My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is another collection of stories from Tim Walker, with eleven tales taken from various points along London’s timeline. Subjects range from legendary Iceni queen, Boudica (seen from the point of view of the Romans), to more modern stories set in the twentieth century, such as a tale…
Category: Indie Authors
The Write-a-Book-in-a-Month Challenge
One of the nuggets of advice sometimes given out to Indie authors, focuses on the number of books we write each year. The consensus seems to be that less is not more, and rather, the greater number of new books we put out, the better chance we have of attracting new readers. With this in…
‘The Sol 3 Agenda’ by Brian Kitchen
My Review (4 stars out of 5) On his way to Cornwall in 1969, John Trevaskis encounters a prehistoric stone which glows with a strange blue light. Finding himself teleported into some sort of alien craft, he encounters a robot. Meanwhile, John isn’t the only person to experience life-changing events. Discovering that Earth is in…
‘Punishing the Innocent’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Book 3 in the Nuru and his Crows series is another dark erotic thriller. Warring family members Jenna Doyle and her stepmother, find themselves under the influence of African Nuru Malonga, when he adds them to his list of women he must punish for crimes committed by their…
Book Reviews and the Coming of Wisdom
Having always been an avid reader, it wasn’t until I started publishing my own books that I realised the importance of having them reviewed on sites like Amazon and Smashwords. When I started writing reviews of the books I read, the early ones were either books I’d wanted to read for a while, or those…
‘Heart of Bone’ by Maggie James
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When her son dies, Greer Maddox’s world falls apart. After his heart is donated to someone else in a transplant, Greer becomes obsessed with tracking down the patient – Nathan Taylor – hoping to somehow continue her relationship with her dead son’s heart. But Nathan isn’t quite what…
‘Stone of Fire’ by JF Penn
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Oxford University psychologist Dr. Morgan Sierra is thrown into a race-against-time quest when her sister and niece are kidnapped. Morgan discovers she must track down the twelve stone pendants once owned by the Apostles. Knowing she and her sister have two of the relics, Morgan will need all…
‘A Sunny Day in Oldham’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Detective Sergeant Mark Jenkin has a lot on his plate. Swivelling between two families and two sons, he must keep on his toes to stay ahead of suspicion. But when an elderly woman is killed in her own back garden, Mark’s complex double life begins to spin out…
‘No Escape’ by Robert Crouch
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When Kent Fisher’s new wife Gemma takes his car and goes missing early one morning, the amateur sleuth is forced to focus on his detecting skills to work out where she is, why she left and who else might be involved. With only Gemma’s mobile phone and a…
‘Dark Skies’ by LJ Ross
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A secret camping trip turns sinister leaving one person dead. Thirty years later the body surfaces during a diving expedition in Kielder reservoir, prompting a police investigation. DCI Ryan decides to treat the death as suspicious until another body is found. But are the two cases linked, and…
Colin Garrow 