Title: Final Cut Author: S.J. Watson Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 6th August 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it’s a ghost town – and the … Continue reading Final Cut by S.J. Watson – Blog Tour Review
Tag: Reviews
Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis – Book Review
Title: Harrow Lake Author: Kat Ellis Genre: YA Horror Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 9th July 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker - she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's swiftly packed off to live … Continue reading Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis – Book Review
June Wrap-Up!
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!
The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel – Book Review
Title: The Familiar Dark Author: Amy Engel Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication Date: 31st March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 'In other places, the murder of two little girls would have blanketed the entire town in horror. Here, it was just another bad day.' Eve Taggert's life has been spent steadily climbing away … Continue reading The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel – Book Review
Death of a Mermaid by Lesley Thomson – Book Review
Title: Death of a Mermaid Author: Lesley Thomson Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Head of Zeus Publication Date: 7th May 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Freddy Power walked out of her childhood home twenty-two years ago, and swore never to return. But now she's back, helping run her family's fishery in Newhaven in the wake of her … Continue reading Death of a Mermaid by Lesley Thomson – Book Review
April Wrap-Up!
Hello! I really hope you're all doing OK! I cannot believe April is already over and that I've spent the entire month without leaving my house and garden. It feels really strange but it's been necessary and I really hope that everyone here in the UK can manage to put up with this a little … Continue reading April Wrap-Up!
What’s Left Of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott – Blog Tour Review
Title: What's Left Of Me Is Yours Author: Stephanie Scott Genre: Fiction Publisher: W&N Publication Date: 21st April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the wakaresaseya (literally "breaker-upper"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. … Continue reading What’s Left Of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott – Blog Tour Review
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby – Review
Title: Wow, No Thank You Author: Samantha Irby Genre: Memoir, Humour Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 … Continue reading Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby – Review
Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
Title: Keeper Author: Jessica Moor Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Penguin, Viking Publication Date: 19th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes. Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside. When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, … Continue reading Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones – Blog Tour Review
Title: Silver Sparrow Author: Tayari Jones Genre: Fiction Publisher: Oneworld Publication Date: 19th March Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist.' This is the breathtaking story of a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. James Witherspoon has two families, one public, the other … Continue reading Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones – Blog Tour Review
