Published by Tinder Press Publication date – 26 July 2018 Source – review copy Audrey Hart is on the Isle of Skye to collect the folk and fairy tales of the people and communities around her. It is 1857 and the Highland Clearances have left devastation and poverty, and a community riven by fear. The…
Month: August 2018
She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox – review
Published by HQ Stories Publication date – 12 July 2018 Source – review copy She Must be Mad explores coming-of-age: the pain and beauty of love, the relief and the agony of turning from girl to woman, the isolation of an untethered mind and the power and subjugation of the body. Charly captures the formative…
The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy – extract
The Guilty Dead is the nineth book in the Twin Cities series from author P.J. Tracy. It was published by Michael Joseph on 23 August 2018. Michael Joseph have kindly allowed me to share an extract from the book with you. Prologue Hollywood Hills, California Gus Riskin sipped from a bottle of water as he…
Dark Pines by Will Dean – review
Published by One World Publications Publication date – 4 January 2018 Source – own copy SEE NO EVIL Eyes missing, two bodies lie deep in the forest near a remote Swedish town. HEAR NO EVIL Tuva Moodyson, a deaf reporter on a small-time local paper, is looking for the story that could make her career….
Kate Mascarenhas – Q&A
Kate Mascarenhas’ debut novel, The Psycology of Time Travel, was published by Head of Zeus on Kate kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Psychology of Time Travel It’s a time travel murder mystery with three main strands. Barbara’s a scientist who helped invent time travel in 1967…
The Fortnight in September by R. C. Sheriff – review
Published by Persephone Books Publication date – 21 September 2017 (Persephone Classics edition) Source – own copy If you’ve ever been lucky enough to go on holiday you’ll be able to remember the excitement such a trip entails. There is the planning, the packing, the mad rush to leave, the mild panic that you won’t…
Christopher J. Yates – Q&A
Christopher J Yates is the author of Black Chalk. His latest novel, Grist Mill Road, was published by Headline on 9 August 2018. Christopher answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Grist Mill Road. Everyone touts “Grist Mill Road” as a thriller, but for me it’s a tragedy with a…
Karin Slaughter – Q&A
Karin Slaughter is the author of the Will Trent and Grant County series and New York Times bestsellers Cop Town and Pretty Girls. She has sold over 35 million books. Her latest novel, Pieces of Her, was published by Harper Collins on 9 August 2018. Here Karin talks about Pieces of Her. You write about…
Rebecca Reid – Q&A
Rebecca Reid’s debut novel, Perfect Liars, is published by Transworld in ebook on 1 September 2018 and in paperback on 21 February 2019. Rebecca kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Perfect Liars. Perfect Liars is the story of three women who’ve been friends since childhood (even though they…
Shatila Stories by Various – translated by Nashwa Gowanlock – review
Published by Peirene Press Publication date – 18 June 2018 Source – review copy Most novels are written by professional writers using second hand material. Not this one. Peirene commissioned nine refugees to tell their ‘Shatila Stories’. The result is a piece of collaborative fiction unlike any other. If you want to understand the chaos…
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