The Beauty Killers (Kal Medi #3) by Ann Girdharry

Women will go missing. And none will return.
A collector who lures women.
And then keeps them. 

A string of beautiful women go missing.
And when an undercover policewoman disappears, Kal and Marty take the case. 

They track a killer who lures women, captures them and keeps them.

But it soon becomes clear the case is even more sinister than they imagined.

A high-level detective is linked to a cover-up and Kal and Marty are caught in a complex, evil conspiracy.  The clock is ticking to find the missing women and it seems the perpetrator has more than one accomplice…

This is the third book in the Kal Medi series (can be read as a stand-alone).

I would like to thank Ann Girdharry for a terrific psychological third book in the Kal Medi series.

Detective Chief Inspector Spinks has asked Kal Medi and her friend Marty to help him on a case. Women from the streets and at Clarence House (which is a safe haven for people on the streets) have gone missing. 1 of the women is a police officer. Something is off at Clarence House, there is a police officer who looks suspicious, staff who are being secretive. Kal has gone undercover to find out things and befriends a young man who is looking for his friend (who is 1 of the missing women). Marty is undercover too at Clarence House, what will she find out and is her life in danger? What is Detective Chief Inspector Spinks hiding from Kal?

All will be told in this brilliant third installment of the Kal Medi series.

London Noir (Kal Medi #2) by Ann Girdharry

The greater the evil, the more deadly the game...
A predator who kills prostitutes
And they've started a new killing spree...

Kal goes undercover to track a predator who kills prostitutes.

Quiet for years, the signature killer has started a new spree. 

She befriends Sophie, a troubled young woman. Sophie suffers from nightmares and memory loss. Her prostitute mother was murdered when she was a child. Sophie was there and she can’t remember a thing about it.
​
But the deeper Kal digs, the more she unearths dark and disturbing secrets. 
Working with Marty and Detective Spinks, she realises they’re dealing with a twisted mind, more clever than anyone could imagine. 

There’s a predator hiding in plain sight, moving ever closer. 
And it’s time to kill the one who got away…

I would like to thank Ann Girdharry for another psychological thriller in the Kal Medi series.

Someone is killing prostitutes. A young woman witnessed something so horrific it has scarred her for life. Kal is teaming up with Detective Inspector Spinks again and this time she has her best friend Marty along to help catch the killer. Sophie is locked in a place in her mind and every time she thinks she has a break through, her mind just can't reach it and she lashes out. What is Sophie trying to remember? Can Kal, Marty and Detective Inspector Spinks help her? Will they find out who the killer is before they kill again?

All will be revealed in the second book of the Kal Medi series. 

Good Girl Bad Girl (Kal Medi #1) by Ann Girdharry

The darkest crimes can’t stay hidden forever

A dead journalist?
A dead matron at a children’s home
A young body washed up by the river

The twisted killer is a man of power and influence.
A man who believes himself beyond the reach of the law. 
His Achilles heel - a thirst for revenge that spans generations.

Only one person can nail him - Kal Medi – and she’s the 
daughter of a criminal.

Kal Medi trusts no one and least of all Detective Inspector Spinks. 
She’s always hidden the fact that her father was a criminal and 
he trained her to follow in his footsteps.

But when her journalist mother goes missing, Kal takes on the investigation.

Murder, trafficking and dark family secrets - she'll be forced to confront her own worst nightmares, to nail a twisted killer.

I would like to thank the author for writing this brilliant psychological thriller series. I've read Ann Girdharry's books before and found her mind to be so dark lol.

Kal Medi is a woman on a mission to find her mother. Detective Inspector Spinks is a man who will stop at nothing to find Kal's mother and find out what Kal is hiding. What has her grandmother and the family secrets got to do with her mother's disappearance and can Kal and Detective Inspector Spinks work together to find her mother and what has Kal's father got to do with this?

All will be revealed when you delve into this psychological thriller of a novel.

Scandal by Sasha Morgan

Scandal is the perfect rip-roaring, bonk-busting horsey escapist read for fans of Jilly Cooper and Tilly Bagshawe.

As the new custodian of the ancestral home, Treweham Hall, Tobias Cavendish-Blake soon discovers exactly what he's inherited. Instant financial action is needed if the Hall is to survive the mounting debts it's racking up. Adding insult to injury the family is forced to sell the Gate House on the estate to lottery winners Gary and Tracy Belcher – not the kind of neighbours Tobias was hoping for.

Megan Taylor inherits her grandmother's country cottage in the village of Treweham and decides to make a fresh start there, taking a job at the local country pub.

When Megan meets Tobias, the attraction is clear, but she is determined to resist his charms, put off by his reputation and that of his best friends – the rakish Seamus Fox, son of a millionaire race horse trainer and dastardly jockey Dylan Delany. But Tobias is a hard man to resist...

I picked this up as I'd read Jilly Cooper books when I was younger. As well as I like a bit of naughty romance kind of story.

Tobias Cavendish-Blake has run into some financial problems, can lottery winners Gary and Tracy Belcher help? Megan Taylor has just inherited her gran's cottage, but in the attic is a box that holds a secret that hasn't been told. What has her lovely old neighbour Ted to do with it? 

