Traditional v Self Publishing – thoughts of an author – Dean Crawford.

I asked 3 authors to tell me their thoughts on Traditional publishing and Self publishing – later in the week you can hear from Ken Mooney and Neil Bursnoll, but today its the turn of Dean Crawford who has been traditionally published and has since self published. Thank you to… Continue reading

Natchez Burning by Greg Iles. Worth every MINUTE of the wait.

To be Published 13th March by Harper Collins Thank you THANK YOU to Kate and Bob at Killer Reads for the advance copy. Probably THE best book post I have ever had. Penn Cage is facing a son’s worst nightmare – having his father stand accused of murder. Worse, each… Continue reading

The Three by Sarah Lotz – THIS is why I love books.

Coming May 22nd from Hodder and Stoughton Thank you to publisher and author for the ARC. They’re here … The boy. The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there’s so many … They’re coming for me now. We’re all going soon. All of us. Pastor Len… Continue reading

Liz Currently Loves….Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent

Coming 6th March from Penguin Thank you to the publisher for the advance copy. Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives in the leafy suburbs with his wife, Alice, who illustrates his award-winning children’s books and gives him her unstinting devotion. Their life together is one… Continue reading

Echo Boy by Matt Haig. A Book is a Map…

Coming March 27th from Random House Children’s Publishers UK I made a wish upon a star and it was granted via netgalley…. Audrey’s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and… Continue reading

Cherringham: Mystery at the Manor. A murder for every month of the year.

Digital Series. Episode 2: The elderly owner of Mogdon Manor, Victor Hamblyn, dies in a mysterious fire. But was it really an accident? Jack and Sarah are skeptical – The victim’s three middle-aged children, who all live in the village of Cherringham, are possible heirs. And possible murderers – Did… Continue reading

The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee – A truly wonderful book.

Thank you kindly to the publisher for the Advance Reading Copy. Fukuoka Prison, 1944. Beyond the prison walls the war rages; inside a man is found brutally murdered. Watanabe, a young guard with a passion for reading, is tasked with finding the killer. The victim, Sugiyama – also a guard… Continue reading

Liz Currently Loves….Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

In Stalin’s Soviet Union, crime does not exist. But still millions live in fear. The mere suspicion of disloyalty to the State, the wrong word at the wrong time, can send an innocent person to his execution. Officer Leo Demidov, an idealistic war hero, believes he’s building a perfect society…. Continue reading