Title: Last Witness Author: Lucie Whitehouse Genre: Crime/Thriller Publisher: Orion Publication Date: 25th April 2024 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Book Summary: One murder, three families destroyedAnd a detective guilty of a crime of her own When 18-year-old Ben Renshaw is found dead in city woodland, DCI Robin Lyons is plunged into one of Birmingham's most controversial … Continue reading Last Witness by Lucie Whitehouse – Book Review
Clickbait by L. C. North – Blog Tour Review
Title: Clickbait Author: L. C. North Genre: Thriller Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: 11th April 2024 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Book Summary: 'We're not famous anymore. We're notorious.' For over a decade, the Lancasters were celebrity royalty, with millions tuning in every week to watch their reality show, Living with the Lancasters. But then an old video emerges … Continue reading Clickbait by L. C. North – Blog Tour Review
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang – Book Review
Title: Yellowface Author: Rebecca F. Kuang Genre: Thriller Publisher: The Borough Press Rating: 5/5 Cover: Book Summary: THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY. IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL. When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it. So what if … Continue reading Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang – Book Review
The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman – Book Review
Title: The Shadow Key Author: Susan Stokes-Chapman Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harvill Secker Publication Date: 18th April 2024 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness?Meirionydd, 1783. Dr Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post in London. The only job he can … Continue reading The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman – Book Review
Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra – Book Review
Title: Nightwatching Author: Tracy Sierra Genre: Thriller Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 8th February 2024 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: There was someone in the house.Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. Then she hears a noise - old houses are … Continue reading Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra – Book Review
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker – Book Review
Title: The Women of Troy Author: Pat Barker Genre: Mythology, Literary Fiction Publisher: Penguin Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by … Continue reading The Women of Troy by Pat Barker – Book Review
The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Divorcées Author: Rowan Beaird Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Manilla Press Publication Date: 28th March 2024 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though, unhappiness is hardly grounds … Continue reading The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird – Blog Tour Review
The Hunter by Tana French – Book Review
Title: The Hunter Author: Tana French Genre: Thriller/Suspense Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 7th March 2024 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village. They’re coming for gold. What they bring is trouble.Cal Hooper was a Chicago detective, till he moved to the West of Ireland looking for peace. … Continue reading The Hunter by Tana French – Book Review
Clara Reads Proust by Stéphane Carlier, translated by Polly Mackintosh – Blog Tour Review
Title: Clara Reads Proust Author: Stéphane Carlier Translator: Polly Mackintosh Genre: Fiction Publisher: Gallic Books Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a cast of quirky characters and a unique heroine. Clara is a hairdresser at Cindy Coiffure, a sleepy French … Continue reading Clara Reads Proust by Stéphane Carlier, translated by Polly Mackintosh – Blog Tour Review
Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh – Blog Tour Review
Title: Hotel Arcadia Author: Sunny Singh Genre: Thriller Publisher: Magpie, Point Blank Crime Publication Date: 21st March 2024 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: A high octane thriller, capturing the extraordinary capacity of humans to retain compassion in extreme circumstances Sam is a war photographer, famous for her hauntingly beautiful pictures of the dead. After a particularly … Continue reading Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh – Blog Tour Review
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