*Read between 15th – 19th August 2018 This book, originally published in 2007, is our third visit to see Sheriff Walt Longmire. This time, however, our gutsy hero and we are in unfamiliar surroundings. Longmire, Henry Standing Bear and Dog have taken a road trip to Philadelphia. Bear has travelled because he has a collection…
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“Death Without Company” by Craig Johnson. (Walt Longmire #02)
*Read between 12th – 15th August 2018 The mountains are reaching upwards to support clouds that are heavy with a fresh deposit of snow. The air is as sweet and sharp as the rim of the glass your tequila sits in and your faithful Carhartt is buttoned to the neck as it wards off the…
“The Cold Dish” by Craig Johnson. (Walt Longmire #01)
*Read between 2nd – 12th August 2018 For me, one of the greatest joys of settling down with a book is how the author’s words transport you to a different time and place and, for a while, leave you in the company of the fictional characters they have created. A little over a week ago,…
“The Hidden Bones” by Nicola Ford
A copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of a “blog tour” for the book. Synposis Following the recent death of her husband, Clare Hills is listless and unsure of her place in the world. When her former university friend Dr…
Blog Tour: “The Accusation” by Zosia Wand
This was a digital copy provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of a “blog tour” for the book. This novel sets off at a dizzying pace and, by the end of the short prologue, you are thrust into the panic and desperation experienced by the…
NetGalley #10: “The Case of the Fool” by E.V. Harte. (The Tarot Detective #02)
“The Case of the Fool” by E. V. Harte This was a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. This is the second mystery from the pen (laptop? tablet? quill?) of E.V. Harte to feature her gloriously bonkers heroine, Dolly Greene, aka The Tarot Detective, and it is…
“Girl Zero” by A. A. Dhand. (Harry Virdee #02)
A signed hard back copy of “Girl Zero”, Harry Virdee’s second descent into the dark underbelly of the author, A.A. Dhand’s, Bradford, has been waiting patiently on my TBR – to be read – pile since its hometown launch in the summer of last year. She has overwintered amid other novels, both physical and digital,…
“The Woman In The Woods” by John Connolly. (Charlie Parker #16)
When I get a new diary at the start of each year, I dutifully enter the birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions for family and friends, along with the various dates of dental and medical appointments and reminders of taxes and insurances due and such other events. Then, despite my best efforts, I sometimes forget…
NetGalley #09: “The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton
This was a review copy provided to me by Netgalley.com in exchange for an honest and fair review. It is always a delight to chance upon a story in which you can loose yourself and, while lost within its pages, time simply drifts away from you. This novel, the debut from Stuart Turton, is just…
NetGalley#08: “Trump’s Christmas Carol” by Lucien Young, Watt T. Dickens
This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I read this book over the festive period of 2017 as, for me, it doesn’t seem quite right to read books “out of season”. Especially Christmas stories such as this. As the title suggests, it…
NetGalley#07: “The Wolves of Winter” by Tyrell Johnson
This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable and thrilling read. The author, Tyrell Johnson, breathes life and vitality into his characters, especially our heroine, with his prose and dialogue; he makes every single word…
NetGalley#06: “East of Hounslow” by Khurrum Rahman
This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. Where to start? At the beginning is best they say, so here goes. Back in June of this year I attended an event at Bradford Literary Festival and was intrigued by the passionate way in…
“The Prime of Ms Dolly Greene” by E. V. Harte. (The Tarot Detective #01)
“The Prime of Ms Dolly Greene” by E. V. Harte This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers in exchange for a fair and honest review. Righty ho, let’s get straight down to business shall we? What did I think of this book? Well, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I found it to…
“A Rising Man” by Abir Mukherjee
I had seen this book displayed prominently during recent visits to bookshops. The sumptuous cover artwork had provoked me to pull it from the shelves and read the blurb on the back. But that, initially, was as far as I got. I wasn’t sure that I was quite ready for a tale set in Calcutta…
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