Month: December 2023

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Review: The Housemate -Sarah Bailey

The Housemate
Sarah Bailey
Allen & Unwin Aus
ISBN:9781760529338

Description:
Three housemates.
One dead, one missing and one accused of murder.

Dubbed the Housemate Homicide, it’s a mystery that has baffled Australians for almost a decade.

Melbourne-based journalist Olive Groves worked on the story as a junior reporter and became obsessed by the case. Now, nine years later, the missing housemate turns up dead on a remote property. Oli is once again assigned to the story, this time reluctantly paired with precocious millennial podcaster Cooper Ng.

As Oli and Cooper unearth new facts about the three housemates, a dark web of secrets is uncovered. The revelations catapult Oli back to the death of the first housemate, forcing her to confront past traumas and insecurities that have risen to the surface again.

What really happened between the three housemates that night? Will Oli’s relentless search for the murderer put her new family in danger? And could her suspicion that the truth lies closer to home threaten her happiness and even her sanity?

A riveting, provocative thriller from the bestselling author of The Dark Lake, Into the Night and Where the Dead Go.

My View:
Friday night I decided to do a little reading before bed, around 3.30am I turned over the last page….ahhhh…what a FANTASTIC READ!

Do yourself a favour, pick up any book by this author, you will not be disappointed.

PS Sarah Bailey has a new book coming out next month, Body Of Lies, another in the DS Gemma Woodstock series, I cannot wait for this.

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#FridayFreebie: For Once In My Life – Karly Lane

For Once in my Life
Karly Lane
Allen & Unwin
ISBN:9781761066122

Description:

Jenny thought she was done with men and relationships . . . her kids, however, had other plans. A delightful, entertaining and funny rural romance from Karly Lane, the bestselling author with over 550,000 books sold.

Jenny Hayward cannot believe that she’s fifty years old and a grandmother with adult children! When did that happen? Not that long ago her three daughters were in school and Jenny was following her dream of becoming a nurse.

In the two years since her husband walked out, Jenny has been absorbed in her family and work, until her daughters and her best friend secretly set her up with a profile on a dating app and she is thrust unexpectedly into the world of dating.

However, as the dates keep coming, Jenny wonders how the people she loves the most in the world have managed so impressively to pick the wrong men for her.

The annoying barman watching on is much more enjoyable company. The barman who is more than a decade younger than her. Yet Nick doesn’t seem to notice her age at all . . .

Is Jenny’s next date the date of her dreams?

363 pages, Paperback

#Giveaway# Thanks to Allen & Unwin and the author, I have 2 copies of the contemporary, heartwarming, rural romance to give away. It’s easy (must be an Australian resident), in the comments list any of Karly’s other novels. I will randomly select the 2 winners on 8th Of December. Good luck.