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
?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
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
She investigates missing persons—now she is one. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little girl Continue reading She investigates missing persons—now she is one. #ThinAir #Review @nholten40 @lisagraywriter @AmazonPub @TheAgentPhil
Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath . . . He’s currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Continue reading After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming . . .BOOM!? #BlackSummer #Review #WashingtonPoe @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @DHHlitagency @LittleBrownUK
Paul Hardisty is one of those authors that just blows me away every-single-time! I’m delighted to be hosting the TURBULENT WAKE blog tour today and a massive shout-out to Anne Cater for the invite and Orenda Books for the ARC. Continue reading A dead father. A lost son. Can the past be rewritten? #TurbulentWake #Review @nholten40 @Hardisty_Paul @OrendaBooks @annecater #RandomThingsTours
Absolutely THRILLED to be hosting the ever-so-awesome Helen Fitzgerald’s WORST CASE SCENARIO blog tour today. Massive thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and to Orenda Books for the ARC – though I went out and bought myself a signed Continue reading Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice … with devastating consequences. #WorstCaseScenario #Review @nholten40 @FitzHelen @OrendaBooks @annecater #RandomThingsTours
Awwww yeah, baby! I am absolutely ✨BUZZING✨ to be closing down Steve Cavanagh’s TWISTED blog tour alongside my #twinnie – Chapter in my Life Huge thanks to Tracy Fenton and Orion for the invite – I purchased this book the Continue reading The truth is far more twisted… #Twisted #Review #ThisBookIsTwisted @nholten40 @SSCav @orion_crime @orionbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n
I’m delighted to once again be a Bloody Scotland reader this year – what an honour! And here is a reminder and some exciting news to share about the prizes up for grabs and what they are all about! Final Continue reading Woohoo!! #PressRelease Final call for entries for the #McIlvanneyPrize for Crime Fiction and the NEW #debutprize for crime fiction AND revealing the debut authors selected for @Alexincrimeland New Crimes @nholten40 @BloodyScotland
When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond’s return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not Proven, Roddie left Continue reading On an island of secrets, some sins never die… #ThunderBay #Review @nholten40 @DouglasSkelton1 @PolygonBooks
How do you find a killer when you’re surrounded by madness? 1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics – the so-called ‘Devil’s Six’ – are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient Continue reading How do you find a killer when you’re surrounded by madness? #TheDevilAspect #Review #EpicRead! @nholten40 @TheCraigRussell @LittleBrownUK @TheCrimeVault @doubledaybooks @DHAbooks @AevitasCreative
One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, after 48 hours, she came back. But she couldn’t, or wouldn’t, say what had happened to her. Something happened to Continue reading Something happened to my sister… #TheTakingOfAnnieThorne #Review @nholten40 @cjtudor @PenguinRHUK
A thrilling follow-up to one of 2018’s hottest debuts, Killer Intent When London’s legal establishment is shaken to its foundation by the grisly crucifixion of a retired Lord Chief Justice, Detective Chief Inspector Joelle Levy is tasked with finding his killer. Continue reading Michael must race to bring the killer to justice – before it’s too late… #MarkedForDeath #Review @nholten40 @TonyKent_Writes @angelaontour @eandtbooks
Great-balls-of-friggin ? FIRE ?! I am absolutely honoured and delighted to be hosting the blog tour stop today for M.W. Craven’s THE PUPPET SHOW. Woohoo!! A mahoosive thanks to Beth Wright for the invite and Constable/Little Brown UK for an ARC copy – Continue reading Poe will learn that there are things far worse than being burned alive … #ThePuppetShow? #Review @nholten40 @MWCravenUK @LittleBrownUK @DHHlitagency @BethWright26
BOOM! ? BOOM! ? #AllTheFrigginBOOMS! ? In case you can’t tell, I am so excited to finally be able to share my review for Steph Broadribb’s DEEP DIRTY TRUTH because it is my stop- the FINAL stop- on this EPIC Continue reading In this race only the winner gets out alive… #DeepDirtyTruth #Review #TeamLori @nholten40 @crimethrillgirl @OrendaBooks @annecater