Month: June 2025
Mistral by Robert Cole
Adam’s wife, Maryanne, vanished without trace whilst on holiday in southern France, more than two years ago. Unexpectedly, he receives an enigmatic message. It prompts him to return to the scene of her disappearance. His efforts to piece together what happened force him to reexamine their relationship, coupled with his feelings of guilt. #Mistral X(Twitter) #robertcole @BlossomSpring3 @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #booktwitterInstagram #robertcole @blossom.spring.publishing @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram #blogtour #mistral Retracing events that led to … Read More Mistral by Robert Cole
The Ballochbrae Book Club by M.C. Mackay
The Ballochbrae Book Club is a heartwarming tale set in the charming Scottish village of Ballochbrae. On Balmoral Castle’s doorstep, Flora, Heather, Chatty and Morag – women of a certain age – form a book group. There’s just one problem: nobody wants to read the books. Then a body is dragged from the River Dee. Was foul play involved? Led by Flora, the four set … Read More The Ballochbrae Book Club by M.C. Mackay
Estella’s Fury by Barbara Havelocke Cover Reveal
I’m so excited to be taking part in the cover reveal for Estella’s Fury, the new dark, gothic historical thriller by Barbara Havelocke. Instagram@BarbaraCopperthwaite It’s the sequel to Estella’s Revenge, a twisted tale of dark deeds, which I loved when I reviewed it last year – and this sounds even better! Daughter. Murderer. Saviour.London, 1835. To high society, Estella is the perfect lady. But … Read More Estella’s Fury by Barbara Havelocke Cover Reveal
+ fiction, Historical fiction, journalist, mental illness, murder, obsession, prostitution, revenge, review, secrets, Victorian Britain
Murder At The Lunatic’s Ball by R S Leonard
A Victorian asylum. A woman imprisoned. A deadly secret. England, 1875. London journalist, Harris Mortimer, visits a Hampshire lunatic asylum to investigate society’s treatment of the insane, only to find himself in a fateful encounter with a beautiful woman claiming to be wrongly incarcerated. Horrified by a series of murders, he soon becomes drawn into the strange world of the asylum and begins to … Read More Murder At The Lunatic’s Ball by R S Leonard
Kill Them With Kindness by Will Carver
The threat of nuclear war is no longer scary. This is much worse. It’s invisible. It works quickly. And it’s coming… The scourge has already infected and killed half the population in China and it is heading towards the UK. There is no time to escape. The British government sees no way out other than to distribute ‘Dignity Pills’ to its citizens: One last … Read More Kill Them With Kindness by Will Carver
Passing Through by Jacqueline Dixon
Olsten Ryder is a successful, affluent and ambitious businessman, his collectable doll manufacturing company being amongst the most niche in the world. But when he is accused of the murder of Celeste Harrington, a young and beautiful member of his own social circle, his friends and colleagues are left astounded when he disappears from police custody, leaving no trace that he’d ever existed. Over … Read More Passing Through by Jacqueline Dixon
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, fiction, murder, murder mystery, police drama, police procedural, review
Murder Under the Sun by Faith Martin
Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are sweltering in their stuffy basement office on the hottest day of the year when they are handed an impossible case. Fifteen years ago, Imelda Phelps was battered to death in the hallway of her home. The brutal crime shocked the residents of the pretty market town of Chipping Norton. The killer was never caught. The motive for … Read More Murder Under the Sun by Faith Martin
The Uses of Oppression by Marina Marks guest post
In the mid-19th Century, a generation of Ottoman Greeks were caught up in radical social and political changes, including the period of reforms known as Tanzimat. The Ottoman Greek press was both product and agent of these changes, and in The Uses of Oppression, Lady Marks explores its role. The Uses of Oppression follows the Ottoman Greek press from its birth in 1830 to … Read More The Uses of Oppression by Marina Marks guest post
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
A captivating debut novel set in working-class Singapore about the relationship between two sisters over two decades. Singapore 1996Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in Bedok, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. #TheOriginalDaughter X/Twitter @jemmawei @wnbooks#RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #booktwitter Instagram @jemmawei @randomthingstours #bookstagram #blogtour Gen and … Read More The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
+ 1920s, audio book, audio drama, fiction, Historical fiction, London, review, siblings, sisters, WW1
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts … Read More The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper
When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost miniatures. Tildy Barrows, Head Curator of a beautiful archival library in San Francisco, is meticulously dedicated to the century’s worth of inventory housed in her beloved Beaux Art building. She loves the calm and order in the shelves of books … Read More The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper
Passing Through by Jacqueline Dixon cover reveal
Olsten Ryder is a successful, affluent and ambitious businessman, his collectable doll manufacturing company being amongst the most niche in the world. But when he is accused of the murder of Celeste Harrington, a young and beautiful member of his own social circle, his friends and colleagues are left astounded when he disappears from police custody, leaving no trace that he’d ever existed. Over … Read More Passing Through by Jacqueline Dixon cover reveal
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