Source: Review copyPublication 3rd September 2020 from HQPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008314729 My thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read this novel in advance of publication ARE YOU READY TO START THIS CONVERSATION? Kamran Hadid feels invincible. He attends Hampton school, an elite all-boys boarding school in London, he comes from a wealthy family, andContinue reading “Truth Be Told by Kia Abdullah @KiaAbdullah @HQStories”
Category Archives: Crime
BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS FOUR FINALISTS FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020
The annual McIlvanney judges lunch was a virtual Bank Holiday breakfast this year with Karen Robinson in London, Stuart Cosgrove in Glasgow and James Crawford in Edinburgh. All were impressed by the variety and diversity of the finalists, with titles of dark humour, historical research, ambitious and innovative writing which demonstrate the sheer range ofContinue reading “BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS FOUR FINALISTS FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020”
The Innocent Dead by Lin Anderson (Rhona MacLeod #15) @Lin_Anderson @panmacmillan
Source: Review copyPublication: 6th August 2020 from MacMillanPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1529033649 My thanks to the publisher for a review copy of this book Mary McIntyre’s disappearance tore the local community apart, inflicting wounds that still prove raw for those who knew her. So when the present-day discovery of a child’s remains are found in a peatContinue reading “The Innocent Dead by Lin Anderson (Rhona MacLeod #15) @Lin_Anderson @panmacmillan”
The Diver and the Lover by Jeremy Vine @CoronetBooks @hodderbooks @JennyPlatt90
Source: Review copyPublication: 3 September 2020 from CoronetPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1529308433 My thanks to the publisher for a review copy of this novel Soaked in sunlight, love and the mysteries surrounding a famous artist The Diver and the Lover is a novel inspired by true events. It is 1951 and sisters Ginny and Meredith have travelledContinue reading “The Diver and the Lover by Jeremy Vine @CoronetBooks @hodderbooks @JennyPlatt90”
Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh @SSCav @OrionBooks @Orion_Crime
Source: Review copyPublication: 3rd September 2020 from OrionPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1409185864 My thanks to the publishers, Orion, for a review copy of this book. Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do YOU believe? ‘911 what’s your emergency?’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. PleaseContinue reading “Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh @SSCav @OrionBooks @Orion_Crime”
IMPERFECT WOMEN by Araminta Hall @AramintaHall @orionbooks @FrancescaPear
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th August 2020 from OrionPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1409196082 Nancy, Eleanor and Mary met at college and have been friends ever since, through marriages, children and love affairs. Eleanor is calm and driven, with a deep sense of responsibility, a brilliant career and a love of being single and free – despite her softContinue reading “IMPERFECT WOMEN by Araminta Hall @AramintaHall @orionbooks @FrancescaPear”
Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew @OneNightStanzas @HodderBooks @JennyPlatt90
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th August 2020 from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1529327359 My thanks to publishers Hodder & Stoughton for a review copy ‘What if I told you,’ he said, ‘that I believe my mother’s life to be in danger?’ Robertson Bennet returns to Edinburgh after a 25-year absence in search of his parents andContinue reading “Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew @OneNightStanzas @HodderBooks @JennyPlatt90”
The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt #Audiobookreview @HarperCollinsUK
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th August 2020 from Harper CollinsLength: 8hrs 54’ASIN: B0844ZGZGP The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile – returns to solve a fiendish new mystery. Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusiveContinue reading “The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt #Audiobookreview @HarperCollinsUK”
STILL LIFE by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @LittleBrownUK @laurasherlock21 @GroveAtlantic
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 August 2020 in the UK from Little Brown and 6th October 2020 in the US from Grove AtlanticPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408712283 My thanks to publishers Grove Atlantic for a digital copy of this book for review purposes. ‘The bodies never stay buried forever . . .’ On a freezing winter morning, fishermenContinue reading “STILL LIFE by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @LittleBrownUK @laurasherlock21 @GroveAtlantic”
KNIFE EDGE by Simon Mayo @simonmayo @DoubledayUK
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 August 2020 from DoubledayPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-0857526595 6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 29 minutes, seven people have been murdered. In a series of coordinated attacks, seven men and women across London have been targeted. For journalist Famie Madden, the horror unfolds as she arrives for the morningContinue reading “KNIFE EDGE by Simon Mayo @simonmayo @DoubledayUK”
