Month: November 2024
Lonely Girl by Paul Guy Hurrell
Gladys is feeling sad, as any 13-year-old would when she finds out her parents are getting divorced. She has to move house and school. Feeling lonely and missing her friends, her father takes her up Sugarwell Hill sledging after a heavy snowfall. When Gladys crashes into a snowman, she is catapulted into a magical world. This is where she meets Harvey Tootblaster, (Clumpy to … Read More Lonely Girl by Paul Guy Hurrell
+ audio book, child abduction, crime fiction, fiction, kidnapping, loss, love, obsession, review, serial killer, thriller, USA
All The Colours Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker
A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story – with a unique twist on each… Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of teenager Joseph ‘Patch’ Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who will risk everything to find her best friend. But when she does: it will break her heart. Patch lies … Read More All The Colours Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker
+ child abuse, childhood, family, fiction, friendship, lies, love, motherhood, review, secrets, thriller
A Safe Place by Stephanie Carty
What happens when your home becomes your prison? Twelve-year-old Cate has never left her village. She’s never had a friend. She’s never even hugged her mother. Imogen, Cate’s mum, spent her youth travelling the country with her father. He believed she had a gift and used her for his own gain. With her innocence snatched away, Imogen vowed to build an idyllic and safe … Read More A Safe Place by Stephanie Carty
+ Catholic Church, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, history, loss, love, review, secrets
Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia
Elena Ferrante meets Bernadette of Lourdes in a story of love, loss and belonging, spanning post WW2 Italy through to 90’s England Italy 1949At an orphanage in the poverty-stricken Apennine Mountains, 15-year-old Adelina has only one friend – enigmatic, fragile Elisabetta, 11. When Elisabetta claims to see the Madonna by the river, Adelina has doubts. But after Elisabetta appears to heal a traumatised young … Read More Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia
+ fantasy, fiction, paranormal, review, YA
Ghosting Academy by Lexy Delorme
It’s been years since Amelie abandoned her home to become an elite agent of the Academy. In its embrace she has found support and stability, but in return the Academy uses her gifts for destruction and control. For ten years, she has chosen to live only for the moment, neither questioning nor considering the motives of her employer. But when Amelie and her pod of … Read More Ghosting Academy by Lexy Delorme
+ crime fiction, fiction, folklore, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, loss, murder, murder mystery, mystery, mythology, obsession, review, Scandi noir, Sweden
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner Paperback Tour
This brilliant book is now out in paperback. Art expert Emma Lindhal is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the antiques in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found. As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that … Read More Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner Paperback Tour
A Perilous Premiere by Gail Meath Stone & Steele Mysteries #1
Solving their own murders is the least of their problems…and the beginning of Stone & Steele, a reluctant yet surprisingly skilled investigative team. The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. Vivian Steele moved to California to start a new life. She opened a fashion boutique in Beverly Hills, befriended Carole Lombard, the actress, and married a successful banker. But when her husband is murdered, Vivian discovers … Read More A Perilous Premiere by Gail Meath Stone & Steele Mysteries #1
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, kidnapping, loss, murder, Nordic noir, police drama, review, Scandi noir, thriller
Victim by Jorn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger Translated by Megan Turney (Alexander Blix Book #5)
Two years ago, Alexander Blix was the lead investigator in a missing person’s case where a young mother, Elisabeth Eie, was kidnapped. The case was never solved. Blix’s career in law enforcement is now over, but her kidnapper is back, leaving evidence of Elisabeth’s murder in Blix’s mailbox, as well as hints that there are other victims. #Victim Twitter/X @EngerThomas @LierHorst @OrendaBooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #bookX #booktwitterInstagram @lierhorst … Read More Victim by Jorn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger Translated by Megan Turney (Alexander Blix Book #5)
The 12 Murders of Christmas by Sarah Dunnakey
Twelve murderous mysteries to read. Nineteen perplexing puzzles to solve. One mystifying murder to crack… Mastermind Puzzlemaster Sarah Dunnakey cordially invites you to crack the code of whokilled Edward Luddenham. It’s the first anniversary of the mysterious death of Edward Luddenham, found dead at hishome on the Yorkshire moors one frosty Christmas Eve. #The12MurdersOfChristmas X/Twitter @SarahDeeWrites #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #bookX #booktwitter Instagram @sarahdeewrites @randomthingstours #bookstagram #blogtour Now twelve people gather at his manor house … Read More The 12 Murders of Christmas by Sarah Dunnakey
Anywhen by Beth Duke
Baezy is born in 2069, the centennial of the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Everything peace, love, and flower power is celebrated that year in a wave of nostalgia that takes over fashion, music, and the public’s imagination. She grows up listening to and loving the artists of that time, dreaming of witnessing everyone from Joan Baez to Santana in person. When presented … Read More Anywhen by Beth Duke
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, dementia, family, fiction, love, revenge, review
Cemetery Lodge by Paula Hillman
Not all secrets remain buried forever…Archaeologist Cherie Hope makes a gruesome discovery in the grounds of a local cemetery. She’s desperate to know more, and wonders why caretaker Ash Black is being so guarded. Delving deeper, and liaising with the police, Cherie is drawn into a story that spans back fifty years. Entangled in a web of deceit, she soon uncovers a missing person, … Read More Cemetery Lodge by Paula Hillman
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, friendship, humour fiction, murder, police corruption, review, thriller
The Price of Dormice by Steve Lunn
When Mick’s life is almost ended by Oxford’s influential chief planner Conrad, the near-miss and ensuing violence awaken his sense of justice. Conrad, deeply embedded in Oxford’s elite, colludes with venerable St Mark’s College in their sale of a 650-acre farm for development. Strategically located in the OxCam Growth Arc, the development will involve bulldozing a nature reserve and its dormice. #ThePriceOfDormice X(Twitter) @lunnsa @bookguild @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour #BookX #booktwitterInstagram … Read More The Price of Dormice by Steve Lunn
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