Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Bob and Shirley’s Guide to Murder, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources Bob and Shirley run a lovely country pub. They also solve murders… A warmly funny, gloriously British cozy crime and murder mystery series that can be read as standalones or part of a series.…
Category: Adventure
‘Dragons in Their Heads’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Set in a castle in the Scottish Highlands in 2026, three dragon eggs are discovered in separate locations. The people who find them are tossed into a magical and scary world where their lives are turned upside down, and where the threat of instant death is ever present.…
‘Time and Time Again’ by Ben Elton
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Former soldier and celebrated explorer, Hugh ‘Guts’ Stanton, embarks on an adventure that could change history. Summoned to Cambridge University by old friend Professor McCluskey, Stanton learns of the secretive Order of Chronos and their collection of documents submitted to the university by Sir Isaac Newton. Stanton is…
‘Lost’ by Rachel Hartigan
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Flying ace Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared in 1937 during her attempt to fly around the world. The disappearance prompted a host of ideas and conspiracies about her fate. Former National Geographic reporter Rachel Hartigan explores Earhart’s life and investigates the many differing theories relating to her disappearance.…
‘Storm of Mercia’ by MJ Porter
My Review (4 stars out of 5) King Wiglaf must oust the Vikings from the border with Wessex. He commands Icel and Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warriors to set off and locate the Viking raiders. But Icel’s mission is plagued by difficulties which could prevent him getting back to Tamworth. This is book 9 in the Eagle…
‘Night School’ by Lee Child
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When an American demands a hundred million dollars for an unspecified item, it seems the Saudis might be planning something big. Jack Reacher and his sidekick Neagley are sent to Hamburg to find out what, where and who. This is book 21 in the Jack Reacher series and…
‘Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage’ by Alfred Lansing
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In 1915 arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton recruited 27 men and set sail for the ice-bound Antarctic seas in a bid to cross Antarctica via the pole. But their ship became wedged in the ice and Shackleton was faced with keeping his men alive until they could be rescued.…
‘Kalahari Passage’ by Candi Miller
My Review (5 stars out of 5) This is the follow up to book one, Salt and Honey, which saw the young lovers Koba and Mannie separated and thrown in jail. Mannie takes the chance of parole to abscond in the hope of finding Koba, but she is already in the process of being taken…
‘The Trials of Arthur Whitty’ by Tim Walker
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Retired accountant Arthur Whitty is a fantasist, but his vivid imagination helps him deal with a series of challenging situations. Allowing his alter-ego to take over, he dreams up adventurous settings where he is the hero – Art the Racing Driver, Major Whitty of the Royal Dragons, intrepid…
‘Salt and Honey’ by Candi Miller
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In 1950s South Africa, Koba’s tribe are hunter-gatherers, following the traditional ways of life of an ancient culture. But when her family clashes with a group of white people, the outcome is tragic, leaving her orphaned. Taken to their home, the girl grudgingly learns to speak their language…
Colin Garrow 