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• Mother Knows Best – Netta Newbound

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s This novella should be given to teenage daughters everywhere just to reinforce the fact that Mother really does know best! Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (April 23)

  

  Well it has been definitely feeling more spring like here in Jersey and I’m delighted to say that having read some really fantastic books over the last few week... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Simon Said – Sarah R. Shaber

  

  Crime Fiction3*s This is a traditional mystery story set in 1996, where Simon Shaw is a Professor in forensic history at a college in Raleigh, North Carolina. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Deaths – Emma Flint

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Little Deaths is inspired by the true story of Alice Crimmins who was tried for the murder of her two young children in Queens, New York in... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Killer on the Wall – Emma Kavanagh

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s Isla was just fifteen when she came across three dead bodies sat up against Hadrian’s Wall. Alongside them was the brother of one of... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (April 19)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (April 16)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile b... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dead Woman Walking – Sharon Bolton

  

  Crime Fiction5*s What do these items have in common? A hot air balloon, a bunch of nuns and peacocks, well they all come together in one of the most unusual of... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (April 16)

  

  First up I want to wish you all a very Happy Easter full of eggs, and books of course! We’ve just said goodbye to a family with a delightful couple of young boy... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Put A Book On The Map #BookOnTheMap #Pembrokeshire

  

  This week I am delighted to say we are putting we are adding a book on the map to Wales – Ireland we need your entries urgently and I know that there are loads... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Conversations We Never Had – Jeffrey H. Konis

  

  Historical Fiction3*s I instantly got the feeling that Jeffrey Konis has written this beautiful book with a sense of guilt and regret. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Time For Silence – Thorne Moore

  

  Historical Fiction 4*s I was introduced to this book by BookerTalk who has written a great piece along with the author Thorne Moore for the Put A Book on the Ma... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (April 12)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words My current... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Restless Dead by Simon Beckett – Blog Tour

  

  Writing a Series by Simon Beckett When I sat down to start The Chemistry of Death, my first novel to feature British forensic anthropologist David Hunter, it... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Restless Dead – Simon Beckett

  

  Crime Fiction 4*s From the very first page where we are treated to a graphic description of what happens to a body when it is immersed in water, to the last... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Talent for Murder – Andrew Wilson

  

  Historical Crime Fiction 4*s Andrew Wilson has come up with a brilliant premise for this novel based on Agatha Christie’s disappearance in December 1926 and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Special Girls – Isabelle Grey

  

  Crime Fiction 5*s Isabelle Grey has been brave in taking the contemporary issue of child abuse and grooming by those in power in The Special Girls. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (April 5)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words At the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (April 4)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile b... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hope to Die – David Jackson

  

  Crime Fiction4*s So DS Nathan Cody has his second outing in his native Liverpool and this time he starts without his partner DC Megan Webley who is still... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE