Book two in the Children’s House series sees Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurardottir at her chilling best. Not for the faint hearted, this is Scandi Noir at its finest. When a time capsule is dug up at a local school after ten years it contains a very creepy note written by […]
Given the connections between E L James and the Twilight Saga (The Fifty Shades series was originally published as Twilight fan fiction online featuring Edward and Bella) it was probably inevitable that the books would be republished from Christian Grey’s point of view. Unlike Stephenie Meyer’s abandoned Midnight Sun project […]
As I waved my neighbours off to their holiday in Wales this morning it struck me that if you paid attention to this years crime fiction you would never set foot in the place. Far too dangerous! First off there was Mark Edwards’ The Retreat (check out my review on […]
It is great that some of the best fictional detectives over the past couple of years have been strong female characters with personality and intelligence and I suspect the fact that a lot of these have been through Bookouture is no coincidence. Carol Wyer’s latest book is her first foray […]
Where do I start with this one? A startlingly brilliant story of friendship and about being different that will have you experiencing every emotion under the sun. A List of Cages isn’t always an easy read with some really very harrowing scenes especially in Part Two of the book. Billed […]
It has been a long time since I’ve been affected by a book the way that I have with Good Me Bad Me. I finished it last night on the way home from work but I’ve had to mull it over and have a good think about it before I […]
The Affair is the latest book by Amanda Brooke, an author renowned for her “human” stories. This one centres around florist Nina and her family. Newly remarried to Bryn she has been trying to settle him in to family life with her two teenage kids. Liam, at seventeen, is practically […]
Anna leads a solitary and ordered existence. She lives alone in her childhood home following a programme of regimented OCD style checks before she can leave the house. Her job as a postman is satisfying and she enjoys helping out the people that she knows on her round. Her life […]
UK Publishing Date: 14 Jan 2016 (HB & eBook) & 25 Aug 2016 (Paperback). 320 pages. I noticed one publisher recently describing books in this genre as “grip-lit” and physically shuddered when I read it. Yes it is a gripping psychological drama but honestly – “grip-lit”? What is wrong with […]
UK Publishing Date: 14 Jan 2016. 368 Pages. Dead Secret is one of those books that grabs you by the scruff of the neck and drags you along for the ride. Jodie is an artist and housewife. When she threatens to leave her psychologically abusive husband Ethan he murders their […]
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