The picturesque holiday town of Morannez is about to get busy for the holiday season. Mila is living there temporarily while looking after her niece, Ani, whose parents were tragically killed in a boating accident. Ani's mother Simone was Mila's step-sister and they had been extremely close. While Mila bides her time in Morannez, waiting... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The House Sitter by Ellery Kane
A desperate late night 911 call. An elderly woman in distress. The sound of gunshots ... and the line goes dead! The police immediately rush to investigate and discover a scene of chaos. They try to piece together what could have happened and they thought it must be pretty straightforward ... but there's no body!... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon
Linda Hammett lives an unassuming life with her husband Terry. They live on a middle-class estate, where they've been for quite a few years now, only they've recently moved into a different house on the estate. It's similar to their old house in many ways; maybe a tad larger, with one or two tweaks, but... 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 – The Lost by Simon Beckett (Jonah Colley #1)
Jonah Colley is a police sergeant working for the Met's firearms unit. He's not the happiest soul - as one too often finds with many of the police procedural books currently being written. But then, he doesn't have much in his life to be happy about. He's merely been existing day to day for the... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Trapped Wife by Samantha Hayes
A one-sitting read! I didn't even realise that I was literally holding my breath half of the time I was reading this! Oh my word, this is an absolutely brilliant, unputdownable thriller that just doesn't stop until the completely unpredictable end that I truly did NOT see coming! Dr Jen Miller is living in a... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The First Time We Met by Jo Lovett
It's Day One of the Blog Tour for The First Time We Met by Jo Lovett! Yay! What happens if you meet 'The One', only to discover that it's actually his wedding day?! That's what happens to Izzy when she first lays eyes on the lovely Sam. He walks into the horrible greasy spoon where... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – Confessions of a Bad Mother – The Teenage Years by Stephanie Calman
Ignore all the suggestions about reading this when your child is a toddler, or a pre-teen! Read it before you even plan on having a baby - perhaps before you even consider getting married! For those of you who have already dipped your toes into the choppy waters of teenage-hood, I hand you a virtual... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald
This one shocks from the very beginning. It's not for the faint-hearted, so if you're not up for graphic language, descriptions of sex, and the many methods that can be used to achieve all sorts of pleasure without necessarily needing the assistance of a human partner, I'd suggest you walk swiftly past. HOWEVER ... if... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR REVIEW – The Suspects by Katharine Johnson
The Suspects has Emma as its unreliable narrator accompanied by four other equally unlikeable characters, with barely a redeemable feature among them: Stuart, Zak, Imogen and Xanthe. It's the late 80's in Bristol. Not a great time to be young and trying to gain a foothold in the big wide world. Nevertheless, these five individuals... Continue Reading →