Jane Isaac’s novels include The Other Woman and For Better, For Worse, featuring DC Beth Chamberlain, An Unfamiliar Murder, The Truth Will Out and A Deathly Silence featuring DCI Helen Lavery and Before It’s Too Late, Beneath the Ashes and The Lies Within featuring DI Will Jackman. The latest Chamberlain novel, Hush Little Baby, was…
Month: July 2020
Comedy Women in Print Prize – The Inaugural Shadow Panel
I knew there was something I’d forgot to mention so I thought I’d better let you know, I’m going to be a shadow judge for the Comedy Women in Print Prize. The Comedy Women in Print prize is the brainchild of comedian and actor Helen Lederer and was established in 2018 to celebrate and support…
Sarah Steele – Q&A
Sarah Steele’s novel, The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon is published by Headline on 6 August 2020. Sarah kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon. Flo Connelly discovers a box of vintage dress patterns in her late grandmother’s wardrobe, each containing a fabric…
Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi – review
Published by Michael Joseph Publication date – 20 August 2020 Source – review copy All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was thirty years ago. Now he’s living a life of seclusion…
The Resident by David Jackson – extract
David Jackson’s novels include Cry Baby, Pariah and Your Deepest Fear. His latest novel, The Resident, was published by Viper Books on 16 July 2020. Today I have an extract from the book. 1 MONDAY 3 JUNE , 11.49 PM They’re here! They’ve come for us! Not possible. How could they know? Who cares? They…
The Joyful Environmentalist by Isabel Losada – extract
The Joyful Environmentalist by Isabel Losada was published by Watkins Publishing on 14 July 2020. Today I have an extract to share. Introduction. What I’m doing is this. I’m looking for every single way that I can help the planet. How we live and work, travel, shop, eat, drink, dress, vote, play, volunteer, bank –…
The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon by Sarah Steele – review
Published by Headline Publication date – 6 August 2020 Source – review copy To unravel that long-lost summer, she had to follow the thread… Florence Connelly is broken hearted. Her marriage has collapsed under the weight of the loss she shares with her husband, and her beloved grandmother has just died. Even the joy she…
Why I Wrote The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes – guest post
The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes is published by Duckworth Books today, 23 July 2020. Today I have a post from Debra, detailing why she wrote The Young Survivors. It wasn’t that my mother Paulette never spoke about her early years, she simply didn’t remember. Growing up I was told of her twin sister Annette…
Eve Smith – Q&A
Eve Smith is the author of The Waiting Rooms which was published by Orenda Books on 9 July 2020. Eve kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Waiting Rooms. The Waiting Rooms is a speculative thriller that takes place in the very near future, when decades of spiralling drug resistance…
My Husband Simon by Mollie Panter-Downes – review
Published by British Library Publication date – 19 March 2020 Source – review copy Nevis Falconer, a young, sophisticated novelist, meets and marries Simon Quinn. She comes to realise that her passionate marriage is stifling her creative talent, and finds herself increasingly distracted and disillusioned with her writing. Then one day in London she meets…
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