Review: The Daughter - Alesha Dykema - January 2026 You know those moments when you're reading about wealthy families in thrillers and you find yourself grateful for your own upbringing? That's exactly where I found myself while turning the pages of The Daughter . Though I'll admit, some aspects hit a little close to home in ways I wasn't expecting. Alesha Dykema weaves together two compelling storylines that kept me reading late into the night with my tea going cold beside me. At the heart of the story is Shayla Hartmann, the eldest daughter of a tyrannical father whose idea of discipline would make most of us shudder. The wealth and privilege of her childhood came with a terrible price, paid in fear and harsh punishments for the smallest missteps. Now as an adult and mother herself, Shayla is desperate to break the cycle before her father's cruelty touches her daughter Skyler and the next generation. Her solution? Poison. But as often happens when we take matters ...

Would You Like Poison with that? Today’s journey takes us to another infamous doctor, a bit lesser-known than Harold Shipman but just as deadly and also from the UK. Thomas Neill Cream born in May 1850 dreamed of becoming a doctor and in the world of developing medical procedures, diagnoses, and people putting their full trust in doctors as unlike now with the internet, people weren’t any the wiser, and of course, it’s in the doctors’ code to save people not kill. Dr. Cream was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor who earned the moniker of the Lamberth Poisoner as he used strychnine to poison his victims.   Dr. Cream was one of the few killers who managed to kill over three countries and murdered at least ten people that we know of and like most killers back then, he targeted the lower-income women, prostitutes, and those females wanting back-alley abortions Dr. Cream was finally caught in 1892 and hanged for his crimes. During his last moments, it was also rumored that he ...

Review: The Darkest Flower - Book #1 Allison Barton Series - Kristin Wright - June 2021 Drawn to the purples of the cover and the fact it was a mystery thriller, I opened on my Kindle Kristin Wright's new book "The Darkest Flower". What a ride it turned out to be as we meet lawyer Allison Barton who sadly is working for a pompous jerk but people love to throw money at him, so she is getting the odd good case. Her new client is a mother of two and the president of not only the PTA but the Garden Club and she has her fingers in other pies too. She has been accused of poisoning another mother on the PTA as she handed her a cup that contained aconite aka wolfsbane. Our accused Kira Grant seems innocent but with these PTA mothers you never really know how far they will go and as Allison digs deeper into the case and checks out the other mothers with a motive, she will soon realize that mothers will go to lengths and some nasty to protect their children or even secure their chi...

Title: Poisoned Primrose Author:   Dahlia Donovan Series: Motts Cold Case Mystery, #1 Genre: Cozy Mystery Release Date: July 25, 2020 Publisher:   Tangled Tree Publishing Cover Designer:   BookSmith Design Available now! Amazon US:  https://amzn.to/31oK3cb All other links: https://books2read.com/motts1     Meet Motts and the quirky cast of characters in her world. Poisoned Primrose is a quintessential cosy British mystery and an all-round fun story to throw yourself into.   Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of life in a small village. The dead body buried in her garden isn’t quite what she had in mind, though.   Unable to resist her curiosity, she falls directly into a mess of trouble and runs head-first into the attractive detective inspector, Teo Herceg. She tries to balance he...

Amber Gilchrist lives in New Mexico with her husband and six children. She writes YA , Romantic Comedies, and series mysteries. She calls her lifetime of jumping from one job to another 'experience' for her books and not an inability to settle down. Amber loves mysteries and a good, happy romance. She also loves to laugh. Sometimes she likes all of them together. A fan of quirky movies and indie books, Amber likes to be with her family, is socially inept, and fears strangers and small yippy dogs. She alternates between writing and being a mom. She tries to do both at the same time but her kids don't appreciate being served lunch and told, "This is the hot dog of your discontent." So mostly she writes when everyone else is in bed. ~  Facebook  ~  Goodreads  ~ ~  Amazon  ~ Audrey Scott might be a children ’ s librarian, but that isn ’ t all she can do. When her best friend, Gretchen Holden, stands accused of a murder, Audrey...

I Poisoned Her Coworkers Jessica Frances (Love at First Crime, #6) Publication date: July 15th 2019 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense I poisoned her coworkers, so she injected me with a lethal dose of unrequited love. In the past we had it all. Or at least, we seemed to. Then I let her down. We both made mistakes. We fell apart. But no matter the years which passed us by, I never forgot about her. So when my brother falls headfirst into trouble, I know who to call on. I know she will help me. Even if she wishes I would disappear from her life. Even if she hates me. But I won’t give up this time without a fight. I will do everything in my power to win her back. There might be some stumbles along the way… Like an accidental poisoning for example. But I won’t let that stop me. Through gunfire and car chases, I will make sure she knows she can rely on me. We’re in this together, Forever and always. Who cares if things don’t get off to a great start? What doe...

Title: A Valiant Prince Series: The Poisoned Pawn Duet #2 Author: S.E. Rose Genre: Romantic Suspense/Royal Romance Release Date: June 21, 2019 Blurb Some princes are born into royalty. And some princes are made into royalty. Logan Winters just discovered that he’s a prince, a prince that someone wants dead. When Princess Susanna came waltzing into his world, she took his breath away with her beauty and charm and also with the truth about his life. Now they are racing against time to find out who wants to kill him. Will they be able to stop a killer? Or will their discovery bring down not one throne but two? ADD TO GOODREADS Enter S.E. Rose's $25 Amazon gift gift card + signed duet giveaway Purchase Links AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS READ AN EXCERPT Trailer Also Available AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS ...