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…
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“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…
NetGalley#05: “The Girl Who Came Back” by Kerry Wilkinson
This was a review copy kindly provided by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I had just come off a great streak of form with my reading choices; a “hat-trick” of wonderful debut crime novels by new British writers whose work left me eager to turn the pages and…
“Streets of Darkness” by A.A. Dhand. (Harry Virdee #01)
Young Mr. Dhand has a lot to answer for in my view. It is (almost) exclusively down to him that I have been distracted from my own shabby attempts at writing and, instead, have been absorbed in the world he has created in his debut novel. Despite being born abroad and spending my early years…
The Kerning (proposed first chapter)
Before The mercury had climbed steadily all week. Dawn came to Willow Forge and, creeping alongside it into the new day, came the inescapable threat of the thermometer reaching record highs. The heat, and that damned dry wind, certain to bring yet more discomfort to the town and it’s residents. A fifth consecutive day of…
LR#37: “Little Boy Blue” by MJ Arlidge
“Little Boy Blue” by M.J. Arlidge ***I received a free physical copy of this book from www.LoveReading.co.uk and a digital copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** I reviewed the first DI Grace book, “Eeny Meeny”, just under two years ago and found it “a thoroughly enjoyable read” and “eagerly” awaited further instalments. However, this is the…
LR#26: “A Line Of Blood” by Ben McPherson
An intense, psychological thriller; a gripping and absorbing debut from an exciting new British author. Alex and his son, eleven year old Max, find their next-door neighbour dead in his bathtub. The suspected suicide soon turns into a murder investigation as the police turn their interest towards Millicent, Alex’s wife. How well did Millicent really…
LR#24: “The Silence of the Sea” by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
A fab read, intelligently written and well paced. A cracker. A luxury yacht sets sail from Lisbon with three crew members and a family of four on board. It is not seen or heard from again until it crashes into Reykjavik harbour; its crew and passengers are not on board. Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, a lawyer, is…
LR#20: “The Life I Left Behind” by Colette McBeth
A cleverly constructed novel told from two interesting viewpoints with a pulsating ending. Melody, attacked and left for dead, is struggling to rebuild her life in the years following the assault. Then, soon after her attacker is released from prison another young woman, Eve, is discovered dead. Both attacks bear the same hallmarks and Melody…
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