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 →
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 →
The first thing I need to say is that I absolutely love the fact that the author, a MAN - the 'M' is for 'Mike' - has the incredible ability to create such strong, resilient female protagonists. He must have had some pretty amazing role-models in his life! I've had 'The Girl With All the... Continue Reading →
This has got to be one of the most chilling books I've ever read! Psychological thrillers that are fast-paced and keep you on the edge of your seat are fabulous - you want to keep turning those pages until that killer's revealed. But here, you find out who the killer is really early on, and... Continue Reading →
I loved this book! It has the perfect balance of psychological and supernatural to unhinge you just that much without tipping you completely over the edge! Not many authors have the ability to get that right, but Redmond manages to do it perfectly. The story starts off with Meg as a child, discovering that she... Continue Reading →
After reading this I did wonder if the whole idea of artist colonies and the like are really so great after all. All that ego and hedonism in one place! Is there really anywhere large enough to handle it?! Tamar Hodes has based this partly autobiographical novel on Hydra in the 60's. It's a time... Continue Reading →
Blog touring today with Kelly Lacey of Love Books Group Tours, Matador Books and author Deborah Stone. What's Left Unsaid is a complex, intimate look into the lives of Sasha, her husband Jeremy, teenage son Zac, ageing mom Annie ... and in a very clever and interesting twist on the usual narrative, her late dad... Continue Reading →
It's Day One on a brand new blog tour ... Only in Whispers by Jacqueline Grima, published by Manatee Books, and arranged by tour organiser Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers/THE Book Club on FB. Thanks for having me! Annie is separated from her manipulative, controlling husband David. She's living in a converted police house with... Continue Reading →
I don't understand a thing when it comes to AI (Artificial Intelligence). I know that 'they' claim it's the way of the future, but I stand my ground in maintaining that there will only be a handful of very clever individuals who will understand it, and know how to use it to the best of... Continue Reading →
Blurb: Is it the things we don’t say that haunt us the most? Clare is anxious to start a family with adoring husband, Pete. When she takes on the seemingly simple task of obtaining her late mother’s birth certificate, she finds herself in a family history search that will challenge everything she thought she knew... Continue Reading →
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