Liz Currently Loves…A Taste of Ashes by Tony Black.

Publication Date: Available Now from Black and White Source: Publisher Review Copy When DI Bob Valentine returns to duty after a narrow escape with death, he is faced with the discovery of a corpse on a kitchen table with a horrific neck wound and a mystery surrounding the victim’s missing… Continue reading

How To Be Brave. Or how to make readers cry great big buckets of tears….

Publication Date: Available Now from Orenda Source: Via the publisher and several reads later…. All the stories died that morning … until we found the one we’d always known. When nine-year-old Rose is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Natalie must use her imagination to keep her daughter alive. They begin… Continue reading

The Starlings and other stories….

Publication Date: Available Now from Graffeg Source: Publisher Review Copy Pictures shown during review belong to extraordinary photographer David Wilson Twelve pictures, twelve tales of crime and mystery. Written by Murder Squad and their accomplices, these page-turning short stories open up a world of intrigue, suspense and fear. With contributions… Continue reading

Please Don’t Leave Me Here by Tania Chandler. Author Interview. Blog Tour

Publication Date: 24th September from Scribe. Today I am pleased to welcome Tania Chandler to the blog answering a few questions about her terrific novel “Please Don’t Leave Me Here” as part of the official blog tour. My review will also follow. Thanks Tania! Can you tell us a little… Continue reading

Bloody Scotland, Bloody Marvellous. Part Two. Killer Women.

  So welcome to part two of my little soundbite pieces on my trip to the Bloody Scotland Festival – and early on Saturday morning (it felt early after the night before!) I attended my first panel which involved some of those wonderful Killer Women – a lady I feel… Continue reading

Bloody Scotland, Bloody Marvellous. Part One.

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

Solomon Creed by Simon Toyne – Blog Tour: Author Interview & Review

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

The Dark Inside. Blog Tour.

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

Dead Eyed – Idea to Publication. Guest Post from Matt Brolly

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

September Release Spotlight: The Blissfully Dead Mark Edwards & Louise Voss

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