Author : Hayley ScrivenorTitle : Dirt TownPages : 370Publisher : Pan MacMillanPublication date : June 23, 2020 On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home. Ronnie’s going to find her, she has a plan. Lewis will help. Their friend can’t be gone, Ronnie…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Scarlett’s aunt lived – and was brutally murdered – in the apartment upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal,…
The shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022, presented by Harrogate International Festivals, has been announced today, with six bestselling authors competing to win the UK’s most prestigious crime writing prize. The coveted award, now in its eighteenth year, celebrates crime fiction at its very best, with this year’s shortlist…
Author : Louisa TregerTitle : MadwomanPages : 280Publisher : BloomburyPublication date : June 9, 2022 Based on a true story, a spellbinding historical novel about the world’s first female investigative journalist, Nellie Bly. In 1887, young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. My son has been taken. And I’ve been given a choice…Kill a patient on the operating table. Or never see him again. The man lies on…
Thrilled to join the blog tour for Do No Harm by the fabulous Jack Jordan today! My thanks to Jack for the invitation to join, to the publisher for my wonderful review copy and to Anne Cater for organising. Author : Jack JordanTitle : Do No HarmPages : 412Publisher : Simon & SchusterPublication date :…
Author : Dan MalakinTitle : The BoxPages : 350Publisher : ViperPublication date : June 16, 2022 Ed Truman’s family is falling apart. His daughter Ally is being targeted by an alt-right incel organisation, Men Together. His house is being picketed, former clients are accusing him of sexual assault, his son won’t speak to him. And…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Poe’s just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon… Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn’t how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend…
Delighted to welcome you all to my stop on the blog tour for ‘Sun Damage’ by Sabine Durrant today. Huge thanks to Jenny at Hodder & Stoughton for the invitation to join and for the wonderful review copy! Author : Sabine DurrantTitle : Sun DamagePages : 380Publisher : Hodder & StoughtonPublication date : June 2,…
May didn’t quite turn out the way we had expected. The other half had two weeks off work and we had some plans. Nothing set in stone but still. The weather promised to be brilliantly sunny and warm, which it was, and we considered a day or two by the seaside. Introducing Millie to sand…
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