Blurb: I blink awake to the sound of whispering, and look around. Automatically, I do a count. And then I am upright, my heart racing. I count again. “Girls,” I say, trying to sound calm. “Did you see Evie?” It was meant to be a celebration. A team sleepover in the school gymnasium: movies, pizza,... Continue Reading →
Happy Publication Day! Congratulations to Katie Gayle - Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel - on this, number seven in the Julia Bird Mystery series. Once again, we return to the Cotswold village of Berrywick, where Julia Bird thought she would retire peacefully and live a quiet country life, away from the bright lights and stresses... Continue Reading →
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 →
Antiques seem to be the latest popular sub-category in the cosy mystery genre of books. And it seems that there's a lot of interesting, historical research behind it all, which makes it quite understandable that it would make for some exciting plot-lines! In The Antique Store Detective, buried treasure, which always seemed quite fantastical, becomes... Continue Reading →
So happy to be here on the first day of the Books-on-Tour for The Bridal Party! If ever there was a cautionary tale of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, or choosing your bridal party with the greatest care ... then this must be it! Weddings are meant to be happy occasions and... Continue Reading →
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 →
Congratulations to Katie Gayle - Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel! Yesterday was publication day, and this is Day Two of the blog tour for A Country Wedding Murder (Julia Bird #5)! It's always an enormous thrill for me to do a blog tour for a South African author - but when it's two authors at... Continue Reading →
Blog touring today with one of my favourite publishers, Bookouture! And this is yet another twisty page-turner from them! Jenna Kernan's newly released The Patient's Daughter will have you reading late into the night, anxiously needing to know the outcome for a desperate mother and her newborn twins. Blurb: “You’re having twins!” Becca runs her... Continue Reading →
I can't think of a better way to start the year than with a blog tour! Today we're doing a 'Books on Tour' with the fabulous folks at Bookouture and an author who never disappoints: Renita D'Silva. Her latest book is a sweeping novel of love, loss, struggle, betrayal, making the most of the hand... Continue Reading →
We're experiencing scorching hot temperatures right now in Johannesburg, so reading this one made me long for a snowy winter getaway in a gorgeous setting. But after reading this one, I think I might settle for staying at home - these guests weren't people I'd like to be snowed in with! Once again, Sue Watson... Continue Reading →
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