Mike Thomas's Blog, page 2
August 8, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – CRIMINALLY GOOD interview with Lucy V Hay
[image error] 1) So, who are you & what have you written?
In short: a fortysomething, six feet six, seventeen stone ex-cop turned author and writer-for-hire. I live with my family in the recently-burned-down middle of Portugal, having moved here four of years ago. I was a police officer in South Wales for more than two decades, working the Valleys and the capital city, Cardiff.
My first two novels – Pocket Notebook and Ugly Bus – were published by William Heinemann and longlisted for various awards, and I...
August 7, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for The Quiet Knitter: How a Bit of Cheek Got My First Novel Published (or ‘Mugging a Publisher’)
Hi and welcome along to my stop on the blog tour for “Unforgivable” by Mike Thomas. This is the second book to feature Will Macready, the first in the series was “Ash and Bones” which I would thoroughly recommend reading (my review of this can be found here). I’m absolutely delighted to be able to share a guest post today that has been written by Mike, and it’s very inkeeping with his sense of humour, and remember ladies and gents, there are other supermarkets out there i...
Unforgivable Blog Tour: Review by Crime Book Junkie
Mike Thomas was born in 1971 in the Welsh town of Caerphilly, famed for being the birthplace of comedian Tommy Cooper, its ‘deliciously’ salty cheese,...
August 5, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Review Guest Post: My Cardiff: the places that inspired locations in ‘Unforgivable’
Today I’m thrilled to be the next stop on the Unforgivable by Mike Thomas blog tour. Not only do I get to share my review for this thrilling book, but I also have a fabulous guest post from the author about the places that inspired the locations in Unforgivable. Interestingly enough my son and his wife had their wedding photographs taken in Roath Park one of the settings the author mentions.
My Cardiff: the places that inspired locations in ‘Unforgivable’
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August 3, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for The Bookish Outsider: 5 Writing Commandments to Live By
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Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Unforgivable by Mike Thomas! Unforgivable is the second in the Will MacReady series, about a detective working in Cardiff and following on from Ash And Bones. Here’s Mike to talk about some excellent writing commandments and don’t forget to look out for my review coming later on today.
5 Writing Commandments to Live By
Every writer has Things That Work For Them. Y’know, those rituals and self-imposed guidelines and downright oddball things they do...
August 2, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for Bloomin’ Brilliant Books: The Three Favourite Supporting Characters in My Novels
My name is Abbie and I’m a Yorkshire lass. I love Alaskan Malamutes, rock music and, of course, books.
Bloomin’ Brilliant Books was set up in 2016 to connect with other readers and share great books, to support authors and publishers, and to have my reviews all in one accessible place to help me remember the books I have read and loved (I have the memory span of a goldfish!). The blog has steadily grown and I was delighted to have won the Best Newcomer in 2017’...
August 1, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour: Book Review and Exclusive Extract with Not Left On The Shelf
TITLE: UNFORGIVABLE
AUTHOR: MIKE THOMAS
PUBLISHER: BONNIER ZAFFRE
PUBLISHED: JUKY 27 th, 2017
Welcome to my stop on the #Unforgivable blog tour! Follow the amazing bloggers involved every day by checking the tour banner above! HUGE Thankyou to Emily and the publisher for the arc copy and for the opportunity! Xx
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mike Thomas was born in Wales in 1971. For more than two decades he served in the police, working some of Cardiff’s busiest neighbourhoods. He left the...
July 31, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for Books From Dusk Till Dawn: How Nothing – Not Even Handling Dead Bodies or Fighting Drunks – Can Prepare You for Interviews and PR
I wish to thank Emily Burns of BonnierZaffre for supplying a feature from Mike Thomas for this Blog Tour for his new book UNFORGIVABLE
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Bombs detonate in a busy souk, causing massive devastation.
An explosion rips apart a mosque, killing and injuring those inside.
But this isn’t the Middle East – this is Cardiff . . .
In a city where tensions are already running high, DC Will MacReady and his colleagues begin the desperate hunt for the attacker. If...
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for My Chestnut Reading Tree: My First Sudden Death
I’m thrilled to be on the blog tour today for Unforgivable by Mike Thomas with a guest post from Mike and a review!
A dark slice of Cardiff crime for fans of TONY PARSONS, JAMES OSWALD and LUCA VESTE. There isn’t always a welcome in the valleys . . .
Bombs detonate in a busy souk, causing massive devastation.
An explosion rips apart a mosque, killing and injuring those inside.
But this isn’t the Middle East – this is Cardiff . . .
In a city where tensi...
July 28, 2017
Book Review: Unforgivable by Mike Thomas – Reviewed by bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description:
Bombs detonate in a busy souk, causing massive devastation.
An explosion rips apart a mosque, killing and injuring those inside.
But this isn’t the Middle East – this is Cardiff . . .
In a city where tensions are already running high, DC Will MacReady and his colleagues begin the desperate hunt for the attacker. If they knew the ‘why’, then surely they can find the ‘who’? But that isn’t so easy, and time is fast running out . . .
MacReady is still t...
