Book Review: The Poison Machine by Robert J. Lloyd @robjlloyd @melvillehouse #ThePoisonMachine

London, 1679 — A year has passed since the sensational attempt to murder King Charles II, but London is still a viper’s nest of rumored Catholic conspiracies, and of plots against them in turn. When Harry Hunt — estranged from his mentor Robert Hooke — is summoned to the remote and windswept marshes of Norfolk,…

Book Review: Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson @BoroughPress @midaspr #SometimesPeopleDie

“The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke’s.Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards a darker secret soon declares…

Book Review: Here Be Icebergs by Katya Adaui; Translated By Rosalind Harvey @charcopress @midaspr

"One of the most subtle and original Peruvian writers in recent years." — El País The mysteries of kinship (families born into and families made) take disconcerting and familiar shapes in these refreshingly frank short stories. A family is haunted by a beast that splatters fruit against its walls every night, another undergoes a near-collision…

Book Review: Cat and Mouse (DI Helen Grace #11) by M. J. Arlidge #catandmouse @Tr4cyF3nt0n

When you think you're safe,When you think you're all alone,That's when he'll come for you...A silent killer stalks the city, targeting those home alone at night, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with the victims. As panic spreads, Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation, but is herself a hunted woman, her every…

Book Review: The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright @DelReyUK @BrthCarterwriter

It’s pleasure to be sharing my review today of this absolutely magical book The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright as part of the tour, huge thanks to Del Rey Books for the gifted copy. About the book How do you heal a broken house? First you unlock its secrets. Alone on an island,…

Childrens Book Review: Myrtle the Turtle by Chris Jones @profchrisrjones@KellyALacey@lovebookstours@igbooktours

Today is my stop on the tour for Myrtle the Turtle by Chris Jones, illustrated by Becca Wain. Many thanks to Kelly at Love Books Tours for for the copy of this book and for the opportunity to join the tour. About the book Did you know there are only around 700 hawksbill turtles left…

Book Review: The Book of Sand by Theo Clare @centurybooksuk

SAND. A hostile world of burning sun.Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us.Ahead lies shelter: a 'shuck' the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light…

Book Review: Steve the Christmas Elf by Billy Dunne & Ben Whitehouse @Buster_books @KellyALacey @lovebookstours

A humorous and heart-warming story about a little elf who stops believing in the magic of Christmas and a little girl called May, who help each other find their way.Steve the Christmas elf is in the North Pole, busy making toys for the big day. But he suddenly wonders: what if the children he’s making…

Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens @sophieCous @centurybooksuk

Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens was released in paperback on 11th November by Penguin Random House imprint Century and I’m over the moon to be sharing my review as part of the tour. Huge thanks to Rachel Kennedy for the invitation. Tell me the story of how you two met…Laura has built…

The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd @melvillehouse @robjlloyd

The City of London, 1678. New Year’s Day. The body of a young boy, drained of his blood and with a sequence of numbers inscribed on his skin, is discovered on the snowy bank of the Fleet River.With London gripped by hysteria, where rumours of Catholic plots and sinister foreign assassins abound, Sir Edmund Bury…