Month: June 2022

Blog Tour, Book Review

The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde #BookReview #BlogTour #NorthodoxPress #5*

The Past Never Dies When his beloved little brother is stolen away, five-year-old Tommy Farrier is left alone with his alcoholic mam, his violent step-dad and his guilt. Too young to understand what has really happened, Tommy is sure of only one thing. He is to blame. Tommy tries to be good, to live-up to his brother’s increasingly hazy memory, but trapped in a world … Continue reading The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde #BookReview #BlogTour #NorthodoxPress #5*

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The Skin Code by Stephen Williams #BookReview #BlogTour #JoffeBooks #Books’n’AllPromotions #5*

AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER WITH AN ASTONISHING TWIST Can you crack the code? Detective Mary Hume is on the trail of a vicious serial killer. A killer who leaves a baffling code carved into the skin of his victims. The first victim, a young man, lies spreadeagled in his stylish Soho flat. Carved deep into his hairless chest — while he was still alive … Continue reading The Skin Code by Stephen Williams #BookReview #BlogTour #JoffeBooks #Books’n’AllPromotions #5*

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The Gin Sisters Promise by Faith Hogan #BookReview #TheGinSistersPromise #BlogTour #Aria #NetGalley #5*

Bestselling Irish writer Faith Hogan’s The Gin Sisters’ Promise is an emotional, uplifting story about forgiveness, second chances and the importance of family, for fans of Sheila O’Flanagan, Heidi Swain and Liz Fenwick. When Georgie, Iris and Nola’s mother died and their father disappeared into his grief, the sisters made a pact: they would always be there for one another, no matter what. Now, decades later, they haven’t spoken for … Continue reading The Gin Sisters Promise by Faith Hogan #BookReview #TheGinSistersPromise #BlogTour #Aria #NetGalley #5*

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Sing Like a Canary by Isabel Blackthorn #BookReview #CanaryIslandMysteries5 #BlogTour #NextChapter #BlackthornTours #4*

Retired police officer Marjorie Pierce is on her way to Lanzarote to track down her old informer, Billy McKenzie. Billy ended Marjorie’s career, and she needs an explanation; an apology. Present and past soon collide when gangsters Eric and Mick Maloney turn up on the island with revenge in their veins, and Marjorie has to race against the clock to get to Billy before the … Continue reading Sing Like a Canary by Isabel Blackthorn #BookReview #CanaryIslandMysteries5 #BlogTour #NextChapter #BlackthornTours #4*

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Murder Before Evensong by The Reverend Richard Coles #BookReview #CanonClement1 #Weidenfeld&Nicolson #NetGalley #5*

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES’ CANON CELEMENT MYSTERY SERIES Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rectory alongside his widowed mother – opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey – and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are … Continue reading Murder Before Evensong by The Reverend Richard Coles #BookReview #CanonClement1 #Weidenfeld&Nicolson #NetGalley #5*

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The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan #BookReview #Macmillan #NetGalley #5*

From the acclaimed author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir and The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan, comes a novel inspired by true events in the Second World War. After renowned London fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. She arrives with nothing but the clothes she stands in, … Continue reading The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan #BookReview #Macmillan #NetGalley #5*

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The Great Summer Street Party Part 3: Blue Skies and Blackberry Pies by Georgia Hill #BookReview #OneMoreChapter #5*

Welcome to Berecombe-by-the-Sea for a year of very special celebrations… This year sees the seventy-fifth anniversary of D-Day. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those brave boys who went to fight on French beaches for our freedom. And now Berecombe is playing host to our American allies once more. All surviving soldiers who were billeted in the town have been invited for street … Continue reading The Great Summer Street Party Part 3: Blue Skies and Blackberry Pies by Georgia Hill #BookReview #OneMoreChapter #5*

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The Only Exception by Claire Huston #BookReview #LoveintheComptons2 #GoldcrestBooks #5*

This uplifting grumpy-meets-sunshine romance is perfect for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Katie Fforde and Trisha Ashley. Lucinda Green knows something is missing from her life. But what? Her catering business is enjoying modest success and she loves her cosy house, even if she does have to share it with her irritating ex-fiancé. Whatever’s making her unsettled and edgy, Lucinda’s certain that a lack of romance … Continue reading The Only Exception by Claire Huston #BookReview #LoveintheComptons2 #GoldcrestBooks #5*

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The Companion by Lesley Thomson #BookReview #BlogTour #HeadofZeus #RansomPR #NetGalley #5*

In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, seven people have seen more than they should … The new chilling thriller from Lesley Thomson. James Ritchie was looking forward to a boys’ day out with his son, Wilbur – even if he was a little late picking him up from the home of his ex-wife, Anna. Annoyed by his late arrival, … Continue reading The Companion by Lesley Thomson #BookReview #BlogTour #HeadofZeus #RansomPR #NetGalley #5*

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