Month: Sep 2025

THE QUEEN OF FIVES By Alex Hay @headlinepg @AlexHayBooks #TheQueenOfFives #BookReview

29th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS They whisper her name in every corner of town.The lady with a hundred faces, a thousand lives.Five moves, five days – for such are the rules of her game.1898. Quinn Le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off the seemingly impossible: trick an eligible duke into marriage and lift … More THE QUEEN OF FIVES By Alex Hay @headlinepg @AlexHayBooks #TheQueenOfFives #BookReview

THE BURIAL PLACE (JakeJacksonBook 3) By Stig Abell @HarperCollinsUK @StigAbell #TheBurialPlace #BookReview #BookBlogger

23rd Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS A beautiful landscape… It began as the project of a lifetime – a group of archaeologists, uncovering the remains of a Roman settlement on a beautiful hill in the glorious English countryside. A looming threat… But, the idyll is shattered when they begin receiving threatening letters. Former city detective Jake Jackson, now enjoying a … More THE BURIAL PLACE (JakeJacksonBook 3) By Stig Abell @HarperCollinsUK @StigAbell #TheBurialPlace #BookReview #BookBlogger

DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE (Jake Jackson book 2) By Stig Abell @HarperCollinsUK @StigAbell #DeathInALonelyPlace #BookReview

22nd Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS A rural paradise… Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. A shocking secret… But the return of an old case shatters the calm, and pulls him into a shadowy group that caters to the darkest desires of the rich and famous. An enemy closes in… As the web around Jake … More DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE (Jake Jackson book 2) By Stig Abell @HarperCollinsUK @StigAbell #DeathInALonelyPlace #BookReview

THE ROOM OF LOST STEPS (Theo Sterling book 2 of 2) By Simon Tolkien #LakeUnionPublishing #SimonTolkien @fmcmassociates #TheRoomOfLostSteps #BookReview

16th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS Barcelona 1936. Theo helps the Anarchist workers defeat the army that is trying to overthrow the democratically elected government, and he is reunited with his true love, Maria. But all too soon, his joy turns to terror as the Anarchists turn on him, led by a rival for Maria’s affection. Lucky to escape with … More THE ROOM OF LOST STEPS (Theo Sterling book 2 of 2) By Simon Tolkien #LakeUnionPublishing #SimonTolkien @fmcmassociates #TheRoomOfLostSteps #BookReview

THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA (Theo Sterling book 1 of 2) By Simon Tolkien #LakeUnionPublishing @fmcmassociates #The PalaceAtTheEndOfTheSea #BookReview

15th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS A young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity—and a cause—at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War in a thrilling, timely, and emotional historical saga. New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard … More THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA (Theo Sterling book 1 of 2) By Simon Tolkien #LakeUnionPublishing @fmcmassociates #The PalaceAtTheEndOfTheSea #BookReview

THE ECHO MAN By Sam Holland @HarperCollins @crookedlanebks @SamHollandBooks #TheEchoMan #BookReview

12th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS The murders have begun…. Across England, a string of murders is taking place. Each different in method, but each horrifying and brutal. But the killer is just getting started… Jess Ambrose is plunged into the investigation when her house is set ablaze. With her husband dead and the police pointing at her, she runs. … More THE ECHO MAN By Sam Holland @HarperCollins @crookedlanebks @SamHollandBooks #TheEchoMan #BookReview

THE ART OF A LIE By Laura Shepherd-Robinson @MantleBooks @panmacmillan @LauraSRobinson #TheArtOfALie #BookReview

10th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS London, 1749 Hannah Cole’s world shatters following her husband’s brutal murder. Her confectionary shop, the Punchbowl and Pineapple, teeters on the brink of ruin. Just as she uncovers a hidden fortune―money her husband secretly possessed―a new nightmare begins. Magistrate Henry Fielding, the renowned author, suspects illicit gains. To save her inheritance, her shop, and … More THE ART OF A LIE By Laura Shepherd-Robinson @MantleBooks @panmacmillan @LauraSRobinson #TheArtOfALie #BookReview

DEAD TO ME By Gytha Lodge @MichaelJBooks @thegyth #DeadToMe #BookReview #BookBlogger

9th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS Anna and Reid weren’t meant to be, apparently.  She’s a fiery American journalist; he’s a stoic British detective – it was nice while it lasted, and then it really wasn’t. And Anna is over it now anyway. She’s on the scent of a career-making story – a suspicious death amongst the cloistered elite world … More DEAD TO ME By Gytha Lodge @MichaelJBooks @thegyth #DeadToMe #BookReview #BookBlogger

THE REUNION By M.J.Arlidge &Steph Broadribb @mjarlidge @crimethrillgirl #TheReunion #BookReview

8th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS A skull looks up at Jennie from the trench, but it’s not the chalk-white bone and grimacing teeth that send her reeling. It’s the heart-shaped gold pendant, its delicate chain snapped in two. The necklace Hannah never took off. It can’t be Hannah. But it is. When Jennie Whitmore arrives at her school reunion, she immediately … More THE REUNION By M.J.Arlidge &Steph Broadribb @mjarlidge @crimethrillgirl #TheReunion #BookReview

THE MARIGOLD COTTAGES MURDER COLLECTIVES By JoNichols @AllisonandBusby #JoNicholls #TheMarigoldCottagesMurderCollectives #BookReview

4th Sep 2025

SYNOPSIS Mrs B, landlady of the Marigold Cottages, only rents to favoured tenants, and they’re an eccentric (read: odd, slightly broken) bunch. There’s anxious playwright Sophie, agoraphobe over-sharer Hamilton, single mum and sculptor Ocean, perfectionist Lily-Ann, and the ever-mysterious Nicholas. Life in the cottages is peaceful though, until hulking, fresh-out-of-prison Anthony moves in and a … More THE MARIGOLD COTTAGES MURDER COLLECTIVES By JoNichols @AllisonandBusby #JoNicholls #TheMarigoldCottagesMurderCollectives #BookReview