Source: Review copyPublication: 16 March 2023 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585449 When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they’re convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach… an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland’s most revered authors…Continue reading “The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks”
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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”
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”
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”
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”
Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer @Bookywookydooda @hammerNow @Wildfirebks
Source: Review copyPublication: 5TH January 2023 from WildfirePP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1472295668 Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her hometown, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder – a ‘file and forget’. But this is no ordinary cold case, her arrival provoking an unwelcome and threatening response from the small-town community. As more bodies areContinue reading “Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer @Bookywookydooda @hammerNow @Wildfirebks”
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor @littlebrown @lucy_martin20
Source: Review copyPublication: 3 January 2023 from Little, BrownPP: 560ISBN-13: 978-0708898888 This is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It’s aContinue reading “Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor @littlebrown @lucy_martin20”
My Darkest Prayer by S. A. Cosby @blacklionking73 @headlinepg
Source : Review copyPublication: 6 December 2022 from HeadlineNarration: Adam Lazarre-WhiteListening time: 9 hours and 23 minutesASIN: B0BLW6ZHCG “I handle the bodies.” Whether it’s working at his cousin’s funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marineContinue reading “My Darkest Prayer by S. A. Cosby @blacklionking73 @headlinepg”
My top ten (and a bit) books of 2022
Honestly, it’s an impossible task. I tried hard to be ruthless and get down to just 10 books, but in the end, even cutting out some books I really loved, I could not hone it down to just 10. So here are my top 13 books published for the first time in 2022 and atContinue reading “My top ten (and a bit) books of 2022”
Dashboard Elvis Is Dead by David F. Ross @dfr10 @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 8 December 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1914585401 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review A failed writer connects the murder of an American journalist, a drowned 80s musician and a Scottish politician’s resignation, in a heart-wrenching novel about ordinary people living in extraordinary times. Renowned photo-journalist JudeContinue reading “Dashboard Elvis Is Dead by David F. Ross @dfr10 @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours”
Live and Deadly 