My Review (4 stars out of 5) Detectives Foxe and Kennard feel like a couple of spare parts at Moat Lane Police Station, especially when they find themselves tasked with investigating a series of burglaries, rather than what they really want – a nice juicy murder. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn, throwing them…
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‘Consequences’ by Jo Fenton
My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and it gets off to an interesting start throwing the heroine straight into a crime scene as well as having to deal with a difficult boss. The narrative jumps around a bit and is seen from different points…
‘Shadow Hunt’ by Tom Bale
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Former cop Joe Clayton takes a job as a bodyguard for businessman Valentin Nasento and his wife Cassie. Living with the family in one of half a dozen houses on a little island called Terror’s Reach, Joe hopes to keep his head down until he can sort his…
‘Operation Berlin’ by Michael Ridpath
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Operation Berlin, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. Blurb In a city rebuilding from war, truth can be the most dangerous weapon of all. Berlin, 1930. Historian Archie Laverick, scarred mentally and physically by the Great War, travels to Berlin to research a famed Prussian general.…
‘Sacrilege’ by Keith Moray
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Sacrilege, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. A nun is found dead. A priest is horribly attacked. An evil older than sin is loose in Yorkshire… Marske, 1361. Sir Ralph de Mandeville with his assistants Peter and Merek have recently come from Reeth to hold a…
‘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…
‘My Devil and I’ by Rae Devine
Welcome to my Stop on the Blog Tour for My Devil and I, via Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources These stories are sins – brief, potent, and cumulative. Each volume is intentionally designed to be read in a single sitting, delivering a complete, self-contained arc within a larger descent. Dark. Seductive. Punishingly divine. When pleasure…
‘On Creating a Series…’
Creating a new series is a bit of a challenge for any author – not only must you come up with a bunch of brand-new characters, but you also need to know where they live, what work they do and any interesting pasts they’ve had before appearing fully-formed in a new adventure. I’m not a…
‘Grace’ by AM Shine
My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and it gets off to a great start. Finding she’s been left a house in her birth-mother’s will, bookshop owner Grace sets off for a mysterious island. Before she even arrives, the creepiness sets in, establishing a sinister…
‘Dark Chronicles’ by Karmen Spiljak
My Review (5 stars out of 5) This is the first book I’ve read by this author and like all collections of short stories, it gives an excellent introduction to her writing talents. The ten stories are all very different with dark and chilling themes and a touch of the macabre. Examples include, ‘A Celebration’,…
