REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY!! Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources (@rararesources) for inviting me along for The Flowerpot Witch by Wendy Steele (@wendywooauthor). Don't miss the GIVEAWAY at the end of the post - open internationally! What's the book about? Lizzie Martin has chosen pottery to be her new career… but the teacher from hell threatens... Continue Reading →
The recent Kingsmead and Franschhoek Literary Festivals brought with them our annual fix of visiting international authors. Although we are certainly not starved of outstanding local South African authors, there does come a certain element of a thrill that ripples through our bookish circles when we hear which 'big' names will be visiting us! As... Continue Reading →
I'm blog touring in suburban America today! Thank you Michael Stephenson for inviting me along for this one! Publication is on 22 June, 2018 and you'll find the pre-order link at the end of the review. This is a heavy suburban noir, with many twists and turns and an abundance of secrets! Summer is winding... Continue Reading →
This was my first introduction to legal eagle Eddie Flynn, as I hadn't read the books that came before this one (this works well as a standalone). I'll gladly hunt down those books though! So ... Eddie Flynn ... rather an unconventional and unexpected hero to be honest! From the outset I wasn't quite sure... Continue Reading →
Thank you so much to Anne Cater and Amanda Huggins for inviting me to participate in the blog tour for this beautiful anthology of short stories. It's not the sort of thing I usually read, but something attracted me to this, and I'm so pleased that I followed my instinct. Synopsis:Â Crossing oceans from Japan to... Continue Reading →
I’ve been waiting and waiting to share this cracker of a book with everyone … and finally it’s my turn!! A new week, and my turn on the Blog Tour for The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton! Thank you so, so much to Tracy Fenton from THE Book Club and Compulsive Readers, and to Trapeze Books... Continue Reading →
Michelin-star chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen needs no introduction to the Foodie Brigade! So they'll be thrilled to know that following the success of JAN, his debut television show on VIA (DStv 147) last year, he's now launching a luxury publication called JAN the JOURNAL on May 9, 2018. Like his bestselling recipe books, the... Continue Reading →
With the abundance of Holocaust literature that floods the market today, one can be forgiven to feeling slightly de-sensitised to the horrors that are presented to us in each offering. But every now and then a piece of work comes along to shake us up out of our sensory overload. A book that reminds us... Continue Reading →
#NeedleSongBook I'm really excited to be in on today's cover reveal for one of the most anticipated crime thrillers of the year! So ... what's it all about? Book Blurb: Spending the night with a beautiful woman would be a good alibi, if the body in the next room wasn't her husband. Doc Slidesmith has... Continue Reading →
Jayne Sinclair is a genealogical investigator. She basically traces lost relatives. However, she herself seems somewhat lost. Her husband has left her, and she’s drifting about feeling quite sorry for herself. She is not the strongest protagonist. Her latest case is not helping matters much. Her elderly father’s new wife, Vera, reveals that her own... Continue Reading →
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