On an island with so many secrets, she won’t be the last girl to die…
The haunting new crime novel from the bestselling author of One For Sorrow. #TheLastGirlToDie by @Helen_Fields is out 1st September 2022.
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It Ends at Midnight by Harriet Tyce @harriet_tyce @Wildfirebks
Really well paced, fantastic plotting and oozing toxicity, It Ends at Midnight is a terrific psychological thriller
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart @Doug_D_Stuart @panmacmillan @picadorbooks @CamillaElworthy
Source: Review copyPublication: 14 April 2022 from PicadorPP: 400ISBN-13: 9781529068764 My thanks to Picador for an early copy for review Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorialContinue reading “Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart @Doug_D_Stuart @panmacmillan @picadorbooks @CamillaElworthy”
#CoverReveal BLACK HEARTS by DougJohnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks
I am absolutely beside myself with joy to bring you the cover for Doug Johnstone’s next #Skelfs book, Black Hearts. If, like me, you have become a #Skelfaholic, you will know what a rare treat this is. So many of us have come to love and respect these women and the themes of life, love,Continue reading “#CoverReveal BLACK HEARTS by DougJohnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks”
The Shot by Sarah Sultoon @SultoonSarah @Orenda Books @RandomTTours #extract
Source: Review copyPublication: e-book out now. P/back 28 April 2022 PP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1914585081 Samira is an up-and-coming TV journalist, working the nightshift at a major news channel and yearning for greater things. So when she’s offered a trip to the Middle East, with Kris, the station’s brilliant but impetuous star photographer, she leaps at theContinue reading “The Shot by Sarah Sultoon @SultoonSarah @Orenda Books @RandomTTours #extract”
First Born by Will Dean  @willrdean @HodderBooks @JennyPlatt90
Hugely enjoyable, First Born is an engrossing twisty and suspenseful psychological thriller, perfect for holiday reading or just escaping into in these dark days.
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 Ă…lesund, she sees a python onContinue reading “Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein trs Alison McCullough @siljesalat @groveatlantic @atlanticbooks @GrovePressUK @alimccwriter”
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