Tag: fiction
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Clayton Stumper is an enigma. He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your granddad and drinks sherry like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. #TheFellowshipOfPuzzleMakers @samuelburr @orionbooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour #puzzlemakers When the esteemed … Read More The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme
Captain Kit loves snacking. Shipmates Joy and Pedro hide the food one day with a surprising outcome. A rhythmically-told story for 3 to 5 year olds featuring pirate adventures and cake. Genre: Children’s Picture BookAge: 3-5 year olds My Review Pirates and cake – what could be more fun! Captain Kit loves cakes and sweets, but they are not good for him, so his fellow … Read More Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme
The Perfect Fiance by TJ Brearton
Julie thought he was the man of her dreams I walk into my bedroom. There’s a woman in my bed. Next to my fiancé. He promises her he has no idea who I am. That he’s never seen me before. He’s calling me a stalker. But before I even know how to respond, someone’s breaking down the front door. Pounding up the stairs. I … Read More The Perfect Fiance by TJ Brearton
+ audio book, fiction, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, Historical fiction, review, superstition, witchcraft
Fyneshade by Kate Griffin narrated by Charlie Sanderson
Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade’s dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me… On the day of her grandmother’s funeral, Marta discovers that she is to be sent to be governess at Fyneshade, her charge the young daughter of the owner, Sir William Pritchard. All is not … Read More Fyneshade by Kate Griffin narrated by Charlie Sanderson
+ female friendship, fiction, gay, gay community, grief, lockdown, loss, love, mental health, mental illness, psychiatric hospital, review
Hold Back The Night by Jessica Moor
From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of complicity and atonement, delving into one nurse’s experience of the little-known history of conversion therapy and the heart-breaking betrayal of the AIDS crisis. March 2020. Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down, only the ghosts of her memories for company. But then she receives a phone call … Read More Hold Back The Night by Jessica Moor
+ alcoholism, crime fiction, Danish Noir, dark humour, Denmark, fiction, grief, Iceland noir, literature, murder, revenge, review, Scandi noir, secrets, writer
Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Masden – translated by Megan Turney Paperback Out Now
A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then the first body appears… Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim. But nobody actually reads them, and frustrated by writer’s block, Hannah has the feeling that she’s … Read More Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Masden – translated by Megan Turney Paperback Out Now
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, friends, grief, loss, murder, murder mystery, nineties, police drama, police procedural, review, serial killer, thriller
The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young Book #1) by Cath Staincliffe
Yorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She scrawls a note for her friends. Gone to see the sunrise. V xxx That’s the last anyone ever hears from twenty-year-old music lover Vicky. Another victim of the Fellside Strangler? That would make Vicky the fourth young woman to lose her life this summer. … Read More The Fells (Detectives Donovan & Young Book #1) by Cath Staincliffe
Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke
Think you know Great Expectations? Think again Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave. She knows she doesn’t feel things quite like other people do but is this just the result of her strange upbringing? As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her, … Read More Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke
Fall From Grace by Alan Feldberg
How many bad decisions does it take to go from doting father to travelling down a very dark path? Not as many as you’d think . . . Adrian Smythe is just a regular guy. He is employed, married, and loves his daughter Grace. He even has a dog. But he can’t shake the feeling that something is missing. Genre: Crime / Thriller / Mystery Pages: 235Publisher: Bloodhound Books … Read More Fall From Grace by Alan Feldberg
Allison Consents by D Accord Publication Day
When recently widowed Allison tells her new found friend that her marriage had been one of convenience, not love, Heather gifts her a book. Aroused by the four short steamy and romance stories about bondage and submission, the previously unexplored sexual sensations force forty-two year old Allison to examine herself and realise her sexually dead marriage was, in part, her fault. Genre: Erotic romance (25 … Read More Allison Consents by D Accord Publication Day
Fanning Fireflies by LS Delorme
There is something rotting in Harrisville. It’s 1944 and Veronica works so she can afford to eat. Maybe one day she will save enough to own the home her family is living in, but for now, she doesn’t have time for fanciful thoughts, or much else. She doesn’t have time for the fire whispering to her, the ghosts trying to talk to her and … Read More Fanning Fireflies by LS Delorme
+ crime fiction, fiction, lies, murder, murder mystery, obsession, police drama, police procedural, review, secrets, thriller
The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle (Detective Jan Talantire #1) by Nick Louth
She must solve the ultimate riddle… DI Jan Talantire is called to a cottage in Ilfracombe, where the female occupant is found dead, impaled with a crucifix. The woman, who had been renting the house for a few months, is well known locally. Documents found at her house indicate her name is Ruth Lyle. The name means nothing to the young PC who found … Read More The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle (Detective Jan Talantire #1) by Nick Louth
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