Month: April 2024
+ devil worship, fiction, folklore, gothic, gothic horror, magic, mythology, review, superstition, wales
The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
There’s something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness? Meirionydd, 1783. Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital. The only job he can find is as a physician in the backwaters of Wales where he can’t speak the language, belief in myth and magic is rife, and the villagers treat him … Read More The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Dark Road Home by Sheila Bugler
In a small town, it’s impossible to hide… Two decades after she left Ireland, Leah Ryan is back. She knows she won’t get a welcome reception in her hometown of Dungarry, but she’s finally ready to face up to the events that forced her to leave as a teenager. As she arrives home, another tragedy is waiting for Leah – her first love, Eamon … Read More Dark Road Home by Sheila Bugler
The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher
Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way.Then, one midsummer’s night, something terrible happens – so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? #TheNightInQuestion @sfletcherauthor#RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded … Read More The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher
How Soon Is Now? by Paul Carnahan Cover Reveal
Troubled ex-journalist Luke Seymour discovers an untapped talent for time travel after being recruited to rescue the stricken leader of The Nostalgia Club, an eccentric band of time travellers who meet in the back room of an Edinburgh pub. As he hones his skills and learns the stories of the Club’s members, Luke delves deeper and deeper into his own past – where the … Read More How Soon Is Now? by Paul Carnahan Cover Reveal
And Of Course, There Was The Girl by Brandon Barrow Publication Party
Gabriella’s name meant love and lies… When Sam Harrigan agreed to find runaway bride Gabriella Cole, he expected to be looking for a marriage-scammer, not a lovely phantom with a trail of devastation in her wake whose victims include washed-up celebrities, politicians, and even mobsters. Now everyone wants to get their hands on Gabriella, but with each step Sam takes, she seems further away … Read More And Of Course, There Was The Girl by Brandon Barrow Publication Party
Little Red Driving Hood And The Three Repairs by Stacey Rayz and Nenad Taskov (illustrator)
Think you know the story of Little Red? Think again! This time Little Red is under the hood. What challenges will she encounter on her way to grandma’s this time? Would you dare take a risk if your life depended on it? Especially on a day when everything seems to go wrong? Little Red dares to be different and takes bold risks as she ventures … Read More Little Red Driving Hood And The Three Repairs by Stacey Rayz and Nenad Taskov (illustrator)
+ fiction, Historical fiction, London, murder, prostitution, review, serial killer, Victorian Britain
Whitechapel Autumn of Error by Ian Porter
Whitechapel 1888; a killer is on the loose and the newspapers are ensuring the nation knows all about not just the crimes but the terrible living conditions in which they are being perpetrated. Nashey, a tough, scary yet charismatic man of the night, whose mother had to prostitute herself when he was a boy, knows the identity of the killer but keeps it a secret. … Read More Whitechapel Autumn of Error by Ian Porter
Sparks of Bright Matter by Leeanne O’Donnell
In 18th century London, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lot of knowledge is deadly. When ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious illustrated book, the Mutus Liber, he quickly realises that the grimy underworld of Georgian London is even more dangerous than he first believed. #SparksOfBrightMatter #LeeanneODonnell @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour Soon the book is stolen … Read More Sparks of Bright Matter by Leeanne O’Donnell
The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
Meet Fred. He is about to turn forty and has invited an eclectic group of friends to celebrate at a rented stately home. He is a wheelchair user after being paralysed in a road traffic accident, has been busy at work at his memoir and is longing to reconnect with long-standing university crush, Heather, a high-flying TV foreign correspondent. What should have been a … Read More The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
The Potting Shed Murder by Paula Sutton
Welcome to the sleepy village of Pudding Corner, a quintessentially English haven of golden cornfields, winding cobbled lanes … and murder. Daphne Brewster has left London behind and is settling into her family’s new life in rural Norfolk, planting broad beans in raised beds and vintage hunting for their farmhouse. But when the local headmaster is found dead in his potting shed, amongst his … Read More The Potting Shed Murder by Paula Sutton
A Bitter Remedy Oxford Mysteries #1 by Alis Hawkins
Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow…. Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus college fellow with a secret to hide, … Read More A Bitter Remedy Oxford Mysteries #1 by Alis Hawkins
+ alcoholism, domestic noir, family, fiction, grief, Historical fiction, history, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, photography, relationships, review, war, World War Two, WW2
Hungry Ghosts by C J Barker
The lives of Vic Woods and Ruth Wolfe, working-class teenagers from Liverpool and London, are profoundly disrupted by the arrival of World War II. Ruth’s journey leads her to aerial photographic interpretation, though her aspirations for advancement are denied, while Vic’s wartime experiences with bomber command haunt him long after the war is over. Their post-war marriage and tumultuous relationship with their son, James, … Read More Hungry Ghosts by C J Barker
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