Source: Review copyPublication: 28 April 2022 from Bantam PressPP: 480ISBN-13: 978-1787634909 My thanks to Transworld Books and Bantam Press for an advance copy for review ‘We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.’ It’s been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still noContinue reading “No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride @TransworldBooks”
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May God Forgive by Alan Parks @AlanJParks @CanongateBooks @NormanTweets
Detective Harry McCoy has twenty-four hours to find the kidnapped boys before they all turn up dead, and it is going to mean taking down some of Glasgow’s most powerful people to do it . . .
Life Sentence by A.K. Turner @AnyaLipska @ClareJKelly @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n
Mortuary technician Cassie Raven believes the last thoughts of the dead linger like static in the air…
Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins @FionaAnnCummins @laurasherlock21 @panmacmillan
Source: Review copyPublication: 14 April 2022 from MacmillanPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-1529040159 My thanks to Macmillan for an advance copy for review THE PLACE: Seawings, a beautiful Art Deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea. THE CRIME: The gilded Holden family – Piper and Gray and their two teenage children, Riva and Artie –Continue reading “Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins @FionaAnnCummins @laurasherlock21 @panmacmillan”
It Ends at Midnight by Harriet Tyce @harriet_tyce @Wildfirebks
Really well paced, fantastic plotting and oozing toxicity, It Ends at Midnight is a terrific psychological thriller
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart @Doug_D_Stuart @panmacmillan @picadorbooks @CamillaElworthy
Source: Review copyPublication: 14 April 2022 from PicadorPP: 400ISBN-13: 9781529068764 My thanks to Picador for an early copy for review Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorialContinue reading “Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart @Doug_D_Stuart @panmacmillan @picadorbooks @CamillaElworthy”
First Born by Will Dean @willrdean @HodderBooks @JennyPlatt90
Hugely enjoyable, First Born is an engrossing twisty and suspenseful psychological thriller, perfect for holiday reading or just escaping into in these dark days.
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer @MaddieMortimer @hopeisreading @picadorbooks
What does it mean to die with grace, when you’re simply not ready to let go?
Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz translated by Rachel Ward @EwaldArenz @FwdTranslations @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 23 June 2022 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1914585142 Teenager Sally has just run away from a clinic where she to be treated for anorexia. She’s furious with everything and everyone, and wants to be left in peace. Liss is in her forties, living alone on a large farm that she runs single-handedly.Continue reading “Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz translated by Rachel Ward @EwaldArenz @FwdTranslations @OrendaBooks”
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam
Source: Review copyPublication: 31st March 2022 from Harper CollinsPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-0008289126 My thanks to Harper Collins for an advance copy for review In the dead of night, madness lies… Emma can’t sleep. CHECK THE WINDOWS It’s been like this since her big 4-0 started getting closer. LOCK THE DOORS Her mother stopped sleeping just beforeContinue reading “Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @SarahPinborough @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam”
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