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I love Samantha Hayes’ thrillers. And her In Too Deep did not disappoint me as I was deeply hooked from the opening pages. The premise of In Too Deep is great. One Saturday morning, Rick went out to the shop for a newspaper but never returned. Rick’s disappearance was the second trauma to befall this family. A couple of years earlier, Rick’s ...

Oh Life how cruel are thou We feel so helpless now We know life is not meant to be easy But we plead for your mercy.   We are in a state of daze And it has nothing to do with the haze Our world has become a bit dim But we are putting our faith in Him. Oh Lord ...

I became a fan of Samantha Hayes after reading her “Until You’re Mine” a few days ago. That book is the first in this series with DI Lorraine Fisher and her family at its centre. I started reading her “You Belong to Me”, the third book in this series, with great expectations and I am blown away. Though the plot ...

Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes is creepy, tense and gripping with red herrings and cliffhangers on every other page. The book is told from the first person perspective of Claudia and Zoe and in a third person narrative when focusing on the two detectives, Adam and Lorraine. The narratives of Claudia and Zoe add a lot of tension as ...

It looks like an ordinary break in at the home of artist Zoe Grant. Called to the scene, Detective Garda Cathy Connolly discovers the bones of a baby sewn into the hem of an old wedding dress. The dress’ original owner, Lavinia Grant, is Zoe’s grandmother, a very successful businesswoman. When Lavinia is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Cathy is ...

I was at Smart Bookshop in Permaisuri Imperial City Mall when I saw books of Enid Blyton on some shelves.  It really stirred up a lot of nostalgia. When I was a kid, I was captivated by her books which played a big part in instilling in me a love of reading. I was particularly addicted to The Secret Seven ...

It was in November 1966 when 12-year-old John Michael Adams, after repeated bullying by two 14-year-old girls, decided to get even. He walked into the school’s playground and threw petrol all over the two girls before setting them alight. Unflustered, he then calmly walked away. One of the girls died and the other was seriously burned. The tragedy sent the ...

They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened … Between You And Me by Lisa Hall is a simple psychological thriller with the mother of all twists revealed in the second last chapter. I totally did not see the twist coming. When it was ...

Helsinki Blood by James Thompson is the fourth book in the explosive Finnish-based crime series featuring Inspector Kari Vaara. I have not read the first three books entitled Snow Angels, Lucifer’s Tears and Helsinki White so I am a bit lost with the flashbacks to what happened in Helsinki White. Inspector Vaara, struggling from physical and psychological toll after his ...

Having really enjoyed CJ Carver’s Spare Me the Truth, I started reading Tell Me a Lie with great expectations. I wasn’t disappointed for it is a solid A-grade thriller with lots of high-octane action and adrenalin rush. The Calder family in England is massacred, with the father Adrian left holding the shotgun. It seems to be an open and shut ...