Source: Review copyPublication: 31 March 2020 and out now in e-book from 4th EstatePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008342241 ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm ofContinue reading “My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell @4thEstateBooks #MyDarkVanessa”
Category Archives: Literary Fiction
Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith @michael_f_smith @noexitpress @annecater
Source: Review copyPublication: 19th March 2020 from No Exit PressPP: 256ISBN-13: 978-0857303905 The town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, though those who’ve held on have little memory of when that was. Myer, the county’s aged, sardonic lawman, still thinks it can prove itself — when confronted by a strange family of drifters,Continue reading “Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith @michael_f_smith @noexitpress @annecater”
The Operator by Gretchen Berg @headlinepg @annecater #TheOperator #GretchenBerg
Source: Review copyPublication: 10th March 2020 from Headline ReviewPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1472264107 It’s 1952. The switchboard operators in Wooster, Ohio, love nothing more than to eavesdrop on their neighbours’ conversations, and gossip about what they learn. Vivian Dalton is no different (despite her teenage daughter’s disapproval), and always longs to hear something scandalous. But on theContinue reading “The Operator by Gretchen Berg @headlinepg @annecater #TheOperator #GretchenBerg”
The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue @CorvusBooks #templehousevanishing
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th February 2020 from CorvusPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1786499387 Power. Jealousy. Desire. Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace… When Louisa arrives at Temple House, an elite catholic boarding school, she quickly finds herself drawn to sophisticated fellow pupil Victoria and their young bohemian art teacher, Mr Lavelle.Continue reading “The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue @CorvusBooks #templehousevanishing”
Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz (Chastity Reilly #3) trs Rachel Ward @ohneklippo @FwdTranslations @orendabooks @annecater
Source: Review copyPublication: 5th March 2020 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1913193157 Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story… Night after night, cars are set alight across the GermanContinue reading “Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz (Chastity Reilly #3) trs Rachel Ward @ohneklippo @FwdTranslations @orendabooks @annecater”
The Snakes by Sadie Jones @ThatSadieJones @ChattoBooks @midaspr @annecater #TheSnakes
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th February 2020 from VintagePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1784708825 Bea and Dan, recently married, rent out their tiny flat to escape London for a few precious months. Driving through France they visit Bea’s dropout brother Alex at the hotel he runs in Burgundy. Disturbingly, they find him all alone and the ramshackle hotel deserted,Continue reading “The Snakes by Sadie Jones @ThatSadieJones @ChattoBooks @midaspr @annecater #TheSnakes”
A Famished Heart by Nicola White @whiteheadednic @ViperBooks #AFamishedHeart
Source: Review copyPublication: 27th February 2020 from Viper BooksPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1788164085 THEY DID IT TO THEMSELVES BUT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING The Macnamara sisters hadn’t been seen for months before anyone noticed. It was Father Timoney who finally broke down the door, who saw what had become of them. Berenice was sitting in her armchair, surroundedContinue reading “A Famished Heart by Nicola White @whiteheadednic @ViperBooks #AFamishedHeart”
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano @napolitanoann @VikingBooksUK #DearEdward
Source: Review copyPublication: 20th February 2020 from VikingPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-0241384077 One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning fromContinue reading “Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano @napolitanoann @VikingBooksUK #DearEdward”
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende @isabelallende @BloomsburyBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 January 2020 from BloomsburyPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1526615909 September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles’ splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life – andContinue reading “A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende @isabelallende @BloomsburyBooks”
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton @Rosamundlupton @EllieeHud @VikingBooksUK #ThreeHours
Source: Review copyPublication: 9th January 2020 from VikingPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-0241374498 Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning’s lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is 180 minutes to discover who youContinue reading “Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton @Rosamundlupton @EllieeHud @VikingBooksUK #ThreeHours”
