Source: Review copy Publication: 28 June 2018 from Bonnier Zaffre Pp 352 ISBN-13: 978-1785764097 Nora Watts is being hunted . . . When Nora Watts is approached by a man claiming to know her late father, she is thrown into turmoil. Struggling with the imminent death, from cancer, of her friend and mentor SebastianContinue reading “It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal (Nora Watts #2) @BonnierZaffre @ImoSebba #ItAllFallsDown”
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Butterfly Ranch by R.K.Salters @Descend_Orpheus @AnneCater #ButterflyRanch #blogtour #bookreview
Source: Review Copy Publication: Matador on 5 Dec. 2017 Pp: 264 ISBN-13: 978-1788039963 Tristan Griffin is a household name and the author of a universally popular detective series. For the past few years he has lived in self-exile in a remote jungle lodge nestled in the Mayan hills of Southern Belize, with his partnerContinue reading “Butterfly Ranch by R.K.Salters @Descend_Orpheus @AnneCater #ButterflyRanch #blogtour #bookreview”
Where The Missing Go by Emma Rowley @Emma_Rowley @AlexxLayt @Orionbooks @orion_crime #WhereIsSophie?
Source: Review copy Publication: 14 June 2018 from Orion Pp: 320 ISBN-13: 978-1409175773 MY NAME IS KATE. I volunteer at a missing persons helpline – young people who have run away from home call me and I pass on messages to their loved ones, no questions asked. I don’t get many phone calls,Continue reading “Where The Missing Go by Emma Rowley @Emma_Rowley @AlexxLayt @Orionbooks @orion_crime #WhereIsSophie?”
The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney @LiamMcIlvanney @JaimeFrost @HarperFiction @fictionpubteam @CottonFinn
Source: Review copy Publication: June 28th 2018 from Harper Collins Pp: 400 ISBN-13: 978-0008259914 A city torn apart. Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: the Quaker. He takes his next victimContinue reading “The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney @LiamMcIlvanney @JaimeFrost @HarperFiction @fictionpubteam @CottonFinn”
Graeme Macrae Burnet, Janice Galloway and Douglas Skelton head Tidelines Festival Programme 2018 @TidelinesFest
The Tidelines Festival is fast becoming an unmissable attraction in the calendar of Scotland’s book festivals. This year the sixth Tidelines Book Festival will run from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th September. 18 events will take place in 4 venues around Irvine’s charming Harbourside area and a schools programme will run in addition to theContinue reading “Graeme Macrae Burnet, Janice Galloway and Douglas Skelton head Tidelines Festival Programme 2018 @TidelinesFest”
Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh with Chris Brookmyre, Waterstone’s Glasgow @SSCav @MarkBillingham @CBrookmyre @Lauren_BooksPR
What a fantastic evening with three great crime writers tonight. Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh were in town promoting their latest books, Mark’s The Killing Habit and Steve’s Thirteen, which I have reviewed here. As you’d expect from two such entertaining writers, it was an evening full of fun and laughter. Mark kicked off by answeringContinue reading “Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh with Chris Brookmyre, Waterstone’s Glasgow @SSCav @MarkBillingham @CBrookmyre @Lauren_BooksPR”
McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 – LONGLIST ANNOUNCEMENT #BloodyScotland @BloodyScotland @brownleedonald
“Forty-one years ago, William McIlvanney rocked the British literary world with Laidlaw, a gritty and socially conscious crime novel that brought Glasgow to life more vividly than anything before. This year’s longlistees for the McIlvanney Prize demonstrate how modern Scottish crime writing has flourished from those seeds. From debutants to authors with more than 20 books, spy thrillersContinue reading “McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 – LONGLIST ANNOUNCEMENT #BloodyScotland @BloodyScotland @brownleedonald”
The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride (Logan McRae #11) @StuartMacBride @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam
Source: Netgalley Publication: 14 June 2018 from Harper Collins Pp: 496 ISBN-13:978-0008208219 What drives someone to murder? Some things just won’t stay buried… Logan McRae’s personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he’s policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in theContinue reading “The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride (Logan McRae #11) @StuartMacBride @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam”
In Your Defence : Stories of Life and Law by Sarah Langford @wigsandwords @sophiechristoph @DoubledayUK
Source: Review Copy Publication: 28 June 2018 from Doubleday Pp 320 ISBN 13: 978-0857525284 Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the vulnerable, the heartbroken and the hopeful. She must become their voice: weave their story around the black and white ofContinue reading “In Your Defence : Stories of Life and Law by Sarah Langford @wigsandwords @sophiechristoph @DoubledayUK”
Perfect Dead (D.I. Frank Farrell #2) by Jackie Baldwin @JackieMBaldwin1 @KillerReads @LoveBooksGroup #PerfectDead #bookreview #blogtour
Source: Review copy Publication: 15th June 2018 from Killer Reads Pp 400 ISBN-13: 978-0008294328 Sometimes perfection is worth killing for… Each murder brings him one step closer to the perfect death. Ex-priest DI Farrell is called on to investigate gruesome death in rural Scotland. All evidence points to suicide, except for one loose end:Continue reading “Perfect Dead (D.I. Frank Farrell #2) by Jackie Baldwin @JackieMBaldwin1 @KillerReads @LoveBooksGroup #PerfectDead #bookreview #blogtour”
Live and Deadly 