Emma

Stacking Shelves: 24th June, 2016

STSsmallThis week, for the first time, I am joining in with Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews and Marlene of Reading Reality for Stacking Shelves, where you share the real and virtual books you have added to your shelves in the last week.

First up for me this week was The Binding Song by Elodie Harper, which came through the post and has one of the spookiest covers I think I’ve seen in a while.

34452770A chilling debut for fans of Mo Hayder and Sharon Bolton, THE BINDING SONG takes you on a trip to Halvergate Prison. If you’re lucky, you’ll get to leave…

Dr Janet Palmer is the new lead psychologist at HMP Halvergate in a remote, bleak area of Norfolk. At first, she was excited by the promotion. Then she starts to see how many secrets are hiding behind the high walls.

A string of inmates have committed suicide, leaving no reasons why, and her predecessor has disappeared – along with his notes. The staff are hostile, the threat of violence is ever-present, and there are rumours of an eyeless woman stalking the corridors, punishing the inmates for their sins.

Janet is determined to find out what is really going on. But the longer she stays and the deeper she digs, the more uncertain she feels.

Halvergate is haunted by something. But it may be a terror worse than ghosts…

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

Then I was lucky enough to wish for and receive the next offering from one of my favourite authors, The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain…

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In 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed by World War II. Tess’s new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night, hides money from his new wife, and shows no interest in making love. Tess quickly realizes she’s trapped in a strange and loveless marriage with no way out.

The people of Hickory love and respect Henry and see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain, especially after one of the town’s prominent citizens dies in a terrible accident and Tess is blamed. Tess suspects people are talking about her, plotting behind her back, and following her as she walks around town. What does everyone know about Henry that she does not? Feeling alone and adrift, Tess turns to the one person who seems to understand her, a local medium who gives her hope but seems to know more than he’s letting on.

When a sudden polio epidemic strikes the town, the townspeople band together to build a polio hospital. Tess, who has a nursing degree, bucks Henry’s wishes and begins to work at the hospital, finding meaning in nursing the young victims. Yet at home, Henry’s actions grow more alarming by the day. As Tess works to save the lives of her patients, can she untangle her husband’s mysterious behavior and save her own life?

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

And finally, I picked up a free copy* of Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant, which has been on my reading list for a while…

29636224“I suppose what I am saying is, how much do we collude in our own destruction? How much of this nightmare is on me?

You can hate and rail.
You can kick out in protest.

You can do foolish and desperate things, but maybe sometimes you just have to hold up a hand and take the blame.”

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

  • * my free copy was from iBooks but it’s also free on Amazon kindle at the moment

And that’s it for me this week.  How about you? What have you added to the shelves?

Emma x

 

27 comments

  4. I love Diane Chamberlain’s books, so this one went on my list immediately. I also love the look of Lie with Me…and then the creepy look of The Binding Song. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I picked up Lie With Me too, and the three other books that were on the same email I got from iTunes – They all seemed at least relatively interesting and they were free so I figured why not lol!

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  7. I just added The Stolen Marriage to my must purchase list, I can’t believe I have to wait until October for release. I hope you enjoy all your new reads. Have a wonderful day.

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  8. Ooh some creepy looking titles! The Binding Song looks nice and scary, and I like that cover of Lie With Me as well, with the water. Looks like some pretty good reads. 🙂

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    • I hope not too scary – though creepy would be a nice change for me. I am glad it came unsolicited in a way as I don’t think I’d have picked it up given the cover otherwise.

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    • I have high hopes for the stolen marriage. I am about to start the binding song so we’ll see if it’s as creepy as the cover suggests.

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