Stacking shelves: 8th July, 2017

STSsmallOnce again, I’m 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 is a book I wanted to read for a while The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths, though I am a little nervous about joining the series when it’s already in flow.

51gqwo4uACL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich’s web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder inquiry on his hands. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity – now it suggests a much more sinister purpose.

Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is investigating the disappearance of a local rough sleeper. The only trace of her is the rumour that she’s gone ‘underground’. This might be a figure of speech, but with the discovery of the bones and the rumours both Ruth and the police have heard that the network of old chalk-mining tunnels under Norwich is home to a vast community of rough sleepers, the clues point in only one direction. Local academic Martin Kellerman knows all about the tunnels and their history – but can his assertions of cannibalism and ritual killing possibly be true?

As the weather gets hotter, tensions rise. A local woman goes missing and the police are under attack. Ruth and Nelson must unravel the dark secrets of The Underground and discover just what gruesome secrets lurk at its heart – before it claims another victim.

Release date (paperback): 13th July, 2017 – already available as ebook

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

Next up is from the library – Sister Sister by Sue Fortin – another one I have heard great things about so am excited to read.

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Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar.

Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous.

Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life.

Alice thinks Claire is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family.

One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

And, finally, I bought I Found You by Lisa Jewell, which for some reason I hadn’t found time to buy or read since it came out.

30753651In a windswept British seaside town, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside.

Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.

Twenty-three years earlier, Gray and Kirsty are teenagers on a summer holiday with their parents. Their annual trip to the quaint seaside town is passing by uneventfully, until an enigmatic young man starts paying extra attention to Kirsty. Something about him makes Gray uncomfortable—and it’s not just that he’s playing the role of protective older brother.

Find on: Amazon UK / Amazon US / Goodreads

And that’s it for this week.  What has been added to your shelves?

Emma x

 

 

15 comments

  1. Oh I got The Chalk Pit in the post this week, like you I’ll be jumping in mid-series which I’m unsure about but it sounds really good.

    I also just received My Husband’s Son by Deborah O’Connor, it was my first book for signing up to Reader’s First after someone recommended it, book looks good, and I like the idea behind Reader’s First so I’ll see how it goes

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  2. I have only read a couple of Elly Griffiths books, but loved them. I may have to jump in midpoint, too, as I love the look of this one.

    I enjoyed I Found You. Have a great week!

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  3. Sister Sister has been sitting on my Kindle for a couple months, like you I was excited to read it. Thanks for the reminder that I need to read it. I hope you enjoy all your new reads.

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