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Title: Bad Sweet Things by Maria Hoey

Date Published: 23rd December 2021

Publisher: Spellbound Books

Genre: Thriller

Description:

Keep your enemies close
But keep your friends closer…

Six women:

Each receive a copy of an old school group photo, in which their own face has been savagely scratched out.

Within a week, two of the women are dead.

Detective Sergeant Tina Bassett:

Known to colleagues as the Hound, she believes both women were murdered by the same person and that someone is intent on killing off the class of 98,

one by one ..

As the death toll rises , DS Bassett finds herself in a desperate race against time, as she delves deeper into the past to help uncover the catalyst to the unfolding rampage in the present.

Will she succeed in stopping a killer hell bent on having their revenge ?

Or will the class of 98 finally pay their price ..

Bad Sweet Things is the new gripping Irish Crime thriller from Maria Hoey, perfect for fans of Jane Casey , Claire McGowan and Claire Allan.

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Sweet-Things-Maria-Hoey-ebook/dp/B09L4YHP9X

Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Sweet-Things-Maria-Hoey-ebook/dp/B09L4YHP9X

Review:

I want to thank Zoe at Zooloos Book Tours for inviting me on this tour and Spellbound Books for my copy of Bad Sweet Things in exchange for an honest review.

Maria Hoey is a new to me author, but I was intrigued by the blurb of Bad Sweet Things I thought I have to give that a read!

Six women receive a photo with their faces scratched out. They think it’s some prank, revenge for old grudges from their school days, but then the women die in accidents and doubts start to creep in. DS Tina Bassett and her partner JP are tasked with investigating, but quickly find it hard to prove anything more sinister than just unfortunate accidents. Tina, however, is determined to get to the bottom of things, no matter the cost. 

Bad Sweet Things is an Irish crime thriller packed full of drama, all about toxic friendships and revenge.

Tina was a fantastic character. Flawed, with a troubled upbringing, she puts her determined nature to good use to get to the bottom of her cases, no matter the roadblocks.

There’s a lot of layers to the story and it covers a lot of emotional subjects, with care I might add, but just be warned it might have you reaching for a tissue while you’re reading it.

I felt this was definitely more of a whydunnit than a whodunnit. To me, the person responsible was obvious from the start, but the motive isn’t entirely clear until near the end.

Bad Sweet Things is a fast-paced and fraught thriller that packs an emotional punch.

About The Author:

Maria is an author and poet from Dublin, Ireland.  Her poetry has appeared in Ireland’s foremost poetry publication, Poetry Ireland. Her short stories have featured in various publications and been shortlisted for a number of awards.  

In 2017, Maria’s debut novel, The Last Lost Girl was published by Poolbeg Press, and went on to be shortlisted for the Kate O’Brien Debut Award 2018.  

Maria’s second novel, On Bone Bridge was published by Poolbeg in 2018. She has also had a book for children published by Poolbeg in 2019, The Little Book of Irish Saints. 

Bad Sweet Things was published in 2021 and listed in the Amazon Kindle Bestseller chart (Irish Crime).

Maria has one daughter, Rebecca, and lives in Portmarnock, Co Dublin, with her husband, Garrett, and their moustachioed cat, Midge.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariaHoey