I'm so excited to be part of the Compulsive Readers Jack Jordan Blogathon. For the next few months, we'll be doing a series of blog features of seven of this bestselling author's books! Today we're starting with Do No Harm, which was first published in 2022. When this came out it was EVERYWHERE - my... Continue Reading →
If you like your stories to be spooky and atmospheric, then this one's for you. Elisa Lodato knows how to create enough of an atmosphere that you can literally imagine the mist hovering over a dark, rugged landscape. Blurb: She came to write, but the island has its own story . . . Off the windswept coast... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Just because things don't work out like you'd planned, doesn't necessarily mean they're not going to be great in the end! Sometimes we need a plot twist to realize that maybe there's something else that could be just as good, if not better, than the path we originally thought we'd take. A Class Act is... Continue Reading →
I'm loving that there are so many more books being written about the experience of being a slightly older woman. Or maybe they've always been out there but I'm only becoming aware of them now that I'm that slightly older woman and can relate more to what's being shared! Whatever the case may be, the... Continue Reading →
The theme of selective ageism is popping up in numerous books currently: the 'invisibility' of women of a certain age. Laura Marshall's new book, A Good Place to Hide a Body takes it to a whole new level though. Here, the reader's eyes are opened to how the world casts aside older people who it... Continue Reading →
While we were all dancing and loving life to a backing track of Britney, Cristina and Avril (among others), back in the late '90's and early 'noughties, did we ever stop to think of what was going on in their lives ... in the background ... how they got to where they were ... how... Continue Reading →
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 →
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