thesapphiccelticbookworm's Reviews (2.04k)

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture Audio for a copy of this book.

It's been ten years since the death of Garda Cara's husband, Cillian. She and five or her and Cillian's childhood friends gather for the anniversary, on a remote Irish island.

Things soon take a turn for the worst when one of the friends turns up murdered as a winter storm rages leaving the island cut off from the rest of the world.Cara as the only Garda on the island is left to investigate until back-up can arrive from the mainland, knowing the murderer has to still be on the island.

The group went their separate ways ten years ago, and being together again brings back old feelings and resentments.

In many ways this is a classic closed circle mystery, but the setting is one not seen much giving this trope a fresh spin.

This was a very enjoyable read, made much better by Jacqueline Milne's excellent narration.

Thank you to Netgalley and BookGoSocial for a copy of this book.

30 years after the death of painter, Salvador Dali, reporter Charles Clark receives an email inviting him to a press conference to celebrate Dali. This starts us on a fast paced thriller where Clark tries to uncover the secrets in Dali's paintings.

We jump into this book way too quickly bouncing around between characters and plot points without us ever getting us to know any of the characters which left me unable to care about them; unfortunately I also found the plot extremely weak and boring.

This book claims to be 'intellectual' but it just comes off as trying too hard.

This book didn't have any redeeming qualities to me.