Mike Thomas's Blog, page 30
November 4, 2016
Something New Coming Soon To mikethomasauthor.co.uk
Open Questions using the basic 5WH is a well-established interview technique used by the police and many other interview-based roles such as journalism and more. The 5WH is a way of asking open questions, making it impossible for the responding person to answer with a closed answer of ‘yes’ or ‘no’, therefore opening the person up to providing more information so that 5WH technique can be applied again and again. T...
November 3, 2016
Reblog: Book Review: Dark Fragments, by Rob Sinclair – Reviewed by Little Bookness Lane
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Publication date: 8th November 2016
Whatever the opposite of the ‘Midas Touch’ is, Ben Stephens hasperfected it. The brutal murderer of his first wife has never been caught, he’s constantly walking in the shadow of his twin sister, he works for his filthyrich father-in-law with dubious degrees of success, and has accrued massive personal debt. In fact,none ofhis efforts have madea positive impact on the world lately.
Tired of beingherded in w...
Reblog: CUT TO THE BONE by ALEX CAAN – Reviewed by BOOKS FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
BOOK DESCRIPTION
One Missing Girl. Two Million Suspects.
Ruby is a vlogger, a rising star of YouTube and a heroine to millions of teenage girls.
And she’s missing . . .
But she’s an adult – nothing to worry about, surely?
Until the video’s uploaded . . .
Ruby, in the dirt, pleading for her life.
Enter Detective Inspector Kate Riley; the Met’s rising star and the head of a new team of investigators with the best resources money can buy. Among them, Detective Sergean...
Reblog: BLOOD TYPE: Jessica Norrie – Interview via Barbara Copperthwaite
“It made me cry when I was writing it, so I knew it must be good.”
CRIME AUTHORS SPILL THEIR GUTS ABOUT WRITING. Every Thursdaytop-notch authors of psychological thrillers and crimefiction sharetheir writing secrets – and the secrets to their success – withyou and me.
This week: Jessica Norrie
Tell us about yourself…
I studied French Literature at Sussex University among people who would have viewed Jeremy Corbyn as a centre ground politician. (Although I must admit I s...
November 2, 2016
Reblog: Blog Tour – My Sister’s Bones – Nuala Ellwood – Reviewed by crimeworm
BLURB: Kate Rafter is a high-flying war reporter. She’s the strong one. The one who escaped their father. Her younger sister Sally didn’t. Instead, she drinks.
But when their mother dies, Kate is forced to return home. And on her first night she is woken by a terrifying scream.
At first Kate tells herself it’s just a nightmare. But then she hears it again. And this time she knows she’s not imagining it.
What secret is lurking in the old family home?
And is she strong enough to unco...
Reblog: Love You To Death by Caroline Mitchell – Reviewed by The Book Review Café
Women who gave a child up for adoption are being killed. A knock at their front door begins a nightmare from which they will never wake up.
For Detective Ruby Preston and her team, it is a race against time to connect the dots before the killer can strike again. But when Ruby receives a sinister email, the case takes a terrifying personal twist.
‘I’m not your mother. You’re a monster. I don’t want you’
Women who gave a child up for adoption are being ki...
Reblog: Truth Will Out – AD Garrett – Reviewed by chapterinmylife
chapterinmylife - Sharon Loves Books
Synopsis:
A mother and daughter are snatched on their way home from the cinema. The crime bears a number of chilling similarities to a cold case Prof. Nick Fennimore was involved in. Then Nick begins receiving taunting messages – is he being targeted by the kidnapper?
Meanwhile, a photograph emailed from Paris could bring Fennimore closer to discovering the fate of his daughter Suzie, now missing for six years. He seeks help from his old friend, DCI Kat...
Reblog: A Suitable Lie by Michael J Malone – Reviewed by mychestnutreadingtree
Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true love. Then he meets Anna. Feisty, fun and beautiful, she’s his perfect match… And she loves his son, too. When Andy ends up in the hospital on his wedding night, he receives his first clue that Anna is not all that she seems. He ignores it; a dangerous mistake that could cost him everything....
Reblog: The Murder Game (Julie Apple) – Reviewed by The Misstery
Ten years working as a prosecutor have left Meredith Delay jaded and unsure of what she wants out of life. She’s good at her job, but it haunts her. Her boyfriend wants her to commit, but she keeps him at arm’s length. Then Meredith is assigned to a high-profile prosecution involving the violent murder of a fallen hockey star. At first, it appears to be just another case to work. But when her old friend Julian is accused of the murder, it takes on a whole new dimension.Meredith,...
November 1, 2016
Reblog: *Blog Tour* Frozen Minds by Cheryl Rees-Price – Via Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Chillers Killers and Thrillers
Today I’m delighted to launch the beginning of the Frozen Minds Blog Tour and to kick off the tour, I would like to welcome Cheryl Rees-Price today to talk about her new novel Frozen Mindsand fictional detectives.
Welcome Cheryl to the CKT blog.
To start off with, can you tell us a little bit about your new novel Frozen Minds?
Frozen Minds is the second book in the DI Winter Meadows series. It centres on a murder in a residential home for adults with learning d...
