Source: Review copyPublication: e-book 28 August Paperback 28 October 2021 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1913193881 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review Áróra returns to Iceland when her estranged sister goes missing, and her search leads to places she could never have imagined. Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live inContinue reading “Cold As Hell by Lilja Sigurðardóttir trs Quentin Bates @lilja1972 @graskeggur @OrendaBooks”
Category Archives: Mystery
The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves (Two Rivers #2) @AnnCleeves @panmacmillan @RandomTTours
Source: Review copyPublication: 2 September 2021 from MacMillanPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1509889686 My thanks to Pan MacMillan for an advance copy for review North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. WhatContinue reading “The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves (Two Rivers #2) @AnnCleeves @panmacmillan @RandomTTours”
Five Minds by Guy Morpuss @guymorpuss @ViperBooks
Source: Review copy and purchased Audible versionPublication: 2nd September 2021 from Viper/Hachette AudioNarration: Narrated by Joe JamesonListening time: 10 Hours 46 minutesASIN: B096VZKKD7 One body. Five minds. One killer. The Earth’s growing population has finally been controlled. Lifespans are limited to 80 years, except for those who make an extreme choice: to become a commune.Continue reading “Five Minds by Guy Morpuss @guymorpuss @ViperBooks”
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (C.I.Gamache #17) @HodderBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 24 August 2021 from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1529379389 My thanks to Hodder and Stoughton for an advance copy for review When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Université de l’Estrie in Quebec, he is dubious. Why ask the head ofContinue reading “The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (C.I.Gamache #17) @HodderBooks”
End of Summer by Anders de la Motte translated by Neil Smith @AndersdelaMotte @ZaffreBooks @ClareJKelly
Source: Review copyPublication: 19 August 2021 from ZaffrePP: 480ISBN-13: 978-1785768231 My thanks to Zaffre Books for the opportunity to review You can always go home. But you can never go back . . . Summer 1983: Four-year-old Billy chases a rabbit in the fields behind his house. But when his mother goes to call himContinue reading “End of Summer by Anders de la Motte translated by Neil Smith @AndersdelaMotte @ZaffreBooks @ClareJKelly”
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard @cathryanhoward @CorvusBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 19 August 2021 from CorvusPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1838951627 My thanks to the publisher for an early copy for review No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches IrishContinue reading “56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard @cathryanhoward @CorvusBooks”
Pretty As A Picture by Elizabeth Little @elizabethlittle @poppystimpson @PushkinPress
Source: Review copyPublication: 1st July 2021 from Pushkin VertigoPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1782277019 My thanks to Poppy Stimpson and Pushkin Vertigo for a review copy Some girl dies. Film editor Marissa has read better loglines for films, but still jumps at the chance to travel to a small island to work with the legendary – and legendarilyContinue reading “Pretty As A Picture by Elizabeth Little @elizabethlittle @poppystimpson @PushkinPress”
The Forevers by Chris Whitaker @WhittyAuthor @HotKeyBooksYA
Source: Review copyPublication: 8 July 2021 from Hot Key BooksPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1471410956 My thanks to the publisher for an opportunity to read and review in advance of publication They knew the end was coming. They saw it ten years back, when it was far enough away in space and time and meaning. The changesContinue reading “The Forevers by Chris Whitaker @WhittyAuthor @HotKeyBooksYA”
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides @AlexMichaelides @orionbooks @wnbooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 10 June 2021 from Weidenfeld and NicolsonPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1409181668 St Christopher’s College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most. For Mariana Andros – a group therapist struggling through her private grief – it’s where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it’s the tragic scene of her best friend’s murder.Continue reading “The Maidens by Alex Michaelides @AlexMichaelides @orionbooks @wnbooks”
Mrs England by Stacey Halls @stacey_halls @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n
Source: Review copyPublication: 10 June 2021 from Manilla Press/Zaffre BooksPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1838772864 My thanks to Tracy at Compulsive Readers and Zaffre Books for an opportunity to review West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynastyContinue reading “Mrs England by Stacey Halls @stacey_halls @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n”
