Category: review
+ audio drama, Cat on a Piano, fiction, Halloween, haunting, mystery, podcast, radio play, review, supernatural, Theatrephonic
No Harm Done by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
It’s almost Halloween so it must be time for a spooky story. And this was certainly spooky. When Elliott starts to tell James about his horrific experiences in his aunt’s apartment in Edinburgh, James is unsurprisingly suspicious. After all, he knows Elliott is not the most trustworthy of friends. But after a while he starts to wonder if it might just be true. Really … Read More No Harm Done by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, jealousy, murder, murder mystery, obsession, police drama, police procedural, revenge, review, secrets
Dark Secrets by Sally Rigby
Dark Secrets: A Cavendish & Walker Novel – Book 11 An uninvited guest…a deadly secret….and a terrible crime. When a well-loved family of five are found dead sitting around their dining table with an untouched meal in front of them, it sends shockwaves throughout the community. Was it a murder suicide, or was someone else involved? #DarkSecrets @SallyRigby4 #CavendishandWalker Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour … Read More Dark Secrets by Sally Rigby
The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston
Award-winning author Antti Tuomainen launches his first series with The Rabbit Factor, an energetic black comedy, currently being adapted for the screen by Amazon/Mandeville Films with Steve Carell to star, and Antti executive producing. What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal. Until he is faced with the incalculable, after a … Read More The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston
Explorers by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
It’s all about scientific integrity isn’t it? It’s that simple. But not when it gets personal. Diana is working on a cure for osteo-arthritis when Edith sends out a press release for T7 which has only been tested on mice. It may not even work. But Diana’s husband Henry has other plans for this miracle cure and it’s not exactly how one goes about … Read More Explorers by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
+ childhood, community, cult, family, fiction, folklore, haunting, literature, magic, mythology, review, Scotland, sisters, supernatural, superstition, thriller, witchcraft
The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events have happened on this island. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing without explanation. Coincidence? Or curse? #TheLighthouseWitches #blogtour @CJessCooke @annecater @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours Liv Stay flees to the island with her three daughters, in search of … Read More The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
+ adventure, Arctic, art, childhood, family, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, Inuit, journal, literature, loss, love, memoir, racism, review, Scottish Highlands, secrets, sisters
A Woman Made of Snow by Elisabeth Gifford
A gorgeous, haunting, and captivating novel of a century-long family mystery in the wild of Scotland, and one woman’s hunt for the truth. Scotland, 1949: Caroline Gillan and her new husband Alasdair have moved back to Kelly Castle, his dilapidated family estate in the middle of nowhere. Stuck caring for their tiny baby, and trying to find her way with an opinionated mother-in-law, Caroline … Read More A Woman Made of Snow by Elisabeth Gifford
Cold As Hell by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
With rights sold in 14 countries, Cold as Hell is the first in the riveting, atmospheric and beautifully plotted five-book series. An Áróra Investigation, from one of Iceland’s bestselling crime writers. Estranged sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries, and are not on speaking terms. When their mother loses contact with Ísafold, Áróra reluctantly returns to Iceland to look for her. But she … Read More Cold As Hell by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
The Lie She Told by Catherine Yaffe
All Kate Wanted Was A Peaceful Life. All Ryan Wanted To Do Was Destroy it. Living in the remote Scottish Highlands under Witness Protection, life is finally happy for Kate Ward and her young son Joe, until someone from Kate’s past appears. Ryan Albright is the only person that knows all of Kate’s secrets, and what she had to do to escape her previous abusive … Read More The Lie She Told by Catherine Yaffe
+ family drama, germany, Historical fiction, holocaust, jewish history, jews, journal, literature, nazi germany, racism, review, World War Two, WW2
Flight of the Shearwater (The Sturmtaucher Trilogy #2) by Alan Jones
Flight of the Shearwater is the second book in the Sturmtaucher Trilogy: a powerful and compelling story of two families torn apart by evil.‘With Poland divided between Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Union of Soviet Republics, the increasingly confident Third Reich flexes its military muscles northwards into Denmark and Norway, while the rest of Europe watches anxiously over its shoulders. General Erich Kästner, in his … Read More Flight of the Shearwater (The Sturmtaucher Trilogy #2) by Alan Jones
+ childhood, coming-of-age, family, fiction, love, mental illness, obsession, relationships, review, secrets
Into The Lake by LK Chapman
Can she find the truth in time? When Natalie reluctantly agrees to attend a school reunion, she hits it off with former classmate Josh – a boy she barely spoke to while they were at school together – and finds herself swept up in a whirlwind romance with him. Then she receives the message: you can do better than marrying a murderer. #IntoTheLake @LK_Chapman … Read More Into The Lake by LK Chapman
+ adventure, crime fiction, dark humour, family, fiction, germany, haunting, Historical fiction, holocaust, horror, List, literature, loss, love, marriage, murder, mystery, nazi germany, political thriller, Psychological fiction, relationships, review, secrets, sisters, stalker, supernatural, thriller, World War Two
My Top 8 Books of 2021 – part three
Here are my favourite eight books of the third quarter of 2021. So far this has been a good year for books if for nothing else, so it was a really difficult decision. The Beresford by Will Carver Firstly let me just say one thing – don’t get too attached to the characters, they may not be around long enough. Apart from Mrs May that … Read More My Top 8 Books of 2021 – part three
Rowena by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
Rowena. She just wants to make a phone call. Poor Rowena is getting on a bit. She’s also rather bad-tempered, especially when she wants to call ‘her Colin’ and the phone doesn’t work. Strange, because someone already came to fix it. And she can’t even call the repair man because – you guessed it – the phone doesn’t work. But then someone else turns … Read More Rowena by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
