Source: Review copyPublication: 22 August from Pan MacMillanPP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1447266709 It’s 1926 and Anna Darton is on the run from a terrible crime she was forced into committing. Alone and scared in London, salvation comes in the form of Nancy, a sassy American dancer at the notorious nightclub, the Zip. Re-inventing herself as Vita Casey,Continue reading “The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees (A Stitch in Time #1) @joannareesbooks @EllisKeene @PanMacmillan @CBGBooks”
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins @MrsJaneymac @VikingBooksUK
Source: Review copy, Netgalley Publication: 4th April 2019 from Viking PP: 384 ISBN-13: 978-0241349199 They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don’t believe I’ve done?’ 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gatherContinue reading “The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins @MrsJaneymac @VikingBooksUK”
The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear @AllisonandBusby @EmmaFinnigan @AnneCater #TheAmericanAgent
Source: Review copy Publication: 26th March 2019 from Allison and Busby PP: ISBN-13: 978-0749024604 When an American war correspondent’s murder is concealed by British authorities, Maisie Dobbs agrees to work with an agent of the US Department of Justice to help an old friend discover the truth. With German bombs raining down on London, MaisieContinue reading “The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear @AllisonandBusby @EmmaFinnigan @AnneCater #TheAmericanAgent”
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea @CarolineleaLea @MichaelJBooks @JennyPlatt90 #TheGlassWoman #bookreview
Source: Review Copy Publication: 7th February 2019 from Michael Joseph PP: 400 ISBN-13: 978-0718188979 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new husband in the remote village of Stykkishólmur. Here, the villagersContinue reading “The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea @CarolineleaLea @MichaelJBooks @JennyPlatt90 #TheGlassWoman #bookreview”
Perfect Dead (D.I. Frank Farrell #2) by Jackie Baldwin @JackieMBaldwin1 @KillerReads @LoveBooksGroup #PerfectDead #bookreview #blogtour
Source: Review copy Publication: 15th June 2018 from Killer Reads Pp 400 ISBN-13: 978-0008294328 Sometimes perfection is worth killing for… Each murder brings him one step closer to the perfect death. Ex-priest DI Farrell is called on to investigate gruesome death in rural Scotland. All evidence points to suicide, except for one loose end:Continue reading “Perfect Dead (D.I. Frank Farrell #2) by Jackie Baldwin @JackieMBaldwin1 @KillerReads @LoveBooksGroup #PerfectDead #bookreview #blogtour”
City of Woe by Christopher Ryan (Mallory and Gunner Series # 1)- a Turn Back Time post – books from depths of the TBR pile. #bookreview
Source: Netgalley Publication: Seamus and Nunzio Productions, LLC on 17 July 2012 Pp 359 ISBN-13: 978-1475159233 What if Paul Farrington, a veteran fixer for a shady corporation, found himself targeted for elimination just as he was trying to finance his daughter’s Ivy League education? How far would he go to provide for his familyContinue reading “City of Woe by Christopher Ryan (Mallory and Gunner Series # 1)- a Turn Back Time post – books from depths of the TBR pile. #bookreview”
The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan @evgaughan @urbanebooks @laurawhitepr
Source: Review copy Publication: 14 June 2018 from Urbane Publications Pp 288 ISBN-13: 978-1911583608 Thornwood Village, 1910. Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor, Harold Griffin-Krauss, translate ‘fairy stories’ from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart ofContinue reading “The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan @evgaughan @urbanebooks @laurawhitepr”
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