Source: Review copyPublication: 3rd October 2019 from Zaffre BooksPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1785766510 Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged aContinue reading “A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan @WilliamRyan_ @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #AHouseofGhosts”
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Bearmouth by Liz Hyder @LondonBessie @emmafinnigan @PushkinPress #Bearmouth #Y/A #Blogtour
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th September from Pushkin Children’s BooksPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1782692423 It only taykes one person to start a revolushun Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker. New accepts everything – thatContinue reading “Bearmouth by Liz Hyder @LondonBessie @emmafinnigan @PushkinPress #Bearmouth #Y/A #Blogtour”
Rule Britannia by Alec Marsh (Drabble and Harris #1) @AlecMarsh @MidasPR @AccentPress #RuleBritannia
Source: Review copyPublication: 26 September 2019 from Accent PressPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1786157188 The first book in a light-hearted historical adventure series set during the mid-twentieth century. Follow the adventures of Cambridge historian and mountaineer Ernest Drabble as he travels to Cornwall to inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell – a macabre artefact owned by aContinue reading “Rule Britannia by Alec Marsh (Drabble and Harris #1) @AlecMarsh @MidasPR @AccentPress #RuleBritannia”
Detecting the Social – Order and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction by Mary Evans, Sarah Moore, and Hazel Johnstone @Palgrave_ @MorecambeVice #DetectingtheSocial
Source: Review copyPublication: 26 September 2018 from Palgrave MacMillanPP: 204ISBN-13: 978-3319945194 This book analyses the ways in which twenty-first century detective fiction provides an understanding of the increasingly complex and often baffling contemporary world ― and what sociology, as a discipline, can learn from it. Conventional sociological accounts of fiction generally comprehend its value inContinue reading “Detecting the Social – Order and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction by Mary Evans, Sarah Moore, and Hazel Johnstone @Palgrave_ @MorecambeVice #DetectingtheSocial”
Bloody Scotland Days 2 and 3; Sat 21 , Sun 22nd September @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald @mcdevitt_bob
The start of Bloody Scotland was such a blast, I was on a high as I began Day 2. My love of new writing combines perfectly with the Bloody Scotland ethos, so it was obvious that I was always going to be at the Debut novel panel. I had seen each of these panelists before,Continue reading “Bloody Scotland Days 2 and 3; Sat 21 , Sun 22nd September @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald @mcdevitt_bob”
Bloody Scotland 2019: What an awesome weekend crime blast! @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald #BloodyScotland2019
Friday 20 September Every year, it seems, Bloody Scotland just gets better and better. This year’s was a hugely enjoyable and informative blast of crime fiction, starting with the awarding of the McIlvanney Prize for the Best Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. Even the weather was glorious for the first two days of theContinue reading “Bloody Scotland 2019: What an awesome weekend crime blast! @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald #BloodyScotland2019”
The Penny Black (Ben Bracken #3) by Rob Parker @RobParkerAuthor @Endeavour_Media #BRACKENISBACK
Source: Review copyPublication: 1ST September 2019 from Endeavour MediaPP: 252 I’m dead, for all intents and purposes. Nobody knows I’m alive… Ben Bracken is on the run for his life. Keeping a low profile from the agencies seeking to silence him, he finds refuge in the quiet town of Horning. Working in a boat yardContinue reading “The Penny Black (Ben Bracken #3) by Rob Parker @RobParkerAuthor @Endeavour_Media #BRACKENISBACK”
Spotlight on Matt Brolly at Morecambe & Vice # @MattBrollyUK @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity
I’m delighted to feature Morecambe and Vice on Live and Deadly; the two go together very well. Today I am shining the spotlight on Matt Brolly as well as reviewing his latest book, The Controller. He’ll be appearing with Ceri Lowe and Lesley Kelly and the panel will be moderated by Tom Fisher. Let’sContinue reading “Spotlight on Matt Brolly at Morecambe & Vice # @MattBrollyUK @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity”
The Confession by Jessie Burton @picadorbooks @greenkatie @
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th September from PicadorPP: 462ISBN-13: 978-1509886142 One winter’s afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strangeContinue reading “The Confession by Jessie Burton @picadorbooks @greenkatie @”
Crime Writers and Readers to stand up for Climate Justice at Bloody Scotland @BloodyScotland @JackieJamxx @Brownlee_Donald
Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival 20-22 September 2019 Top crime writers from around the world will be gathering to support the global call for action on climate change and invite you to join them on Saturday 20 September 1-1.30pm At the beginning of the worldwide week of #ClimateStrike (20-27 September), authors attending Scotland’s annualContinue reading “Crime Writers and Readers to stand up for Climate Justice at Bloody Scotland @BloodyScotland @JackieJamxx @Brownlee_Donald”
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