Mike Thomas's Blog, page 3
July 28, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for Col’s Criminal Library: Failing at Your First Book Signing!
Thursday, 27 July 2017
MIKE THOMAS – UNFORGIVABLE – BLOG TOUREmily from publisher Bonnier Zaffre and author Mike Thomas have kin...
July 27, 2017
Book Review: Unforgivable by Mike Thomas – Reviewed by Little Bookness Lane
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
Publication date: 27th July 2017
A very happy publication day to author, Mike Thomas!
When a malicious spectre’s intent is merely to inflict indiscriminate damage to innocent lives their actions are Unforgivable.
From the immediate tone of the story and an accompanying eye-witness report you would naturally assume that the suspect’s actions were racially motivated. As new evidence materialises complications ensue and it becomes clear that the a...
July 26, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for Book Drunk: How Real Life Became More Frightening than the Fictional Events in ‘Unforgivable’
Guest Post | How Real Life Became More Frightening than Fiction by Mike Thomas (Unforgivable)
Published by Zaffre on July 27, 2017 
How Real Life Became More Frightening than the Fictional Events in ‘Unforgivable’
What if the unreal became real?
What...
July 25, 2017
Unforgivable Blog Tour – Guest Post for Bibliomaniac: Crime series or standalone novels – which are easier to write?
My name is Katherine Sunderland and I’m a book maniac who grabs every spare (and sometimes not so spare) moment to devour the next big read. Helping people get a regular fix of top books, reviews and all things bookish.
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#Unforgivable #MikeThomas #BlogTour #GuestPost
I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Mike Thomas to my blog today! Mike’s novel, Unforgivable is published by Bonnier Zaffre on July 27th 2017. Here’s a bit about it to wet your appetite!
Bombs detonate in a b...
July 24, 2017
BlogTour | BookReview: Unforgivable by Mike Thomas
Hello. My name is Emma and damppebbles is my baby. I’m in my…ahem…late thirties and live in South Oxfordshire with my husband and two young children (my 3 year old son gives me a run for my money in the book loving stakes).
Emma says: “… Quite possibly my favourite guest post, EVER! Seriously, how good was that? I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post, Mike. My thanks for such an interesting true crime/crime fiction focused piece!…”
“Bombs detonate in a busy souk, causing massi...
July 6, 2017
5WH Interview with: Alan Jones
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[image error]This month Alan Jones, author of a trio of hard-as-granite crime novels, was taken to the police station and left to fester in a windowless cell for eighteen hours without food, water or legal advice treated really, really nicely in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, as we do with all our ‘customers’ who undertake our 5WH interview.
We ran his details through the Police National Computer and it came back with this…
Alan Jones started writing in 2003, but it took a...
May 17, 2017
5WH Interview with: Rob McCarthy
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This month, author and soon-to-be-doctor Rob McCarthy, scribe of the Harry Kent novels, attended the police station to answer bail for some jumped-up charge we’ve brought against him his 5WH interview, enticed over the threshold by the promise of a few mugs of lukewarm tea and whatever’s left of the CID biscuit tub.
A person-check via Ops Room threw up some interesting tidbits…
Rob McCarthy is a final-year medical student based in Bermondsey, South London.
As a diehard fan of both medical a...
April 13, 2017
5WH Interview with: Stav Sherez
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Today, acclaimed wordsmith Stav Sherez, author of the Carrigan and Miller novels – and a raft of other books, articles and thought-provoking pieces – joins us for his brutal beating in the police station car park 5WH interview over tea and buns.
A quick check of his antecedents on the Police National Computer shows that, as well as owning the best hair in the business, Stav doesn’t half keep himself busy…
Born in 1970, Stav Sherez attended Latymer Upper School and the University of Leeds.
March 9, 2017
5WH Interview with: Graham Minett
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Today, Graham Minett, award-winning writer and author of The Hidden Legacy voluntarily attends the police station for his 5WH interview to mark the paperback launch of his gripping crime thriller Lie In Wait.
A PNC person check reveals that Graham has been a busy boy…
Graham was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and lived there for 18 years before studying for a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages at Churchill College, Cambridge.
He taught for several years, first in Cheltenham and th...
March 5, 2017
The Abattoir of Dreams by Mark Tilbury – Reviewed by Linda’s Book Bag
I’m delighted to be helping to celebrate the launch of The Abattoir of Dreams by Mark Tilbury.
The Abattoir of Dreams was published by Bloodhound on 28th February 2017 and is available for purchase here.
The Abattoir of Dreams
The past is never far away.
Michael Tate has not had an easy life. With his father in prison, and his mother dead, Michael was sent to Woodside Children’s Home.
Now an adult, Michael wakes up in hospital from a coma suffering from amnesia and paralys...
