The Killing Spree continues today as blogger Sandra Foy discusses her love of crime fiction and shares her review of A Song for the Dying by Stuart MacBride. My thanks go to Sandra for a great post. You can read more of her reviews at her blog readingwrites. My love of crime/mystery books comes from…
Month: September 2015
Killing Spree – Anne Williams talks about Anna Jaquiery and her creation, Serge Morel
Killing Spree continues today with a guest post from Anne Williams. Here she talks about her love for the Serge Morel series written by Anna Jaquiery. I’ve read both of these books and have to say I agree with Anne, they really are excellent crime novels. When Janet invited me to write something for her…
Killer by Jonathan Kellerman – Review
Published by Headline Publication date – 25 September 2014 Source – own copy “In this thrilling story from No. 1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman, psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware becomes the target of a vengeful killer while a baby goes missing. Well used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful…
Killing Spree
Every day this week there will be different post all celebrating crime novels. There will be reviews and guest posts from fellow bloggers discussing such things as the appeal of crime novels and reading crime series. I’ll be reviewing the appropriately titled ‘Killer’ by Jonathan Kellerman and ‘A Death in the Dales’ by Frances Brody. I…
Louise Beech – Q&A
Today I’m very pleased to welcome Louise Beech to the blog. Louise’s debut novel, How to be Brave, was published by Orenda Books on 17th September. I’ve yet to read this book but Karen at Orenda has a talent for publishing fantastic pieces of fiction so I can’t wait to read it. My mum has…
The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto – Review
Published by Orenda Books Publication date – 3 September 2015 Source – review copy Translated by David Hackston “When an old man is found dead on the road – seemingly run over by a Hungarian au pair – police investigator Anna Fekete is certain that there is more to the incident than meets the eye. As…
Clare Carson – Q&A
Today I’m pleased to welcome Clare Carson to the blog. Clare’s debut novel, Orkney Twilight, is published by Head of Zeus on 17 September 2015. Clare has kindly answered some of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Orkney Twilight. Orkney Twilight is a story narrated by Sam, an eighteen year old political activist…
James Craig – Q&A
Today I’m very pleased to welcome author James Craig to the blog. James is the author of the best selling Inspector Carlyle series. His new series featuring Kriminalinspektor Max Drescher is published by Fahrenheit Press on 10th September 2015. Tell us a little about A Slow Death. It’s a year after the fall of the…
By Its Cover by Donna Leon – Review
Published by Arrow Publishing Publication date – 12 March 2015 Source – own copy “By Its Cover is the much anticipated twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon’s bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When…
Five Mistakes I’ve Made by Colette McBeth – Guest Post
Today I’m very pleased to welcome Colette McBeth to the blog. Colette is the author of Precious Thing and her latest novel, The Life I Left Behind was published in paperback by Headline Review on 13 August 2015 Colette has written a fabulous guest post on the five writing mistakes she has made. Five mistakes I’ve made. I could fill…
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