Well it is that time of year again. A joint no 1 that won’t surprise MANY people although maybe a few but before those, 9 others that have rocked my reading world this year. This top ten includes my favourites for many reasons – and does at least a little… Continue reading
So tomorrow I’ll be posting my Top Ten (actually top 11 as I have a joint No 1 which will come as no surprise to anyone who follows me) but for today I just want to mention a few books that didn’t QUITE make it – I have read over… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available Now from Sphere. Source: Purchased Copy He is darkness. She wants him dead. In a city starved of light, she might just succeed. She moves like a shadow; she kills silently: Raven. This elegant assassin has been on the run for years. This time though, she has… Continue reading
Today I am very happy to welcome Alex Blackmore to the blog, taking part in my “Why We Write” ongoing feature as part of the official blog tour for “Killing Eva” – a novel I will be reading very soon and then hopefully asking her some questions about – so… Continue reading
Publication Date May 5th 2016 From Little Brown. Source: Netgalley Girls on Fire tells the story of Hannah and Lacey and their obsessive teenage female friendship so passionately violent it bloodies the very sunset its protagonists insist on riding into, together, at any cost. Opening with a suicide whose aftermath… Continue reading
I am so happy to be a part of Book Week Scotland, even if only virtually living so far away, and I was incredibly pleased to be able to ask amazing lady Cathy Retzenbrink some questions about her emotionally resonant memoir “The Last Act of Love” – HUGE thanks to… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available now from Pan Macmillan Source: Publisher review copy A security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in the back. It never arrives. On route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting… Continue reading
Publication Date: November 19th 2015 from Headline Source: Author Review Copy Victim: Male. Mid-thirties. 5’7″. Cause of death: Hanging. Initial impression – murder. ID: Mickey Doyle. Suspected terrorist and member of the Mayday Five. The officers at the crime scene know exactly who the victim is. Doyle was one of… Continue reading
So recently fellow blogger and good friend Christine and I tracked down Jane Casey in order to have a bit of a chat with her about the Maeve Kerrigan series (and our love for Maeve’s partner in crime Derwent) and honestly it was a huge amount of fun. You can… Continue reading
Publication Date: January 7th 2016 from Sphere Source: Netgalley When three-year-old identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to… Continue reading
