Sewing the Shadows Together – Interview with Alison Taylor Baillie

Today I am VERY pleased to welcome Alison to the blog tellling us a little bit about her novel Sewing the Shadows Together. Tell us a little about what inspired you to start writing? I’ve always loved writing. At primary school my teacher restricted me to three pages because I… Continue reading

2016 January Spotlight: Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre

Publication Date: January 28th 2016 from Little Brown Source: Netgalley There is no perfect marriage. There is no perfect murder. Diana Jager is clever, strong and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her… Continue reading

Liz Currently Loves…The Reckoning By Sam Kates

Publication Date: 22nd December from Smithcraft Press. Source: Publisher advanced reading copy Unnatural calm prevails. Trepidation builds. Silently, a storm gathers. Survivors from mainland Europe and North America converge on Britain. Weary, confused, all come seeking answers; some are spoiling for a fight. What began with the Cleansing and was… Continue reading

The Darkest Day by Tom Wood. Darkly Delicious.

Publication Date: Available Now from Sphere. Source: Purchased Copy He is darkness. She wants him dead. In a city starved of light, she might just succeed. She moves like a shadow; she kills silently: Raven. This elegant assassin has been on the run for years. This time though, she has… Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman: Teaser review

Publication Date May 5th 2016 From Little Brown. Source: Netgalley Girls on Fire tells the story of Hannah and Lacey and their obsessive teenage female friendship so passionately violent it bloodies the very sunset its protagonists insist on riding into, together, at any cost. Opening with a suicide whose aftermath… Continue reading

Book Week Scotland. Interview with Cathy Retzenbrink.

I am so happy to be a part of Book Week Scotland, even if only virtually living so far away, and I was incredibly pleased to be able to ask amazing lady Cathy Retzenbrink some questions about her emotionally resonant memoir “The Last Act of Love” – HUGE thanks to… Continue reading

New Release Spotlight…The Silent Room by Mari Hannah

Publication Date: Available now from Pan Macmillan Source: Publisher review copy A security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in the back. It never arrives. On route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting… Continue reading

New Release Spotlight: The Silent Dead by Claire McGowan

Publication Date: November 19th 2015 from Headline Source: Author Review Copy Victim: Male. Mid-thirties. 5’7″. Cause of death: Hanging. Initial impression – murder. ID: Mickey Doyle. Suspected terrorist and member of the Mayday Five. The officers at the crime scene know exactly who the victim is. Doyle was one of… Continue reading

2016 Spotlight: The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood

Publication Date: January 7th 2016 from Sphere Source: Netgalley When three-year-old identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to… Continue reading

Angel Killer – Interview with Andrew Mayne.

I am SO happy to have been able to ask Andrew Mayne a few questions about Angel Killer (Available now from Faber and Faber – link below)  – a simply superb book that I read earlier this year and will be reviewing as part of my “Books for Christmas” feature… Continue reading