Reviews & Book News
If you follow my reviews or accounts on social media you will know that I’m a huge fan of M.W. Craven and the Washington Poe series so it will come as no surprise when I say I loved The Mercy Continue reading #AreYouSittingComfortably? #TheMercyChair by M.W. Craven #review #pickupapageturner
1899, Belle Époque Paris. Lucienne’s two daughters are believed dead when her mansion burns to the ground, but she is certain that her girls are still alive and embarks on a journey into the depths of the spiritualist community to find Continue reading Three women. Three eras. One extraordinary mystery… #TheBleeding #Review @JoGustawsson @OrendaBooks
This is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe’s life… Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he’d still have his thumb left. There’s the guilelessly innocent civilian Continue reading ‘… the bodies are going to keep piling up . . .’ #TheBotanist #Review @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault
Absolutely over the friggin moon to be kicking off the blog tour for Sharon Bairden’s YOU NEED ME which is OUT NOW! My thanks to Red Dog Press for the invite and ARC. I’ll be heading to Glasgow to chat Continue reading Your secret didn’t die with me… #YouNeedMe #Review #PublicationDay @sbairden @RedDogTweets @nholten40
Anyone who knows me will know that I am not really one for following rules when it comes to blogging – are there rules? Who knows? Who cares! Rather than choosing a specific number of top reads, I’ve put together Continue reading What were my top crime reads of 2019? #CrimeBookJunkie #TopReads #2019 @nholten40
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
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
She investigates missing persons—now she is one. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little girl Continue reading She investigates missing persons—now she is one. #ThinAir #Review @nholten40 @lisagraywriter @AmazonPub @TheAgentPhil
Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath . . . He’s currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Continue reading After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming . . .BOOM!? #BlackSummer #Review #WashingtonPoe @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @DHHlitagency @LittleBrownUK
Whoop! Whoop! Happy Publication Day! ? Absolutely delighted to be kicking off Caz Finlay’s THE BOSS blog tour today! Massive thanks to Sarah Hardy/ Book on the Bright Side Publicity for organising the invite and Killer Reads for the ARC Continue reading Only one can boss the streets of Liverpool… #TheBoss #Review @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter @killerreads @BOTBSPublicity
Paul Hardisty is one of those authors that just blows me away every-single-time! I’m delighted to be hosting the TURBULENT WAKE blog tour today and a massive shout-out to Anne Cater for the invite and Orenda Books for the ARC. Continue reading A dead father. A lost son. Can the past be rewritten? #TurbulentWake #Review @nholten40 @Hardisty_Paul @OrendaBooks @annecater #RandomThingsTours
Absolutely THRILLED to be hosting the ever-so-awesome Helen Fitzgerald’s WORST CASE SCENARIO blog tour today. Massive thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and to Orenda Books for the ARC – though I went out and bought myself a signed Continue reading Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice … with devastating consequences. #WorstCaseScenario #Review @nholten40 @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater #RandomThingsTours
Today my blog turns FOUR and I am absolutely delighted to be hosting Mel Sherratt’s TICK TOCK blog tour as Mel is one of the first authors who really got behind me and my ‘lil blog from the beginning! But Continue reading Can they catch the killer before another young woman dies? #TickTock ⏰ #Review #Extract @nholten40 @writermels @Sabah_K @AvonBooksUK
YAY!! Absolutely THRILLED to finally share my review for the amazing C.L.Taylor and SLEEP as I host the blog tour today! I normally read books in order of their tour date, but the MINUTE this arrived through my letterbox, I Continue reading Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. #Sleep #Review @nholten40 @callytaylor @Sabah_K @AvonBooksUK
Awwww yeah, baby! I am absolutely ✨BUZZING✨ to be closing down Steve Cavanagh’s TWISTED blog tour alongside my #twinnie – Chapter in my Life Huge thanks to Tracy Fenton and Orion for the invite – I purchased this book the Continue reading The truth is far more twisted… #Twisted #Review #ThisBookIsTwisted @nholten40 @SSCav @orion_crime @orionbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n