Reviews & Book News
Longlists for the coveted 2020 CWA Daggers will be revealed at noon on Friday 5 June for its ten categories, including non-fiction, short stories and debut crime fiction. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers, which honour the very best Continue reading CWA Daggers Longlists to be Announced #PressRelease @nholten40 @the_cwa
In the run up to Christmas, a serial killer stalks the streets of Aberdeen . . . On Detective Eve Hunter’s first Monday back at work following enforced leave, she is called to the scene of a gruesome crime. A Continue reading He’ll silence them all – unless she can stop him… #HoldYourTongue #Review @nholten40 @deborah_masson @TransworldBooks
ONE WRONG MOVE A body is found bricked into the walls of a house. From the state of the hands, it’s clear the dead man was buried alive. Soon, the victim is linked to an old missing person’s case and Continue reading One wrong move will ignite the city… #Firewatching #Review @nholten40 @thevoiceofruss @simonschusterUK
If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you? But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their Continue reading If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you? #TheSilentHouse #Review @nholten40 @Writer_Nell @avonbooksuk
I’m over the moon to be taking part in Helen Fitzgerald’s ASH MOUNTAIN blog tour today! My thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for the ARC and invite on this tour. First up – a bit about the author Continue reading Fran’s tumultuous home life is the least of her worries, when old crimes rear their heads and a devastating bushfire ravages the town and all of its inhabitants… #AshMountain #Review @nholten40 @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater
Delighted to be hosting Dugald Bruce-Lockhart’s debut novel THE LIZARD blog tour today! I’ve an excellent extract to whet your whistles, so grab a cuppa and enjoy. Oh wait! Let me tell you a bit about the author and this Continue reading When the body of a missing tourist is found… who is to blame? #TheLizardBook #Extract #Prologue @DBrucelockhart @nholten40 @Brownlee_Donald @MuswellPress
Read on! Read on! Today I am sharing an extract for Michael K Foster’s HACKNEY CENTRAL! Thanks to Sarah at Book on the Bright Side for the invite! A bit about the author and this book first… About the Author Continue reading Gripped by gang wars, London’s East End is plunged into an endless reign of terror. . . #HackneyCentral #Extract @nholten40 @BOTBSPublicity
? Happy Publication Day to Tony Kent and Power Play! ? THE ENEMIES AREN’T AT THE GATE THEY’RE ALREADY INSIDE When a plane explodes over the Atlantic Ocean, killing hundreds of passengers, including controversial US presidential candidate Dale Victor, it Continue reading THE ENEMIES AREN’T AT THE GATE THEY’RE ALREADY INSIDE… #PowerPlay #Review @nholten40 @TonyKent_Writes @eandtbooks @angelaontour
Yesterday I received the books I need to read and score as I once again was asked to be a Bloody Scotland reader! Myself and others are given 4-6 books to read over 6-8 weeks and score. ?Our lips are Continue reading BLOODY SCOTLAND CONFIRMS THAT THE McILVANNEY PRIZE AND BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE WILL GO AHEAD… #PressRelease @BloodyScotland @nholten40
A FATAL CRASH A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and US Continue reading She won’t stop until she finds the truth… #WithoutATrace #Review @nholten40 @mariwriter @orionbooks @orion_crime
Blair Charlston swapped the stock market for salvation – and now he’s making a killing. Once a controversial venture capitalist, Charlston reinvented himself as a personal and business development guru after surviving an attempt to take his own life when Continue reading Connor must race to unmask a killer whose savagery is only matched by their cunning… #NoPlaceToDie #Review @nholten40 @NlBro @TheCrimeVault
My publisher, One More Chapter has secured some awesome #KindleMonthlyDeals across Amazon UK and US this month (April 2020) and I thought I’d share them with y’all so you can fill up your kindles and get reading! Of course, I’m Continue reading Looking for your next read? @0neMoreChapter_ #KindleMonthlyDeals – Get Downloading! @nholten40
The idea is simple, vain, exciting. Tap the app, upload a picture of yourself, find your lookalike. Set up a meeting to see whether you have anything else in common. When Ella and Jem meet, the physical resemblance is uncanny, Continue reading Can either hide in her double’s skin? #DeadRinger #Review @nholten40 @nmartinwriter @SarabandBooks
Six friends have been trapped by one dark secret. It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what happened that Saturday changed everything. In the middle of the night, someone died. Continue reading WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER . . . EVEN MURDER. #TheSix #Review @nholten40 @LucaVeste
Eeeeeek!!! I’m always excited by this announcement as it means I can start my countdown to Harrogate – Theakstons Crime Festival! Hurrah! This year I am incredibly excited by the line up as there are so many of my FAVOURITE Continue reading FIRST NAMES REVEALED! #TheakstonsCrime #HIF2020 #PressRelease @nholten40 @HarrogateFest