2016 Spotlight: Then She Was Gone by Luca Veste

Publication Date: July 2016 (TBC) from Simon and Schuster. Source: Netgalley Sam Bryne is on course to be elected as one of the youngest MPs in Westminster. He’s tipped for the very top … until he vanishes. Detectives Murphy and Rossi are tasked with discovering what has happened to the… Continue reading

Out of the comfort zone reading: Rod Reynolds reviews Red Rising.

A little while ago when I was feeling rather inspired by all the great books I’d been reading I thought it might be a good idea to persuade a few authors (and other bloggers) to read “Out of their comfort zones” to see if perhaps they might be missing out…. Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

Publication Date: 26th July 2016 from Little Brown Source: Review Copy Katie and Eric Knox have dedicated their lives to their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful. But when a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community just weeks before an all-important competition, everything the Knoxes have… Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: Why Did You Lie by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Publication Date: 11th August 2016 from Hodder and Staughton (Translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb) Source: Review copy A journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests… Continue reading

Stasi Child by David Young. A late late review….

Publication Date: Available Now from Twenty7 Source: Review copy. And purchased copy. When Oberleutnant Karin Müller is called to investigate a teenage girl’s body at the foot of the wall, she imagines she’s seen it all before. But when she arrives she realises this is a death like no other:… Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: Die of Shame Mark Billingham

Publication Date: Available Now (UK) from Little Brown 7th June (US) from Grove Atlantic. Sources: Netgalley (Grove) Purchased copy (Hardback) Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame…. Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: The Girls by Emma Cline

Publication Date: 2nd June from Randomhouse Uk, Vintage publishing. Source: Netgalley Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The snatch of… Continue reading

Top 10 Witches and Vampires in Literature with Marie Anne Cope.

Today I am pleased to welcome Marie Anne Cope to the blog talking about Witches and Vampires…. AUTHOR, MARIE ANNE COPE’S TOP 10 WITCHES AND VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE Witches and vampires, the subject of my debut novel Bonds, are a constant source of fear, fascination and wonder. Both have the… Continue reading