Source: Purchased copyPublication: Published in e-book on 5 January 2020 and on p/back on 5 March 2020PP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1913193171 A city in darkness. A building in lockdown. A score that can only be settled in blood… Working off the books for FBI Special Agent Alex Monroe, Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson and her partner, JT, headContinue reading “Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb @crimethrillgirl @OrendaBooks @AnneCater #TeamLori #IAmLori”
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent @lizzienugent @PenguinUKBooks #OurLittleCruelties
Source: Review copyPublication: 26 March 2010 from PenguinPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1844883950 Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each betray each other, over and over, until oneContinue reading “Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent @lizzienugent @PenguinUKBooks #OurLittleCruelties”
Author Guest Post – ANDY GRIFFEE @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish #crimefiction #Guestpost #CanalNoir #RiverRats
I am delighted to welcome author Andy Griffee to Live and Deadly. I really enjoyed his debut novel, Canal Pushers and knowing that the follow up, River Rats is due to be published shortly, I asked Andy to write a piece for me on writing that all-important second novel. Before he does, let me shareContinue reading “Author Guest Post – ANDY GRIFFEE @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish #crimefiction #Guestpost #CanalNoir #RiverRats”
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben @arrowpublishing #TheBoyFromTheWoods
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th March 2020 from CenturyPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1529123821 Thirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods. He had been living a feral existence, with no memory of how he got there or even who he is. Everyone just calls him Wilde. Now a former soldier and security expert, heContinue reading “The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben @arrowpublishing #TheBoyFromTheWoods”
The Dangerous Kind by Deborah O’Connor @deboc77 @ZaffreBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th March 2020 in paperback from ZaffrePP: 528ISBN-13: 978-1785762093 What if the people you trust are the ones you should fear most? We all recognise them: those who send prickles up the back of our necks. The charmers, the liars, the manipulators. Those who have the potential to go that one stepContinue reading “The Dangerous Kind by Deborah O’Connor @deboc77 @ZaffreBooks”
To Kill A Man by Sam Bourne (Maggie Costello #5) @Freedland @QuercusBooks #ToKillaMan
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th March 2020 from QuercusPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1787474956 Natasha Winthrop is a rising star in American politics, strongly tipped as a future candidate for president. One night she is violently assaulted in her home by an intruder. She defends herself and minutes later, the intruder lies dead. Winthrop is hailed as a #MeTooContinue reading “To Kill A Man by Sam Bourne (Maggie Costello #5) @Freedland @QuercusBooks #ToKillaMan”
The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood @TrevorWoodWrite @QuercusBooks @ellakroftpatel #TheManonTheStreet
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th March 2020 from QuercusPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1787478367 It started with a splash. Jimmy, a homeless veteran grappling with PTSD, did his best to pretend he hadn’t heard it – the sound of something heavy falling into the Tyne at the height of an argument between two men on the riverbank. Not hisContinue reading “The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood @TrevorWoodWrite @QuercusBooks @ellakroftpatel #TheManonTheStreet”
Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei trs Jeremy Tiang @Chan_HoKei @HoZ_Books @midaspr #SecondSister
Source: Review copyPublication: 18 February 2020 from Head of ZeusPP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1788547116 Gossip. Rumour. Revenge. From the author of the acclaimed novel The Borrowed, a very timely and propulsively plotted tale of cyberbullying and revenge, about a woman on the hunt for the truth about her sister’s death. Chan Ho-Kei’s The Borrowed was one ofContinue reading “Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei trs Jeremy Tiang @Chan_HoKei @HoZ_Books @midaspr #SecondSister”
Guest Post from Douglas Skelton, author of The Blood is Still @DouglasSkelton1
Strange times we are living in and pretty awful for everyone, including authors who no longer have the opportunity to get out to launches and book festivals to allow the public to discover how good their books are. One of those is the cracking read that I’ve already reviewed, The Blood is Still by DouglasContinue reading “Guest Post from Douglas Skelton, author of The Blood is Still @DouglasSkelton1”
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell @4thEstateBooks #MyDarkVanessa
Source: Review copyPublication: 31 March 2020 and out now in e-book from 4th EstatePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008342241 ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm ofContinue reading “My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell @4thEstateBooks #MyDarkVanessa”
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