Published by Avon Publication date – 25 May 2023 Source – review copy I wrote murder mysteries. I didn’t investigate them. Until now… Crime writer turned amateur sleuth, Jen, has taken over the running of the local bookstore in her hometown of Riddleton. But balancing the books at Ravenous Readers is nothing compared to meeting…
Phoebe Rowe – Q&A
Swan Light by Phoebe Rowe was published by Lake Union Publishing on 1 May 2023. Phoebe kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Swan Light. SWAN LIGHT is a dual-timeline historical fiction novel about an elderly lighthouse keeper trying to save his crumbling home in 1913, and the scientist…
Heather Critchlow – Q&A
Unsolved by Heather Critchlow was published by Canelo on 11 May 2023. Heather kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Unsolved. Unsolved is the first in a series about true crime podcaster Cal Lovett, who is scarred by the disappearance of his sister when he was a child. After…
The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji – review
Published by Pushkin Vertigo Publication date – 30 March 2023 Source – review copy Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived his life behind a rubber mask ever since a disfiguring car…
Jamie Fewery – Q&A
The Brink by Jamie Fewery was published by Legend Press on 4 May 2023. Jamie kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Brink. The Brink is about a couple going through divorce mediation. Dan and Anya have been together over a decade, they have two kids, made…
What Child is This? by Bonnie MacBird – review
Published by Collins Crime Club Publication date – 13 October 2022 Source – review copy It’s Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases. The angelic three-year-old child of a wealthy couple is the target of a vicious kidnapper, and a country aristocrat worries that his handsome, favourite son has mysteriously vanished from…
Emma Orchard – Q&A
The Second Lady Silverwood by Emma Orchard was published by Allison and Busby on 20 April 2023 Emma kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Second Lady Silverwood. It’s a marriage of convenience story. It’s 1814, and Sir Benedict Silverwood is a widower who needs to marry to…
Jane Crittenden – Q&A
Worlds Apart by Jane Crittenden was published by Lake Union Press on 1 May 2023. Jane kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Worlds Apart. Amy and Chris were a couple while at sixth form college. But 18 years has passed since they last saw each other – until…
Balancing the Books – April 2023
May is here. A month of bank holidays, brilliant books due to be published and apparently there’s something going on in London involving crowns and swords and suchlike. The days are getting longer and if you look carefully, there may be signs that the weather is improving. Though here in the UK that’s never a…
Linda Huber – Q&A
The Un-Family by Linda Huber was published by Hobeck Books on 8 December 2022. Linda kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Un-Family. The Un-Family is set in a fictional village in rural England, somewhere between London and the south coast. Holly is the main character – she’s…
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