Reviews & Book News
If it’s a twisty mystery and/or pacy thriller you’re after, then look no further as I have five female authors who will blow your mind! Here they are in no particular order: Ahhh how I adored this story! I Continue reading 5 Female Mystery/Thriller Authors and Their Unmissable Books! #Reviews #BookRecommendations
THANK YOU 🙏🏻 to Random Things Tours and Orenda for inviting me to take part in this blog tour and providing me with an e-ARC. Hiding from the world in her little white cottage on the shores of a loch, Continue reading A gothic mystery, perfect for #spookyseason reads! #TheTorments by Michael J. Malone #review #Orenda #RandomThingsTours
THANK YOU 🙏🏻 to Random Things Tours and the author, Nicky Black for inviting me to take part in this blog tour and providing me with an e-ARC In the summer of 1967, a grand Georgian home becomes a haven Continue reading It promised freedom. It became their prison. #TheFlowerHouse #NickyBlack #Review #CrimeBookJunkie #RandomThingsTours
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
My thanks to Carmella Lowkis (Senior Marketing Executive) and Vintage books for the invite to take part in this blog tour celebrating 20 years of the Simon Serrailler series by Susan Hill! Scroll to the bottom to see who else Continue reading How do you catch a killer who doesn’t exist? #AQuestionOfIdentity #Review @susanhillwriter @vintagebooks #blogtour
CrimeBookJunkie – My Thoughts: When I was lucky enough to receive an early proof of Tony Kent’s The Shadow Network, expectations were naturally sky-high, given his track record for gripping thrillers. And boy, does he deliver! From the moment I Continue reading How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? #TheShadowNetwork @TonyKent_Writes @eandtbooks
First things first, I’m not your mommy so if you are triggered by certain topics, check the author’s website for warnings. That said, let’s get into it. I’d seen Haunting Adeline brandished across various social media platforms – everywhere I Continue reading Shocking, graphic and unexpected! #HauntingAdeline #Review #OctReads #HDCarlton
What did I think? Massive thanks to Laura Sherlock (publicist) and Pan Macmillan for an ARC of what has been my favourite book of 2023 to date. It is going to take something HUGE to knock this book off of Continue reading An apt title as this book completely broke me! #AllOfUsAreBroken by @FionaAnnCummins #review @laurasherlock21
Five million reasons why Ben Koenig had to disappear. Only one to bring him back . . . Ben Koenig is a ghost. He doesn’t exist any more. Six years ago it was Koenig who headed up the US Marshal’s Continue reading A must read #newseries! #Fearless #review @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault
Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated… He’s a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority - and he’s the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder Continue reading When a new series has your heart racing for more ~ meet Detective Miller… #TheLastDance #review @MarkBillingham @TheCrimeVault #Sphere
National Crime Reading Month Book lovers are invited to join a host of author events throughout June to celebrate National Crime Reading Month (NCRM). The month-long festival, which takes place across the UK and Ireland, is run by the Crime Continue reading What will you be reading? #NCRM #PickUpAPageTurner #TheReadingAgency @The_CWA
I know! I know! I read both these books aaaages ago but I’m still playing catch up on reviews so bear with me. Two of my favourite authors, favourite series and favourite female leads! Police procedurals are my go to Continue reading Favourite series with strong female leads! #SilentVictim #BrokenPromises #Review @writermels @MichaelHWood
‘REPENT BEFORE YOU DIE … OR MAY YOU NEVER R.I.P.’ Threatening fake commemorative plaques, vigilante killings, a Jewish community in an English town – what’s the link? The clock is ticking to the next murder. After witnessing a racist incident Continue reading The clock is ticking to the next murder… #TheRedeemer #Review @nholten40 @VictoriaGoldma2 @3CPublishingUK
Helmand, 2004: Afghanistan’s most lawless province, where nearly 90 per cent of the world’s opium is grown. Pink and lilac poppies flutter innocently in the breeze in fields that stretch for miles and miles along the Helmand River south of Continue reading One man murdered, another missing. A race against time… #DeathInHelmand #Review @AlisonBelsham #NHiggens @canelo_co
Heading up to Stirling for Bloody Scotland today and I’m thrilled to be closing the tour with a spotlight post on Ambrose Parry and a review of their latest book, A Corruption of Blood. I’m looking forward to meeting/catching up Continue reading Bloody Scotland Blog Tour #Spotlight #ACorruptionOfBlood #Review @AmbroseParry @BloodyScotland