‘To get up from rock bottom, you’ve got to take the stairs…’– The Neighbours [ About the Book ] Some women have it all…. Others are thirty-four, renting a tiny flat alone because they recently found their long-term boyfriend in bed with their boss. Unfortunately, the latter applies to Ginny Taylor. Single and jobless, Ginny…
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize with my review of longlisted nominee Yara Rodrigues Fowler and her debut novel Stubborn Archivist I am thrilled to be involved with the blog tour for the prestigious literary award, The International Dylan Thomas Prize, with my review of one of the long-listed titles, Stubborn Archivist…
‘There’s a monster in this family…‘-The Liar’s Daughter [ About the Book ] No one deserves to be taken before their time. Do they? Joe McKee – pillar of the Derry community – is dead. As arrangements are made for the traditional Irish wake, friends and family are left reeling at how cancer could have…
The room is small and dark. Row upon row of jars line the shelves, each one sealed with blood-red wax. The seal’s mark is a twisted circle of briar with gleaming, gold-tipped thorns. And in each jar a flicker of forbidden magic dances… beautiful, but deadly.– Mageborn Today I join Jessica Thorne on tour with…
‘One circle of strangersTwo people who’d rather be anywhere elseThree lives about to change for ever‘– Saturdays at Noon [ About the Book ] Emily just wants to keep the world away.She doesn’t want anyone to know all the ways her life is messed up.Going to anger management every Saturday, talking to strangers, was not…
‘He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying’– Perfect Kill [ About the Book ] Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart Campbell knows that his chances of being found alive are slim. Drugged and kidnapped, the realisation soon dawns that he’s been locked inside a shipping container far…
‘His life is perfectly regimented.Is there really any room for something as unpredictable as love?‘– The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock [ About the Book ] Oliver Clock has everything arranged just so. A steady job running the family funeral parlour. A fridge stocked with ready meals. A drawer full of colour-coded socks. A plan…
‘A must for fans of true crime, and those keen to learn more about China’s fascinating history’– Murders of Old China Murders of Old China, an Audible original true crime title, presents twelve true crime cases from early twentieth century China, studying these gripping stories to explore the turbulence and transformation taking place in the…
Today I am delighted to join Sue Featherstone and Susan Pape on tour with A Forgiven Friend, the final book in their co-authored FRIENDS trilogy which was published on November 19th with Lakewater Press. I have an extract to share with you all today so I do hope you enjoy! [ About the Book ]…
It is a great pleasure to host an extract from A Death in Mayfair, the latest DCI Frank Merlin novel from Mark Ellis. I thoroughly enjoyed book 3 in this detective series, Merlin At War (Review HERE) and will have my review of A Death in Mayfair in the next week or two. But today,…