‘It’s just my luck’ he said, ‘that when I finally find a soulmate, she’s fifteen years old’ – My Dark Vanessa [ About the Book ] 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave…
Ten little rabbits, all dressed in whiteTried to get to heaven on the end of a kite.Kite string got broken, down they all fell,Instead of going to heaven, they all went to…– The Rabbit Hunter [ About the Book ] It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die.A masked stranger stands in…
Yesterday Lydia had a bookshopYesterday Lydia was married to a journalistYesterday she was with everyone she loved most in the worldToday, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left.For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg.For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train.For him, she will…
One familyOne nightTen years of lies– Six Wicked Reasons [ About the Book ] It’s June 2008 and twenty-one-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead. The strain of his disappearance breaks his already fragile family. Ten years later, with his mother deceased and siblings scattered across the globe, Adam turns up unannounced at the family home.…
Knowing the truth will destroy her…Keeping it secret will destroy him… The Dilemma – how far would you go to give someone you love a last few hours of happiness? [ About the Book ] It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s having the party of a lifetime to make up for the wedding she never…
Be prepared for emotional turmoil…Be prepared to be bereft… Isabelle in the Afternoon by Douglas Kennedy is about to be released into the world and it will completely capture your heart and soul. It is my final review of 2019, as I take a blogging break for the festive season, and what an incredible novel…
‘You won’t be able to look away‘–Keep Your Eyes On Me Keep Your Eyes On Me is the first standalone thriller by Sam Blake following on from the very successful crime fiction series, the Cat Connolly Trilogy. Due for publication with Corvus Books on January 2nd 2020, Keep Your Eyes On Me is described as…
A DCI Frank Merlin Thriller – December 1941A Death in Mayfair A few weeks back I participated in the blog tour with Mark Ellis and Midas PR celebrating the recent publication of A Death in Mayfair with an extract, which you can read HERE. Today I am delighted to bring you all my review of…
‘An explosion of fat, guts, bones and blood filled his mouth. The sweet flesh and bitter entrails were sublime. The grease that coated the roof of his mouth was breathtaking. Sharp bones pierced his gums and his own blood seasoned the meat’– Black Summer Bet that got your attention? Black Summer by M.W. Craven is…
‘Friendships will be tested and loyalties torn. But can love win the day?‘– The Emerald Affair [ About the Book ] In Scotland in the aftermath of the First World War, nurse Esmie McBride meets handsome Captain Tom Lomax at her best friend Lydia’s home. Esmie is at first concerned for Tom’s shell shock, then…