The Stone Circle came out in February in the UK, and for once I hadn’t pre-ordered it. So when I was on NetGalley’s original site by accident and saw it on offer for readers, I jumped at the chance. This
#FlashbackFriday | Death by Trombone by Rebecca Douglass
Flashback Friday is supposed to happen on Friday but I decided there was too much happening last week. Today is Thursday. I delved back into the archives for January posts and discovered Death By Trombone was launched in January 2016. I know
Book Review | The Body in the Snow
The Body in the Snow by Christoph Fischer was the last book I read in 2018, giving me the major achievement of completing my Mount TBR target of 36 books. I’ve missed this by two in the last two years.
Book Review | The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Stranger Diaries is not a Ruth Galloway novel. It’s not even a Stephens & Mephisto novel. It’s a new stand alone from Elly Griffiths, out on 1st November, and I’m very grateful to Net-galley and Quercus books for the
Book Review | Dining Out Around the Solar System
Dining Out Around the Solar System is the first in the series of the same name. I read the second one first – Dining Out with the Ice Giants, and I recommend every reader does the same. That was ABSOLUTELY
Book Review | The Narrow Bed by Sophie Hannah
The Narrow Bed was our bookclub’s pick for November. I felt under pressure from all the other books I had to read—but then I realised it would supply the N in my Alphabet Challenge! I wasn’t disappointed—and it was a
Book Review and Tour | Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettman
Uncorking a Lie is the sequel to Decanting a Murder, which I reviewed last year. I’m delighted to be reviewing this book as part of the Great Escapes Book Tour. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway after you’ve read the
Book Review | Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, by Balli Kaur Jaswal, was an ARC from Net-galley. I was hoping it wasn’t too rude, since this is an MG blog. This is a funny, warm, compassionate mystery and suspense story, but it is also explicit. It
Book Review | The Blackhouse by Peter May
The Blurb From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry award-winning The Blackhouse , the first book in the Lewis Trilogy–a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. When a grisly murder occurs on
Book Review | Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis
I didn’t consciously keep the review of this back, but once I realised I hadn’t posted, and that Saturnalia really should begin on December 17th, it was cinch to delay it right till the day itself! The Blurb It is
Book Review | Holding by Graham Norton
This was one of those NetGalley recommends books, and it took the publishers ages to come back to me after I’d applied for it. It’s a quirky blurb, as I think you’ll agree, and I was drawn to it. I
Book Review | Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan
This is the first book I’ve got of my own accord through Net-Galley. A few came that way as a result of blog tours, but I picked this one out of the Net-Galley list and I wasn’t disappointed. It was
Book Review | South by South East by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is a very popular kids author in the UK, and I saw a stack of his books in our library when I picked up The Boundless. I picked up this one, largely because of the plaintive message from
Book Review | A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
This is the fourth book in the Ruth Galloway mysteries, and I saw some reviewers found it either difficult to keep track of all these characters or they didn’t want so much back story referring to the previous volumes they’d
The Return of Noirwich
The Norwich Festival of Crime Writing – or Noirwich – returns for another long weekend of talks, discussions and workshops in the beautiful settings of the UNESCO City of Literature – Norwich, Norfolk, UK. The dates are 17th to 20th