Category: blog tour
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How To Belong by Sarah Franklin – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB In the follow up to her acclaimed novel Shelter, Sarah Franklin returns to the Forest of Dean, this time exploring what it means to belong to a rural community in a rapidly changing world. Jo grew up in the Forest of Dean, but she was always the one destined to leave for a…
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Fallen Angels by Gunnar Staalsen – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey December afternoon, he’s unexpectedly reunited with his old friend Jakob – guitarist of the once-famous 1960s rock band The Harpers – and his estranged wife, Rebecca, Veum’s first love. Their rekindled friendship is thrown into jeopardy…
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Fifteen Coffins by Tony J. Forder – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB From the bestselling author of the DI Bliss series comes an enthralling mystery thriller. The truth can set you free – or bury you. When FBI Agent Sydney Merlot returns to her home town in northern California to wind down her late father’s PI business, she soon finds herself on the wrong side…
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The Pretenders by Agatha Zaza – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB ‘I’m perfectly happy lying to myself…If it means getting to stay with you.’ Jasper is ready to surprise his brother; Holly is ready to celebrate their engagement. Anne tags along for fear of missing out, and John might just be going for another drink. But Edmund and Ovidia had other plans for their…
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Coyote Fork by James Wilson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB New Fiction from Slant Books Coyote Fork: A Thriller by James Wilson British journalist Robert Lovelace travels to California to report on the social media giant Global Village. He’s horrified by what he finds: a company—guided by the ruthless vision of its founder, Evan Bone—that seems to be making journalism itself redundant. Appalled,…
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Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A murdered woman… When the body of a young woman is found in a local park, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she’s dealing with no ordinary killer. The murder victim has been disfigured; her outfit changed to resemble someone else. Someone Maggie knows all too well…her close friend Dr Kate Moloney. A determined detective……
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The Bad Place by Shane Dunphy – Audiobook Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The Bad Place sees Shane Dunphy contacted by an old friend seeking advice about children who went missing in the 1980s. The call forces him to revisit a dark time in his early career as a child protection officer, when a young girl described children in care being taken to a residence known…
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The Nesting by CJ Cooke – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The grieving widower. The motherless daughters. A beautiful house in the woods. And a nanny came to save the day…. So what if Lexi isn’t telling the truth about who she is? Escaping to the remote snows of Norway was her lifeline. And all she wanted was to be a part of their…
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Stranded by Stuart James – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A family trapped. A psychopath on the loose. Let the game begin… What could be more innocent than going on holiday? As a family drive along a quiet country lane on their way to the airport, they meet a stranger standing alone in the middle of the road. Steering them along another path,…
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The Peacock Room by Anna Sayburn Lane – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A literary obsession. An angry young man with a gun. And one woman trying to foil his deadly plan. When Helen Oddfellow starts work as a lecturer in English literature, she’s hoping for a quiet life. But trouble knows where to find her. There’s something wrong with her new students. Their unhappiness seems…
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Betrayal by Lilja Sigurdardóttir – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsula has returned to Iceland. Unable to settle, she accepts a high-profile government role in which she hopes to make a difference again. But on her first day in the post, Úrsula promises to help a mother seeking justice for…
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Forgotten Toys by Ashley Laino – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB When you look in an empty pool, you don’t usually expect to see a body at the bottom but in a a small town in eastern Pennsylvania called Pikesville one summer, that is exactly what happens. Pikesville is a quaint community that is faced with the disappearance of a local teenager Jenna Hayes…
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the three…
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Strangers by C.L. Taylor – Audiobook Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life. Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards. And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when the three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide, there’s only one thing for it: they have to stick together. Otherwise, one of them will…
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*SPOTLIGHT* on Silence In The Shadows by Darcy Coates
ABOUT SILENCE IN THE SHADOWS The world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further and pushes the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran set their sights back on Winterbourne Hall. It’s a daunting journey, but vital. Humanity needs more refuges—safe…
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The House Of A Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB On a windswept moor, an old house guards its secrets… The new standalone horror novel from ‘a true master of horror.’ All Hallows Hall is a rambling Tudor mansion on the edge of the bleak and misty Dartmoor. It is not a place many would choose to live. Yet the former Governer of…
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No Love Lost by Robert Crouch – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB How can a simple job interview end in complete carnage? When Mandy Paige seeks Kent Fisher’s help to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby, he has no idea of the mayhem his investigation will unleash. With only a photograph of a woman he once knew, he discovers she left her…
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Plague by Julie Anderson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB There are many ways to die. Plague is just one of them. Work on a London tube line is halted by the discovery of an ancient plague pit and, within it, a very recent corpse. A day later another body is found, killed in the same way, also in a plague pit. This…
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*EXTRACT* from Whispers In The Mist by Darcy Coates
Hello and welcome to The Bookwormery. Today I am sharing an extract from Whispers in the Mist by Darcy Coates…but first a little about the book…. PUBLISHERS BLURB Clare and Dorran may still be alive against all odds, but relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and rapidly worsening. Clare fears the only way to…
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This Green And Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB For years Bilal Hasham and his wife Mariam have lived contented, quiet lives in the sleepy rural village of Babbel’s End. Now all that is about to change. On her deathbed, Bilal’s mother reaches for his hand. Instead of whispering her final prayers, she gives him a task: build a mosque in his…
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