It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a straight-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world — but something terrible… Continue reading
So we all know by now about me and this book so I won’t go on anymore (well maybe a bit), although my mission to ensure that everyone on the planet reads it is still ongoing… As far as great Christmas presents goes you probably can’t go wrong with this… Continue reading
Coming January from Macmillan – Tor Forge. Thank you to the author and publisher for the advance copy via netgalley. When the emperor of Annur is murdered, his children must fight to uncover the conspiracy—and the ancient enemy—that effected his death. Now I don’t usually do fantasy novels/sci fi novels… Continue reading
So when Hull was announced as the next City of Culture, I asked all round nice guy and terrific author Nick Quantrill, who hails from said City, if he would like to write me a short piece on Hull and his feelings about it. And so here is what he… Continue reading
A woman sits beside her father’s bedside as the night ticks away the final hours of his life. As she watches over her father, she relives the past week and the events that brought the family together . . . and she recalls all the weeks before that served to… Continue reading
A wonderful little “Bridging” tale between Will Carver’s earlier novels (Girl 4 and The Two) and his latest book in the January David series “Dead Set” I was slightly late to the party – in that I read this today, rather than before I read Dead Set. I’m actually pleased… Continue reading
So what feels like ages ago now, I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to read Luca Veste’s debut novel – a terrific serial killer thriller “Dead Gone”. Today you can get your hands on an ebook copy and I caught up with Luca and asked… Continue reading
It’s Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in… Continue reading
I adore the writing of Stav Sherez so I recently caught up with him to find out more about the Carrigan and Miller books amongst other things – here is what he had to tell me. Tell me a little about how Carrigan and Miller came into focus…. Continue reading
Thank you to Catherine at Penguin for tracking down a copy of this book for me. So, recently I decided to expand my reading yet again by starting to read some more non-fiction – something I’ve only dipped a toe into every now and again, much preferring fiction and all… Continue reading
