I was delighted to be invited onto the blog tour for ‘Voices of the Dead’, the fourth novel featuring Dr Will Raven and Sarah Fisher. Thanks for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Blog Tour: ‘Voices of the Dead’ by Ambrose Parry
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Book Review: ‘The Hotel’ by Louise Mumford
I’ll admit I totally judged a book by its cover with this one – a spooky hotel with a maze in front of it? Yeah, I’m in! I hadn’t read any books by Louise Mumford before but I’d definitely read more.
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Book Review: ‘Infamous’ by Lex Croucher
I loved the premise of this book – a Regency romance with a Sapphic twist, the story of two friends realising their feelings for each other and set against a literary background. This was my first Lex Croucher book, but I’d definitely read more.
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Book Review: ‘Death on the Pier’ by Jamie West
Regular readers of my blog know that I love historical fiction, crime fiction, and anything with an intriguing setting. This one hits all three!
It’s 1933 and off-season in Brighton, never busy, but definitely not the best time for opening night of a play in the theatre at the end of the Palace Pier. The writer of the play, Bertie Carroll, has popped in to see how it is going – and, along with an old school friend who is now a police detective, witnesses a murder live on stage. It’s left to Bertie and his friend, Detective Hugh Chapman, to try to uncover what happened when the famous leading lady died in front of a (hardly packed) theatre audience.
Surely the culprit is the cast member who fired the gun at the famed Celia Hamilton on stage?
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Blog Tour: ‘Between Us’ by Mhairi McFarlane
Today, I’m delighted to join the blog tour for Mhairi McFarlane’s latest romcom – thanks to Random Things Tours for inviting me to join the tour and for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Book Review: ‘The Embalmer’ by Alison Belsham
I’d read and enjoyed ‘The Tattoo Thief’ by Alison Belsham so I came to this book with high expectations. I didn’t realise that this book was a sequel or that I’d actually missed the second book in the series- but all was fine. It helped that I had a vague sense of the relationships between the main characters, but I don’t think it was essential.
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Book Review: ‘Fatal Witness’ by Robert Bryndza
I’d heard so many good things about Robert Bryndza’s series featuring DCI Erika Foster – but I’ll admit that I was irrationally put off by the book cover (I am a bit freaked out by photos of people staring at me!) I was wrong to judge a book by the cover – this is a really good police procedural and everything I love in a crime novel.
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Book Review: ‘No Life for a Lady’ by Hannah Dolby
I wasn’t sure what to expect of this book, but I’d heard about it on social media and figured it was time for a break from my usual diet of gruesome murder mysteries!
The story focuses on Violet Hamilton, a 28-year old woman living with her father in Hastings in 1896. Her father has ideas about marrying her off, but Violet is much more interested in what happened to her mother who vanished from Hastings Pier ten years before. An advert in the local paper leads her to engage the rather odd Frank Knight as private detective. However, it isn’t long before Violet becomes unhappy with Mr Knight’s methods and takes matters into her own hands – with the sometimes unwilling help of Benjamin, son of a detective but who would rather have a quiet life selling furniture.
Violet was an absolute star! I loved that she heartily resists marriage and follows her own path – I was really rooting for her to discover the truth about her mother. I liked that revelations about her mother started to open Violet’s mind to the ways of the world – she moves from naive to more knowing without losing any of her charm along the way.
What made this book a joy to read was the humour – Violet’s naivete was good source of comedy, but Dolby also has a sharp eye for situational comedy. Violet’s attempt to swap a footstall for some help from Benjamin was just lovely, as was the way that she engaged in a battle of wits with Mrs Monk. Her revelations about the mushrooms also made me laugh so much…best read it to see!
I’d recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical mysteries – it’s quite a gentle investigation with some larger-than-life characters on the way. I wasn’t totally sold on all the elements of the ending, but I was certainly glad that we seem poised to get another instalment of Violet’s adventures.
Thanks to NetGalley for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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Book Review: ‘The Detective’ by Ajay Chowdhury
I didn’t know that this was book three in the series featuring Kamil Rahman when I picked it up – credit to Ajay Chowdhury as it was easy to read as a standalone. However, fans of the series will – no doubt – appreciate the character development across the books as Kamil progresses on his path to being a British police detective (something he has achieved at the start of this book).
Thanks to NetGalley for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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Non-Fiction Audiobook Recommendations
Regular visitors to my blog know that I’m an insomniac with an audiobook habit! Here’s some of the best I’ve listened to recently…
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