Bloody hell!!! Wow!! Amazing!! Brilliant!! OMG!!! Gob-smackingly good!!! I read a lot of books, a lot of thrillers, and a LOT of psychological thrillers. You get a bit jaded, and a bit blasé about plotlines, twists that you think you see staring you in the face, and surprises that don't come as too much of... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – The Four of Us by Áine Toner
It's Day One of the Blog Tour for The Four of Us, and thanks to the wonderful invention that is 'Load Shedding' in Johannesburg, I wasn't able to post this earlier! But yay ... finally, we have electricity, so here we go ... As much as I say I don’t like girly books (see, I... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – Bollywood Wives by Alex Khan
This book was so not what I expected! It started off more or less as what I thought it would be, but then took a turn and headed off in a completely different direction! I loved the insider look into the world of Bollywood. It's a whole different ballgame to Hollywood - in fact it's... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – You Belong To Me by Mark Tilbury
When Cassie Rafferty goes missing from the town of Feelham, it brings back bad memories of when Ellie Hutton disappeared ten years ago. For Danny Sheppard, the recollections that begin to resurface from all those years ago are bad enough for him to hire a private detective to find his three long-lost schoolmates who left... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – The Boy At The Door by Alex Dahl
Following on from the theme of my previous review, where the main characters were insidiously despicable ... I present you with Cecelia Wilborg, who possesses not one redeeming quality! Oh, she looks quite perfect on the outside: beautiful to look at, always immaculate, a magnificent home, handsome, successful husband who adores her, two pretty daughters... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – The Woman Inside by E.G. Scott
This book didn't come with an advisory, so I'll have to create my own! One of the best pieces of advice I can give you before you start this book is: make sure you're strapped in nice and tight because this is surely one of the craziest, insane roller-coaster rides into the deepest, darkest depths... Continue Reading →
BLOG BLITZ REVIEW – Spare Room by Dreda Say Mitchell
Home Is Where The Nightmare Is Beautiful double room to let to single person Lisa, a troubled young woman with a past, can’t believe her luck when she finds a beautiful room to rent in a large house. The live-in owners are a kind and welcoming couple. Everything is fine until she finds a suicide... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – Louis & Louise by Julie Cohen
If you could look at one life in two different ways, what would you see? Louis and Louise are separated by a single moment in time, a strike of chance that decided their future. The day they were born is when their story began. In one, Louis David Alder is born a male. In the... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW: Eat Less by Jeremy & Georgina Jackson-Sytner (With Elizabeth Scott-Moncrieff, MSC)
And now ... as they say ... for something completely different! A brief diversion from the normal novels (although for some, possibly a horror story!), today, as I'm reviewing a book that takes a look at eating habits. It's not a diet book - in fact, it boldly describes itself as an 'anti-obesity manifesto'. For... Continue Reading →
Blog Tour Review – For the Missing by Lina Bengtsdotter
So excited to bring you my first blog tour review of 2019!! A Swedish noir that won the Crimetime Specsavers Best Debut Award! It's the first in a series featuring DI Charlie Lager, For the Missing and it's a chilling, atmospheric slow-burner that picks up the pace ... starting off slowly, with many hints as to... Continue Reading →