Tag: fiction
A Reservoir Man by LJ Ambrosio (Reflections of Michael Trilogy Book 1)
Everywhere Michael turns he sees a Reservoir Man. Michael’s endless trials of survival include sexual assault, The Vietnam War, an arrest in Spain, Hollywood scandal, the AIDS outbreak, 9/11 and beyond. If only Michael could find the one thing he values most, his freedom. Michael’s coming-of-age is tarnished by many but the courage to live his truth may just keep Michael one step ahead…or will he … Read More A Reservoir Man by LJ Ambrosio (Reflections of Michael Trilogy Book 1)
+ abuse, brothers, care home, crime fiction, dark humour, dementia, domestic noir, fiction, jealousy, murder, review
Make Me Clean by Tina Baker
She will leave your surfaces sparkling.But she may well leave you dead… Maria is a good woman and a good cleaner. She cleans for Elsie, the funny old bird who’s losing her marbles, with the terrible husband. She cleans for Brian, the sweet man with the terrible boss. She cleans for the mysterious Balogan, with the terrible neighbours. If you’re thinking of hiring her, … Read More Make Me Clean by Tina Baker
+ brothers, crime fiction, Detective novel, Edinburgh, fiction, kidnapping, murder, police corruption, police drama, police procedural, prostitution, psychopath, revenge, review, Scotland, thriller, trafficking
Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
Hunter by name – Hunter by nature. Can DI Hunter Wilson keep Edinburgh safe when he is the hunted? Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is woken in the early hours of the morning by a call from his son. Cameron’s flatmate has been murdered. Why would anybody want to kill a young woman recently arrived in the city? #HuntersForce @valeriepenny @SpellBoundBks @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours Hunter must call in … Read More Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
+ cover reveal, crime fiction, fiction, friendship, murder, Psychological fiction, review, serial killer, thriller
The Skull Keeper by Mariëtte Whitcomb Cover Reveal
Best friends on social media, Allysa and Morgan share a love of three things: thriller novels, true crime, and keeping secrets from each other. As soon as Allysa asks Morgan to be her plus one at a funeral, Morgan jumps on the first available flight. Burying the dead might unearth the truth about what happened to Allysa’s brother twenty years earlier. She’s never believed … Read More The Skull Keeper by Mariëtte Whitcomb Cover Reveal
+ crime fiction, female friendship, fiction, lies, marriage, murder, review, secrets, serial killer, thriller, writer
Trust Only Me by McGarvey Black
From her home office in rural Connecticut, self-published thriller author Jillian Samuels dreams of writing a bestseller. Her tall, dark and handsome chef husband Teddy, and her BFF, Natalie, a glamorous PR woman always in six-inch heels, cheer Jillian on when her new book, The Soul Collector, is accepted by a New York agent. By night, she writes about serial killers. But then her … Read More Trust Only Me by McGarvey Black
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, fiction, Historical fiction, lies, magic, murder, murder mystery, mystery, psychiatrist, review, secrets, Thirties
Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by crime fiction of the Golden Age, Death and the Conjuror is the debut novel by acclaimed short-story writer Tom Mead. Selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s Mysteries of the Year 2022. 1936, London. A celebrity psychiatrist is discovered dead in his locked study. There seems to be no way a killer could have escaped unseen. There are … Read More Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
+ brothers, childhood, family, fiction, literature, Malaya, memory, murder, mythology, review, secrets, superstition
Someone Is Coming by TA Morton
Memories come thick and heavy like the rains that fall in the jungle. Dense droplets wash the leaves and soak into the ground, cleansing the acrid smell of rubber, cleansing the jungle of its sins. I hear my mother’s voice. No more secrets, Philip, I promise. Someone is coming, get ready. #SomeoneIsComing @TAMortonWriter #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour Philip Goundry is 93 and living out his days quietly … Read More Someone Is Coming by TA Morton
The Good by Cat on a Piano / Theatrephonic
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” April Crawford didn’t even know her mother had been in the army in Cyprus in 1958. That’s where she met her dad. Caitlin McLoughlin arrives at their house 65 years later to go over a statement which her mother signed at the time. Caitlin is a lawyer. Shootings … Read More The Good by Cat on a Piano / Theatrephonic
+ childhood, family, feel-good, fiction, friendship, gay community, love, marriage, relationships, review, secrets
Becoming Ted by Matt Cain
A charming, joyful and surprising story about love, friendship and learning to be true to yourself, Becoming Ted will steal your heart. Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family’s ice-cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke’s-on-Sea. But the truth is, he’s never wanted to work for the family firm – he doesn’t even like ice-cream, though he’s never told his … Read More Becoming Ted by Matt Cain
+ childhood, coming-of-age, crime fiction, fiction, friendship, murder, murder mystery, review, sixties, superstition, wales, whimsical
Tiding by Sian Collins
A lyrical, engaging coming-of-age murder mystery set in the Great Freeze December 1962. Eleanor O’Dowd, a middle-aged piano teacher, is found stabbed and bludgeoned to death. As the Great Freeze of 1963 takes hold, local vicar’s daughter Daphne Morgan finds herself forced to navigate the confusing currents of the adult world, where she must face up to her own crimes and what she knows … Read More Tiding by Sian Collins
+ family, feel-good, female friendship, fiction, fifties, forgiveness, friendship, grief, literature, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, museum, pandemic, relationships, review, World War Two
Dark Enough To See The Stars by Beth Duke
The long-awaited sequel to bestseller and book club favorite It All Comes Back To You has arrived! Violet Glenn. Everybody loved her. In 1946, that included her boyfriend’s best friend, Sam Davidson. Ronni Johnson wrote a book about Violet. It changed her life. Now she’s back working as a registered nurse at Fairfield Springs, loving her patients and her job. She doesn’t have another … Read More Dark Enough To See The Stars by Beth Duke
Six Days by Dani Atkins
Two people. One love story. Six days.He loves me… He loves me not… He loves me… Gemma knows that she and Finn are destined to be together. They are soulmates. But then, on their wedding day, he never arrives at the church. Gemma is convinced Finn wouldn’t abandon her like this, even though he has disappeared once before. But back then he had a … Read More Six Days by Dani Atkins
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