book reviews
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I’ve enjoyed reading Teri Polen‘s blog for a while now and when I saw the image of her latest book cover, The Power of Three, it really caught my eye. I then read the blurb and knew I was going to love the book. Here’s a bit about the book: Yesterday, a curse. Today, an
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I met the wonderful crime writer Val Penny at Swanwick Writing Summer School a few years ago and she’s been incredibly supportive of me and my writing. I’d been meaning to buy one of her DI Hunter books and I thought I’d start with the first in the series. That was my plan, but I
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My partner, who is also a writer, was on an author panel at a writing event last year, with a new author called Jo Callahan. Whenever he’s on a panel, he always reads the other authors’ books. When it came to reading Jo’s, he couldn’t put it down and urged me to read it. I
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Heather Beveridge was a guest on my blog a few weeks ago with Mutate, the first book in a trilogy, which she wrote under the pen name of Hetty Waite. If you missed it, you can read it here. I’ve just finished the book and wanted to share my review with you. Here is the
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I met the very talented crime writer Clare Mackintosh at a book event in the summer. I found it fascinating to hear about her time as a police officer before she became a full-time writer. She also talked about her latest book, A Game of Lies. I was completely hooked at the premise and couldn’t
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I’ve been fortunate to meet T M Logan a few times now, at various book events. Not only is he a really nice guy, he writes the most twisty-turny psychological thrillers. I recently attended the book launch for his latest novel, The Dream Home. And I have to say I think it’s his best one
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I’m delighted to be part of the blog tour for Caroline England’s new book, The Sinner. I’ve read a few of Caroline’s books and this is the best one yet! Here’s the blurb for you: EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST To the unsuspecting eye Dee Stephens has a perfect life as the vicar’s wife: a
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As soon as I saw the cover for Will Carver’s Nothing Important Happened Today, I was intrigued: Nine suicides. One cult. No leader. Then I read the blurb: Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They’ve never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received
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I first met the lovely Glynis Peters at a writer event a few years ago. We hit it off straight away and became good friends. It’s been an absolute delight to watch Glynis’ writing take off in a very big way over the past couple of years. Her first book with Harper Collins, The Secret
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