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October 16, 2023
‘Out of Sight’ by Anna Legat
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Out of Sight, via Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources. Blurb On the morning after his thirtieth wedding anniversary Stewart Harding is found dead. He was an arrogant and thoroughly unpleasant man and there is no shortage of suspects, but all of them have firm alibis. In…
October 11, 2023
‘Open Your Eyes’ by Heather J Fitt
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Edinburgh journalist Frankie becomes embroiled in a dark online world when she is assigned a high-profile crime story. Focusing on women’s safety and how attitudes have hardly changed since the era of the Yorkshire Ripper, Frankie enlists the help of her partner, but things soon get out of…
October 7, 2023
‘Make Me’ by Lee Child
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Getting off a train at a remote station named Mother’s Rest, could be just another stop for Jack Reacher. But when he meets a woman who’s waiting for someone—someone who hasn’t turned up—it leads him into a mystery. The townspeople seem reluctant to let either Recher or the…
October 6, 2023
‘Men Who Hate Women’ by Laura Bates
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) An important book that charts the rise of secretive, extremist communities, tracing the roots of misogyny from men’s rights activists and pick-up artists to Men Going Their Own Way, trolls and the Incel movement, in the name of which some men have committed terrorist acts. If I’d…
‘The Promise Tree’ by Elisabeth J Hobbes
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Promise Tree, via Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources Called home from his studies by the grandfather who has always hated him, eighteen-year-old Edwin is once again trapped in a house that is colder than the winds whipping across the fields. Seeking sanctuary, he escapes into…
October 1, 2023
‘A Necessary Evil’ by Abir Mukherjee
My Review (4 stars out of 5) In 1920s India, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police embark on a murder investigation after witnessing the assassination of a maharaja’s son. Journeying to the kingdom of Sambalpore, they find that, aside from its diamond mines and beautiful palaces, the region is torn by conflict.…
September 18, 2023
‘Mister Slaughter’ by Robert McCammon
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In 1700s New York, apprentice problem solver and former magistrates clerk Matthew Corbett, is tasked with transporting murderer Tyranthus Slaughter from a Philadelphia asylum back to the New York City waterfront. Along with his companion Greathouse, Matthew manages the initial part of the journey well, but when Slaughter…
September 17, 2023
‘Wild Fire’ by Ann Cleeves
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Recent newcomers to Shetland—an English family with an autistic son—are shocked to find the body of a young nanny hanging in their barn. As the police begin their investigation, rumours quickly spread and the dead woman is linked to several individuals, prompting yet more stories and malicious gossip.…
August 30, 2023
‘The Sol 3 Agenda’ by Brian Kitchen
My Review (4 stars out of 5) On his way to Cornwall in 1969, John Trevaskis encounters a prehistoric stone which glows with a strange blue light. Finding himself teleported into some sort of alien craft, he encounters a robot. Meanwhile, John isn’t the only person to experience life-changing events. Discovering that Earth is in…
August 26, 2023
‘Beyond Evil’ by Nathan Yates
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In Soham in 2002, two ten-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, went out to go and buy some sweets, but they never came home. Among the volunteers who came forward to help in the search for the missing girls was school caretaker, Ian Huntley, who also put…
