Reviews & Book News
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
When Stars Will Shine is a collection of short stories from your favourite authors who have come together to deliver you a Christmas read with a twist. With true war tales that will break your heart, gritty Christmas crimes that Continue reading From war tales that will break your heart, to gritty Christmas crimes that will shake you to your core, and heart-warming tales of love lost and found… #WhenStarsWillShine #PublicationDay #Review @nholten40 @emmamitchellfpr
?Boom! ?Boom! ?Boom! Absolutely THRILLED to be taking part in the *paperback* blog tour for Mike Craven’s BLACK SUMMER! Huge thanks to Beth / Little Brown for the invite! I have the kindle version of this – in fact, I Continue reading How can someone be both dead and alive at the same time? ? #BlackSummer #ReviewRevisited #paperbacklaunch @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @DavidHHeadley @LittleBrownUK @BethWright26
My stop today on LJ Morris’ HUNTING GROUND blog tour! ???? Huge thanks to Sarah Hardy of Book on the Brightside Publicity for the invite and LJ Morris for the ARC. A bit about the author and this cracking read Continue reading When you’re being hunted by assassins and the authorities… going home isn’t always the safest option. #HuntingGround #Review @nholten40 @BOTBSpublicity @LesJMorris
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
He’s acidic and twisted; a prince of sarcasm who hates people. Not ideal qualities in a CSI. But what CSI Eddie Collins lacks in people skills, he more than makes up for in crime scene expertise. But this time, Eddie Continue reading Sometimes you can’t forgive and forget… #TheDeathOfJessicaRipley #CSIEddieCollins #Book5 #Review @nholten40 @AndrewBarrettUK
Oh my days! I’m thrilled to bits to be a part of the amazing Katerina Diamond’s TRUTH OR DIE blog tour today! Huge thanks to Sabah Khan for the invite and Avon Books for the ARC. I also have an Continue reading Their darkest secrets won’t stay buried forever… #TruthOrDie #Review #Extract @nholten40 @TheVenomousPen @AvonBooksUK @Sabah_K