The Good Thief Guides – Chris Ewan talks to Neil White.

Chris Ewan’s “The Good Thief’s Guides” have recently been re-issued, I read them all a long time ago now and loved every one – they offer highly intriguing mysteries, following along with an engaging main character in Charlie Howard and are beautifully witty, both funny and fascinating so if you… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2018: The Collector Fiona Cummins

Publication Date: February 2018 from Pan Macmillan Source: Proof copy Jakey escaped with his life and moved to a new town. His rescue was a miracle but his parents know that the Collector is still out there, watching, waiting… Clara, the girl he left behind, is clinging to the hope… Continue reading

Ones To Watch in 2018 – Dark Pines Will Dean

Publication Date: January 2018 from OneWorld Source: Netgalley An isolated Swedish town. A deaf reporter terrified of nature. A dense spruce forest overdue for harvest. A pair of eyeless hunters found murdered in the woods. It’s week one of the Swedish elk hunt and the sound of gunfire is everywhere…. Continue reading

Ones To Watch in 2018: The Memory Chamber Holly Cave

Publication Date: February 2018 from Quercus Source: Review Copy Isobel has it all: her dream job, an immaculate home and a steady relationship. Life, and even death, is completely under her control. For Isobel’s generation death no longer means oblivion, thanks to firms like her employer, Oakley Associates. Isobel is… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2018: If I Die Before I Wake Emily Koch.

Publication Date: January 2018 from Harvill Secker Source: Netgalley How Do You Solve Your Own Murder? Everyone believes Alex is in a coma, unlikely to ever wake up. As his family debate withdrawing life support, and his friends talk about how his girlfriend Bea needs to move on, he can… Continue reading

Ones To Watch in 2018: The Night Market Jonathan Moore.

Publication Date: January 2018 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Source: Netgalley It’s late Thursday night, and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene in one of the city’s last luxury homes. The dead man on the floor is covered by an unknown substance that’s eating through his skin. Before Carver… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2018 – The Confession. Jo Spain.

Publication Date: January 2018 from Quercus Source: Review Copy Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man launches an unspeakably brutal attack on Harry as a horror-struck Julie watches, frozen by fear. Just an hour later the… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2018. The Feed. Nick Clark Windo

Publication Date: January 2018 from Headline Source: Review Copy It makes us. It destroys us.  The Feed is everywhere. It can be accessed by anyone, at any time. Every interaction, every emotion, every image can be shared through it. Tom and Kate use The Feed, but they have resisted addiction… Continue reading

Conflicts of Interest: Getting to Know You with Terry Stiastny

Very pleased to welcome Terry to the blog today as part of my “Getting to Know You” feature. Welcome! Tell us a little about your current novel, what readers can expect from it.. Conflicts of Interest is a story of two friends, one a journalist, Lawrence Leith, who’s down on… Continue reading

Ones To Watch in 2018 – The Woman in the Window A J Finn.

Publication Date: January 25th 2018 from Harper Collins Source: Review ARC It isn’t paranoia if it’s really happening . . . Anna Fox lives alone, a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling… Continue reading