Au revoir old life, Bonjour Brittany!Parisian prima ballerina Suzette knows it’s time to hang up her pointe shoes before her next injury ruins her ankles for good. But dancing is all she’s ever known and she’s terrified of who she’ll be after that final curtain falls.Meanwhile, lonely Londoner Libby is pouring her life savings into… Read More »
There’s always something rather special about launching a blog tour on publication day. I’m particularly delighted today to be launching the blog tour for Summer in Tintagel by Amanda James, published by Urbane Publications because – I must admit – I’m just a bit of a fan of her writing. Both her time travel books – A Stitch In… Read More »
Sometimes the truth hurts … When journalist Tess Johnson takes a job at Helix pharmaceuticals, she has a very specific motive. Tess has reason to believe the company are knowingly producing a potentially harmful drug and, if her suspicions are confirmed, she will stop at nothing to make sure the truth comes out. Jim Knight is the… Read More »
There’s always something rather special about going along to hear an author that you’ve met on-line, and liked very much, talk about their book. And it’s even better when the venue where she was doing her session – Wetherby Library – was within walking distance of my house. And when the library lay on a… Read More »
“If we get 400 followers, John Hobson will solve that nasty wolf-murder case for free! Fight the thing himself if he has to! #HobsonVsWolf!”Angelina Choi was only trying to drum up some Twitter followers and make a good impression on her first day interning at John Hobson’s one-man detective agency.But the campaign went viral and… Read More »
Nicholas Baudin lives in Toulouse, France, where he owns a small coffee place, Le Petit Café. His life is apparently tranquil, and made of small joys and simple habits. In truth, though, this young man’s soul is troubled with memories of a painful event.Then, on a bright spring day, Nicholas meets a strange, enchanting young… Read More »
What price tag would you put on a baby?Set in and around Glasgow, Buy Buy Baby is a moving and funny story of life, loss and longing. Packed full of bitchy banter, it follows the bittersweet quest of two very different women united by the same desire – they desperately want a baby.Carol talks to her… Read More »
“Because dark secrets don’t decompose …” A black, brooding tale of matricide set in 1960s and 70s Newcastle in a family so dysfunctional as to be sinister. After serving a prison sentence for killing her mother, young Stella is discharged to restart her life. But her plans are soon ruined when she falls prey to a dark… Read More »
A rising death toll. A city in panic. A young mother is found dead in her home with no obvious cause of death. As DI Hannah Robbins and her team investigate, it soon becomes clear that the woman is the first in a long line of murders by poison.With the body count climbing and the city… Read More »
When Glasgow journalist Shona McGilvery moves with her partner Mikey and their baby to an idyllic cottage in rural Scotland, they believe that all that lies ahead of them is happiness. But with Mikey working offshore, the frightening isolation of the Aberdeenshire countryside begins to drive her insane… That is, until she is rescued by a new… Read More »
1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer’s daughter, Maggie, and against fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever, enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war.But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something… Read More »
As original as One Day and as heartbreaking as Me Before You, This Last Kiss is the perfect emotional and romantic read.Rora Raine is finally coming home to Hastings, twelve years after she left her grief-stricken father, and fled the love of her life, Carl.Struggling to support her bright but troubled daughter, Rora has convinced… Read More »
A woman on the run, a broken man and a house with a shocking secret… Madeleine Frost has to get away. Her partner Liam has become increasingly controlling to the point that Maddie fears for her safety, and that of her young daughter Poppy. Desperation leads Maddie to the hotel owned by her estranged father – the… Read More »
I’m just getting my diary sorted before I get Being Anne up and running with a regular weekday post schedule again, and I thought it might be good to let you know about a few things you can look forward to during July.First of all, although I’ve read very little while on holiday, I now have three… Read More »
Hello again everyone! I’m sorry about the break in transmission, but I’ve just come back from the most wonderful holiday in Borneo and Singapore. I’ve seen so many wonderful things, and have loads of great stories to tell – but I’ll save them for a few articles I’m planning to write for OAPSchat, and share… Read More »