So this last weekend I attended the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, had a brilliant time, saw some great panels with some great authors – met up with good friends and found some new ones. The whole thing was relaxed, inclusive and for a bookish person the very definition of… Continue reading
Photo by Toby Madden USE Today I am VERY happy to have Simon Toyne on the blog answering a few questions on “Solomon Creed” a novel that has been described as the Thriller of the year. I can’t really argue with that…So here is what I asked (and what he… Continue reading
Oh goodie look I get to babble on about this one again. I reviewed this recently (review can be seen below) and felt VERY lucky to be able to ask author, Rod Reynolds a few questions about The Dark Inside as part of the official blog tour. Here is what… Continue reading
Today I am VERY pleased to welcome author Matt Brolly to tell us about how his first novel, Dead Eyed, came into being. Dead Eyed – Idea to Publication The idea for Dead Eyed came to me in 2008. I initially called it Souljacker, and the ‘soul-stealing’ element to… Continue reading
Publication Date: 29th September from Thomas and Mercer Source: Netgalley She couldn’t believe that he wanted to meet her. He was famous. She was a nobody. Finally, someone could see how special she was… When the body of a teenage girl is found in a London hotel, DI Patrick Lennon… Continue reading
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
