March 2022 – Live and Deadly

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer @MaddieMortimer @hopeisreading @picadorbooks

What does it mean to die with grace, when you’re simply not ready to let go?

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz translated by Rachel Ward @EwaldArenz @FwdTranslations @OrendaBooks

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 June 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1914585142 Teenager Sally has just run away from a clinic where she to be treated for anorexia. She’s furious with everything and everyone, and wants to be left in peace. Liss is in her forties, living alone on a large farm that she runs single-handedly.Continue reading “Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz translated by Rachel Ward @EwaldArenz @FwdTranslations @OrendaBooks”

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam

Source: Review copyPublication: 31st March 2022 from Harper CollinsPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-0008289126 My thanks to Harper Collins for an advance copy for review In the dead of night, madness lies… Emma can’t sleep. CHECK THE WINDOWS It’s been like this since her big 4-0 started getting closer. LOCK THE DOORS Her mother stopped sleeping just beforeContinue reading “Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam”

Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein trs Alison McCullough @siljesalat @groveatlantic @atlanticbooks @GrovePressUK @alimccwriter

Source: Review copyPublication: 17 March 2022 from Grove Press/ Atlantic Monthly PressPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1611856507 My thanks to the publisher for an advance copy for review Liv has a lot of secrets. Late one night, in the aftermath of a party in the apartment she shares with two friends in Ålesund, she sees a python onContinue reading “Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein trs Alison McCullough @siljesalat @groveatlantic @atlanticbooks @GrovePressUK @alimccwriter”

BLOODY SCOTLAND BOOK CLUB CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald

On Wednesday 30 March 2022, the Bloody Scotland Book Club will celebrate it’s first anniversary when festival co-founder, Lin Anderson will chair a lively discussion between blogger Mary Picken (Live & Deadly), journalist Louise Fairbairn and Tommy Zyw. The Bloody Scotland Book Club evolved out of lockdown when the board realised how much crime fiction fansContinue reading “BLOODY SCOTLAND BOOK CLUB CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald “

#Giveaway – The Runes – a guide to Northern Magic by James Flowerdew @leamingtonbooks @RandomTTours #blogtour

Publication : 23 September 2021 from Leamington BooksPP: 278ISBN-13: 9780993227226 The Runes: A Grounding in Northern Magic by James Flowerdew aims to help you on your first steps to divining with The Runes and using the magic of these ancient peoples. Actual practical success and failure is shared candidly in the hope that the readerContinue reading “#Giveaway – The Runes – a guide to Northern Magic by James Flowerdew @leamingtonbooks @RandomTTours #blogtour”

Faceless by Vanda Symon @VandaSymon @OrendaBooks

A brilliantly written, thought-provoking dark thriller that is propulsive and compelling and which stays in the mind. Faceless is a real winner from a hugely talented writer.

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz trs Rachel Ward @ohneklippo @OrendaBooks @FwdTranslations

Source: Review copyPublication: 17 March 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1914585067 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Mired in grief after tragic recent events, state prosecutor Chastity Riley escapes to Scotland, lured to the birthplace of her great-great-grandfather by a mysterious letter suggesting she has inherited a house. In Glasgow,Continue reading “River Clyde by Simone Buchholz trs Rachel Ward @ohneklippo @OrendaBooks @FwdTranslations”

The Match by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben @centurybooksuk

Source: Review copyPublication: 17 March from Century BooksPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1529135480 My thanks to Century for an advance copy for review He is known as Wilde, the boy from the woods. Discovered living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey, he has grown up knowing nothing of his parents, and even less aboutContinue reading “The Match by Harlan Coben @HarlanCoben @centurybooksuk”