It’s a bank holiday weekend and amazingly the sun is shining brightly outside. It is the perfect time to immerse yourself in the sand dunes of Cape Cod. Lily has just dropped out of medical school. After many years of trying to make her parents happy she is finally taking […]
If you enjoyed The Last Party at Silverton Hall you are in for a real treat with Rachel Burton’s newest book out on 14th March. The story weaves together two timelines at the stately home. In 1933 Annie Bishop is employed as a live in maid at the country house […]
Belle Simon was twelve years old when she and five other girls were auditioned and selected for a reality TV show called The Real Deal. Successful actress Donna Mayfair was planning to mould the girls into the perfect triple threat and get them all working in the arts industry. Suddenly […]
I’ve stopped saying that I like Fantasy books when I’m filling in questionnaires from publishers as I find that I get inundated with information about books featuring dragons and warlocks etc etc. When I read a Sarah Painter book I’m reminded just how good the genre can be. The Book […]
Fifteen years ago Sara Linton’s life changed forever. Due to start a much coveted paediatric fellowship at Grady her life was turned upside down when she was raped by the hospital caretaker. All thoughts of a successful surgical career were set to one side and she retreated to the comfort […]
As much as I love Robert Bryndza’s Kate Marshall series I am always very excited when there is a new Erika Foster book out. I can’t believe that this is book eight in the series already! It only seems like five minutes since The Girl in The Ice came out […]
Lots of dog walking this week so it was back to the trusty audio books and the third in Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series. To say I was stunned when the book started was an understatement. It was like starting the third series of a much loved TV Sitcom and […]
This week I was shamed by Goodreads when they joyfully informed me that I had exceeded my target of reading 50 books in 2023. Due to a million other things happening I had probably only reviewed about a fifth of them. Slapped wrist and must try harder in 2024! One […]
I’ve long been a fan of Sarah Painter and particularly her Crow Investigations series. So I was a little perturbed when I realised that the new book was the first in a new series. It is very loosely set in the same timeline as the Crow Investigation books and does […]
If you’ve been following my reviews for a while you’ll know that I can’t resist a book set in the Hamptons. A mis-spent youth watching every episode of Revenge has left me with a yearning to discover the sand dunes of the wealthy New Yorkers for myself. So, when I […]
I have to confess that I bought and first read this book when it was released in April 2021. At the time I was completely sideswiped by both the content – Slaughter doesn’t hold back on the gruesome details – and the denouement of the real serial killer that I […]
If you were a fan of Russell T Davies C4 series It’s A Sin this book is an absolute must read for you. The character of Jill Baxter is based on the real life hero Jill Nalder who had to suffer the loss of dozens of her friends in the […]
Twenty years ago Johanna Porter was tipped as one of the most talented up and coming artists in the US. After an indiscretion her fledgling career is trashed by her mentor, the renowned artist Nestor Pinedo. Now Johanna is a Soccer Mom looking after daughter Mel and teaching Art at […]
Since Christmas I’ve been going through a bit of a Latino phase. Busy rewatching the Santos series of West Wing, as well as the two fabulous series of Acapulco on Apple +. When this book popped up on my radar I knew that it would be perfect for my current […]
Rachel Burton is one of my favourite authors of recent years and I’m really pleased to have been invited to join to blog tour for the paperback launch of The Last Party at Silverton Hall. Like a lot of my recent reads it features the dual timeline with the two […]
Care giver, life saver… or cold-blooded killer? Running away from a past she’d rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson has moved to a new town to take up the role of Medical Officer at failing hospital St Margaret’s. Tasked with shaking things up, she quickly learns that things are worse than […]
What a way to start the new year off! I’ve always been rather fond of witches and back in the day devoured Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches series (long before the current reboot on screen). This is not a tale of dark witches but the story of three strong and resourceful […]
Sometimes you just need to submit yourself to a book that you know will immerse you in the universe of the story and with a Milly Johnson book you just know that will happen. I started reading last weekend when we had a good fall of snow on the ground […]
Time for a couple more seasonal offerings this week. First up is The Christmas Postcards. I’ve read a couple of Karen’s Christmas themed books now and really enjoyed both of them. It really helps when you can empathise with the characters and that they are fleshed out enough to feel […]
With a thick blanket of snow on the ground outside it is the perfect time to hibernate with a good Christmas book. Mandy Baggot typically publishes two books a year – one set in Greece for the summer holidays and the other is a feel-good festive story. This latest book […]
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