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April 12, 2021
‘The Rift’ by Rachel Lynch
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘The Rift’ by Rachel Lynch. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb To save one life, she risks many others. Working for the Royal Military Police, Major Helen Scott is used to rapid change. On a posting to Paris…
April 7, 2021
‘The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger’ by Stephen King
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In the first of Stephen King’s Dark Tower, we meet Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. As he pursues the Man in Black in his quest to the Dark Tower, the Gunslinger meets a young boy, Jake, who accompanies him across the desert. This isn’t the easiest of…
March 31, 2021
‘Kill Shot’ by Sally Rigby
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘Kill Shot’ by Sally Rigby. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb The game is over…..there’s nowhere to hide. When Lenchester’s most famous sportsman is shot dead, DCI Whitney Walker and her team are thrown into the world of…
March 26, 2021
‘Dead Simple’ by Peter James
My Review (5 stars out of 5) What starts off as a stag-night prank ends in tragedy when the groom’s pals are involved in a car accident. Now, the only people who know what they did with Michael are either dead or unable to talk. With only three days to go before the wedding, Detective…
March 20, 2021
‘Anthrax Island’ by DL Marshall
Welcome to my post on the Blog Tour for ‘Anthrax Island’ by DL Marshall. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the opportunity to join the tour. FACT: In 1942, in growing desperation at the progress of the war and fearing invasion by the Nazis, the UK government approved biological weapons tests on British soil. Their aim:…
March 13, 2021
‘Doctors Get Cancer Too’ by Dr Philippa Kaye
**** Diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 39, Dr Philippa Kaye knew her life would be changed. Charting her progress from diagnosis to recovery, this book takes the lid off a dreadful disease and its implications for the person concerned, their families and friends. In many ways, this is a fascinating and very…
March 7, 2021
‘Captain Clive’s Dreamworld’ by Jon Bassoff
**** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘Captain Clive’s Dreamworld’ by Jon Bassoff. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb After becoming the suspect in the death of a young woman, Deputy Sam Hardy is reassigned to the town of Angels and Hope, which, within…
‘The Crow Trap’ by Ann Cleeves
***** At an isolated cottage, three women meet to carry out an environmental survey. On her arrival, the first of the three makes a gruesome discovery. Amid the initial investigation of what looks like suicide, the women begin their work, but all three are hiding secrets and when another death occurs, Inspector Vera Stanhope turns…
March 4, 2021
‘The Two Fathers’ by Keith Dixon
***** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘The Two Fathers’ by Keith Dixon. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb Why does Jessica Hastings come home late several times a week? Her husband asks Private Investigator Sam Dyke this simple question. Dyke doesn’t want the…
March 2, 2021
‘When You are Engulfed in Flames’ by David Sedaris
***** This is the sixth book in the author’s collection of personal stories and is the second of his that I’ve bought. Having heard a lot of his work on BBC radio, I got the audio version of this one, read by the author himself and which also includes a selection of live recordings from…
