I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am at the amazing programme Bute Noir has launched this morning. Yrsa Sigurdottir, Sarah Hilary, James Oswald, Alexandra Sokoloff, Mari Hannah, Chris Brookmyre and Abir Mukherjee, to name just a very few. This is class festival fare and all set on the magical Isle of Bute,Continue reading “BUTE NOIR CRIME FESTIVAL PROGRAMME @ButeNoir @Printpoint97 #crimeandcakes #wineandcrime”
Monthly Archives: May 2018
The Puppet Show by M.W.Craven @MWCravenUK @ClaraHDiaz @LittleBrownUK
Source: Netgalley Publication: 7 June 2018 from Constable Pp 352 Welcome to the Puppet Show . . . A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim,Continue reading “The Puppet Show by M.W.Craven @MWCravenUK @ClaraHDiaz @LittleBrownUK”
The Old You by Louise Voss @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks @AnneCater
Source: Review copy Publication: 15th May 2018 from Orenda Books Pp 300 Nail-bitingly modern domestic noir A tense, Hitchcockian psychological thriller Louise Voss returns with her darkest, most chilling, novel yet… Lynn Naismith gave up the job she loved when she married Ed, the love of her life, but it was worth it for theContinue reading “The Old You by Louise Voss @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks @AnneCater”
Drugs to Forget:Race Against Bioterror by Martin Granger @RedDoorBooks @mgrangerbooks #LoveBooksGroupTours #DrugstoForget
Source: Review Copy Publication: 31 May 2018 from Red Door Publishing Pp 288 A FOREIGN CHEMICAL AGENT IS FOUND ON BRITISH SOIL CAN IT BE STOPPED IN TIME IN A RACE AGAINST BIOTERROR? When film director Nathalie Thompson is commissioned to make a programme on bioterrorism, a sudden Ebola outbreak takes her on a dangerousContinue reading “Drugs to Forget:Race Against Bioterror by Martin Granger @RedDoorBooks @mgrangerbooks #LoveBooksGroupTours #DrugstoForget”
The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund trs Neil Smith @vintagebooks @neiltranslator #ErikAxlSund
Source: Netgalley Publication: Vintage on 6 April 2017 Pp 784 It starts with just one body – the hands bound, the skin covered in marks. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg is determined to find out who is responsible, despite opposition from her superiors. When two more bodies are found, it becomes clear that she is hunting aContinue reading “The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund trs Neil Smith @vintagebooks @neiltranslator #ErikAxlSund”
The TV Detective by Simon Hall @SimonHallNews @damppebbles @fahrenheitpress #thetvdetective
Source: Review copy Publication: 5th April 2018 from Fahrenheit Press Pp 290 Dan Groves is a television reporter newly assigned to the crime beat and not at all happy about it. Dan knows next nothing about police work or how to report on it, so when he persuades Detective Chief Inspector Adam Breen to allowContinue reading “The TV Detective by Simon Hall @SimonHallNews @damppebbles @fahrenheitpress #thetvdetective”
Wrong Way Home by Isabelle Grey (D.I. Grace Fisher #4) @Hannah_Robbo @IsabelleGrey @Anne Cater @QuercusBooks
Source: Review copy Publication: 17th May 2018 from Quercus Pp 384 A cold case leads DI Grace Fisher on the hunt for the most dangerous killer of her career – but after twenty-five years, can she really be sure she will get to the truth? The same night a local hero saved two peopleContinue reading “Wrong Way Home by Isabelle Grey (D.I. Grace Fisher #4) @Hannah_Robbo @IsabelleGrey @Anne Cater @QuercusBooks”
Judge Walden: Back in Session by Peter Murphy @AnneCater @NoExitPress #JudgeWalden
Source: Review copy Publication: 24th May 2018 from No Exit Press Pp 416 If you like Rumpole of the Bailey, you’ll love Walden of Bermondsey Judge Walden is back, to preside over five new cases at Bermondsey Crown Court. Retired resident judge Peter Murphy takes us back to the world of criminal trials in SouthContinue reading “Judge Walden: Back in Session by Peter Murphy @AnneCater @NoExitPress #JudgeWalden”
Snap by Belinda Bauer @BelindaBauer @BeckyShort1 @TransworldBooks #SnapBook
Source: Netgalley Publication: 17 May 2018 from Bantam Press Pp 352 SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . On a stifling summer’s day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack’s in charge, she’d said. I won’t be long. ButContinue reading “Snap by Belinda Bauer @BelindaBauer @BeckyShort1 @TransworldBooks #SnapBook”
Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough @sarahpinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #CrossHerHeart
Source: Netgalley Publication: May 17 2018 from Harper Collins PP 384 SOMEONE IS LIVING A LIE… BUT WHO? Is it Lisa? Haunted by a tragic past, all Lisa wants is a quiet life with her daughter, Ava. And when she meets a new man, things seem to be falling into place. But Lisa is hidingContinue reading “Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough @sarahpinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #CrossHerHeart”
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