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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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DI Gravel is interesting, but I’m not sure he’s great at his job?

Portraits of The Dead (DI Gravel Book 1) by John Nicholl

A Cold Cold Heart (DI Gravel Book 3) by John Nicholl

October 30, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Shockingly I started the DI Gravel series at book number two!  It was actually really good (as far as I can remember).  I definitely remember liking DI Gravel as a character.  Like I said in the title though, I’m not sure he’s great as an investigator.  I don’t think he actually solved the crimes in the second book, and I don’t think he actually solved the crimes in this first book either. The bad dude kidnaps a college student named Emma and keeps her a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: DI Gravel, John Nicholl, murder

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: DI Gravel, John Nicholl, murder ·
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Whoah, this girl is messed up – BINGO

October 23, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

cbr10bingo… Cover Art THIS IS MY FIRST BINGO!  (I plan on having more, but we’ll see)  I chose this book for “cover art”, because it’s obviously a cool / disturbing cover. We start out the story with a British detective (or inspector, or whatever rank he was at the time) talking to a family about how the pedophile who sexually abused their six year old daughter won’t be brought to justice.  It’s devastating to both the family and the detective, because he’s a bad dude […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr10bingo, DI Gravel, John Nicholl, murder, pedophiles

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr10bingo, DI Gravel, John Nicholl, murder, pedophiles ·
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