Lizzie Damilola Blackburn’s debut novel, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? was published by Viking, today, 31st March 2022. Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken and chips over traditional Nigerian food,…
Month: March 2022
Thrown by Sara Cox – review
Published by Coronet Publication date – 12 May 2022 Source – review copy Becky: a single mum who prides herself on her independence. She knows from painful experience that men are trouble. Louise: a loving husband, gorgeous kids. She ought to feel more grateful. Jameela: all she’s ever done is work hard, and try her best. Why won’t…
First Born by Will Dean – giveaway
Will Dean is the author of Dark Pines, Red Snow, Black River, Bad Apples and The Last Thing to Burn. His latest novel, First Born is published by Hodder & Stoughton on 14 April 2022. THE LAST THING A TWIN EXPECTS IS TO BE ALONE … Molly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk…
Jane Jesmond – Q&A
Jane Jesmond’s debut novel, On the Edge, was published by Verve Books on 26 October 2021. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about On the Edge. On The Edge is my debut novel, a thriller, and the first in a series about its risk-taking, free-climbing fanatic of a…
Mary T Bradford – Q&A
Mary T Bradford is the author of To Live with a Stranger which was published on 27 October 2021. Mary kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about To Live with a Stranger. It is a novel about standing up for your true self and being confident to live your…
Give Unto Others by Donna Leon – review
Published by Hutchinson Heinemann Publication date – 3 March 2022 Source – review copy The gifted Venetian detective returns in his 31st case – this time, investigating the Janus-faced nature of yet another Italian institution. Brunetti will have to once again face the blurred line that runs between the criminal and the non-criminal, bending police…
A Matter of Time by Claire Askew – review
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Publication date – 10 March 2022 Source – review copy At 8am the first shots are fired. At 1pm, the police establish the gunman has a hostage. By 5pm, a siege is underway. At 9pm, DI Helen Birch walks, alone and unarmed, into an abandoned Borders farmhouse to negotiate with…
The Marsh House by Zoe Somerville – extract
Zoe Somerville’s latest novel, The Marsh House, was published by Head of Zeus on 3 March 2022. Today I have an extract from the book to share with you. 22nd December Through the ice-crusted window, Malorie could see there was nothing but a thick grey mist. She pressed her forehead against the pane and closed…
Faye Brann – Q&A
Faye Brann is the author of Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy which was published by Harper Collins on 2 September 2021. Faye answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy. Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy is the story of Vicky Turnbull, a middle-aged mother of three who’s recalled to…
Balancing the Books – February 2022
So the shortest month is behind us, though ironically it contains the longest week (Half Term). My reading has still been sporadic. I’ve been stuck in a rut since last year. It’s not that I’ve not enjoyed books when I’ve picked them up. I have. It’s just it’s taking a lot of work to actually…
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