Angela Bardot – Q&A

Angela Bardot’s book, The Life and Times of Angie Bardot, was published by on 14 February 2021. Angela kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Life and Times of Angie Bardot. My memoir, The Life and Times of Angie Bardot, is about embarking on a journey of self-discovery….

City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman – review

Published by Century Publication date – 17 February 2022 Source – review copy At 5am in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village, two removal men are making a routine pick-up when they make a fatal hit. It’s a man – who appeared from nowhere – naked and with no means of identification. Not long after,…

Ilana Estelle – Q&A

Illana Estelle is the author of Spirituality, Healing and Me: How living a spiritual life offers offers hope and healing in the modern world, which was published by RedDoor Press on 16 September 2021. Ilana kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Spirituality, Healing and Me. Spirituality Healing &…

Caroline Gill – Q&A

Caroline Gill’s poetry collection, Driftwood by Starlight, was published Seventh Quarry Press. 1. Tell us a little about Driftwood by Starlight. Driftwood by Starlight is my first full collection of poems. It was published by Peter Thabit Jones, Founder and Editor of The Seventh Quarry Press. As the title suggests, many of the poems have…

Misha Herwin – Q&A

Misha Herwin’s novel, Freecycling for Beginners, was published by Penkhull Press on 16 September 2021. Misha kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Freecycling for Beginners. “Freecycling for Beginners” is a feel good novel, all about paying it forward and how a community comes together to help each other….

Dalvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway – extract

Dalvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway was published by Allen & Unwin on 3 February 2022. Today I have an extract to share. 1 UNRAVELLED Freezing cold and tired, I am holding on to a long green tarp, alongside a handful of others, guiding reindeer into an enormous holding enclosure in…

The Hunting Ground by Will Shindler – giveaway

Will Shindler is the author of The Burning Men and The Killing Choice. The latest book to feature DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulson, The Hunting Ground, was published by Hodder & Stoughton on 3 February 2022. Sadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her…

A Three Dog Problem by S J Bennett – review

Published by Zaffre Publication date – 11 November 2021 Source – review copy Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous election grips the United States – and the body of a staff member is found dead beside Buckingham Palace swimming pool. Is it a tragic accident, as…

With Compliments – shopping independently

Now I love a good bookshop. If it’s an independent one, all the better. Nothing quite beats wandering around, being drawn in my a cover or a title and coming home with a few (stacks) of new books to choose from. I often buy my books from my local independent bookshop, Read in Holmfirth. I’m…

Ruby Basu – Q&A

Ruby Basu’s novel, The Twelve Wishes of Christmas, was published by HQ on 25 November 2021. Ruby kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Twelve Wishes of Christmas. In The Twelve Wishes of Christmas Sharmila inherits the chance to experience a small-town American Christmas but she needs to…