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: 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…

The Curfew by T.M. Logan @TMLoganAuthor @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n

I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm. The curfew Andy and Laura are good parents. They tell their son Connor that he can go out with friends to celebrate completing his exams, but…

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…

Book Review: Mimic by Daniel Cole @DanielColeBooks @orionbooks

About the book In life she was his muse . . .In death she'll be his masterpiece1989: DS Benjamin Chambers and DC Adam Winters are on the trail of a serial killer with a twisted passion for recreating the world's greatest works of art through the bodies of his victims. After Chambers nearly loses his…

Audio Book Review: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell @lisajewelluk @PenguinUKBooks #TheNightSheDisappeared

'Mum, there's some people here from college, they asked me back to theirs. Just for an hour or so. Is that OK?'Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim.At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens…

Book Review: Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan @SarahVLangan1 @TitanBooks #GoodNeighbours #BlogTour

What a pleasure I have today to be sharing my review for Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan as part of the blog tour. Massive thanks to Titan Books for the opportunity. About the book A sudden tragedy pits neighbour against neighbour and puts one family in terrible danger.Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of…

Book Review: Truth or Dare @MJarlidge @OrionPublishing @Tr4cyF3nt0n

About the book A crimewave sweeps through the city and no one is safe. A murderous arson attack at the docks.A brutal carjacking in a deserted car park. A fatal hammer attack in a lonely country park.Crimes without motive, without suspects, without leads.Each crime is a piece of a puzzle - with many more pieces…

Book Review: THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides @AlexMichaelides @wnbooks @RandomTTours @annecater

Today I’m absolutely over the moon to be sharing my review for The Maidens by Ales Michaelides as part the blog tour. Many thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and to W & N Books for the gifted copy. About the book St Christopher's College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most.For Mariana Andros…