What would you do if one morning your entire world was suddenly changed by the delivery of a letter informing you that you were one of the beneficiaries of a wealthy person's enormous fortune? Whatever you might imagine, it might not all be as wonderful as you think, because even just the hint of all... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – Murder On A Country Walk (Julia Bird Mysteries #6) by Katie Gayle
I was thrilled to return to the charming village of Berrywick in the English Cotswolds with this, the 6th in the Julia Bird series of cosy mysteries. Once again, Julia and her beloved chocolate lab, Jake are on the trail of a murderer after they discover not one, but two bodies at the bottom of... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – One Midnight With You by Shari Low
I'm thrilled to be doing another blog tour for Shari Low! This time it's for her new book, One Midnight With You. I thoroughly enjoy Shari's 'One' series of books. It's not really a series in the strict sense of the word, as the books don't follow on from each other, but there are various... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Mother by Valerie Keogh
In The Mother, there are twists and turns, red herrings, and unreliable narrators aplenty. Valerie Keogh knows how to manipulate every single one of these so that her readers are left anxiously anticipating what unexpected surprises each page will bring next. Blurb: A terrible wife... Sarah Westfield is unhappily married to perfect husband Nick. Handsome,... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The Baby by A J McDine
It's always so interesting to read a story that's being told by an unreliable narrator. It's even better when that narrator's character has been written so well, that they're completely likeable, like Lucy, the narrator in The Baby ... Blurb: There’s a baby in your house. It isn’t yours…The day I was told I’d never be able to have a child, my world came crashing... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Talking With Psychopaths: A Journey Into The Evil Mind by Christopher Berry-Dee
This is something quite different from the blog tours that I normally take part in. It's not often that I read non-fiction, but true-crime is something that for some unknown reason, fascinates me. I know that many people are drawn to the subject matter, for various reasons. So when Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers offered... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings by Joanna Nadin
Told in alternate timelines between Cornwall in 1988 and London in 2018, this is a story about the masks we wear, how we go out of our way to change ourselves to please others and how no matter how far we run, and how hard we try to escape ... wherever we go, we take... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The Bridesmaids by Victoria Jenkins
When a story opens with a body in the pool and everyone clustered around in various degrees of hysteria, speculation, panic and anxiety, you know you'd better strap in for a wild ride! I was not disappointed. Holly is getting married to lovely Aaron. Although she's spent most of the past two decades mourning the... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Curfew by T. M. Logan
Andy and Laura have never had issues with parenting their teenage son Connor. And now that he's sixteen and finished his GCSE exams, they're happy to allow him to go out and celebrate with his cousin (and best friend) Zac, as long as he's home by midnight. When Andy wakes up in the early hours... 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 →