Reviews & Book News
How do you tell the difference between a vivid dream, an hallucination and reality? Or is the fact that you are questioning the above in the first place a sign of insanity? Who would you turn to if your own Continue reading Please don’t let me die like this… #TheGirlFromTheLake #Review @nholten40 @J_A_Simones @all_covered
In case you missed the reveal on Chapter in my Life last night, I’m delighted to jump on the bandwagon and share the fantastic cover and blurb for Morgan Cry (aka Gordon Brown’s) latest offering: SIX WOUNDS! So what’s this Continue reading Will Daniella catch the killer before she loses everything? #CoverReveal #SixWounds @MorganCryAuthor @GoJaBrown @BirlinnBooks @PolygonBooks
Professor David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men – especially men who have committed murder. Aged twenty-nine he became, at that time, the UK’s youngest ever prison Governor in charge of a jail and his career Continue reading Behind bars with world’s most violent men… #MyLifeWithMurderers #MiniReview #TrueCrime @nholten40 @ProfDavidWilson @BooksSphere
Keep your friends close… When Grace Carter’s boys are arrested for murder, she’s forced to call on her most trusted and loyal connections to keep the boys out of prison. She’ll even ask for help from those she would Continue reading There is a battle coming to Liverpool and only the most loyal will survive… #LiverpoolLoyalty #Review @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter
Los Angeles, California. 1949. Scott Kelly is a World War Two Marine veteran and mob hitman confined to a Tuberculosis sanatorium suffering from consumption, flashbacks and nightmares from his experiences of The Battle of Okinawa and a botched hit for Continue reading A frantic search, a manic murder spree, stolen contraband, and a briefcase full of cash… #AlwaysTheDead #Review @nholten40 @SteveGone58
On Friday Nov 27th you may have heard a high-pitched squeal of excitement – that was me celebrating the ?? Publication Day ?? of debut novelist and #bestest of friends, Sharon Bairden as Sins of the Father was released to Continue reading But someone must pay… #SinsOfTheFather #Review #QueenOfCreepyCrime? @nholten40 @sbairden @RedDogTweets
#Bookpeeps! I’m delighted to give a #shoutout to M. Jonathan Lee and 337 which is published by Hideaway Fall on Nov 30th! I was lucky enough to receive an #arc and great promo pack from Holly Milnes! When describing the Continue reading In a story like this, nothing is as it seems… #337 #Extract @nholten40 @MJonathanLee @HideawayFall
I’m sooooo behind on reviews ? that I figured the best way to catch up would be to do some mini reviews as the day job and writing/editing in the evenings has just taken up the majority of my free Continue reading Review Round-Up #minireviews @nholten40 @BloodyScotland reads 2020 @AlanJParks #MarkRatcliffe #DouglasLindsay @ambroseparry
?? Happy Publication Day, Chris! ?? Who will heed the call when Death comes whispering? Small time drug dealer, Marcus Stone and DCI Clive Burston had never met until one night in August. By the end of that night, both Continue reading Who will heed the call when Death comes whispering? #WhispersInTheDark #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets
Delighted to be taking part in Tony Forder’s #FifteenCoffins blog tour today! Thanks to Sarah Hardy from #BookOnTheBrightSidePublicity for the invite/organising and the author for the ARC. Let’s find out a bit more about the author and this book before Continue reading The truth can set you free… or bury you. #FifteenCoffins #Review @nholten40 @TonyJForder @BOTBSPublicity
I don’t generally review films, plays or shows on my blog – but this is more of an online event and I enjoyed it more than I expected I would. First, here’s a little but about WHAT A CARVE UP Continue reading What a cast! What a show! #WhatACarveUp 5 ⭐️ #Review @nholten40 @CarveUpUK @jonathancoe @FillouxPastry @theBarnTheatre @thelbt @NewWolsey
Delighted to be sharing an extract with you today as part of Keith Wright’s #MurderMeTomorrow blog tour! Thanks to Sarah Hardy of #BookOnTheBrightSidePublicity for the invite! So what’s the book about? Who is the author? Read on …. About Continue reading Murder Me Tomorrow #Extract @nholten40 @keithwwright @BOTBSPublicity
Delighted to be a part of Effie Merryl’s #ABowlOfCherries blog tour today! Huge thanks to Anne Cater / Random Things Tours for the invite and the author for an ARC. A little about the author and this book, before I Continue reading There’s nothing cosy about these crimes… #ABowlOfCherries #Review @nholten40 @EffieMerryl @RandomTTours @annecater
Woohoo! Thrilled to bits to be taking part in Alex Kane’s blog tour for #TheAngels today! Huge thanks to Hera Books for the ARC and Sarah Hardy of Book on the Brightside publicity for the invite! Before I share my Continue reading Will finding freedom mean paying the ultimate price? #TheAngels #Review @nholten40 @AlexKaneWriter @HeraBooks @BOTBSPublicity
Woohoo! This year I’m going to the #DaggerAwards ?? Press Release Tickets are available from today (Thurs 15 Oct) for the virtual awards ceremony of the 2020 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers, which honour the very best in crime writing. Continue reading Countdown to the Daggers! #PressRelease #BookYourTicket #Free @nholten40 @the_cwa