuing fiction series, including her popular Detective Madison Knight series. She offers readers nearly three dozen published books in genres ranging from crime thrillers and hard-boiled mysteries to cozy mysteries and action adventures. She currently lives north of London, Ontario, with her husband and two beagles.

Social Media

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCarolynArnold/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Carolyn_Arnold

Website: https://carolynarnold.net/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/authorcarolynarnold/

George McKenzie Thriller series by Marnie Riches

 Welcome to my show case for George McKenzie Thriller series by Marnie Riches which is been hosted by Bookouture 

Buy Links:

The Girl Who Wouldn't Die: https://bit.ly/3u3GGFR

The Girl Who Broke the Rules: https://bit.ly/39wBnVU

The Girl Who Walked in the Shadows: https://bit.ly/3EKOKjG

The Girl Who Had No Fear: https://bit.ly/39yALPs

The Girl Who Got Revenge:  https://bit.ly/3i2ZqAn

Book Summary:

The George McKenzie series follows George, criminologist and the most kickass heroine you'll find since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Over the course of five books, she faces some of the worst killers around... but doesn't hesitate to pursue justice and help save the innocent.

The Girl Who Wouldn't Die: after a bomb goes off in a university campus, George McKenzie, criminology student, is recruited to help Detective Paul van den Bergen work the case. But is it terrorism... or something even worse?

The Girl Who Broke the Rules: women are dying on the streets of Amsterdam. And to get answers, George McKenzie will have to face jailed serial killer Dr. Silas Holm. But is she walking into his trap?

The Girl Who Walked in the Shadows: a killer called Jack Frost is stalking the shadows, leaving no trace behind... Only George McKenzie and Detective Paul van den Bergen can crack the case... and its strange link to the tragic disappearance of two children.

The Girl Who Had No Fear: when George McKenzie receives a plea for help from the father she's not seen since she was a small child, she'll stop at nothing to find him and get answers after years of silence. No matter the risks...

The Girl Who Got Revenge: someone is killing Amsterdam's war heroes. As George and Detective Van den Bergen investigate, they realize that the sins of the past cast long shadows...

Author Bio:

Marnie Riches grew up on a rough estate in north Manchester. Exchanging the spires of nearby Strangeways prison for those of Cambridge University, she gained a Masters in German & Dutch. She has been a punk, a trainee rock star, a pretend artist and professional fundraiser.

Her best-selling, award-winning George McKenzie crime thrillers were inspired by her own time spent in The Netherlands. Dubbed the Martina Cole of the North, she has also authored a series about Manchester’s notorious gangland as well as two books in a mini-series featuring quirky northern PI Bev Saunders.

Detective Jackson Cooke is Marnie’s latest heroine to root for, as she hunts down one of the most brutal killers the north west has ever seen at devastating personal cost.

When she isn’t writing gritty, twisty crime thrillers, Marnie also regularly appears on BBC Radio Manchester, commenting on social media trends and discussing the world of crime fiction. She is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Salford University’s Doctoral School and a tutor for the Faber Novel Writing Course.

https://marnieriches.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MarnieRichesAuthor/

https://www.instagram.com/marnie_riches/

https://twitter.com/Marnie_Riches

Luminous

Welcome to my blog tour stop for Luminous which is been hosted by Inkyard Press -Harlequin Tread

Title: Luminous

Author: Mara Rutherford

Series 

Genre: Young Adult fantasy

Rating: 

Would I recommend it ?Yes

Would I read more of the series ?Yes

Would I read more by this author?Yes

Now on to my thoughts 

First a big thank you like always to the publisher Inkyard - Harlequin Tread  , the author Mara Rutherford, and to NetGalley for the invite to join in to the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it .Beautiful cover that as soon as I saw it I knew I want to read it . Plus the author is another new to me author which is great because I don't read a lot of ya fantasy . But what really got me to like the story besides the cover was the family bond , the word building , the different types of magic, and a evil powerful mage, not only is there all that but there is a bit of romance , secrets that needs to come out, good vs evil , and it some how makes the story flow together perfectly.

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Luminous-Mara-Rutherford/dp/1335405658

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/luminous-mara-

rutherford/1138317759?ean=9781335405654

Books a Million: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Luminous/Mara-

Rutherford/9781335405654?id=8287773942852

IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781335405654

BookShop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/luminous-9781335405654/9781335405654

AppleBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/luminous/id1540957165

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Mara_Rutherford_Luminous?id=gK0JEAAAQBAJ

LUMINOUS by Mara Rutherford

On sale: October 5, 2021

ISBN: 9781335405654

Inkyard Press

Teen & Young Adult; Epic Fantasy

$19.99 / $24.99 CAN

384 Pages

ABOUT THE BOOK:

From the author of Crown of Coral and Pearl comes an immersive new fantasy about a

witch who must learn to harness her power—or risk losing her loved ones forever.

Liora has spent her life in hiding, knowing discovery could mean falling prey to the king’s

warlock, Darius, who uses mages’ magic to grow his own power. But when her worst

nightmare comes to pass, Darius doesn’t take her. Instead, he demands that her

younger sister return to the capital with him. To make matters worse, Evran, Liora’s

childhood friend and the only one who knows her secret, goes missing following

Darius’s visit, leaving her without anyone to turn to.

