Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd February 2023 from MagpiePP: 352ISBN-13: 978-0861544080 My thanks to Magpie and Random Things Tours for an advance copy for review “Surely you would like to be immortalised in art, fixed forever in perfection?” Sadler’s Wells, 1933. I would kill to dance like her. Disciplined and dedicated, Olivia is the perfect ballerina.Continue reading “Clara and Olivia by Lucy Ashe @LSAshe1 @OneworldNews @PointBlankCrime @RandomTTours”
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The Forcing by Paul E Hardisty @Hardisty_Paul @Orendabooks @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 16 February 2023 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585555 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. Civilisation is collapsing. Frustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, a ‘government of youth’ has taken power in North America, and deemed all those older than a prescribed age responsible forContinue reading “The Forcing by Paul E Hardisty @Hardisty_Paul @Orendabooks @RandomTTours”
The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish @louise_candlish @simonschusterUK @LauraSherlock21
Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd February 2023 from Simon & Schuster UKPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1398509726 My thanks to Simon & Schuster UK and Laura Sherlock for an advance copy for review Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man. Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s notContinue reading “The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish @louise_candlish @simonschusterUK @LauraSherlock21”
Exiles by Jane Harper @janeharperautho @panmacmillan @laurasherlock21
Source: Review copyPublication: 2 February 2023 from MacMillanPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1529098440 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Pan MacMillan for an early copy for review A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night. Her baby lies alone in the pram, her mother’s possessions surrounding her, waiting for a return which never comes.Continue reading “Exiles by Jane Harper @janeharperautho @panmacmillan @laurasherlock21”
Peter May at Aye Write, Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23 January 2023 @authorpetermay @kapaterson @AyeWrite @riverrunbooks @soph_ransompr
Peter May was in fine form on the first leg of his Scottish tour last night. Discussing his latest novel, A Winter Grave, Peter was interviewed by journalist Kirsteen Paterson in front of a packed and engaged audience. Questioned by Kirsteen on the motivation behind A Winter Grave, Peter explained that his firm intention hadContinue reading “Peter May at Aye Write, Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23 January 2023 @authorpetermay @kapaterson @AyeWrite @riverrunbooks @soph_ransompr”
Weyward by Emilia Hart @EmiliaHartBooks @BoroughPress
Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd February 2023 fromPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008499082 My thanks to The Borough Press for an advance copy for review KATE, 2019Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of theContinue reading “Weyward by Emilia Hart @EmiliaHartBooks @BoroughPress”
A Winter Grave by Peter May @authorpetermay @riverrunbooks @soph_ransompr
Source: Review copyPublication: 19 January 2023 from riverrunPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1529428483 My thanks to riverrun and Sophie Ransom for an advance copy for review A TOMB OF ICEA young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice. A DYING DETECTIVECameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, setsContinue reading “A Winter Grave by Peter May @authorpetermay @riverrunbooks @soph_ransompr”
The Drift by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 19 January from Michael JosephPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-0241486245 My thanks to Michael Joseph for an advance copy for review Survival can be murder . . . Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping herContinue reading “The Drift by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks”
Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah @KiaAbdullah @HQstories
Source: Review copyPublication: 19 January 2023 from HQPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008433680 My thanks HQ to for an advance copy for review You can choose your house. Not your neighbours. WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME… Salma Khatun is extremely hopeful about Blenheim, the safe suburban development to which she, her husband and their son have just moved.Continue reading “Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah @KiaAbdullah @HQstories”
The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent @HeatherDarwent @benmccluskey @VikingBooksUK
Source: Review copyPublication: 12 January 2023 from VikingPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0241538821 My thanks to Viking Books for an advance copy for review Clare arrives at the University of Edinburgh with a secret. This is her chance for a blank slate: to find the right people and reinvent herself. And then she meets Tabitha. Tabitha is charismatic,Continue reading “The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent @HeatherDarwent @benmccluskey @VikingBooksUK”
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