So the latest release from Mel Sherratt is “Watching over You” a frightening cautionary tale of life, featuring one of the scariest female characters I’ve met recently in fiction. I loved this one quite a lot (review to follow) it was in my top 5 reads of 2013 and I… Continue reading
A beautiful cover and going immediately onto my reading list. Welcome to Willow Cottage – throw open the shutters, let in the sea breeze and make yourself completely at home. Oh, and please do leave a comment in the Guestbook! As landlady of Willow Cottage, the young widow… Continue reading
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
Recently I was lucky enough (Thanks Ben Willis) to get a copy of this quirky and wonderful book from Natalie Young – I’m sure it is going to be much talked about this year in the world of books and everyone will read it and form an opinion – this… Continue reading
So a little while ago I was lucky enough to be amongst the first readers of “The Cleansing”, and end of days tale with a twist that I loved very much. So much that it did get a mention in my 2013 Reading Year in Review. So I tracked Sam… Continue reading
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
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
Well here we are, a few short weeks into the New Year and already I have had some amazing reading experiences. Right now though, I’m heading back in time to last year and having a look at what got my blood pumping in 2013. This may end up being long…. Continue reading
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
So a very happy Publication Day to Lucy Atkins for “The Missing One” a book I was lucky enough to read early – review to follow but first I tracked Lucy down to ask her some questions and here is what she had to tell me. More information is available… Continue reading