I loved the characters and the way that riff raff (Gary & Tracy Belcher who won the lottery) got welcomed into the fold (if I ever win, that's how I would like to be lol). Tobias, Dylan and Seamus are lush. Megan is lovely and has a soft spot for Ted her neighbour, but what is the local vet Nick after when he bumps into her, just as she was about to be knocked down and why blame Tobias for driving.

All will be revealed when you read the delightful and sexy scandalous Scandal book.

The Blame Game (A Brook Brothers Novel #1) by Tracie Delaney

Their paths were destined to cross.
First she’ll make him hers.
Then she’ll ruin him.

To save his dream, Jax Brook needs a loan—fast.
And the gorgeous, seductive Indie Monroe holds the key to his success. 

At first she’s supportive, enticingly so, but as Jax falls deeper under Indie’s spell, he can’t help but wonder at the secrets she won’t share.

Indie hasn’t a mean bone in her body, but family must come first. 
For the sins of his father, Jax will pay. 

Except Jax isn’t the sinner, she is. And she’s fallen for him.

As their lives collide, Indie begins to have second thoughts about the path she’s destined to walk. However, she isn’t alone in her desire for vengeance. Someone is pulling her strings. And no matter how hard she tugs, they won’t let go.

If he can’t forgive her, will he at least try and save her?
Love is supposed to be strong. Isn’t it?

I would like to thank Tracie Delaney for writing a brilliant book. A new series for me to get my teeth into is just what I needed at the moment lol.

Jax Brook is a man who lost his dreams and hopes when he was 18 years old. Now he's an adult and wants to make the best for his 3 younger brothers. He wants to open up a hotel, but he can't without financial help. In comes Indie Monroe, a woman with on a deadly mission to ruin Jax Brook, but can offer that help, but at what price?

This is a story of love, betrayal and above all forgiveness (but at what cost is forgiveness going to take). You will have to read The Blame Game and find out what secret Indie has to hide from Jax and whether forgiveness is really what it takes.

Chilling Tales of the Unexpected Boxed Set by Ann Girdharry

Four twisty, short reads.
Addictive works of suspense,
That will leave you breathless and give you goose bumps…


Trading with Death
What sacrifice might we make for those we love? In the face of death, will we be selfish or selfless?

Tell Me a Secret
Deceit, lies and secrets – how well do we know those close to us?

Sweet Justice
We follow Tess as she confronts the dark side…

​Written on the Apple Tree
A moment from a past life, a possession, or a simple meeting between strangers?


I'd read Trading With Death previously as a standalone, that got me started on Ann Girdharry books, so when I was asked to read and review Chilling Tales of the Unexpected, I jumped at the chance.

Trading with Death - 2 little girls walking through a woods. Both are sisters. 1 is ill and is dying the other is healthy but wants to take the illness away from her sister. What happens in the woods, stays in the woods. Who comes out of the woods - both or just 1, you will have to read and find out what happened in the woods.

Tell Me a Secret - Do we really know our spouses? What would you do if your past was about to be leaked from someone who you're trying to escape from? Read Tell Me a Secret and find out.

Sweet Justice - A girl who's mother has disappeared and she then walks into something that is disturbing. What will she find and where is her mother and the other woman who's disappeared. All will be revealed when you read Sweet Justice.

Written on the Apple Tree - A heart with initials on an Apple tree, a young man who knows those initials, a girl with a past (that she remembers at times). Who is he and what hold does he have over her. Read Written in the Apple Tree to find out.

LOVED these short stories with all their twists and turns. Can't wait to read Ann's other books.

Doll Face (DI Tudor Manx #2) by Dylan H. Jones

Three months after solving his last case, DI Tudor Manx leads a harrowing investigation to catch a killer terrorizing the Isle of Anglesey.

After the body of the first victim, Sian Conway is found, the suspicion quickly falls on her boss, Kimble McLain, and her volatile ex-husband, Liam Fowler.

The autopsy soon reveals Sian was eighteen weeks pregnant and when the coroner finds a religious text hidden in the victim’s liver, Manx suspects this could be the work of a serial killer.

The case takes a shocking turn when footage of Sian’s murder is discovered.

With a twisted killer on the loose and a rising body count, Manx's personal life hits rock bottom when an old colleague from his past hits him with a bombshell revelation

Why does Kimble McLain have links to each of the victims?

And what is the killer’s real motive?

In a race against time to reveal the killer’s identity, Manx will face his toughest case yet. 

Just to say I've never read anything by this author. I haven't read the 1st of the series yet, but I will.

This was suggested for me to read as I like crime/thrillers. It confused me slightly as I hadn't read book 1, but as I slowly got into the story and what the characters was like, I felt like it was going to a page turner for me. 

It makes you think you know who the murderer is, who's involved and for what reason the killer's motive was, but it had me guessing at each corner. I was shocked when they told us who the murderer was and who the characters was (in relation to who). I'd definitely would read Dylan Jones' first book and any more that he writes.