Title: Devotion Author: Hannah Kent Genre: Literary/Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne … Continue reading Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
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The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews – Book Review
Title: The Leviathan Author: Rosie Andrews Genre: Historical Fantasy Publisher: Raven Books Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 24th March 1703 A place far from the sea She is awake. And I must remind myself of how it began. The end of all things. It was a time of witches, it was … Continue reading The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews – Book Review
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
Title: Land of Snow and Ashes Author: Petra Rautiainen Translator: David Hackston Publisher: Pushkin Press Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Finnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he struggles to hold on to his humanity. … Continue reading Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
The Love That Dares by Rachel Smith and Barbara Vesey – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Love That Dares Authors: Rachel Smith and Barbara Vesey Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Octopus Books Publication Date: 27th January 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: "What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word - … Continue reading The Love That Dares by Rachel Smith and Barbara Vesey – Blog Tour Review
The Maid by Nita Prose – Book Review
Title: The Maid Author: Nita Prose Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Harper Fiction Publication Date: 20th January 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: I am your maid.I know about your secrets. Your dirty laundry.But what do you know about me? Molly the maid is all alone in the world. A nobody. She’s used to being invisible in her … Continue reading The Maid by Nita Prose – Book Review
The Gosling Girl by Jaqueline Roy – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Gosling Girl Author: Jaqueline Roy Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 20th January 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Monster? Murderer? Child? Victim? Michelle Cameron’s name is associated with the most abhorrent of crimes. A child who lured a younger child away from her parents and to her death, she is … Continue reading The Gosling Girl by Jaqueline Roy – Blog Tour Review
The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown- Blog Tour Review
Title: The Key in the Lock Author: Beth Underdown Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 13th January 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: 'I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire...' By day, Ivy Boscawen mourns the loss of her son Tim in the Great War. But by night she mourns another boy - … Continue reading The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown- Blog Tour Review
The Comfort of Monsters by Willa C. Richards – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Comfort of Monsters Author: Willa C. Richards Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Point Blank Publication Date: 13th January 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: In the summer of 1991, teen Dee McBride vanished in the city of Milwaukee. It was the summer the Journal Sentinel dubbed ‘the deadliest . . . in the history of Milwaukee.’ Serial killer … Continue reading The Comfort of Monsters by Willa C. Richards – Blog Tour Review
Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski – Book Review
Title: Real Easy Author: Marie Rutkoski Genre: Crime Publisher: Tinder Press Publication Date: 18th January 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: It's 1999, and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She's not used to taking anyone under her wing - after all, between her disapproving boyfriend and his daughter, who may … Continue reading Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski – Book Review
Her Last Request by Mari Hannah – Blog Tour Review
Title: Her Last Request Author: Mari Hannah Genre: Crime / Police Procedural Publisher: Orion Books Publication Date: 20th January 2022 (Paperback) Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Some victims leave clues to their killers... A Hidden Clue A victim reaches out from the grave to the SIO who will investigate her death. This not what DCI Kate … Continue reading Her Last Request by Mari Hannah – Blog Tour Review
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