Review: What Happened to Nina? - Dervla McTiernan - March 2024 It is not very often I will review books just as they are released, normally it is either just before the date or after the date. However, What Happened to Nina? was high on my list to read so I got to it as quick as I could. Dervla's previous book The Murder Rule was a favorite for me and so I was looking forward to this book. The book starts with Nina on a hike with her boyfriend Simon, you can tell the relationship is not what it seems and Nina decides finally she can't take it and walks out. That was the last time we all saw Nina. The next few days, Nina's family gets worried and reports her as missing. The family and police check in with Simon and his family and Simon is being painted as a heartbroken boyfriend and claims Nina cheated on him and left. We know Simon did something as we readers know better, but how can they prove it and prove he is guilty when there is nobody and no sign of any crime committ...

Review: The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan - May 2022 This is one book I kept seeing everywhere on Bookstagram and I knew I had a copy from Netgalley, so I decided it was about time I read it. This book starts with a bang as we meet Hannah who is off on a journey for justice and it all starts with one goal. To become part of the Innocence Project and she will use her wits and will even lie her way onto it. Hannah gets her wish and is off to the University of Virginia and finds herself enrolled in the Innocence Project. Currently, they are working on the case of Michael Dandridge -a guy who proclaims his innocence and was sentenced to life in prison and it looks like, with this appeal, he may win. Hannah can't have that happen though and has arrived to sabotage as years ago Hannah found a diary of her mother's Laura and learned all about Laura and two guys - Tom and his evil friend Michael.  Hannah believes Michael is the reason, her mum was the way she is and that Michael als...