Source: Purchased copyPublication: 8th April 2019 from Harvill SeckerPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1787301412 Seven days. Four deaths. One chance to catch a killer. Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives home late. Without a word to his dad, he goes up to his bedroom. Robert is never seen alive again. A body is soon found on the coast of the ScottishContinue reading “From the Shadows by G.R. Halliday @gr_halliday @HarvillSecker”
Monthly Archives: June 2020
SHORTLIST FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT and SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald
Winners to be presented on Friday 18 September 2020 Four years ago the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award was renamed the McIlvanney Prize in memory of William McIlvanney who is often described as the Godfather of Tartan Noir. Last year Bloody Scotland also introduced a prize for The Bloody Scotland Debut Scottish CrimeContinue reading “SHORTLIST FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT and SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald”
The Silent Wife (Will Trent #10) by Karin Slaughter @SlaughterKarin @FictionPubTeam @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 June 2020 from Harper CollinsPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-0008303440 Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognises theContinue reading “The Silent Wife (Will Trent #10) by Karin Slaughter @SlaughterKarin @FictionPubTeam @RandomTTours”
The Big Chill by Doug Johnstone (Skelfs #2) @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 June 2020 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ISBN-13: 978-1913193348 Haunted by their past, the Skelf women are hoping for a quieter life. But running both a funeral directors’ and a private investigation business means trouble is never far away, and when a car crashes into the open grave at a funeral thatContinue reading “The Big Chill by Doug Johnstone (Skelfs #2) @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks”
SINS OF THE FATHER by Sharon Bairden #COVERREVEAL @sbairden @RedDogTweets
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of the cover reveal for the ASTOUNDING debut novel from one of the VERY BEST women I know, Sharon Bairden, blogger extraordinaire, whose Chapter In My Life blog has championed Scottish crime writers for many years now. Now it is our turn to repayContinue reading “SINS OF THE FATHER by Sharon Bairden #COVERREVEAL @sbairden @RedDogTweets”
All Fall Down by M.J.Arlidge (Helen Grace #9) @mjarlidge @orionbooks @orion_crime
Source: Review copyPublication: 11 June 2020 from OrionPP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1409188407 “You have one hour to live.” Those are the only words on the phone call. Then they hang up. Surely, a prank? A mistake? A wrong number? Anything but the chilling truth… That someone is watching, waiting, working to take your life in one hour.Continue reading “All Fall Down by M.J.Arlidge (Helen Grace #9) @mjarlidge @orionbooks @orion_crime”
Watch Him Die by Craig Robertson @CraigRobertson_ @simonschusterUK
Source: Review copyPublication: 11 June 2020 from Simon and SchusterPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1471165368 ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SAVE YOU. AND HE WANTS YOU DEAD. The LAPD find a man dead at home. Nothing suggests foul-play but elements of the victim’s house show that something is deeply wrong. Meanwhile, in Glasgow, DI Rachel Narey is searching forContinue reading “Watch Him Die by Craig Robertson @CraigRobertson_ @simonschusterUK”
The Curator by M.W.Craven @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @BethWright26
Source: Review copyPublication: 4th June 2020 from Little BrownPP: 384ISBN-13: It’s Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency’s Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense.Continue reading “The Curator by M.W.Craven @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault @BethWright26”
Canal Pushers by Andy Griffee (Johnson and Wilde #1) @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish @AnneCater
Source: Review copyPublication: 4th June 2020 from Orphans PublishingPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1903360316 I was delighted to review Andy Griffee’s debut novel, Canal Pushers last year just before it came out in hardback and I’ve also had the pleasure of reviewing his second, newly released novel in the series, River Rats. So I am taking the opportunityContinue reading “Canal Pushers by Andy Griffee (Johnson and Wilde #1) @AndyGriffee @OrphansPublish @AnneCater”
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly @Connellybooks @alexxlayt @orionbooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 26 May 2020Length: 10 hours 14 minutesASIN no: B082975V1M Jack McEvoy is a reporter with a track record in finding killers. But he’s never been accused of being one himself. Jack went on one date with Tina Portrero. The next thing he knows, the police are at his house telling Jack he’sContinue reading “Fair Warning by Michael Connelly @Connellybooks @alexxlayt @orionbooks”
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