Blog Tour Review: Zero Days – Ruth Ware

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. About The Book International bestseller Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s killer.  Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are …

Blog Tour Review: Lessons – Ian McEwan

I received this book from the publisher. About The Book While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a …

Blog Tour Review: The Fascination – Essie Fox

I received a copy of the book from the publisher. About The Book Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn't grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father's quack elixir as they tour the country fairgrounds, at the age of fifteen the …

Book Review: The Burnings – Naomi Kelsey

About The Book Nothing scares men like witchcraft. 1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries "witch", no woman is safe. Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed …

Blog Tour Review: Between Us – Mhairi McFarlane

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. About The Book When Joe and Roisin join their group of friends for a weekend at a country house, it’s a triple celebration – a birthday, an engagement and the launch of Joe’s shiny new crime drama on TV. For Roisin, it’s a chance to …

Blog Tour Review: The Acapulco – Simone Buchholz

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. About The Book State Prosecutor Chastity Riley faces her most challenging case yet, with a violent serial killer at large, who might just be uncatchable… A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the city’s red-light …

Blog Tour Review: The Lazarus Solution – Kjell Ola Dahl

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. About The Book Daniel Berkåk works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Stockholm. On his last cross-border mission to Norway, he carries a rucksack full of coded documents and newspapers, but before he has a chance to deliver anything he is …

Book Review: Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. About The Book Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from …

Book Review: In Memoriam – Alice Winn

I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley to review. About The Book A gripping, heart-shattering love story between two soldiers in the First World War. It's 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic …

Blog Tour Review: The Close – Jane Casey

I received a copy of this book for review. About The Book The gripping new detective crime thriller featuring Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author. At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street – well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, …