Publication Date: 24th Oct from Orbit Source: Review Copy In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled — taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and… Continue reading
Publication Date: November 16th from Sandstone Press Source: Review Copy Blood is thicker than water – but it’s not as hard as cash. The trial of Robbie Munro’s life: one month to prove he’s fit to be a father. No problem. Apart, that is, from the small matter of a… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available now from Faber Source: review copy As six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each. Bullying schoolmasters receive their comeuppance, unhappy marriages and childhoods are avenged, a murder in the small hours of Christmas Day puts an end to… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available now from Serpents Tail Source: Netgalley Southern fables usually go the other way around. A white woman is killed or harmed in some way, real or imagined, and then, like the moon follows the sun, a black man ends up dead. But when it comes to… Continue reading
Publication Date: 2nd November from Harper Collins Source; Review Copy From the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel Sergeant Roberta Steel has recently been demoted after being caught fitting up a suspect. The trouble is, the man she got… Continue reading
Publication Date: 16th November from Bonnier Zaffre Source: Review Copy Charlie and Emily Swift are the Instagram-perfect couple: gorgeous, successful and in love. But then Charlie is named as the prime suspect in a gruesome murder and Emily’s world falls apart. Desperate for answers, she turns to Charlie’s troubled best… Continue reading
It is the winter of 1670. Holcroft Blood has entered the employ of the Duke of Buckingham, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom after the king. It is here that his education really begins. With a gift for numbers and decoding ciphers, Holcroft soon proves invaluable to… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available Now from Honno Source: Review Copy Two sisters, their grandmother’s old house and Angharad… the girl who cannot leave. Meredith discovers a dusty sewing box in a disused attic. Once open the box releases the ghost of Angharad, a Victorian child-woman with a horrific secret she must… Continue reading
Publication Date: January 2018 from Orchard Books Source: Review Copy In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything – even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the… Continue reading
……..On 9th October. Apologies for any posts due up last week or this week that did not appear. All missed posts will get a spot next week. Please bear with me. An unusual situation prevents my usual bookish glee. I’m now taking a few days just for me and after… Continue reading
