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February 28, 2021
‘If She Dies’ by Erik Therme
***** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘If She Dies’ by Eric Therme. Thanks to Emma at Damppebbles for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb How far would you go to right a wrong? Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. The driver, Brady Becker,…
February 20, 2021
‘Dolores Claiborne’ by Stephen King
***** When Vera Donovan dies suddenly, her housekeeper Dolores is ready to tell her version of what happened, but with gossip and long-standing suspicions about how her own husband died, Dolores needs to put things straight, so her story is going to be told her way and it’s going to include pretty much everything. This…
February 16, 2021
‘The Umbrella Man’ by Jake Needham
***** When bombs explode in three American hotels in the heart of Singapore, Inspector Sam Tay is close by – so close by that he is injured and spends several days in hospital. On waking, he is disturbed to learn that he won’t be involved in investigating the bombings and has instead been assigned to…
February 15, 2021
‘Strangers on a Train’ by Patricia Highsmith
**** On a train journey to meet up with his flirtatious wife in the hope of her agreeing to a divorce, Guy Haines falls into conversation with another passenger, Charles Bruno. Bruno is an odd man whose interest in Guy unearths deep-seated uneasiness about the task Guy hopes to accomplish. Bruno, however, has an idea…
February 10, 2021
‘A Deadly Deal’ by Simon Fairfax
*** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘A Deadly Deal’ by Simon Fairfax. Thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Reads for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb Moneymakers are king, no matter their methods. When an honest man stumbles into their world of deceit, will they drag him down to…
February 6, 2021
‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman
***** (Audiobook) Beneath London lies a different kind of city – one filled with monsters and angels, villains and rat-talkers. When businessman Richard Mayhew finds a young woman hurt and bleeding on the streets, he takes her back to his flat and soon discovers she is not all she seems. But if he is to…
February 1, 2021
‘Lazarus Remembered’ by EJ Harper
***** Learning that his mother Lydia is dying, Peter Mackenzie’s life erupts as work demands, arguments with his partner and the urgency to return to Australia all converge in a flurry of pressure and anxiety. Having left his home as a teenager, Peter has plenty of reasons for not going back, but if he doesn’t,…
January 24, 2021
‘Rivers of London’ by Ben Aaronovitch
***** Probationary cop Peter Grant longs for an interesting transfer in the Metropolitan Police Service, but after a strange encounter with Nicholas Wallpenny (who happens to be a ghost), what he gets is something unexpected. Learning that his new inspector is also a bit of a wizard, Grant finds himself talking to dead people, casting…
‘Family’ by Owen Mullen
***** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘Family’ by Owen Mullen. Thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb Family – might be the death of you… The Glass family business is crime, and they’re good at what they do. Vengeance took Luke Glass…
January 23, 2021
‘Networking for Writers’ by Lizzie Chantree
***** Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for ‘Networking for Writers’ by Lizzie Chantree. Thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the chance to join the tour. Book Blurb Are you swamped with book marketing and looking for a way to find new sales? Learn simple and effective networking techniques, to grow…
