Reviews & Book News
Well HOLY SH*TBALLS – what a year it has been for crime fiction! I seriously can’t believe how many fantastic books I had the pleasure of reading this year – some new authors, some old faves – but all were Continue reading Top Reads 2018 @nholten40 #crimefiction #thrillers #WhatToRead #CrimeBookJunkie
WHOOP! WHOOP! I am absolutely THRILLED to be hosting Rachel Abbott’s AND SO IT BEGINS blog tour today! Massive thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and the author/Wildfire Books for the ARC. A little about the author and this Continue reading Is there ever a proper defence for murder? #AndSoItBegins #Review @nholten40 @RachelAbbott @Wildfirebks @Bookish_Becky @annecater #RandomThingsTours
Happy Publication Day! Oooooh I do love it when Boulder is unleashed and today he is making his mark in DIE COLD! Thrilled to be hosting Graham Smith’s DIE COLD blog tour today alongside these fantabulous bloggers: Donna’s Book Blog Continue reading …will Boulder be the reluctant hero and save the day? #DieCold #review @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @Bloodhoundbook
All the #Eeeeeeeeeeks today on my blog as it’s my stop on Mel Sherratt’s #epic HUSH HUSH blog tour! It feels like aaaaaaages since I read this book, but the fact that I’m still so excited about it – well Continue reading …who do you trust, when both sides are out to get you? #HushHush #Review @nholten40 @writermels @AvonBooksUK @Sabah_K
I’m abso-friggin-lutely DELIGHTED to be hosting and closing down Michael Wood’s THE HANGMAN’S HOLD blog tour today! This is one of my favourite series which I have been happily following from the start! My thanks to Killer Reads and Netgalley Continue reading Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice… #TheHangmansHold #Review @nholten40 @MichaelHWood @KillerReads @HarperCollinsUK
After finally reading my first #CharlieFox book last year, and hearing so much over the years about how awesome Zoe Sharp is, I knew I could not turn down the opportunity to read a #newseries from this fantastic author! I’d Continue reading In one of the most beautiful corners of England, Something very ugly is about to take place… #DancingOnTheGrave #Review @nholten40 @authorzoesharp
Oh my giddy aunt! I was super excited when I opened an email with THIS waiting for me…. After a bit of childish, giddy squealing I immediately agreed to be on the blog tour – I mean, it’s Howard Linskey Continue reading “She isn’t the first young woman to disappear…” #TheChosenOnes #Review @nholten40 @HowardLinskey @PenguinRHUK @MichaelJBooks
Happy *paperback* Publication Day, Steve! *warning – if you’re easily offended….stop here…as I swear and may say some inappropriate things when I’m excited and this book…well, it excited me..a lot!* HOLY FRIGGIN SH*TBALLS ? I’m super excited to be hosting Continue reading To your knowledge, is there anything that would preclude you from serving on this jury? #Thirteen #Review @nholten40 @SSCav @orioncrime #thatbookthathook
OH MY FRIGGIN G – DI HARRY EVANS IS BACK! Happy Publication Day! Today is a super exciting day as one of my FAVOURITE fictional coppers returns in Graham Smith‘s When the Waters Recede! I’m absolutely over the moon to Continue reading Two dead bodies, one evil woman, one mystery man… #WhenTheWatersRecede @caffeinenights #Review #TeamEvans #Giveaway @nholten40 @GrahamSmith1972 @rararesources
Absolutely EPIC! I’m THRILLED TO BITS to be taking part in Doug Johnstone’s Fault Lines blog tour today! Huge thanks to Anne Cater of #RandomThingsTours and Orenda for asking me and providing me with an ARC of this wee gem! How Continue reading A little lie … a seismic secret … and the cracks are beginning to show… #FaultLines #Review @nholten40 @doug_johnstone @OrendaBooks @annecater
☝? That was my face when I finished this book! I’m thrilled to be hosting Louise Voss’ The Old You blog tour today. Massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for the ARC and invitation to take part in this Continue reading …is it Ed’s mind playing tricks, or hers…? #TheOldYou #Review @nholten40 @LouiseVoss1 @OrendaBooks @AnneCater
☝? That’s me right now as I am soooo frickin’ excited to finally be able to share my review of Paul Hardisty’s Absolution! A massive thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for the ARC and inviting me on the tour Continue reading A breakneck journey through the darkest reaches of the human soul… #Absolution #Review @nholten40 @Hardisty_Paul @AnneCater @OrendaBooks
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY, DAVID JACKSON! You can’t choose your family. Or can you? Meet the Bensons. They’re an ordinary couple. They wash their car, mow their lawn and pass the time of day with their neighbours. And they have a Continue reading You can’t choose your family. Or can you? #DontMakeASound #Review @nholten40 @Author_Dave @BonnierZaffre
MEGA-Excited to be hosting Stephanie Marland’s (aka Steph Broadribb’s) blog tour for My Little Eye today! Hugest of thanks to Alex Layt (publicity)/ Trapeze Books for asking me to be involved. I purchased this book the minute it became available on kindle, so Continue reading Can a group of true crime addicts take on the police to catch a serial killer? #MyLittleEye #Review @nholten40 @crimethrillgirl @TrapezeBooks
They took her dad, but she won’t let them take her. Nancy Byrne was the apple of her daddy’s eye. He might have been one of the most-feared gangsters in London, yet Jimmy Byrne idolised his little Nancy. But now Continue reading They took her dad, but she won’t let them take her… #TheBroken #Review @nholten40 @CaseyKelleher @bookouture