Source: Purchased copyPublication: 4 October 2022 from Simon & SchusterPP: 688ISBN-13: 978-1398516342 This is a small story about big questions. It’s a story about family, community, life. It starts with a storm – and a death. But how does it end? Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to thinkContinue reading “The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #3) @Backmanland @SimonSchusterUK”
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Silent Victim (D.C.I. Matilda Darke #10) by Michael Wood @MichaelHWood @0neMoreChapter_
Source: Review copyPublication: 10 November 2022 from One More ChapterPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-0008535605 My thanks to Harper Collins and One More Chapter for an advance copy for review He took her voice She took it back A CENSURED DETECTIVE WITH NO LEADS DCI Matilda Darke and her team have been restricted under special measures after aContinue reading “Silent Victim (D.C.I. Matilda Darke #10) by Michael Wood @MichaelHWood @0neMoreChapter_”
Wolf Pack by Will Dean (Tuva Moodyson #5) @willrdean @PointBlankCrime @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 6 October 2022 from Point BlankPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-0861541997 My thanks to Point Blank Crime and One World for an advance copy for review When there’s a pack on the hunt, nobody’s safe A closed community Rose Farm is home to a group of survivalists, completely cut off from the outside world. UntilContinue reading “Wolf Pack by Will Dean (Tuva Moodyson #5) @willrdean @PointBlankCrime @RandomTTours”
An Honourable Thief by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #1) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co
Source: Review copyPublication: 22 September 2022 from Canelo AdventurePP: 304ISBN-13: 978-1804360156 My thanks to Canelo for an advance copy for review 1715. Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier and reluctant member of the Company of Rogues, a shady intelligence group run by ruthless spymaster Nathaniel Charters, is ordered to recover a missing document. Its contents could proveContinue reading “An Honourable Thief by Douglas Skelton (Company of Rogues #1) @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co”
The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson trs by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @givemeawave @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 15 September 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585265 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Three women Three eras One extraordinary mystery… 1899, Belle Époque Paris. Lucienne’s two daughters are believed dead when her mansion burns to the ground, but she is certain that her girls areContinue reading “The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson trs by David Warriner @JoGustawsson @givemeawave @OrendaBooks”
The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy @adamhamdy @panmacmillan @laurasherlock21
Source: Review copyPublication: 15 September 2022 from MacmillanPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1529088137 My thanks to Macmillan for an advance copy for review David Asha wants to tell you a story about three people: Elliott Asha, his son, broken by a loss that will redeem him. Ben Elmys, a surrogate father and David’s trusted friend, a manContinue reading “The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy @adamhamdy @panmacmillan @laurasherlock21”
May God Forgive by Alan Parks @AlanJParks @BloodyScotland @CanongateBooks @Brownlee_Donald
Four books have been shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year in Bloody Scotland’s 10th Anniversary year. They are: Liam McIlvanney – The Heretic (HarperCollins)Alan Parks – May God Forgive (Canongate)Ambrose Parry – A Corruption of Blood (Canongate)Louise Welsh – The Second Cut (Canongate) I have read all four ofContinue reading “May God Forgive by Alan Parks @AlanJParks @BloodyScotland @CanongateBooks @Brownlee_Donald”
Red As Blood (Áróra Investigation #2) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir trs Quentin Bates @lilja1972 @graskeggur @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 13 October 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1914585326 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has beenContinue reading “Red As Blood (Áróra Investigation #2) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir trs Quentin Bates @lilja1972 @graskeggur @OrendaBooks”
The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields @Helen_Fields @AvonBooksUK @ElliePilcher95
Source: Review copyPublication: 1st September 2022 from Avon BooksPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0008379360 My thanks to Avon Books for an advance copy for review In search of a new life, seventeen-year-old Adriana Clark’s family moves to the ancient, ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then she goes missing. Faced with hostile locals andContinue reading “The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields @Helen_Fields @AvonBooksUK @ElliePilcher95”
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell @TinderPress @PublicityBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 30 August 2022 from Tinder PressPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1472223845 My thanks to Tinder Press for an advance copy for review ‘Someone swore that, as a little girl, he once saw you touch a tiger. And that the tiger didn’t harm you, it let you stroke it. It was always said that you hadContinue reading “The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell @TinderPress @PublicityBooks”
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