THE BODY FALLS BY ANDREA CARTER – BOOK REVIEW

PUBLISHED BY CONSTABLE 2020 April in Florida and Ben O’Keeffe is enjoying balmy temperatures, working the last few days of a six-month stint with her old law firm. A week later she returns to Glendara, Inishowen where a charity cycle race is taking place. But it starts to rain, causing the cyclists to postpone the start of their event and stay overnight in the town. But the rain doesn’t stop; it increases to become relentless, torrential. In the middle of the night, Sergeant Tom Molloy is called out to Mamore Gap, where a body, dislodged from a high bank by…

IN TOO DEEP BY SIMON McCLEAVE – BOOK REVIEW

PUBLISHED BY AVON Two months since ex-Police Negotiator Laura Hart was forced back into action after her son’s kidnap, she has re-joined the force as a DI. On her first day, an anonymous tip-off leads to the discovery of a skeleton in a crumbling castle ruin near the seaside town of Beaumaris, Anglesey. Laura can’t wait to prove herself by solving the case and when the investigation leads her to MI5 and the Real IRA, she knows she’s on the trail of something truly explosive. But some people will do anything to stop their secrets from coming out – as…

DECEMBER 2022

THE END OF NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH

How did you get on? I managed to stay on my plan of writing every day so I think it was a success as I find you get easily distracted when at home writing. I may not have got to the set target each day but any writing is good writing.