Source: Review copyPublication: 17th September 2020 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1913193386 My thanks to the publisher for an advance copy for review When the tenant of a house that university professor Nina owns with her doctor husband goes missing after an uncomfortable visit, Nina starts her own investigation … with deeply disturbing results. The long-awaitedContinue reading “The Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn trs Rosie Hedger @OrendaBooks @annecater @rosie_hedger”
Category Archives: Literary Fiction
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman @Backmanland @MichaelJBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 August 2020 from Michael JosephPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-0718186616 My thanks to the publisher for an advance copy of this book In a small town in Sweden it appears to be an ordinary day. But look more closely, and you’ll see a mysterious masked figure approaching a bank…Two hours later, chaos has descended.Continue reading “Anxious People by Fredrik Backman @Backmanland @MichaelJBooks”
Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @AnneCater
Source: Review copyPublication: 14th March in e-book from Orenda BooksPP: 210ISBN-13: 978-1913193287 Single-mother Fran returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her dying father when a devastating bush fire breaks out. A devastating, disaster-noir thriller from the author of The Cry. Fran hates Ash Mountain, and she thought she’d escaped. But her father isContinue reading “Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @AnneCater”
What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott read by Hanako Footman #AudiobookReview @stephaniewscott @kate_moreton
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 April 2020 from Weidenfeld & NicolsonLength: 10 hours 57 minutesASIN: B082MMCV6S Within the Tokyo underworld there is an industry which exists to break up marriages. It is known today as ‘wakaresaseya’ – agents who, for a fee, can be hired by one spouse to seduce the other and provide grounds forContinue reading “What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott read by Hanako Footman #AudiobookReview @stephaniewscott @kate_moreton”
The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway @BrianMcGilloway @emily_glenister @DomePress
Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd April 2020 from Dome PressPP: 323ISBN-13: 978-1912534371 Tony, Hugh and Karen thought they’d seen the last of each other thirty years ago. Half a lifetime has passed and memories have been buried. But when they are asked to reunite – to lay ghosts to rest for the good of the futureContinue reading “The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway @BrianMcGilloway @emily_glenister @DomePress”
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr @Damian_Barr @BloomsburyBooks @AnneCater
Source: Review copyPublication: 2nd April 2020 from BloomsburyPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1408886052 A beautiful and heart-breaking story set in South Africa where two mothers – a century apart – must fight for their sons, unaware their fates are inextricably linked. Orange Free State, 1901. At the height of the Boer War, Sarah van der Watt and herContinue reading “You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr @Damian_Barr @BloomsburyBooks @AnneCater”
Wild Dog by Serge Joncour trs Jane Aitken and Polly Mackintosh @BelgraviaB @sergeJoncour
Source: Review copyPublication: 2 April 2020 from Gallic BooksPP: 372ISBN-13: 978-1910477793 Franck and Lise, a French couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot to get away from the stresses of modern life. In this remote corner of the world, there is no phone signal. A mysteriousContinue reading “Wild Dog by Serge Joncour trs Jane Aitken and Polly Mackintosh @BelgraviaB @sergeJoncour”
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell @4thEstateBooks #MyDarkVanessa
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”
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”
