Tag Archives: #Gritty

#RecommendedReads & #Reviews ? #BlueBird @trish4912 @Burning_Chair #ATimeToLie @simonberthon @HQstories #ThreeHours @Rosamundlupton @PenguinUKBooks #IfSheDies @ErikTherme @nholten40

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A new cop. A fresh start. A dark secret. It’s the blisteringly hot summer of 1976, and WPC Samantha Barrie is Wyre Hall police station’s newest recruit. When young girls start to go missing, Sam finds herself at the centre Continue reading #RecommendedReads & #Reviews ? #BlueBird @trish4912 @Burning_Chair #ATimeToLie @simonberthon @HQstories #ThreeHours @Rosamundlupton @PenguinUKBooks #IfSheDies @ErikTherme @nholten40→

No one plays by the rules… #TheCrew #Review @nholten40 @AndrewBarrettUK

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“Sometimes our prayers are not only ignored, but you can hear someone laughing in the background.” It’s his last shift of the week, but CSI Eddie Collins is examining the scene of an armed robbery at a Post Office. Everything Continue reading No one plays by the rules… #TheCrew #Review @nholten40 @AndrewBarrettUK→

Can Slade uncover the truth before he himself becomes a victim? #DeathRattle #Review #debut @D_Jewell_Author @WildWolfPublish

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When a body is found stabbed to death in a notorious Newcastle upon Tyne gay cruising area, Detective Inspector Jack Slade of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team lands the case. What appears to be a robbery gone wrong takes Continue reading Can Slade uncover the truth before he himself becomes a victim? #DeathRattle #Review #debut @D_Jewell_Author @WildWolfPublish→

Will Daniella catch the killer before she loses everything? #CoverReveal #SixWounds @MorganCryAuthor @GoJaBrown @BirlinnBooks @PolygonBooks

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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→

Behind bars with world’s most violent men… #MyLifeWithMurderers #MiniReview #TrueCrime @nholten40 @ProfDavidWilson @BooksSphere

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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→

There is a battle coming to Liverpool and only the most loyal will survive… #LiverpoolLoyalty #Review @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter

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  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→

A frantic search, a manic murder spree, stolen contraband, and a briefcase full of cash… #AlwaysTheDead #Review @nholten40 @SteveGone58

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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→

But someone must pay… #SinsOfTheFather #Review #QueenOfCreepyCrime? @nholten40 @sbairden @RedDogTweets

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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→

Who will heed the call when Death comes whispering? #WhispersInTheDark #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cmacwritescrime @RedDogTweets

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??  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→

There’s nothing cosy about these crimes… #ABowlOfCherries #Review @nholten40 @EffieMerryl @RandomTTours @annecater

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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→

Will finding freedom mean paying the ultimate price? #TheAngels #Review @nholten40 @AlexKaneWriter @HeraBooks @BOTBSPublicity

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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→

Is this one fight Grace can’t win? #HeadOfTheFirm #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter @0neMoreChapter_

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A family at war… Happily married and with two small children, Grace has stepped away from the murky underworld that has shaped so much of her life.  Now Grace is leaving the hard work to the boys – her son Continue reading Is this one fight Grace can’t win? #HeadOfTheFirm #Review #PublicationDay @nholten40 @cjfinlaywriter @0neMoreChapter_→

When Brendan Foley’s work & home life collide, he may not like the answers he finds… #FarFromTheTree #Review @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @audibleuk

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Twenty-seven bodies, vacuum-packed, buried in a woodland trench. Some have been there for years, some for just days. When DI Brendan Foley recognises one of the Warrington 27, he knows this case is about to shake his world. Detective Sergeant Continue reading When Brendan Foley’s work & home life collide, he may not like the answers he finds… #FarFromTheTree #Review @nholten40 @robparkerauthor @audibleuk→

They think it’s all forgotten. But I don’t forget… #SheWhoLies #Review @nholten40 @AlexKaneWriter @HeraBooks

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Blood is thicker than water, the family bond stronger than any other. They think it’s all forgotten. But I don’t forget. The Laird-Shaw family live a life most only dream about. Self-made millionaires Gavin Shaw and Stevie Laird built their Continue reading They think it’s all forgotten. But I don’t forget… #SheWhoLies #Review @nholten40 @AlexKaneWriter @HeraBooks→

Can they save their children before time runs out? #SnatchedFromHome #Review #RePost @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @RandomTTours @NightsBooks

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Woohoo! Can I get a #HellYeah?! ?? Absolutely delighted to be #reposting my review and kicking off Graham Smith’s Snatched From Home blog tour today … with a few extra thoughts now that we are FIVE years on! So maybe Continue reading Can they save their children before time runs out? #SnatchedFromHome #Review #RePost @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @RandomTTours @NightsBooks→