Publication Date: Available Now from Blackfriars. Source: Publisher Review Copy Meena, a young woman living in a futuristic Mumbai, wakes up with five snake bites on her chest. She doesn’t know how or why, but she must flee India and return to Ethiopia, the place of her birth. Having long… Continue reading
Publication Date: 3rd Sept 2015 from Quercus Source: Review copy (after which I bought a shiny hardback signed copy. Had to be done) It’s the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O’Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there’s a party. Everyone… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available Now from Orion Source: Goodreads Giveaway Prison changes a man. Sometimes in ways you can see. Usually in ways you can’t. The only reason Henry Quinn survived three years inside was because of Evan Riggs, a one-time country singer, one-time killer, now serving a life sentence. No… Continue reading
Look this is me currently whilst updating my notes in preparation for my Top Ten of 2015 post traditionally (now) posted on my Birthday 1st December. The reason for the wild look would be two books, both of which are funnily enough released this week, which at the… Continue reading
Today see’s the release of Gilly Macmillan’s brilliant novel Burnt Paper Sky – I am absolutely delighted to welcome Gilly to the blog to tell us a little about it. I’ve also persuaded her to come back another time so look out for that one in the future! Review to… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available Now from Mira Source: Review Copy She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can’t get the girl out of her head… Heidi Wood has… Continue reading
Today I am VERY happy to welcome Eva Holland to the blog to tell us about her writing hero. Following that a little review from me of the book which was really very excellent. Over to Eva! My writing hero Eva Holland Margaret Atwood has been part of my life… Continue reading
Publication Date: September 3rd from Faber and Faber Source: Publisher Review Copy 1946, Texarkana: a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders – young couples who’ve been slaughtered at a… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available Now from Hodder and Staughton Source: Netgalley Somewhere within our crowded sky, a crew of wormhole builders hops from planet to planet, on their way to the job of a lifetime. To the galaxy at large, humanity is a minor species, and one patched-up construction vessel is… Continue reading
Publication Date: 24th September from Orion Source: Netgalley Charlie Matheson died two years ago in a car accident. So how is a woman who bearing a startling resemblance to her claiming to be back from the dead? Detective Mark Nelson is called in investigate and hear her terrifying account… Continue reading
