I thoroughly enjoyed the first instalment of the life of Alex Cohen aka Fabian Mustard, which I read about in The Bowery Slugger, and as the story continues here, I think it gets even better! At the end of the first book, we see Alex jumping on a train, escaping the Lower East Side -... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Summer in Provence by Lucy Coleman
This is the perfect book to give you an escape from everything that's happening in the world today: Corona, isolation, social distancing, panic, and all the emotions that we're going through every day right now! Fern and Aiden have been married for seven years, and although Fern realises that something definitely seems to be bother... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The Daughter She Lost by Lauren Westwood
Small towns and secrets ... is there a better combination than this? Nope, definitely not! Amanda Jennings has always known she was adopted. But she's always been told that her adoptive parents had no information whatsoever about her birth parents. It therefore comes as a shock when she discovers that she's been left a house... Continue Reading →
PUBLICATION DAY PARTY – 4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson
Happy publication day to Diana Wilkinson for 4 Riverside Close, a slow-burner that builds in tension, unease and discomfort right from the start - the start being a rather gruesome murder. Riverside Close is a small, intimate enclave of just 6 exclusive homes. Susan and Roger Harper together with the two children, are well established here,... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The First Wife by Jill Childs
It's at quite an opportune time in Sophie's life that she gets an invitation from her old friend Caroline urging her to come and stay with her at her family's beach house. Sophie's father has just passed away and she's at a loss as to what to do with her life now. She's lonely, as... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Distorted Days by Louise Worthington
What a perfect way to describe the way Doris feels after her husband John (she calls him something else!) leaves her for her best friend Lisa (she too, is re-named!). Her entire world shifts on its axis and it's as if her view of life, in general, is blurred, hazy ... distorted. This state of... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – My Perfect Wife by Clare Boyd
I do love an unreliable narrator! And that's exactly what Elizabeth Huxley is. Living in the lap of luxury, it looks like she has everything her heart desires: a gorgeous, attentive husband, Lucas, two adorable, perfect children, a magnificent home, with enough help to ensure that she barely needs to lift a finger to do... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – What Remains At The End by Alexandra Ford
Many of us tend to assume that we know quite a bit of history when it comes to World War II, its aftermath, and the facts surrounding what happened: who was on which side; who attacked who, when and why; how many died in The Holocaust, the labour camps, the gas chambers and the death... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Children of Sinai by Shelley Clarke
How would you feel if you got caught up in a secret so vast it threatened everything the world had come to believe? That’s what happened to John Milburn, computer science lecturer, orphan, husband and father, who lived an ordinary life in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. That is, until the dreams started… From the idyllic calm... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Holdout by Graham Moore
A riveting combination of courtroom drama and psychological thriller! The story begins in the present day with readers being introduced to Maya Seale, a successful attorney and partner at the law firm where she works. Walking out of the courtroom one day, she's confronted with someone she hasn't seen in many years ... someone who... Continue Reading →