Mike Thomas's Blog, page 23
November 20, 2016
Reblog: While You Were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft – Reviewed by mychestnutreadingtree
I’m over the moon to be on the blog tour today for While You Were Sleeping by a favourite author of mine-Kathryn Croft!
You wake up to find the man beside you is dead.
He is not your husband. This is not your bed.
Tara Logan adores her perfect little family: husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and eleven-year-old Spencer.
But her happiness is shattered when she wakes in her neighbour, Lee Jacobs’ bed, with no memory of how she got there or...
Reblog: The Mine by Antti Tuomainen – Reviewed by PORTOBELLO BOOK BLOG
Orenda Books’ Finnish invasion continues and today I’m sharing a guest post by Antti Tuomainen, who is talking about his interesting and rather long journey to publication.
My Publishing Story by Antti Tuomainen
My first novel was published in the spring of 2006. When I say it like that it sounds as if it’s the most logical and matter-of-factual thing to have to have happened just then. And it wasn’t.
I was 18 or 19 years old when I knew and instinctively decided that I...
November 19, 2016
Reblog: While You Were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft – Reviewed by Chat About Books
I amvery excitedto be taking part in the While You Were Sleeping blog tour! I loved this book! Kathryn Croft is a fabulous writer and Bookouture have done it again. They really do have the most awesome authors!!
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Publisher: Bookouture (16th November 2016)
My review
I was over the moon when Kim at Bookouture asked me if I would like to be part of the blog tour for Kathryn Croft’s While You Were Sleeping, which was released on 16th November 2016.
Having read and enjoyed The Gi...
Reblog: Beneath the Ashes by Jane Isaac – Author Interview by C J Brown
Today is my stop on the ‘Beneath the Ashes’ blog tour and I’m delighted to be able to share not only my review of the book but also a some insights into Jane Isaac’s writing in an author Q & A.
When a body is discovered in a burnt-out barn in the Warwickshire countryside, DI Will Jackman is called to investigate.
Nancy Faraday wakes up on the kitchen floor. The house had been broken into and her boyfriend is missing. As the case unravels, DI Jackman realises that nothing is quite...
Reblog: FALLOW by DANIEL SHAND – Reviewed by BOOKS FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
I am delighted that I have been asked to be part of this Blog Tour for Daniel Shand’s debut novel Fallow. One of my top reads for this year. It has been a pleasure doing this.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
At the heart of this tense and at times darkly comic novel is the relationship between two brothers bound by a terrible crime. Paul and Mikey are on the run, apparently from the press surrounding their house after Mikey’s release from prison. His crime – child murder, commi...
November 18, 2016
Reblog: While You Were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft – Reviewed by The Book Review Café
Today I’m thrilled to be on the blog tour for While You Were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft, well I’m not really on the blog tour, I’m just the host because today I have a very special guest review. As I published my review earlier this week, I cajoled my “middle” sister DeDe to write a guest review for the blog tour. We have always loved reading and have a similar taste in books, so she was more than happy to help, ok I also promised her a couple of Barcardi and cokes as a...
Reblog: The Mine by Antti Tuomainen – Reviewed by Novel Gossip
Goodreads|Amazon US|Amazon UK
Release date: February 1, 2017
Publisher:Orenda Books
Genre: Crime Fiction
Blurb:
In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland. When the company’s executives begin to die in a string of mysterious accidents, and Janne’s personal life starts to unravel, past meets present in a catastrophi...
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker – Reviewed by Mike Thomas
Three-year-old Harry Monroe is missing, snatched from his bed while his mother, Jess – heartbroken and crumbling, having recently been abandoned by her husband – lay sleepless upstairs. This, in a fraught, deliciously creepy opening chapter, introduces us to the small-town Americana of Tall Oaks: a place of sunny smiles and white picket fences straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting, but where if you scratch the surface there are terrible things to be found. And Chris Whitaker scratches, a...
November 17, 2016
Reblog: Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb – Reviewed by Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Blurb:‘Lori Anderson is as tough as they come, managing to keep her career as a fearless Florida bounty hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leukaemia. But when the hospital bills start to rack up, she has no choice but to take her daughter along on a job that will make her a fast buck. And that’s when things start to go wrong. The fugitive she’s assigned to haul back to court is none other than JT, Lori’s for...
Reblog: Blood Lines by Angela Marsons – Reviewed by The Suspense is Thrilling Me
Book Title: Blood Lines
Author: Angela Marsons
Series: DI Kim Stone #5
Genres: Crime Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Goodreads
Date Read: 11/16/16
Pub Date: 11/04/16
5 STARS
How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace?
A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn’t add up.
When a local drug addict is found mur...
