It’s a real pleasure to welcome Zara Stoneley as my guest today, with Summer with the Country Village Vet, the first in a new series, just published by HarperCollins. This book looks thoroughly gorgeous… When Lucy Jacobs is made redundant from her inner-city teaching job she fears her career is over. Teaching is all Lucy knows… Read More »

I’m delighted today to introduce you to Tessa Harris, who many of you may already know through her Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries. Tessa’s latest book, The Sixth Victim, is the first book in a new historical mystery series, the Constance Piper Mysteries: published by Kensington tomorrow (30th May) in hardback and for kindle, this looks like the first… Read More »

I know this review is a little earlier than it should be, but I really couldn’t go away on my holidays – and miss the 1st June publication date – without telling you just a little of my thoughts around At First Light, the wonderful new book by Vanessa Lafaye. No spoilers, I promise! I loved… Read More »

Having really loved Jane Isaac’s Beneath The Ashes (you’ll find my review here), I’m so sorry I couldn’t squeeze in the reading of her latest DI Will Jackman crime thriller. The Lies Within was published by Legend Press on 2nd May, and it’s such a pleasure to be part of the blog tour. Be under no… Read More »

I’ve been wanting to welcome author Jenny Kane to Being Anne for such a long time – and at long last, she’s here with me. Let me hand over to Jenny so she can tell you why – and to share a Cornish coincidence… I’m delighted to be here on Being Anne today to talk… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to welcome Gina Kirkham as my guest. Her debut novel, Handcuffs, Truncheon and a Polyester Thong, is published on 18th May by Urbane Publications, in paperback and as an e-book. I have to say that I really love the look of this one, and it’s been so lovely to share Gina’s infectious excitement… Read More »

I’ve mentioned before the way that you can meet the loveliest people on Twitter, and that’s where I first “met” Rose Alexander. She joined me here on Being Anne last September to tell me about her writing and her first book, Garden of Stars. Life conspired to stop me reading and reviewing that one, but… Read More »

Now haven’t I been telling you for such a long time what a great author Barbara Copperthwaite is?! I’m so pleased that those lovely people at Bookouture agree with me, and I’m delighted to join the blog tour today for The Darkest Lies. Published on 12th May, and available for kindle and in paperback, it’s a really… Read More »

I suspect this might surprise you a little, but I haven’t read everything Jane Lovering has ever written. Sometimes you need some treats on the shelf for those difficult moments – when you just know that a book from Jane is all you need to make life good again. Do you know, I really can’t… Read More »

Blogging friends will know that some authors who get in touch work quite hard to find a connection – and I always do appreciate that little bit of extra effort. When Phill Featherstone e-mailed me recently (and I do hope he won’t mind me telling this story!), he mentioned that he’d seen my review of Louise Walters’… Read More »

Just before I took my long break, I’d planned to run an interview with Karen Long – I must get that into my diary again! But until I do, I’m delighted to join the cover reveal tour for Karen’s latest book, The Cold Room, available from Amazon in the UK and US. This is the… Read More »

Every so often, a book comes along that I have no hesitation in recommending unread – the story behind, and between the pages of, The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie, published in association with Unbound, had me adding it to my reading list and enthusiastically signing up to the blog tour as soon as I… Read More »

I’m so delighted today to welcome author Maggie Cammiss as my guest on Being Anne. Maggie has been a wonderful supporter of the blog, and I’ve enjoyed following her and getting to know her better as she’s been working to make her books available again – I’ll be reading and reviewing Breaking News later this… Read More »

I’ve been meaning to read a book by Kate Hewitt for simply ages – and I sadly still haven’t managed it! But I’m really pleased to share news of the third in the Willoughby Close series, Find Me at Willoughby Close, released on 14th March, which can be read as a standalone. Welcome to Willoughby Close… a… Read More »

I’m just a tiny bit excited (understatement of the year…!) to be the first stop on the blog tour to celebrate the release of Need You Dead, the thirteenth in the award-winning Roy Grace series by Peter James, out in hardcover on 18th May (Macmillan, £20.00). I’m not a big crime reader, and very rarely get hooked by… Read More »