If you don’t know what to offer to one of your bookworm friends, I have the answer for you: A Bookbox Subscription! It is seriously one of the best gifts someone could offer me.
My Chronicle Book Box
My Chronicle Bookbox works a bit differently than other bookbox on the market. They have two themes: Crime & Mystery (the one I have) and Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Each both contains 3 signed books, interviews from the authors and other goodies such as candles, tea towels, bookmarks etc.
I really enjoyed every book I received and I know that they put a lot of work and effort on offering us the best stories available.
As mentioned, all of the books are signed, and they arrive with interviews of the authors on their writing process, the book in itself or their next projects. It is always very interesting and the books are always great stories. You can be sure that you will like any book they send you. Another great thing is that I did not know any of the authors and that’s something I really appreciated as well.
The box arrives every three month in order to give you time to finish the ones you received 3 months before. It is the perfect gift for book lovers who never get tired of more books!
Crime & Mystery – August 2019
This month’s bookbox contains:
“Those People” by Louise Candlish, here’s the Goodreads summary:
Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together on weekends. But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they donʼt follow the rules. They blast music at all hours, begin an unsightly renovation, and run a used-car business from their yard. It doesn’t take long for an all-out war to start brewing. Then, early one Saturday, a horrific death shocks the street. As police search for witnesses, accusations start flying–and everyone has something to hide.
“The Never Game” by Jeffery Deaver, here’s its Goodreads Summary:
A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a « reward seeker, » traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. But what seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America’s tech hub and the cutthroat billion-dollar video-gaming industry. When another victim is kidnapped, the clues point to one video game with a troubled past–The Whispering Man. In that game, the player has to survive after being abandoned in an inhospitable setting with five random objects. Is a madman bringing the game to life?
Shaw finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game, risking his own life to save the victims even as he pursues the kidnapper across both Silicon Valley and the dark ‘net. Encountering eccentric game designers, trigger-happy gamers and ruthless tech titans, he soon learns that he isn’t the only one on the hunt: someone is on his trail and closing fast.
“Tick Tock” by Mel Sherratt, with it’s Goodreads Summary:
In the city of Stoke, a teenage girl is murdered in the middle of the day, her lifeless body abandoned in a field behind her school. Two days later, a young mother is abducted. She’s discovered strangled and dumped in a local park.
DS Grace Allendale and her team are brought in to investigate, but with a bold killer, no leads and nothing to connect the victims, the case seems hopeless. It’s only when a third woman is targeted that a sinister pattern emerges. A dangerous mind is behind these attacks, and Grace realises that the clock is ticking….
Can they catch the killer before another young woman dies?
The number-one best seller returns with a breathtaking thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.
I cannot wait to read them all and let you know my thoughts on those books! One thing I must add is that My Chronicle BookBox have a great customer service and did everything they could to make me receive my box while transferring from one country to another. Even if it meant sending it earlier than planned.
My subscription unfortunately ends this month but I will never stop advising people on getting it.
My next Bookbox is Le Ptit Colli from Collibris, a French bookbox. I will receive two books per month on a various range of genres. It will allow me to read more books in French as I tend to forget to read in my own language sometimes, and also to discover other genres and authors. I’m looking forward to the change but will definitely keep checking out what My Chronicle BookBox do!
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