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Between the Pages

A Literary Journey Through Book Reviews

Mystery

  • Seven Reasons To Murder Your Dinner Guests

    Seven dinner guests. Seven mysterious letters. Seven dates of death. Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests had me guessing right until the end, with unexpected connections, suspicious characters and a twist I genuinely didn’t see coming. Read more

  • Those People Next Door

    What begins as a disagreement between neighbours quickly spirals into something far more sinister. Those People Next Door is a thought-provoking thriller that blends social issues with courtroom drama, keeping you questioning everyone’s motives until the very end. Read more

  • Murder Off the Page (The Book Club Murders #2)

    *Advanced Reader Copy* Returning to The Book Club Murders felt like catching up with old friends. The familiar cast, another compelling mystery, and Maggie Allswell’s cosy writing style made this a thoroughly enjoyable read. While I found this instalment a little more predictable than the first, it was still an entertaining mystery that kept the… Read more

  • The Book Club Murders

    *Advanced Reader Copy* I went into The Book Club Murders not quite knowing what to expect, but it quickly won me over with its humour, charm, and intriguing premise. Following a book club that suspects they have stumbled across a real-life serial killer, the story balances light-hearted moments with genuine suspense. With a cast of… Read more

  • One of Our Own

    As Felicia gains the girl’s trust, more details begin to surface, bringing the tragedy far closer to home than she ever anticipated.” This one really stuck with me. One of Our Own is emotional, engaging, and hard to put down, even if you can see where it’s going. Read more

  • The Apothecary Diaries #1

    In a palace where a single misstep can mean death, Maomao’s sharp mind and sharper tongue set her apart. What begins as survival soon becomes something far more dangerous as secrets unravel, poisons linger, and court intrigue tightens its grip. Read more

  • Project Hail Mary Film Review

    After giving the book a full five stars last year, I was both excited and a little worried to see the film adaptation of Project Hail Mary. Would it capture the humour, tension and science that made the story so compelling? Thankfully, the film manages to stay true to the spirit of the book while… Read more

  • Take it Back (Zara Kaleel #1)

    ke It Back is a gripping and thought-provoking novel that follows Zara Kaleel, a former barrister who leaves behind one of London’s brightest legal careers to work at a rape crisis centre. When she begins supporting Jodie Wolfe, a vulnerable sixteen-year-old who accuses four Muslim boys of rape, the case quickly spirals beyond the courtroom.… Read more

  • The Trees

    The Trees confronts America’s history of racial violence through a darkly satirical lens, blending murder, history, and uncomfortable humour. While the novel raises powerful questions about reckoning and revenge, its strange structure and genre-blurring approach may leave readers unsettled — and unsure — by the final page. Read more

  • Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

    Leviathan Wakes is an expansive, cinematic science fiction novel that balances mystery, political tension, and interplanetary conflict across the solar system. Read more

  • The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6)

    Truth, like light, can blind those unprepared to face it. Yet without it, we stumble endlessly in the dark—mistaking shadows for certainty. Read more

  • Weyward

    I am a Weyward, and wild inside. My blood runs with the memory of herbs and whispers, the rustle of wings and wind through trees. They called us witches once, but they never understood — our power was never in spells or curses. It was in knowing, in listening, in belonging to the earth itself Read more

  • Project Hail Mary

    In the silence of deep space, one man wakes up with no memory — alone, uncertain, and thousands of miles from home. As fragments of his past return, he realises he’s humanity’s last hope against an impossible threat. With only his mind, his courage, and an unexpected ally, Ryland Grace must unravel the mystery of… Read more