To find Evran and to save her sister, Liora must embrace the power she has always

feared. But the greatest danger she’ll face is yet to come, for Darius has plans in motion

that will cause the world to fall into chaos—and Liora and Evran may be the only ones

who can stop him.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mara Rutherford began her writing career as a journalist but quickly discovered she far

preferred fantasy to reality. Originally from California, Mara has since lived all over the

world with her marine-turned-diplomat husband. A triplet born on Leap Day, Mara holds

a master's degree in cultural studies from the University of London. When she's not

writing or chasing after her two sons, she can usually be found pushin_g the boundaries

of her comfort zone, whether at a traditional Russian banya or an Incan archaeological

site. Mara is a former Pitch Wars mentee and three-time mentor.

Social Links:

Author website: https://www.mararutherford.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mararaewrites

Instagram: www.Instagram.com/mararutherfordwrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56030266-luminous

The Girl at my Front Door

 Welcome to my blog tour stop for The Girl At My Front Door which is been hosted by Bookouture

Title: The Girl At My Door

Author: Rebecca Griffiths

Genre: Historical thriller

Rating : 5

Would I recommend it? Yes, in fact I've already told some of my friends about it and they all said they were adding it to their TBR

Would I read more by this author? Yes

Now on to my thoughts

First off  like always I  want to say a  huge  thank you to the publisher  Bookouture , the author Rebecca Griffiths  , and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.

OMG what a reading this was , right from the very start it give me everything that I love in a historical thriller or just a thriller in general ,dark, creepy and will make you stay in your set just to read. I do have to say that this is  my first time reading anything by this author and if this one is anything to go by ,I'll be checking her other ones out when I can. Other big win for this story was the fact that she based it on an actual true crime and serial killer of that time , ( which for those who don't know me , I love reading things that have to do about true crime or serial killers) and since I didn't know anything about that case or about the actual killer himself I had to look him up ( side note if you to know about him here is the link to read up about him which helped bring him even more to life : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) ) .I loved was how the author pulled her story off , and made you  feel sorry for the characters because they couldn't be true to themselves. And then there was the ones that you couldn't stand or even like , and lets not forget the ones that watched and planned from the shadows which also give the story the creepiness right up to the very end of the story. 

Book: The Girl at my Door

Author: Rebecca Griffiths

Pub Day: Sept 23rd 2021

Buy Links: 

Amazon: https://geni.us/B0992HXJ97social 

Apple: http://ow.ly/vWzS50FtL1K

Kobo: http://ow.ly/IgN550FtL0t

Google: http://ow.ly/k8H750FtL49 

Audible:

UK: zpr.io/MKymWSAqRVTu

US: zpr.io/bJ34sf86eFBW

https://soundcloud.com/bookouture/the-girl-at-my-door-by-rebecca-griffiths-narrated-by-jonathan-keeble-and-daphne-kouma

About the Book: 

London, 1949. On the dark streets of Soho, a killer is waiting in the shadows. Inspired by the true crime story of the Rillington Place murders comes a chilling re-telling of one of Britain’s most infamous serial killers.

Queenie Osbourne is the talk of London. Rising to fame as a singer after the Second World War, she is about to head to New York to make her fortune.

On the surface John Reginald Christie is an ordinary man. By day he wonders the bustling city streets. By night he is entertained by Queenie and her band. He is always searching for prey. Soon a young waitress named Joy catches his eye and his dangerous obsession begins.

Joy is preparing to wed Charles Gilchrist, one of the city’s most eligible bachelors. But Queenie has always held a flame for him and the spark between them is obvious.

When Queenie commits the ultimate betrayal against Joy, she knows her bright future is at risk. With nowhere else to turn, there is only one man who can help her. But Queenie has no idea of the dark secrets which lie behind the door of 10 Rillington Place. As Christie watches her approaching, will he risk everything for his highest-profile victim yet?

Blending the real life story of notorious serial killer John Reginald Christie with a fictionalised cast of characters, this thrilling mystery is perfect for fans of Gregg Olsen, Louise Douglas and Jess Lourey.

Author Bio

Rebecca Griffiths grew up in mid-Wales and went on to gain a first class honours degree in English Literature. After a successful business career in London, Dublin and Scotland she returned to rural mid-Wales where she lives with her husband, a prolific artist, their four black rescue cats, two pet sheep the size of sofas and writes full time. 

Social Media

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccagriffit7  

THE LIGHTS ON KNOCKBRIDGE LANE by Roan Parrish

 Welcome to my spot light for THE LIGHTS ON KNOCKBRIDGE LANE  which been hosted by Harlequin Special Edition-HARLEQUIN - Romance (U.S. & Canada)

THE LIGHTS ON KNOCKBRIDGE LANE 

September 28,2021

Buy The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

Harlequin.com: https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781335408129_the-lights-on-knockbridge-lane.html Book Description

Can one man’s crowded, messy life fill another man’s empty heart?

