Publication Date: 3rd July 2014 from Picador. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy. On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while… Continue reading
Publication Date: 14th July 2014 from Black and White Publishing. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy. It s a dead man . . . Can t you see someone s put a bloody great spike through him? The discovery of a dead banker sends shock… Continue reading
So having recently read and adored the latest crime novel from Neil White, I stalked him around the internet a bit until he agreed to answer a few questions for me and here is what he had to tell me. A second outing for Sam and Joe… Continue reading
Something is savaging Augustus Baltazar’s many wounds. Is the voice in his head the Shadow Lord, or is Solani tricking him with mind games? Can he stop the incessant rotting before it becomes too much, and consumes his very soul? DI Merrick encounters similar difficulties, after playing his hand… Continue reading
Publication Date: September 10th 2014 from Picador. Thank you to Ruth Hunt, the author and publisher for the review copy. The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWO Civilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTY… Continue reading
Why I Write I grew up with stories of writing. My mother, aged three, learning to write with a stick in the sand, in a Japanese prison camp where people risked their lives to keep diaries. Writing with stubs of pencil on scraps of cloth and in the… Continue reading
Available Now from Headline. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via BookBridgr Amy Philmore knows something is wrong as she walks home alone through Fort George Hill. When a car pulls up and three men get out, it’s too late to escape. Now she is… Continue reading
Available now from Heron Books. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy. Two years on from the events of Dodger, Jack Dawkins is back as top-sawyer with his own gang of petty thieves from Seven Dials. But crime in London has become a serious business –… Continue reading
BOOK BREAK – the new online book show series – Episode 5 Log on during your lunch hour for the fifth of ten monthly shows where author Alexandra Heminsley is joined by J B Morrisson, Tim Winton and Louise Millar who will be talking about their contemporary fiction novels. Broadcast date:… Continue reading
Today an introduction to Netwars: The Code with a guest post from author M Sean Coleman. ABOUT M.SEAN COLEMAN: AUTHOR OF THE BUTTERFLY ATTACK AND THE CODE: M. Sean Coleman was born in the UK and raised in South Africa. He started his career as a writer working for Douglas… Continue reading
