Category Archives: Book Reviews

THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT… #StayMadSweetheart #TimesUp #Review @nholten40 @hkist @RedDogTweets

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THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT. AN EVEN FINER LINE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND REVENGE. Data scientist Laura prefers the company of her books to the real world – let alone that cesspit online. But when her best friend Continue reading THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND GUILT… #StayMadSweetheart #TimesUp #Review @nholten40 @hkist @RedDogTweets→

This year someone is killing the children of Ashburn…Or should that be SOMETHING? #SeasonOfMist #Novella #Review @nholten40 @paulfinchauthor

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Our last autumn of innocence. Star-spangled nights. Mist-wreathed woodland. A twisted shape watching coldly from the shadows. Industrial Lancashire, 1974. The kids in the coal-mining town of Ashburn love the waning of the year. Fancy dress and scary stories for Continue reading This year someone is killing the children of Ashburn…Or should that be SOMETHING? #SeasonOfMist #Novella #Review @nholten40 @paulfinchauthor→

Is history’s most outrageous serial killer on the loose? #HighestLives #Review @nholten40 @GoJaBrown @StridentPublish @annecater

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Absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Highest Lives blog tour today! Huge thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and Gordon Brown/Strident Publishing for the ARC. This is the fourth book in the series – I’m a huge fan and Continue reading Is history’s most outrageous serial killer on the loose? #HighestLives #Review @nholten40 @GoJaBrown @StridentPublish @annecater→

The real nightmare begins when the missing person returns… #CloserThanBlood #Review @nholten40 @PaulGlaznost @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @BOTBSPublicity

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OMG eeeeeeek!! I have been DYING…D-Y-I-N-G…to share my review for the ever-so-awesome Paul Grzegorzek’s Closer Than Blood and today…my friends…is THAT DAY!! A massive thanks to the author, Netgalley via the publisher One More Chapter and the fabulous Sarah Hardy Continue reading The real nightmare begins when the missing person returns… #CloserThanBlood #Review @nholten40 @PaulGlaznost @0neMoreChapter_ @KillerReads @BOTBSPublicity→

An absurdist account of the life of one very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovertConfoundsInnocence #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity @BlackOpalBooks

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Thrilled to be one of the bloggers to close down Michael Paul Michaud’s THE INTROVERT CONFOUNDS INNOCENCE blog tour today! My thanks to Sarah from Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite and to the publisher & author Continue reading An absurdist account of the life of one very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovertConfoundsInnocence #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity @BlackOpalBooks→

Charlie’s at her best putting an end to trouble. Now she must learn to strike first. #BadTurn #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp

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Thrilled to be closing down the blog tour and sharing my review for Zoe Sharp’s BAD TURN today. A massive thanks to Ayo Onatade for organising and the invite and to the author for an ARC. Let’s do this! About Continue reading Charlie’s at her best putting an end to trouble. Now she must learn to strike first. #BadTurn #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp→

Will Maddy discover that the key to happiness lies in making others happy? #EscapeToGiddywellGrange #Review @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks @rararesources

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Happy days, #bookjunkies!! I’m absolutely DELIGHTED to be a part of closing down this epic tour and sharing my review for Kim Nash’s Escape to Giddywell Grange today! My thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invite and to Hera Continue reading Will Maddy discover that the key to happiness lies in making others happy? #EscapeToGiddywellGrange #Review @nholten40 @KimTheBookworm @HeraBooks @rararesources→

And in the absence of truth, in the absence of a miracle, we turn to prayer. And to violence. #InTheAbsenceOfMiracles #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater

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OMG!  OMG! OMG! I am absolutely DELIGHTED to be sharing my review for Michael J Malone’s IN THE ABSENCE OF MIRACLES today as part of the blog tour. Huge thanks to Anne Cater/Random Things Tours and Orenda for the invite Continue reading And in the absence of truth, in the absence of a miracle, we turn to prayer. And to violence. #InTheAbsenceOfMiracles #Review @nholten40 @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @annecater→

I’m dead, for all intents and purposes. Nobody knows I’m alive… #ThePennyBlack #Review #BrackenIsBack @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @Endeavour_Media

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I can’t put into words how EXCITED I am to be taking part in Rob Parker’s THE PENNY BLACK blog tour today! Before I rave about his fantastic book, I just have to say that Rob Parker is one of Continue reading I’m dead, for all intents and purposes. Nobody knows I’m alive… #ThePennyBlack #Review #BrackenIsBack @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @Endeavour_Media→

EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. NOBODY IS INNOCENT. #InAHouseOfLies #Review @orionbooks @orion_crime @nholten40 @Beathhigh @BloodyScotland

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OMG YAY! I’m a little bit excited today for a few reasons! I’ll be on my way shortly to Bloody Scotland crime festival in Stirling to catch up with my #partnersincrime while we #fangirl/boy over our favourite crime writers. I’m Continue reading EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. NOBODY IS INNOCENT. #InAHouseOfLies #Review @orionbooks @orion_crime @nholten40 @Beathhigh @BloodyScotland→

Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye… #TimefortheDead #Review @nholten40 @Lin_Anderson @Blazespage @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity

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Absolutely delighted to be sharing my review of Lin Anderson’s TIME FOR THE DEAD as part of the Morecambe & Vice blog tour organised by Book on the Bright Side Publicity. I am thrilled to be interviewing Lin on stage Continue reading Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots on Scotland’s Isle of Skye… #TimefortheDead #Review @nholten40 @Lin_Anderson @Blazespage @MorecambeVice @BOTBSPublicity→

If only someone had listened… #TheQuietOnes #Review @nholten40 @Theresa_Talbot @aria_fiction

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Woohoo! Delighted to be sharing my review of Theresa Talbot’s THE QUIET ONES as part of the blog tour. My thanks to Aria Fiction via Netgalley for an ARC of this book. First though, let’s find out a bit about Continue reading If only someone had listened… #TheQuietOnes #Review @nholten40 @Theresa_Talbot @aria_fiction→

One very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovert #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity

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I first read this novella in 2016 and was delighted when Sarah from Book on the Bright Side Publicity approached me and asked  if I would re-post my review for the blog tour! As I enjoyed this quirky, dark novella Continue reading One very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero… #TheIntrovert #Review @nholten40 @MichaelPMichaud @BOTBSPublicity→

Is she the murderer, or the victim? #TheVerdict #review @oisaachenry @nholten40 @0neMoreChapter_

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A cheating wife. An estranged mother. But is she guilty of murder? Please raise your right hand. An affair at work has cost Julia Winter her job and her marriage. There’s no denying she has let her family down. Please Continue reading Is she the murderer, or the victim? #TheVerdict #review @oisaachenry @nholten40 @0neMoreChapter_→

What tools can you use to avoid writer’s block? #The365DayWritersBlockWorkbook (Volume 1) @nholten40 @BOTBSPublicity @morgenwriteruk

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Today I am thrilled to be hosting Morgen Bailey’s The 365-Day Writer’s Block Workbook (Volume 1) blog tour. My thanks to the author for an ARC and to Sarah Hardy of Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invite Continue reading What tools can you use to avoid writer’s block? #The365DayWritersBlockWorkbook (Volume 1) @nholten40 @BOTBSPublicity @morgenwriteruk→