I can't believe that's another month come and gone! This difficult and unusual summer is going by so quickly. Lockdown is starting to become more relaxed here in Scotland and whilst I understand many are happy about this, I have to confess I'm pretty stressed about it. I'm an anxious person at the best of … Continue reading June Wrap-Up!
Category: Reviews
The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish – Book Review
Title: The Other Passenger Author: Louise Candlish Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Publication Date: 25th June 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up … Continue reading The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish – Book Review
The Lightness by Emily Temple – Book Review
Title: The Lightness Author: Emily Temple Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: 11th June 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure, Olivia runs … Continue reading The Lightness by Emily Temple – Book Review
The Truants by Kate Weinberg – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Truants Author: Kate Weinberg Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: Paperback - 1st June 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: People disappear when they most want to be seen. Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete … Continue reading The Truants by Kate Weinberg – Blog Tour Review
Safe by S.K. Barnett – Blog Tour Review
Title: Safe Author: S.K. Barnett Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Century, Arrow Publication Date: 11th June 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: YOUR CHILD IS MISSING.She was only six years old when she disappeared. Posters went up, the police investigated. But no one could find her. Now, twelve years later, she’s home. And knocking at your door. … Continue reading Safe by S.K. Barnett – Blog Tour Review
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke – Book Review
Title: Heaven, My Home Author: Attica Locke Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Serpent's Tail/Profile Books Publication Date: 1st June 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Nine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark. Ranger … Continue reading Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke – Book Review
May Wrap-Up
Hello lovely people! So we are now, incredibly, into June already. I cannot believe how fast this summer is disappearing, it's actually quite frightening. Recently the news and my thoughts are very much dominated by the events in America and whilst I will keep this post about mainly books, I do just want to say … Continue reading May Wrap-Up
The House on the Lake by Nuala Ellwood – Book Review
Title: The House on the Lake Author: Nuala Ellwood Genre: Psychological Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: February 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Lisa needs to disappear. And her friend's rambling old home in the wilds of Yorkshire seems like the perfect place. It's miles away from the closest town, and no one there knows her … Continue reading The House on the Lake by Nuala Ellwood – Book Review
The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers
Title: The Magnificent Sons Author: Justin Myers Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: E-Book and Audiobook 28th May 2020 / Hardback 6th August 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Two brothers. Two different journeys. The same hope of a magnificent future. Jake D'Arcy has spent most of his twenty-nine years trying to get his … Continue reading The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers
Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten – Blog Tour Review
Title: Tsarina Author: Ellen Alpsten Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 14th May 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Lover. Murderer. Mother. Meet TSARINA, the most powerful woman history ever forgot. Spring 1699: Illegitimate, destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta has survived the brutal Russian winter in her remote Baltic village. Sold by her family into … Continue reading Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten – Blog Tour Review
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