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 […]
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Rachel Burton is one of my favourite authors of recent years and Iโm 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 […]
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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 […]
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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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It has been a while since I devoured a book in a single day but The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels went everywhere with me until I turned the final page. The recent fashion for True Crime is explored here in a very unique way. The reader opens a […]
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In many ways I feel quite envious of people who haven’t yet discovered the Crow Investigations series of books. The Magpie Key is the eighth title in that collection and I thoroughly recommend reading them all in sequence. Although you could take this as a standalone book it would be […]
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After Paris begins like an episode of Gossip Girl. Teenage sons and daughters of the great and good have descended upon Paris for the grandest Debutante event in Europe. And this is how Alice, Nina and Jules met. The start of an unlikely friendship that has lasted for 20 years. […]
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So, I have a confession to make. I’ve had this book on my TBR pile for about six weeks and every time I thought that it might be time to pick it up I found an excuse not to. Not because I don’t love Bryndza’s books – I do! – […]
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I loved Bella Osborne’s last book – The Library – so when I was asked to take part in the blog tour for her new book I jumped at the chance. Older readers may remember a 1980s US sitcom about a bunch of more mature women called The Golden Girls. […]
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I canโt believe that it has taken until now for me to pick up one of Julie Houstonโs novels. Booked in for the blog tour this week I devoured this story while basking in the Easter sunshine. Itโs a fun uncomplicated read that had me laughing out loud in parts. […]
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The clocks have now changed and the evenings are drawing in. We survived the Halloween weekend so now thoughts can legitimately turn to Christmas! No Christmas season would be complete without another festive Mandy Baggot contemporary romance. It is no ordinary love story though and feels like a big Father […]
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You’ll remember Zoรซ Folbigg from her Amazon number-one bestseller The Note, based on the true story of how she met her husband on her daily commute. If you read The Note you’ll know that Zoe has a real gift for writing about realistic characters with pathos and a good deal […]
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I very rarely get sent Non Fiction books to review and this latest book by Dylan Jones is an absolute joy. It’s a bittersweet journey through the bands and the music that I loved growing up in the Eighties. This book brings back vividly the thrill of getting my hands […]
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Keeley Andrews has had a pretty rough year. Her life has been turned upside down and now she’s very much under the gaze of her over-protective mother and feeling a little lost. When an email arrives out of the blue inviting her to spend an all expenses fortnight in Paris […]
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The queen of the RomCom, Kelk returns with the story of Ros. She has spent three years working away in Washington and now that she has returned she wants to pick up her old life in London just where she left it. Unfortunately her family and friends have other ideas […]
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Candlish writes a great London thriller. Her previous book Our House had a gritty urban London feel in a comfortable suburban landscape. The Other Passenger follows in the same vein with more twists and turns than your average rollercoaster. Its a book about aspirations and not being content with your […]
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The Crow Family saga continues immediately after Lydia’s arrest at the end of book four. The price to be paid is a high one and Lydia has to consent to be pulled into official Crow family business by her uncle Charlie. Something that her parents had desperately tried to keep […]
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It’s always nice to be able to support a local author and when her books are as readable as this one it really isn’t a hardship at all. Carole has such an easy and relaxed writing style that her characters always feel like old friends. When Jodie Jackson finds herself […]
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Choose a book by it’s cover? Hell yeah! As soon as I got sent the publicity photos for this book I just knew that I had to read it. In a kind of William Morris arts and crafts style the colours just grabbed me and insisted that i pick the […]
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It is August 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. Hetty Cartwright has been tasked with moving the precious exhibits from the Natural History Museum in London to a safer more secluded country house for the duration of the hostilities. Evacuated to Lockwood Manor along with her charges […]
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