Their Burning Graves: A totally heart-stopping and addictive crime thriller (Detective Morgan Brookes Book 8)

by Helen Phifer

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My first read by this author and it certainly won't be my last. Even though I've come into the series at #8 the crime stood alone and I enjoyed getting to know the characters.

A glimpse into the past which I actually forgot about as the story progressed until it came full circle. A family murdered, why and who by? A creepy feeling of being watched, is this related?

Detective Morgan is a wonderful character, she's real, cares for her victims and community making her extremely likeable.

As the book came to a close and Morgan was racing to possibly another crime scene I was reading faster thinking hurry hurry. 

This story really hooked me in and I look forward to going back and seeing how this series has progressed.

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They are picture perfect. A young, happy family sat around the kitchen table. But no one moves as wisps of smoke filter into the room and the house becomes a burning grave around them…

When reports come in of a family trapped in a burning house, Detective Morgan Brookes rushes to the scene. But as soon as she enters the ruined home, she is devastated by what she finds. Tied to the kitchen table, Sally and David Lawson, and their young son, had no chance of escaping the flames and the smoke…

Neighbours all agree the Lawsons were the perfect family, and CCTV shows nothing suspicious. Morgan’s only clue is the silver crucifix necklace around Sally’s neck. Because according to friends, she wasn’t religious. Was someone passing divine judgement on this mother and her family?

Focusing on Sally’s last steps, Morgan gets the breakthrough she needs – just days ago Sally had confided in a friend that she felt someone was watching her. And when Morgan finds photos of Sally on her neighbour Luke’s phone, all the pieces slot together.

Only then another local woman reports feeling watched. Nothing seems to link her to Luke, but Morgan can’t ignore it. Could the killer still be out there? Going deeper into Sally’s past and uncovering the killer’s motivations is her only chance to save more innocent lives, but can she solve the twisted puzzle in time?

The Innocent Wife: An addictive crime thriller packed with jaw-dropping twists (Detective Josie Quinn Book 16)

 by Lisa Regan

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I love it when I don't know who or why. There were some red herrings here and I loved how it all fell into place towards the end. This story had me from the beginning, even not liking most of the characters had me enthralled...who would be next to fall?

 The perfect couple in this story are perhaps not so perfect. Lies and secrets, all will be revealed. This story is not the norm I think for this series, though I haven't read them all yet. I loved every moment though and read the book straight through this lazy Sunday afternoon. Brilliant, I'm looking forward to the next story.

Candles are lit and their rich vanilla scent twists its way through the cabin. The table is set for a romantic anniversary dinner with fresh roses dropping crimson petals on crisp white linen. But the woman seated at the table is cold to the touch, and there’s blood trickling down her neck…

When Denton’s most loved TV presenter returns home to find his wife dead at the dining table, it shatters the close-knit community. Beautiful and absolutely besotted with each other, Beau and Claudia Collins were idolized for being the perfect couple. But the devastating scene Detective Josie Quinn finds in their remote hideaway has her asking what dark secrets lurk beneath the surface of this seemingly flawless marriage?

Beau is grief-stricken by the loss of his kind-hearted wife who gave so much to others as a therapist, but Josie needs to know the significance of the small wooden puzzle box found clutched in Claudia’s hand. A prop in a popular game Beau played with his viewers to test the strength of their relationships, is it a twisted calling card, or a challenge from the killer? The broken body of one of Beau and Claudia’s assistants is found the next day, a matching little box left in the dirt beside her. It’s clear that if Beau doesn’t start telling the truth about the flaws in his marriage, those dearest to him will die.

Caught in a cat and mouse chase with disturbing revelations and a mounting body count at every turn, Josie and her team work night and day to keep Beau’s loved ones safe. What kind of calculating monster would do this? A faded newspaper article about a tragic accident is the break Josie desperately needs. But she may already be too late, an innocent child is in danger…

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Chase Her Shadow: A totally addictive serial killer thriller with a heart-stopping twist (Detectives Kane and Alton Book 17)

 by D.K. Hood 

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This book was creepy, I loved it. Is it supernatural or a serial killer...either way evil surrounds them all.

A team go missing on a mission, at leas that is what their wives are told. A cover up, what really happened. How are they seemingly returning to haunt and kill their widows? Kane and Alton are on the case, will they both survive. Something or someone is in the woods watching.

This story was such a page turner, I had no idea as red herrings were tossed into the mix. Such a heart racing thriller, I loved it.

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She wakes suddenly. Dawn is still hours away, but through the window of her log cabin in the woods, something moves in the distance. A lone figure in the forest. Her blood runs cold as the shadow begins to walk slowly toward her…

It’s Halloween in Black Rock Falls and Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy David Kane are called to a small lodge on the outskirts of town. Jenna is devastated to find the lifeless body of Willow Smith, a military widow whose husband went missing in action and has been presumed dead for years. Her breath catches in her throat when she notices the heart-shaped purple medal on Willow’s pale chest. Was Willow clinging to it when she died, or was it placed there after she took her last breath?

Desperately chasing down every lead, Jenna hears that Willow had been receiving silent phone calls in the dead of night. Witnesses say Willow thought her missing husband was trying to make contact. Wishful thinking of a lonely wife consumed with grief, or a heartless killer hoping to terrify her?

Days later, another woman’s body is found at the bottom of a perilous ravine. Jenna’s worst fear is confirmed the moment she spots a purple medal: a dangerous serial killer is preying on the wives of soldiers from the same platoon, and if she doesn’t act fast, more lives will be at risk.

The key lies in discovering what happened to the missing soldiers, and whether any of them made it back alive. But, separated from her team in a secluded forest, Jenna hears a branch snap behind her. She is not alone. Will she be the next victim of a twisted trained soldier on the loose? And how many more grieving widows will have their lives snatched before he’s caught?

Retribution

 by Sarah Barrie

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This was my first time reading this author and this character. I think enough was covered about her briefly to understand where she was coming from.

I enjoyed the locations around Sydney, coming from Melbourne I had a vague idea and understood the lingo.

Lexi is real and raw, facing and tackling issues without really thinking of the outcome. She seemed likely to get her killed but had such a quick wit to save herself time and time again.

The story took me a while to get into but by the half way mark like a roller coaster it took off.  Constant action, murder and danger kept me riveted. I had no clue and I loved that I was surprised.

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Once a vigilante, now a cop ... but Lexi Winter still plays by her own rules. A fast-paced, suspenseful thriller for readers of Candice Fox and Sarah Bailey.

Ace hacker, ex-prostitute, Jack Daniels drinker and part-time vigilante Lexi Winter is now working with the police, with a new enemy in her sights and an old foe on her mind.

Most probationary constables would baulk at chasing a drug dealer into a train tunnel in the dead of night - not Lexi. But when she emerges, injured but alive, to face the wrath of her boss it's clear that while Lexi may now be in uniform, she has as much trouble with authority as ever. Just to prove it, Lexi is quietly using her hacking skills to investigate a notorious drug-dealing Sydney crime family with links to her old prey, the paedophile Damon Vaughn. As her colleague Detective Sergeant Finn Carson investigates a death on a Sydney building site that leads him to the picturesque Wondabyne train station on the Hawkesbury River, Inspector Rachael Langley oversees an enquiry that is becoming ever more complex as multiple lines of investigation seem to interweave. What they don't know is that Lexi is the only one who can unravel them - if only she'll toe the line.