The Last Days of Leda Grey is rather an unusual book with probably one of the most stunning covers I have seen in a long time….truly beautiful! Published by Orion, Essie Fox’s latest novel, is released this month (November 2016) and is one that will transport you, the reader, to a very different time and place!!…
Today I have the pleasure of the company of author of The Brazilian Husband, Rebecca Powell . Now living in France, but born in Bristol, ‘Rebecca discovered an early love of stories from weekly visits to the local library with her mum, sister and brothers (novelists Gareth L Powell and Huw Powell) and from hours…
‘CHAOS ~ A vast chasm or void Anarchy The science of unpredictability’ No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers her twenty-fourth thriller starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, CHAOS. Published by Harper Collins, on 20th October, I was delighted to be invited to hop on the CHAOS blogtour bus!! Please read on to…
‘Maybe they are not gone, those stars. Maybe they’re just lost… Maybe they’re just trying to find their way home.’ Lost Stars or what Lou Reed taught me about Love is the latest novel from NY writer Lisa Selin Davis. Author of the grown-up novel Belly, this is Lisa’s debut YA novel set in the 1980s and…
[ This review has been updated with the recent re-release of this novel ] The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris is a book written by Irish writer Evie Woods (Gaughan). ‘An enchanting and escapist novel for 2025 from the internationally bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop‘ A little escapism to a world where good…
‘If you don’t know who is walking through the door, how do you know if you should let them in?’ How excited am I to be on the tour bus with Jenny Blackhurst!! Published by Headline, Before I Let You In is the latest psychological thriller from Jenny Blackhurst. WOW…is the reader in for a rather…
The day Tina from TripFiction dropped by for a chat….
Lost In Static is the debut novel from Christina Philippou. Just published by Urbane Publications, it is a coming-of-age novel that will appeal to a YA audience, as it deals with events surrounding the first year in residence of a group of young people at university. I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for…
‘So, how did you become the Granny Whisperer then?’ A fair question indeed! A Man with One of Those Faces is a very funny book. Written by Irishman Caimh McDonnell, it was published by McFori Ink earlier this month. I received my copy from the author in exchange for my as ever honest review. I…
‘There are sins or (let us call them as the world calls them) evil memories which are hidden away by man in the darkest places of the heart but they abide there and wait.’ James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922 Now I’m going to honest here and, even though I am Irish, I have never read James…