Blog Tour + Review – The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

Hello everyone, This is the most ultimate of Ultimate Blog Tours and I am honoured to be a part of it! When I heard that Write Reads Tours had secured Karen M. McManus' next book I was beyond excited - I recently read One Of Us Is Lying and loved that one, so I could not wait …

Book Review – The Whisper Man by Alex North

Hello everyone, It is two months since I read this book, but I saved the review for today, as I felt it was perfect for Halloween! Pages: 389 Published: 13th June 2019 Genre: Crime/Horror Trigger warnings: Child death, alcoholism, frightening scenes Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the …

Blog Tour + Review – The Creak On The Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for this exciting Icelandic crime novel! Thank you very much to Anne Cater for my place, and also to Orenda Books for allowing me to obtain a free electronic copy. Translator: Victoria Cribb Pages: 315 Published: 14th March 2020 (originally 2018) Genre: Crime Trigger warnings: …

Book Review – Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

Pages: 403 Published: 6th August 2020 Genre: Domestic Thriller Trigger warnings: References to rape and sexual assault, drug use, misogyny When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows. Owen Pick …

Book Review – The Devil And The Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Pages: 588 Published: 1st October 2020 Genre: Historical Mystery Trigger warnings: Domestic violence, sexual references, allusions to rape, animal death It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is …

Five Books On My TBR – September 2020

Hello everyone, My Goodreads TBR has risen quite considerably in the last two months. This is mostly because of the number of fantastic new releases we have seen lately, and also a lot of great recommendations from other book bloggers. I would love to be able to read them all at once, but I need …

Blog Tour + Review – The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Hello everyone, I am extremely excited to be part of this rather humongous blog tour for the smart and twisty YA thriller that is The Inheritance Games. Thank you very much to Dave @ The Write Reads for his meticulous organisation, and for the beautiful free physical copy! My anticipation for this book was heightened …

Book Review – A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson

Pages: 433 Published: 2nd May 2019 Genre: Young Adult Thriller/Mystery The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi …

Blog Tour + Review – The Last To Know by Jo Furniss

Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for The Last To Know by Jo Furniss, which was released only a week ago. Thank you very much to Anne Cater for the invitation to take part; the synopsis was extremely enticing! Pages: 318 Published: 11th August 2020 Genre: General Fiction/Mystery Trigger warnings: Suicide, child death, allusions to sexual abuse …

Book Review – The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Pages: 378 Published: 19th March 2020 Genre: Mystery/Thriller On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom a rising television star. The bride a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine in a remote location. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, …