Raising a family was always Adam Mills’ dream, although solo parenting and moving back to tiny Garnet Run certainly were not. After a messy breakup, Adam is doing his best to give his young daughter the life she deserves—including accepting help from their new, reclusive neighbor to fulfill her Christmas wish.

Though the little house may not have “the most lights ever,” the Mills home begins to brighten as handsome Wes Mobray spends more time there and slowly sheds his protective layers. But when the eye-catching house ends up in the news, Wes has to make a choice: hide from the darkness of his unusual past or embrace the light of a future—and a family—with Adam.

Excerpt of The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

Everyone on Knockbridge Lane had a different theory about Westley Mobray. It was the first thing Adam Mills heard about as he introduced himself around last week, when he and August moved in.

The eight-year-old McKinnon twins next door said he was a vampire. Their parents, Darren and Rose McKinnon, scoffed at that, but said he could be a witch. Marisol Gutierrez three doors down insisted she’d seen him skulking around the neighborhood at night, hunting for animals to sacrifice to the devil. A teenager at the end of the street reported that anyone who looked him in the eyes would be hypnotized, and anyone who touched him would turn to stone. Mr. Montgomery on the corner just said freak.

Westley Mobray was never seen before sunset, though mysterious packages arrived on his doorstep often. He never spoke to anyone and never waved hello. And late at night, the windows of his run-down house glowed an eerie green.

At least, that’s what they told Adam.

So when he saw the man in question through the twilit haze of his own front window—with his daughter in tow—he was understandably startled. Especially since he’d thought she was playing quietly in her room.

He’d slammed two coffees to prevent it, but he’d been asleep. The kind of light, unsatisfying sleep he often fell into when he had a moment of quiet. Which was something that didn’t happen that often as the newly single parent of an eight-year-old.

His insomnia had been pretty bad since the divorce, and worse since they moved back to Garnet Run, where he was the only one responsible for Gus.

The knock at the door jerked him out of that strange sleep, and he scrambled for the door, stubbing his toe in the process, so that when he yanked it open he was biting back the kind of words that he tried with varying degrees of success not to say in front of Gus.

He focused on Gus first. She was all in one piece and was even smiling. It was her I did something bad and delightful smile, but a smile was good—at least when on a child who seemed to have been forcibly dragged home by an irate stranger.

“Where is your coat?” is what came out of Adam’s mouth.

Sometimes he tried to remember what it was like when he talked about things like the composition of his next shot, which restaurant’s tiramisu he preferred, or the latest cozy mystery he was reading.

Now he said things like “Where is your coat” and “Don’t take that apart” and “If you don’t stop making that sound I might have to throttle you.” Okay, he didn’t say the last one so much as think it. Often.

“It’s not that cold,” his wonderful, brilliant daughter said, her lips only vaguely blue.

Adam counseled himself to breathe.

Once he’d determined that Gus was all in one piece and frostbite wasn’t imminent, he turned his attention to the man who’d brought her home.

“Um,” he said intelligently.

Westley Mobray was tall and severe, with shaved dark hair and strong dark eyebrows over piercing blue eyes. Those eyes were narrowed slightly, either in anger or—if the neighborhood rumors were to be believed—because he never went outside when there was the slightest bit of light still in the sky, as it would, of course, burn him to ash.

“She broke into my house,” he said. His voice was low and rough with disuse.

“She’s eight.”

About the Author

​ Roan Parrish lives in Philadelphia, where she’s gradually attempting to

write love stories in every genre. When not writing, she can be found cutting

her friends’ hair,

meandering through the city while listening to

torch songs and melodic death metal, or cooking overly elaborate meals.

She loves bonfires, winter beaches, minor chord harmonies, and self-tattooing.

One time she may or may not have baked a six-layer chocolate cake and then

thrown it out the window in a fit of pique.

Connect with the Author 

Website: https://www.roanparrish.com/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/roanparrish/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoanParrish 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roanparrish/

Halloween Bingo

Its time once again for a Halloween Bingo update

 What works for this square : any type of monsters that are not vampires, werewolves, zombies or demons.

Read / Not Called

Book I used for this was : 

Title: The Hatching 

Author: Ezekiel Boone

Rating:5 

A re read 

An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for over a thousand years, and now on the march.

Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake

my notes on it:

five stars

chilled me to the bone and gave me goosebumps

and it literally creeps up on you

literally had me checking my bedroom and bathroom for spiders ,think goodness I didn't find any , had me feel like there was something crawling on me, if I wasn't afraid of Spiders before now, after reading this I can say that I am now, Plus I could see this as a movie if they did it the right way, because its intense, creepy, scary and disgusting ,and it'll have you setting at the edge of your set and jumping when every something toughs you at lest it had me jumping . With that said I can't wait to pick up a copy when I can. , and a big thinks to Netgalley for letting me read this and founding a great book to add to my library

Updated:

This was a re read for me ,and it's still a five star book , it was even better this time around and still give me the same creepy feel like before even more creepy since the weather where I live is stormy and cold perfect weather to read this type of book in.