Month: Apr 2024

ENLIGHTENMENT By Sarah Perry @JonathanCape @vintagebooks #Enlightenment #BookReview

30th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits–torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. It is two romantic relationships that will rend … More ENLIGHTENMENT By Sarah Perry @JonathanCape @vintagebooks #Enlightenment #BookReview

THE SPY By Ajay Chowdhury @HarvillSecker @vintage books @ajaychow #TheSpy #BookReview

29th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS ONE MISSING BOY. ONE MAN UNDERCOVER. A WHOLE NATION AT RISK. Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Met Police when he gets the call from MI5.They’ve received intelligence of a terrorist plot, and it’s Kamil they need. Posing as a disaffected cop and working in his friend Anjoli’s restaurant on Brick Lane, Kamil … More THE SPY By Ajay Chowdhury @HarvillSecker @vintage books @ajaychow #TheSpy #BookReview

RETURN TO BLOOD By Michael Bennett @SimonBooks @likely_suspects #MichaelBennett #ReturnToBlood #BookReview

26th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice.  Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of a skeleton in the dunes near her house changes everything. The remains are those of a young … More RETURN TO BLOOD By Michael Bennett @SimonBooks @likely_suspects #MichaelBennett #ReturnToBlood #BookReview

ONE WOMAN CRIME WAVE By Bee Rowlatt @RenardPress @BEEROWLATT #OnWomanCrimeWave

25th Apr 2024

What is your babysitter doing when you’re not there? Fifteen-year-old Ashleigh is clever and charming, all too ready to rush to the rescue of parents in need of relief, and she soon becomes the neighbourhood’s favourite babysitter. But she has an appetite for secrets. Fast-paced, witty and scalpel-sharp, One Woman Crime Wave examines the limits … More ONE WOMAN CRIME WAVE By Bee Rowlatt @RenardPress @BEEROWLATT #OnWomanCrimeWave

CALL TIME By Steve Jones @MichaelJBooks @SteveJones #CallTime #BookReview

25th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Bob Bloomfield is, in the words of his best friend’s wife, a ‘selfish, arrogant a*sehole’, who hasn’t spent a great deal of time making friends in his 49 years on earth. But what if he could change? What if Bob could stop the very thing that has made him the man he is, the … More CALL TIME By Steve Jones @MichaelJBooks @SteveJones #CallTime #BookReview

RED RUNS THE WITCH’S THREAD By Victoria Williamson @silverthistleps @The_WriteReads @strangelymagic @WriteReadsTours #RedRunsTheWitchsThread #BlogTour #BookReview

18th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Paisley, Scotland, 1697. Thirty-five people accused of witchcraft. Seven condemned to death. Six strangled and burned at the stake. All accused by eleven-year-old Christian Shaw. Bargarran House, 1722. Christian Shaw returns home, spending every waking hour perfecting the thread bleaching process that will revive her family’s fortune. If only she can make it white … More RED RUNS THE WITCH’S THREAD By Victoria Williamson @silverthistleps @The_WriteReads @strangelymagic @WriteReadsTours #RedRunsTheWitchsThread #BlogTour #BookReview

FIVE BAD DEEDS By Caz Freer @SimonBooks @likely_suspects @CazziF #FiveBadDeeds #BookReview

12th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS ONE WOMAN’S SECRETTWO SIDES TO EVERY STORYTHREE DEADLY BETRAYALSFOUR POTENTIAL SUSPECTSFIVE BAD DEEDS Ellen Walsh has done something very, very bad. If only she knew what it was . . . Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen Ellen is juggling non-stop commitments, from raising a teen and two toddlers to job-hunting, to finally renovating her dream home, … More FIVE BAD DEEDS By Caz Freer @SimonBooks @likely_suspects @CazziF #FiveBadDeeds #BookReview

SPARKS OF BRIGHT MATTER By Leeanne O’Donnell @eriu_books @TR4cyF3nt0n #SparksOfBrightMatter #LeeanneODonnell #BlogTour #BookReview

10th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS In 18th century London, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lot of knowledge is deadly. When ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious illustrated book, the Mutus Liber, he quickly realises that the grimy underworld of Georgian London is even more dangerous than he … More SPARKS OF BRIGHT MATTER By Leeanne O’Donnell @eriu_books @TR4cyF3nt0n #SparksOfBrightMatter #LeeanneODonnell #BlogTour #BookReview

CLOSE TO DEATH By Anthony Horowitz @centurybooksuk @AnthonyHorowitz #CloseToDeath #BookReview

9th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close – a quiet, gated community – seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and … More CLOSE TO DEATH By Anthony Horowitz @centurybooksuk @AnthonyHorowitz #CloseToDeath #BookReview

BLESSED WATER By Margot Douaihy @PushkinPress @MargotDouaihy #Blessed Water #BlogTour #BookReview

5th Apr 2024

SYNOPSIS Tattooed from her neck to her toesand sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. Never one to make things easy for herself, she’s committed to taking her permanent vows with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and joining former fire inspector Magnolia Riveaux’s latest venture, … More BLESSED WATER By Margot Douaihy @PushkinPress @MargotDouaihy #Blessed Water #BlogTour #BookReview